Lawmakers say they’ll repeal Utah’s food tax — if constitutional earmark for education is removed – By Katie McKellar (Deseret News) / Feb 17, 2023
Bill slated for public hearing on Capitol Hill Tuesday morning
Utah’s Republican legislative leaders are moving forward with what’s been a yearslong conversation over whether to remove the state’s portion of the sales tax on food.
But there’s a catch.
That would be contingent on removing the decades-old constitutional earmark that reserves income tax for public education.
Utah lawmakers are slated to consider HB101, a bill that would remove the state’s portion of sales tax on food, contingent on removing the constitutional earmark for income tax revenue, as laid out in SJR10. It’s scheduled to be heard in the House Revenue and Taxation Committee on Tuesday at 8 a.m., legislative leaders announced Friday.
