2024 Rank: 33
2023 Rank: 32
Utah is the 33rd-best state despite 20-day filing and withholding thresholds. This is because these are so watered down by mutuality requirements, “key employee” carveouts, and construction worker carveouts, that very few taxpayers from other states are ever likely to actually be able to take advantage of them.
Category | Current Law | Score | Total Possible |
Filing threshold | More than 20 days - mutuality requirement, key employee carveout, construction worker carveout | 1.06 | 10 |
Reciprocity agreements | None | 0 | 10 |
Convenience of the employer rule | None | 0 | 0 |
Individual Income Tax Code | 3.04 | 5 | |
Withholding threshold | More than 20 days - mutuality requirement, key employee carveout, construction worker carveout | 2.03 | 10 |
Total Score | 6.13 | 35 |
Ways to Improve:
- Raise filing and withholding thresholds to greater than 30 days, repeal mutuality requirement, key employee and construction worker carveouts
- Seek reciprocity agreements with:
- Idaho: 25.12 percent of incoming commuters
- Arizona: 18.28 percent
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