State Budget Sources
An Annotated Guide to State Budgets, Financial Reports, and Fiscal Analyses

Utah

This information is an updated excerpt from State Budget Sources: An Annotated Guide to State Budgets, Financial Reports, and Fiscal Analyses, a resource published by the Volcker Alliance designed to help public officials, policy advocates, journalists, academics, and concerned citizens fully understand the critical fiscal decisions that governors and legislators must make. The guide includes links to budgets for this state as well as legislative analyses of budget bills and treasurers’ or comptrollers’ monthly state cash-flow statements; capital spending plans; reports on public-worker pension funding and returns; and reports by local and national fiscal research organizations, bond rating firms, and associations of state fiscal and finance officials.

Executive and Other Constitutional Finance Offices

Governor’s Office

https://www.utah.gov/governor/

Governor’s Office of Management and Budget

Comprehensive website with governor’s budget documents, legislative enactments, and information on revenue forecasts, budget drivers, planning, and budget process.

http://gomb.utah.gov

Governor’s Office of Management and Budget: Budget

Methodology, documents, revenue estimates, and implementation.

http://gomb.utah.gov/budget-policy/state-budget

Governor’s Office of Management and Budget: Budget Drivers

http://gomb.utah.gov/budget-policy/budget-drivers

Governor’s Office of Management and Budget: Demographic & Economic Analysis

http://gomb.utah.gov/budget-policy/demographic-economic-analysis

Division of Finance

Oversees accounting, financial reporting, and other fiscal functions; part of the Department of Administrative Services.

http://finance.utah.gov

Transparency Site

Financial highlights and reports; administered by the division of finance and overseen by the Utah Transparency Advisory Board.

http://www.utah.gov/transparency

State Treasurer

Chief financial officer; cash and investment management.

http://treasurer.utah.gov

State Treasurer: Investments Overview

http://treasurer.utah.gov/investments/investments-overview

State Treasurer: Bond Information

Information geared to investors.

http://treasurer.utah.gov/investor-information

State Auditor

Financial, compliance, and performance audits.

http://auditor.utah.gov

State Tax Commission

Information on individual, corporate, and other taxes.

http://www.tax.utah.gov

State Tax Commission: Economic and Statistical Unit

Prepares revenue forecasts in cooperation with the governor’s staff; estimates fiscal impact estimates of proposed legislation and publishes statistical reports relating to taxes.

http://www.tax.utah.gov/econstats

Legislative Offices and Other Resources

Legislative Budget Site

Budget and financial information.

http://budget.utah.gov

Legislative Fiscal Analysis

Budget information, revenue estimates and updates, issue briefs, Fiscal Highlights newsletter.

https://le.utah.gov/lfa/index.htm

Legislative Fiscal Analysis: Budget Related Reports, Surveys, and Interim Studies

https://le.utah.gov/asp/lfa/lfareports.asp?src=ALL

Legislative Fiscal Analysis: Fiscal Highlights

https://le.utah.gov/asp/lfa/lfareports.asp?src=LFAFH

Legislative Research and General Counsel

General policy research, including presentations on funding policies and occasional briefs on fiscal issues.

https://le.utah.gov/lrgc/lrgc.htm

Legislative Auditor

Program and performance audits.

https://le.utah.gov/audit/olag.htm

Nongovernmental Organizations

Kem C. Gardner Policy Institute, University of Utah

Policy analysis and some attention to budget issues, with an annual report on Utah and budgeting in other Western states.

http://gardner.utah.edu

Utah Foundation

Reports focusing on spending, taxes, and bonds, and one from 2015 on consensus revenue estimating.

http://www.utahfoundation.org

Utah Taxpayers Association

This nonprofit, in Draper, Utah, advocates limiting state and local taxes. Its Fast Tax is a comprehensive annual booklet listing state levies and the amount of revenue they produce. The group also publishes a blog, notes on tax proposals, and position papers.

http://www.utahtaxpayers.org

Voices for Utah Children

Focuses on policies related to children, with some attention to the consequences of budget decisions; part of the State Priorities Partnership, a network of state organizations coordinated by the Center on Budget and Policy Priorities.

http://www.utahchildren.org