Salt Lake Tribune - Utah: "Church stops flat-tax proposal
Room to give: The statement from LDS leaders wants charitable deductions to be spared
By Rebecca Walsh
The Salt Lake Tribune
When the LDS Church talks, people on Utah's Capitol Hill listen.
And Thursday, when an attorney representing the faith urged state lawmakers debating tax reform to keep a tax deduction for charitable giving in place, the message had the desired effect.
At word of the church's scheduled statement, Gov. Jon Huntsman Jr.'s advisers pulled back a team of economists prepared to propose a 4.6 percent flat tax. They said they wanted to give the experts more time to refine their models. "
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