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News Item: Unlike other states, Utah doesn’t reveal whether companies offered tax breaks meet their goals

The public will likely never know the impact of a $5.6 state million tax incentive offered to Amazon.com Inc., because unlike other states, Utah keeps the results secret.

But state officials said they cannot publicly share the benchmarks, or disclose whether Amazon hits its targets, or reveal the amount of tax dollars it collects out of the millions Utah is offering in rebates. In essence, GOED is telling taxpayers, "Trust us."