66 taxing entities throughout Utah will be holding public Truth in Taxation hearings over the next six weeks to discuss and vote on their proposed property tax hikes. Residents within these taxing entities will receive notice and are encouraged to attend the hearing to dispute or support the proposal.
Truth in Taxation hearings are required to be held only when a taxing entity chooses to increase its budget above that of previous years. Taxing entities do not receive automatic increases for inflation, nor do they receive a windfall if property values increase. Utah’s gold-standard Truth in Taxation laws generally help keep Utahns’ property tax burden low.
Notably, 37 of the taxing entities proposing a tax hike for Fiscal Year 2025 also proposed a tax hike in Fiscal Year 2024. Of that 37, 26 entities are proposing a tax hike for the third consecutive year. These include the Alpine School District, which last year reduced its tax hike proposal after public outcry, and the Central Utah Water District, which in fact is hiking taxes for the eighth consecutive year. We recommend that entities consider a modest tax hike every 5-7 years, and consider annual increases to be excessive.
Tax hikes range from as low as 2.58% or $6.55 in Payson, to as much as 70.42% or $247.19 in the Piute County School District. Moab City, which has, to date, been the only city in Utah not to levy a property tax is proposing a property tax beginning in Fiscal Year 2025.
The table documents the 66 entities, their proposed tax hikes, the impact on the average home, and information about the Truth in Taxation hearing. Entities which are proposing a hike for the second consecutive year are highlighted in gray; entities proposing a hike for the third consecutive year are highlighted in blue.
You can download a PDF of the list, or an Excel file.
