Will Your Property Taxes Be Increasing?

Volume 46 | August 2021 Newsletter

The Utah Taxpayer - August 2021

Truth-in-Taxation Hearings Begin; Will Your Property Taxes Be Increasing?

We’ve reached the time of the year when cities, school districts, and special districts finalize their next year’s budget. Some of these proposals might include property tax increases through the Truth-in-Taxation process.

Utah’s Truth-in-Taxation (TnT) law is a shining example for the nation and has saved Utah taxpayers billions in property taxes since your Taxpayers Association got it enacted in 1985. Since its passage, Utah taxpayers have been protected against rampant and runaway property taxes resulting from government overspending while other states continue to crank their property tax burden higher and higher.

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Cannon's Canon - Setting the Record Straight: Government Broadband Doesn't Work

With almost two decades of a track record, UTOPIA continues to dig itself into an even deeper debt hole that taxpayers could possibly have to reckon with someday in the near future.

UTOPIA once again ballooned its negative net worth to an astonishing number as of its latest financial report for 2020. According to that report, UTOPIA ended its fiscal year 2020 with a negative net worth of -$282,506,075. That is $22 million worse than the previous year (-$260,911,266 in 2019).

We've seen the same story for decades.

New Association Report Finds that On Average,

Utahns Pay $668 in Taxes and Fees to City Government

The Utah Taxpayers Association just released its annual report, the “2021 Cost of City Government.” The report, based on FY 2020 data, compares the tax burden placed on citizens in Utah’s 50 largest cities by population.

On average, Utah city governments (including spending for public safety special districts) take $22.31 of each $1,000 earned by residents in the city.

How does your city rank?

Unhappy with Your Property Tax Assessment? Here's How to Appeal

Utah’s 29 counties recently mailed property tax notices to every Utah property owner. These notices indicate the parcel’s market value, the taxable value, the property tax rate each taxing entity with jurisdiction over the parcel intends to levy, the anticipated total property tax due on the property, and any Truth–in–Taxation hearings being held in the area.

We've got a step-by-step.

National Data on Property Taxes Shows How Valuable Utah's Truth-in-Taxation Has Become

According to the Tax Foundation, when it comes to the property tax burden that homeowners pay, Utah now ranks 7th best in the nation. That is good news for Utah taxpayers and shows the benefits of our nationwide gold standard property tax law - Truth in Taxation.

Your Taxpayers Association spearheaded the efforts in the 80s to pass on Truth-in-Taxation, and has worked for decades strengthening it and defending it against a near-constant onslaught of poor changes brought by some government entities.

What's Utah's average property tax burden?

Association Accomplishments in July

Published the 2021 Cost of City Government report
Met with legislators during the July ALEC Conference in Salt Lake City
Reviewed proposed tax increases from entities across the state
Gathered information from Granite and Davis school districts about their tax increases
Moved offices to downtown Salt Lake City

In The News

Under the Truth-in-Taxation Law, 7 Cache Counties Will be Holding Public Hearings

Cache Valley Daily

Lawmakers are Proud of $100 Million Tax Cut

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