Sunday, October 28, 2007
Utah State Legislature Revenue Update
This revenue update submitted by Representative Froerer and details Tax Collections.
Friday, October 19, 2007
Tax Rollback case / Property Tax and the Utah Constitution
A couple of updates have been submitted by Rep. Froerer:
Rep. Froerer,
Attached is a copy of the case that you might be interested in. In 1980 or1981, the Utah Legislature passed a statute that rolled property values back to 1978 values. The Utah Supreme Court found the statute unconstitutional and struck it down. The case is Rio Algom v. San Juan County.
In my opinion, any rollback would be unconstitutional and would require constitutional amendment.
Angie
Angela D. Oakes
Associate General Counsel
Office of Legislative Research and General Counsel
Also, a document detailing the state constitution as it relates to Property Tax assessments along with some additional graphs.
Rep. Froerer,
Attached is a copy of the case that you might be interested in. In 1980 or1981, the Utah Legislature passed a statute that rolled property values back to 1978 values. The Utah Supreme Court found the statute unconstitutional and struck it down. The case is Rio Algom v. San Juan County.
In my opinion, any rollback would be unconstitutional and would require constitutional amendment.
Angie
Angela D. Oakes
Associate General Counsel
Office of Legislative Research and General Counsel
Also, a document detailing the state constitution as it relates to Property Tax assessments along with some additional graphs.
Monday, October 15, 2007
Thursday, October 11, 2007
Rio Algom Property Tax Case - Utah Supreme Court Case
Rio vs. San Juan County Supreme court case
From: Angie Oakes
Sent: Thursday, October 11, 2007 12:12 PM
To: Gage Froerer
Subject: Fwd: LexisNexis(R) Rio Algom Property Tax Case (1861:51785210)
Rep. Froerer,
Attached is a copy of the Utah Supreme Court case Rio Algom that I mentioned to you during our conversation. Feel free to contact me if you would like to discuss this case or anything else.
Angie
Angela D. Oakes
Associate General Counsel
Office of Legislative Research and General Counsel
From: Angie Oakes
Sent: Thursday, October 11, 2007 12:12 PM
To: Gage Froerer
Subject: Fwd: LexisNexis(R) Rio Algom Property Tax Case (1861:51785210)
Rep. Froerer,
Attached is a copy of the Utah Supreme Court case Rio Algom that I mentioned to you during our conversation. Feel free to contact me if you would like to discuss this case or anything else.
Angie
Angela D. Oakes
Associate General Counsel
Office of Legislative Research and General Counsel
Wednesday, October 10, 2007
Email Thread From Gage and tax rates from Utah State Property Tax division
Spreadsheet of 9 year tax rates by County
----- Original Message -----
From: Jean Shaw
To: GAGE H FROERER
Sent: Wednesday, October 10, 2007 12:17 PM
Subject: Re: Fw: Requests for Utah State Tax Commission Audit Results
Gage,
I've attached rates for all entities for past years this includes their budgets.
There are four counties who have a higher tax rate than Weber this year:
Emery .004412
Millard .003768
Piute 004066
SanJuan .004071
Usually counties have a higher rate because values are generally lower overall and they have less revenue sources besides property tax with which they fund their services (ie: less sales tax, fee-in-lieu etc.) Other counties provide less service.
There are other county-wide numbers that might help you from our website:
http://propertytax.utah.gov/finalannualstats/finalannuals.html
Values along the Wasatch Front as well as many other areas in Utah have really jumped the past few years and many citizens in these areas are noticing huge increases to their tax bills.
I also noticed that Weber County funds a county library, and parmedic services both these rates are part of their county's total tax rate.
Davis County's Library is it's own entity with it's own rate so it isn't part of the county's rate.
EXAMPLE:
Davis County rate = .002189 generating $28,606,680 (total Davis Co. value for 2007 is 14,301,675,652)
Davis County Library rate = .000375 generating $4,899,164
Weber County rate = .003608 generating $33,399,732 - this funds library ($5,693,136), paramedics ($1,462,627), (total Weber Co. value for 2007 is 10,695,113,403)
Hopefully this will help. I'd love to buy "Huntsville" if I could.
jean
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
Jean Shaw
Research Consultant
Property Tax Division
801-297-3636
jeanshaw@utah.gov
>>> "GAGE H FROERER" 10/10/07 10:42 AM >>>
Jean,
Could you please review the attached email and let me know if you can shed any light on his questions.
Thanks,
Gage
----- Original Message -----
From: D-Bell
To: Gage Froerer
Sent: Tuesday, October 09, 2007 9:00 PM
Subject: Requests for Utah State Tax Commission Audit Results
Dear Gage,
When we "bumped into each other yesterday" I asked where the audit information..........
----- Original Message -----
From: Jean Shaw
To: GAGE H FROERER
Sent: Wednesday, October 10, 2007 12:17 PM
Subject: Re: Fw: Requests for Utah State Tax Commission Audit Results
Gage,
I've attached rates for all entities for past years this includes their budgets.
There are four counties who have a higher tax rate than Weber this year:
Emery .004412
Millard .003768
Piute 004066
SanJuan .004071
Usually counties have a higher rate because values are generally lower overall and they have less revenue sources besides property tax with which they fund their services (ie: less sales tax, fee-in-lieu etc.) Other counties provide less service.
There are other county-wide numbers that might help you from our website:
http://propertytax.utah.gov/finalannualstats/finalannuals.html
Values along the Wasatch Front as well as many other areas in Utah have really jumped the past few years and many citizens in these areas are noticing huge increases to their tax bills.
I also noticed that Weber County funds a county library, and parmedic services both these rates are part of their county's total tax rate.
Davis County's Library is it's own entity with it's own rate so it isn't part of the county's rate.
EXAMPLE:
Davis County rate = .002189 generating $28,606,680 (total Davis Co. value for 2007 is 14,301,675,652)
Davis County Library rate = .000375 generating $4,899,164
Weber County rate = .003608 generating $33,399,732 - this funds library ($5,693,136), paramedics ($1,462,627), (total Weber Co. value for 2007 is 10,695,113,403)
Hopefully this will help. I'd love to buy "Huntsville" if I could.
jean
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
Jean Shaw
Research Consultant
Property Tax Division
801-297-3636
jeanshaw@utah.gov
>>> "GAGE H FROERER" 10/10/07 10:42 AM >>>
Jean,
Could you please review the attached email and let me know if you can shed any light on his questions.
Thanks,
Gage
----- Original Message -----
From: D-Bell
To: Gage Froerer
Sent: Tuesday, October 09, 2007 9:00 PM
Subject: Requests for Utah State Tax Commission Audit Results
Dear Gage,
When we "bumped into each other yesterday" I asked where the audit information..........
Monday, October 8, 2007
State Tax Audit on Weber County
2nd Request-Please find State Tax Audit on Weber County.
Resubmitted for those who have not received a copy.
Gage
Also posted, is a flow chart of the Property Tax Administration - Players and Responsibilities.
NOTE: To rotate, click save to download file to your desktop. Then open file in Acrobat reader. From the top menu, select "View", then "rotate View."
Resubmitted for those who have not received a copy.
Gage
Also posted, is a flow chart of the Property Tax Administration - Players and Responsibilities.
NOTE: To rotate, click save to download file to your desktop. Then open file in Acrobat reader. From the top menu, select "View", then "rotate View."
Friday, October 5, 2007
State of Utah Financial Highlights -FY ending June 30, 2007
Here are the Utah Highlights for fiscal year 2007 as submitted by Representative Froerer.
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