Utah tax officials deny tax hikes from 35 cities, school districts and other entities

SALT LAKE CITY — In a departure from prior years, the Utah State Tax Commission has denied requests for property tax hikes put forward by more than 30 cities, school districts and other taxing entities across the state.

State tax officials, following guidelines spelled out in new legislation that went into effect this year, rebuffed increases sought by 18 cities , six towns, six school districts and five other taxing entities as part of their budgeting for fiscal year 2026.

Collectively, those 35 entities had preliminarily sought $49.87 million more in property tax revenue for the year via the truth-in-taxation process. The six impacted school districts alone accounted for $41.67 million of the total.

Tax commission officials approved the property tax hikes sought by 28 other cities,