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Taxpayer Service Entities

As you may have noticed on your property tax notice, your tax amount is divided among numerous entities that provide services in your community. Each entity receives a portion of property tax revenue to fund their annual budget.

By state statute, the County Treasurer is an independently elected official, serving all of Salt Lake County. The Treasurer's Office collects and distributes more than $2 billion in property tax revenue each year to support the various service providers throughout the County, including cities, school districts, and special districts

Tax Entity Categories

What your property taxes are used for by tax entity category.

County School Districts

  • Canyons
  • Granite
  • Jordan
  • Murray
  • Salt Lake

Budget categories:

  • Operations - School operations
  • Charter Schools - Effective January 1, 2017, the Utah Legislature separated out funding from each school district and established a new charter school levy. This levy separation is meant to provide more transparency in school funding. It is set by the Utah Legislature and is distributed based on charter school enrollment (similar to the State Basic School Levy).

Statewide School Districts:

  • State Basic School Levy - The state mandates SLCo taxpayers to contribute to other counties statewide based on per-pupil funding to ensure equitable education.

City funds can include various services like - Emergency Services, Parks & Recreation, Administrative Services, etc.  The Treasurer collects for and distributes to the following cities: 

SLCo taxpayers exclusively contribute to a fund for other counties in Utah who cannot fund their own tax assessment and collections.

These funds are for the Central Utah Water Conservancy Project.