At their most recent meeting, the Uintah County Commission adopted the certified tax rate. Clerk/Auditor Mike Wilkins presented, explaining that locally assessed values have increased by $360 million dollars based on reappraisal. In 2022, the locally assessed values totaled $2 billion 140 million dollars. For 2023, the values are now $2 billion 500 million dollars. Of that, $28 million is from new growth like new homes and new businesses that were built. The centrally assessed value increased about $408 million dollars to $2.7 billion dollars. What this means for this year is that the centrally assessed tax rate goes down because the value went up. Last year’s tax rate was .001736 and this year’s certified rate is .001490. Wilkins explained that it is the state that orders the reappraisal and determines the tax rate. Tax dollars actually stay constant unless there’s new growth in which case they capture new growth dollars. The Commission approved the certified tax rate as well as the assessing and collecting rate of .000483l.
