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Council approves correction to certified tax rate after county audit error
Summary
Provo Municipal Council approved a resolution to correct certified tax rates after a Utah County auditor said a calculation error produced estimates about 5% lower than they should have been; the county will send correction notices and extend valuation-appeal deadlines.
The Provo Municipal Council voted to approve a resolution correcting the city's certified tax rate after a Utah County audit office error produced a roughly 5% understatement in the tax-rate estimate on valuation notices. Utah County Auditor Rod Mann told the council the county miscalculated the certified tax rates before valuation notices were mailed and recommended fixing the error now rather than waiting a year. Mann said the mistake affected about 23,000 primary residential parcels in Provo and roughly 2,100 business parcels, and that the average homeowner's city portion of the tax bill would be about $22 higher than the amount shown on the earlier estimate. Mann said, "Humans make…
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