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Provo school board approves corrected county tax rate after county clerical error that would have cut district revenues
Summary
Utah County officials reported a clerical error that overstated Provo's taxable value by roughly $530 million, leaving the school district potentially $3.7 million short. The school board voted unanimously to adopt the corrected certified rate to avoid spreading the shortfall over multiple years.
Rod Mann, Utah County auditor, told the Provo City School District board that a clerical error added about $530,000,000 to Provo’s taxable property value — roughly 5% of the city’s total — which produced a certified tax rate about 5% lower than it should have been. Mann said, "Had we stayed with the rate, you would get $3,700,000 less than what you budgeted for."
Mann explained two principal responses: the county can correct the rate this year and send corrected notices to affected property owners, or the state tax commission can correct the discrepancy next year, either as a single adjustment or amortized over three years. If left uncorrected for the year, the shortfall would effectively be recovered over three…
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