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Carbon County approves ordinance to raise transient room tax to 4.5%
Summary
The county commission on June 4 approved Ordinance 586 to increase the transient room tax collected on short-term rentals from 4.25% to 4.5%, matching a recent state requirement and affecting lodging partners effective July 1.
Carbon County commissioners approved Ordinance 586 on June 4 to raise the county transient room tax on short-term rentals to a maximum of 4.5%.
The increase implements a state change that, as Tina Grange, Carbon County tourism official, said, "the new session ... is enforcing a statewide transient room tax rate increase of .25% to the county," moving the county rate from 4.25% to 4.5% and requiring lodging providers to update customer billing by July 1.
The tax revenue funds the county tourism office. "This is the money that comes in that supports our department," Grange said, adding that the county uses the revenue "to market our destination, to bring people in, to give back to our lodging partners who pay that tax." She said the Utah Tourism Industry Association and the state tax commission were sharing guidance with lodging partners to prepare for the change.
Commissioners voted to approve the ordinance by voice vote; the motion passed without recorded roll-call. The ordinance was presented as implementing a state legislative change; Grange warned that operators who do not adjust folios by the July 1 effective date may owe back taxes to the state.
Staff and the tourism office will distribute information from the Utah Tourism Industry Association and the state tax commission to local lodging partners. No further implementation timeline or enforcement steps were specified at the meeting.
