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Weber County's New Sales Tax

Starting Oct. 1, 2026, sales tax goes up 0.20% everywhere in Weber County. That is 20 cents on every $100 of taxable purchases. The County Commission approved it unanimously; there was no ballot question and no mailed notice. Click a city to see its rate before and after, why some cities pay more than others, and how much new transportation money it gets.

Most of the county Riverdale Huntsville New combined rate after Oct. 1, 2026

Words on this map

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Sales and use taxTap to flip ↻
Tax charged on most purchases. "Use tax" is the same tax owed on items bought without Utah sales tax, such as some online purchases.
Combined rateTap to flip ↻
The total you pay at the register: the state's 4.85% plus every local piece the county and your city add.
Local option taxTap to flip ↻
A sales tax the Legislature allows a county or city to add if it chooses. The 5th 5th is one of these.
5th 5thTap to flip ↻
The nickname for a 0.20% county option sales tax for highways, transit, and related uses, set in Utah Code 59-12-2220. Weber County adopted it effective Oct. 1, 2026.
Truth in TaxationTap to flip ↻
The notice-and-hearing process required before collecting more property tax. It does not apply to sales tax, so no household notice was mailed for this tax.
Opinion questionTap to flip ↻
A nonbinding ballot question the county could have placed before voters. Utah law allowed it but did not require it.
Point of saleTap to flip ↻
Sales tax is charged where you buy, not where you live. Shoppers from other cities and visitors pay the rate of the place they shop.
Distribution formulaTap to flip ↻
How the cities' share is divided: half by population and half by where sales happen, per the Wasatch Front Regional Council's document.

Why the rates are not all the same

Utah sales tax is built in layers. Everyone pays the state's 4.85%. Counties add local layers on top, and some cities and towns add one more of their own.

The new 0.20% is a county layer, so it is added in every part of Weber County. Riverdale and Huntsville already had an extra local layer of their own before this tax: 0.20% in Riverdale and 1.00% in Huntsville, according to the Utah State Tax Commission's rate charts. So they start higher and end higher. Everyone's increase is the same 0.20%.

Who pays, and where the money goes

Sales tax is charged where you shop, not where you live. Visitors and shoppers from other places pay it too, which the county named as an advantage.

Of the $13.1 million a year, $3.27 million goes to the cities for transportation, $3.27 million to the county for transportation or public safety, and $6.54 million to the county for any purpose through Sept. 30, 2029. After that, half goes to transportation and half to FrontRunner projects in Weber County.

Read the full case file

Weber County's New Sales Tax: A Public Vote, but No Vote by the Public (Transparency) has the full record and a calculator for your own spending. S.B. 242 (Bill Tracker) is the 2026 bill that set this tax's rules. MAP 002 shows this year's property tax increases.

West Haven starts a second new tax the same day: a 6% city tax on electricity and natural gas. Read the West Haven case file (Transparency), or click West Haven on the map.

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