Monticello • The highest taxed county in Utah is heading for another property tax hike as the San Juan County Commission attempts to respond to the dropping value of industrial properties and to recover from years of costly litigation.
With a per capita income of $17,500, San Juan is the poorest county in the state, but its residents already pay 0.84% of a property’s assessed fair market value in taxes, the state’s highest rate. Neighboring Wayne County, by contrast, has the lowest taxes in the state at 0.34%, according to tax-rates.org.
The commission hosted a truth-in-taxation hearing in Monticello on Wednesday for proposed tax increases to the general, health and library funds, which would raise the overall tax rate to 0.