Service Users

The Utility Users Tax (UUT) that you pay on your electric, gas, telephone (excluding cell phone) and cable television bills is collected by the service providers and remitted to the City. The maximum tax in a UUT Year is $1,000 for each utility, for each service user, at each contiguous location. In order to prevent overpaying UUT, you may wish to prepay your UUT on any utility in which you pay more than $20,000 a year.

The question and answer section below has been compiled to assist you with questions you may have. For specific language regarding City of Santa Rosa UUT, check out Title 3 (Revenue and Finance) Chapter 3.32 (Utility Users Tax) of the Santa Rosa City Code and UUT Resolution 23537 (PDF).
  1. How much is the Utility Users Tax?
  2. Is there a limit to how much I have to pay?
  3. What is the UUT Year?
  4. How do I know if I've paid more than the maximum tax?
  5. How do I request a refund?
  6. Is there a deadline for submitting a request for a refund?
  7. Why do I have to provide copies of all my bills with a refund request?
  8. Who will get the tax refund?
  9. What happens if I decide to prepay the maximum tax to the City?
  10. What if I can't compile and submit all copies of my utility bills by the deadline?
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