Appeal your Utah property taxes yourself.
Everything you need to appeal your Utah assessment yourself, including the 55% taxable-value trap that talks most homeowners out of a valid appeal, your county's deadline, the evidence the boards actually require, and a ready-to-edit appeal.
- State-specific process guidance with official-source links
- Evidence organizer and filing checklist
- Ready-to-edit appeal-letter template
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PARTIAL SAMPLE · Utah DIY kit
Your notice and deadline worksheet
Three blank fields from the worksheet included in your paid PDF. Copy these details from your notice; they are not a property analysis or an official filing form.
Property address and parcel identifier
State, county, township and reviewing body
Assessment year and valuation date
After purchase: the complete state guide, three fillable worksheets, official-source links and editable appeal letter. The full evidence organizer and letter are not included in this excerpt. You gather evidence and file yourself.
Your filing plan, ready to work through
Get the Utah process guide, three fillable worksheets, official filing links and an editable appeal letter. Gather your evidence and file yourself.
Personalize your kit (optional)
Copy details from your assessment notice. We add these to your worksheets and your address to the letter. These are your entries, not a verified property analysis. You can also buy now and fill them in later.
Property: [Your property address]
County / municipality: [From your notice]
Assessed value: [From your notice]
Parcel: [From your notice]
Assessment year: [From your notice]
After purchase: the complete guide, editable worksheets and letter. No comparable sales or savings estimate included. Confirm your filing deadline before buying.
Prepare your Utah property tax appeal
Have a current notice? Check its deadline and reviewing office, verify the property details, then organize evidence that supports the correction you are requesting. Confirm official forms and fees before filing.
Preparing for a future window? Use the worksheets to review property records, list errors to investigate and plan your evidence. Buying now does not reopen a closed deadline or guarantee lower taxes.
The kit organizes those steps into a reusable guide and worksheets. It does not find comparable properties for you, file an appeal or replace your local authority’s instructions.
See what comes in the $29 DIY kit
Inside the Illinois kit: fillable worksheets, an evidence organizer and an appeal-letter template. Your state's guidance and filing requirements may differ.
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Want to appeal your property assessment without starting from a blank page? Here is what AppealMyTax's $29 DIY kit includes: a guide to the process, a worksheet to check your notice and deadline, fillable fields to organize comparable-property research and supporting evidence, a filing and hearing tracker, and an appeal letter you can copy and customize. Choose your state and pay once. Your kit is delivered by email. You gather the evidence, confirm your local requirements, and file yourself. See what is included at AppealMyTax.
On screen: pages from the Illinois kit, including its notice/deadline worksheet, evidence organizer and filing/hearing tracker. You complete required forms and file yourself.
How a Utah appeal works
The short version, free. The paid kit adds the evidence workbook, filing controls, and editable letter.
- Utah counties value your home at fair market value as of January 1, then tax a qualifying primary residence on only 55% of that. Your notice shows the taxable number, so divide it by 0.55 before deciding whether you are over-assessed.
- If the county's market value is too high, file a free appeal with your County Board of Equalization through the county auditor, by the later of September 15 or 45 days after your valuation notice, which in a normal year means September 15.
- Attach your evidence WITH the application: three to five comparable sales from the 12 months before January 1, your closing papers, or an appraisal. Several counties dismiss appeals filed without evidence.
- A hearing officer reviews it informally and the board must decide within 60 days. If you lose, you have 30 days to file form TC-194 with the same county auditor to reach the Utah State Tax Commission.
What to check on your assessment notice
- The two value lines. Find the assessor's MARKET value and the TAXABLE value. Taxable should be about 55% of market. If it equals market, your residential exemption is missing and that alone is worth an appeal.
- The notice date. It starts your 45-day alternate deadline and is your proof if the county provided it late.
- The stated appeal deadline and filing instructions, which the county is required to print on the notice. If it conflicts with the county website, the notice governs your case. Call the auditor.
- Your property's physical description against reality: acreage, finished and unfinished square footage, year built, room count. A factual error here is the cheapest appeal to win.
Official lookup: Utah State Tax Commission: appeals of locally assessed property →
What’s inside
How it works
- Buy the kit — the PDF lands in your inbox instantly.
- Find the date your county PROVIDED your Notice of Property Valuation and Tax Changes. Your deadline is the later of September 15 or 45 days after that date, and in a normal year September 15 is the one that controls.
- Gather the evidence on the checklist and edit the appeal-letter template.
- File the current instrument required by your County Board of Equalization, through the county auditor or clerk-auditor before your deadline.
Different process where you live?
Utah is not one system. These jurisdictions use a different agency, a different form, and an earlier deadline than the rest of the state. The kit covers each one in its own section.
- Deadline
- The window opens August 1 and closes September 15, or 45 days from the valuation notice, whichever is later. Online filings must land by 11:59:59 p.m., mail must be postmarked by the 15th, and in-person filings must arrive before 5:00 p.m. Late appeals are accepted until March 31 on the R884-24P-66 grounds.
- Filed with
- The Salt Lake County Board of Equalization; the Clerk of the Board sits in the Auditor's Office.
- Form
- 2026 Salt Lake County Appeal Form (BE-01), "Request for Review of Real Property Assessed Value," with an online portal.
- Deadline
- Utah County publishes a flat September 15, without the 45-day alternative. Online by 11:59:59 p.m., mail postmarked by the 15th, in person before 5:00 p.m. No fax accepted. Late appeals until March 31.
- Filed with
- The Utah County Board of Equalization, administered by the Clerk/Auditor's Tax Administration office.
- Form
- 2026 BOE Appeal Application, with a separate Late Appeal version and an online system.
- Deadline
- 45 days from the day valuation notices are mailed, or September 15, whichever is later. Weber publishes the statutory rule verbatim. The portal closes at midnight on September 15. Late appeals run September 16 to March 31 with Commission approval; if refused, the filing auto-converts to a pre-appeal for the next cycle.
- Filed with
- The Weber County Board of Equalization, filed with the Clerk/Auditor. Late petitions require County Commission approval.
- Form
- 2026 Property Valuation Appeal Application. Online filing is the county's stated default method.
- Deadline
- Davis publishes September 15 and does not publish the 45-day alternative. Its live site has carried conflicting dates, so trust the date printed on your own valuation notice and call the office if they disagree.
- Filed with
- The Davis County Board of Equalization (the County Commission), administered by the Controller's Office Tax Administration division as Clerk of the Board.
- Form
- Davis County Board of Equalization Property Valuation Appeal Application, plus a separate Late Appeal Form.
What Utah charges to file
These are your county or state’s fees, not ours. Listed so there are no surprises.
- County Board of Equalization: no fee. No filing fee appears in the Utah Code, in Tax Commission Publication 31, or on the appeal pages of Salt Lake, Utah, Davis, or Weber counties.
- Utah State Tax Commission: no fee is identified on form TC-194 or the Commission's locally-assessed appeals page. This is verified by absence rather than by an affirmative statement, so confirm with the Appeals Unit if it matters to you.
- District court: $375 to file a petition for judicial review under § 78A-2-301(1)(a), plus your own costs.
- Your real costs at the county level are evidentiary rather than administrative: a professional fee appraisal if you choose to commission one, or MLS comparable printouts, which a cooperative real estate agent will usually pull for free.
Questions
The full Utah deadline rules, evidence standards and filing steps, at no cost. The paid kit adds worksheets, checklists and an editable letter; you complete any required official form yourself.