Utility Providers

The City of Santa Rosa charges a 5% Utility Users Tax on the usage of:

• Electricity
• Gas
• Cable Television
• Local Non-Cellular Telecommunications
• Intrastate Non-Cellular Telecommunications

Per Resolution 23537, there is no tax on:

• Cellular Telecommunication Services
• Interstate Telecommunication Services
• International Telecommunication Services

The tax is collected by the Service Supplier and remitted monthly on a UUT Remittance Form to the City.UUT is due on or before the last day of each month following the month taxes are billed. Anyone metering or measuring gas or electricity and "reselling" it to others is considered a service supplier.

For more detail, go to Title 3 (Revenue & Finance), Chapter 3.32 (Utility Users Tax) of the Santa Rosa City Code.