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Article: Utah County officials upset with tax agency

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PROVO -- Utah County commissioners are upset about costly mistakes made with their tax distributions during the past year, and they're blaming the Utah State Tax Commission.

"We are just losing some confidence in what (the state tax commission) is doing," said Utah County Auditor Bryan Thompson.

Utah County Commissioner Steve White said the state needs to communicate better with counties and make sure accurate numbers are being used to calculate tax distributions.

White said discrepancies in population totals are currently causing problems for Utah County.

When reviewing money received for the unincorporated district in July, Utah County officials realized there had been a $75,000 spike from ...

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