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Utility users tax in Santa Rosa

Santa Rosa's own rules on utility users tax, with the code text for every value.

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Each rule below links to the section of the Santa Rosa Municipal Code it was read from, with the code text one click away (checked October 2026). General information, not legal advice.

What Santa Rosa's code says

Santa Rosa code What Santa Rosa's code adds
Tax on electricity
  • 5% of electricity charges, paid by the person paying for the energy.
    § 3-32.060 · code text
    The tax imposed by this section shall be at the rate of five percent of the charges made for such energy and shall be paid by the person paying for such energy.
Tax on gas
  • 5% of gas charges.
    Applies: Gas users tax; the Tax Administrator may suspend part of it for 1 year.
    § 3-32.122 · code text
    The Tax Administrator may determine to collect less than the five percent tax imposed by Sections 3-32.060 and 3-32.070 from gas and electric service providers
Exemptions
  • People in PG&E's CARE program, or a similar successor program, are exempt from the electricity tax.
    § 3-32.060 · code text
    Qualified persons who participate in Pacific Gas and Electric's (PG&E) "CARE" program (California alternate rates for energy) or a substantially similar successor program for that same purpose, are exempt from the electricity users tax.
Tax on water, phone or cable
  • 5% of all phone service charges, paid by the person paying for the service.
    Applies: Telephone communication services.
    § 3-32.050 · code text
    The tax as imposed by this section shall be at the rate of five percent of all charges made for such services and shall be paid by the person paying for such services.

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Frequently asked questions

Does Santa Rosa charge a utility users tax?

Santa Rosa's code: 5% of electricity charges, paid by the person paying for the energy. (§ 3-32.060); 5% of gas charges. (Gas users tax; the Tax Administrator may suspend part of it for 1 year.) (§ 3-32.122).

General information, not legal advice.

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