EXEMPTIONS FROM THE MUNICIPAL ENERGY SALES AND USE TAX
Salt Lake City Code § 3.06.060
in effect3.06.060: EXEMPTIONS FROM THE MUNICIPAL ENERGY SALES AND USE TAX:
A. Notwithstanding the exemptions granted by section 59-12-104 or its successor, of the Utah code, for local sales and use taxes, no exemptions are granted from the municipal energy and sales and use tax except as expressly provided in Utah Code Annotated section 10-1-305(2)(b) or its successor.
B. The following are exempt from the municipal energy sales and use tax, pursuant to Utah Code Annotated section 10-1-305(2)(b):
1. Sales and use of aviation fuel, motor fuel, and special fuels subject to taxation under title 59, chapter 13 or its successor, of the Utah Code Annotated;
2. Sales and use of taxable energy that is exempt from taxation under federal law, the United States constitution, or the Utah constitution;
3. Sales and use of taxable energy purchased or stored for resale;
4. Sales or use of taxable energy to a person, if the primary use of the taxable energy is for use in compounding or producing taxable energy or a fuel subject to taxation under title 59, chapter 13 of the Utah Code Annotated;
5. Taxable energy brought into the state by a nonresident for the nonresident's own personal use or enjoyment while within the state, except taxable energy purchased for use in the state by a nonresident living or working in the state at the time of purchase;
6. The sale or use of taxable energy for any purpose other than as a fuel or energy; and
7. The sale of taxable energy for use outside the boundaries of the city.
C. The sale, storage, use, or other consumption of taxable energy is exempt from the municipal energy sales and use tax levied by this chapter, provided:
1. The delivered value of the taxable energy has been subject to a municipal energy sales or use tax levied by another municipality within the state authorized by title 59, chapter 12, part 3, or its successor, of the Utah Code Annotated; and
2. City is paid the difference between the tax paid to the other municipality and the tax that would otherwise be due under this chapter, if the tax due under this chapter exceeds the tax paid to the other municipality. (Ord. 43-97 § 1, 1997)
Source: Salt Lake City, Utah, City Code (American Legal Publishing, codelibrary.amlegal.com)URL: https://codelibrary.amlegal.com/codes/saltlakecityut/latest/saltlakecity_ut/0-0-0-44516Fetched: 11/1/2026