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Utility users tax in Calabasas

Calabasas'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 Calabasas Municipal Code it was read from, with the code text one click away (checked October 2026). General information, not legal advice.

What Calabasas's code says

Calabasas code What Calabasas's code adds
Tax on electricity
  • The utility tax is 5% of electricity charges.
    § 3.20.080 · code text
    The tax imposed by this section shall be at the rate of five percent of the charges made for such electricity, and for any supplemental service or other associated activities directly related and/or necessary for the provision of electricity to the end-user, which are provided by a service supplier or non-utility supplier to a service user.
Tax on gas
  • The tax is 5% of the charges for gas.
    Applies: Users in the city except gas, electrical or telephone corporations; pipeline gas. Excludes resale, power or water production, vehicle fuel up to 25 gallons.
    § 3.20.090 · code text
    The tax imposed by this section shall be at the rate of five percent of the charges made to for such gas, including all services related to the storage, transportation and delivery of such gas.
Tax on water, phone or cable
  • The utility tax is 5% of telephone service charges.
    Applies: Telephone services when the billing or service address is in the city.
    § 3.20.060 · code text
    The tax imposed by this section shall be at the rate of five percent of all charges made for such telephone communication services and shall apply to a service user if the billing or service address of the service user is within the city's boundaries.

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Does Calabasas charge a utility users tax?

Calabasas's code: The utility tax is 5% of electricity charges. (§ 3.20.080); The tax is 5% of the charges for gas. (Users in the city except gas, electrical or telephone corporations; pipeline gas. Excludes resale, power or water production, vehicle fuel up to 25 gallons.) (§ 3.20.090).

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