Does Excite Tax offer bookkeeping services in Ogden?
Yes. Excite Tax keeps books online for businesses in Ogden, Roy, North Ogden, South Ogden and Riverdale, with records shared electronically and no office visit. What that covers is below.
Bookkeeping and tax preparation in Weber County, Utah
Excite Tax keeps books online for Ogden, Roy and North Ogden firms. From October 1, 2026, Weber County's combined sales tax runs 7.45% to 8.45% by city.
Short answers
What is the sales tax rate in Weber County?
It depends on the city and the date. From October 1, 2026, Ogden, Roy, North Ogden and South Ogden charge 7.45% and Riverdale 7.65%; before that the same cities charged 7.25% and 7.45%. Each city is in the rate table.
Why is the Weber County rate going up?
Weber County adds a new 0.20% County Public Transit Tax, effective October 1, 2026, on top of every city's rate. Point-of-sale and invoicing software needs the new rate that day; what to change in the books is below.
Who is the best bookkeeper in Ogden?
No ranked list can check what matters: whether the books agree with the bank, whether the right Weber County rate is on every sale, and who signs the return. Excite Tax names TBD CPA LLC for that last one. The questions to ask any bookkeeper are below.
Weber County's sales tax rises this October
Changes to combined sales and use tax rates with an effective date of 10/01/2026 ... Weber County 29-000 0.20% † County Public Transit Tax ... † New tax
The Tax Commission's change list for the quarter names one new tax in the county: a 0.20% County Public Transit Tax that applies countywide, in every city and in the unincorporated areas. Every combined rate in Weber County is therefore 0.20 points higher from October than it was in the July chart.
The change starts on the first day of a quarter, which keeps the returns clean. A business with $50,000 or less of annual sales-tax liability files quarterly, so its July to September return is entirely at the old rate and its October to December return entirely at the new one. A monthly filer's September return is the last one at the old rate.
Food and food ingredients are the exception: the same chart puts them at 3.0% statewide, so a grocery sale does not change on October 1, 2026.
Weber County sales tax rates by city
Combined sales and use tax rates from the Utah State Tax Commission charts for the quarters beginning July 1, 2026 and October 1, 2026.
| City | Through September | From October | Tax on a sample sale, from October |
|---|---|---|---|
| Ogden | 7.25% | 7.45% | $74.50 on a $1,000 sale |
| Roy | 7.25% | 7.45% | $74.50 on a $1,000 sale |
| North Ogden | 7.25% | 7.45% | $74.50 on a $1,000 sale |
| South Ogden | 7.25% | 7.45% | $74.50 on a $1,000 sale |
| Riverdale | 7.45% | 7.65% | $76.50 on a $1,000 sale |
Across the whole county the October chart runs from 7.45% to 8.45%. Riverdale sits above its neighbours because it adds a local tax of its own on top of the county's; the top of the county range is a single small town with a town option tax.
A worked example: one Ogden shop, one quarter
Take an Ogden retailer with $20,000 of taxable sales a quarter, charged at 7.25% through September. That is $1,450.00 of sales tax collected, and from October the same sales at 7.45% come to $1,490.00.
The $40.00 difference is the new 0.20% transit tax. It is the state's money from the moment it is collected, so it belongs in a sales-tax liability account and on the return, never in the shop's income.
Where the sale happens matters too. Under Utah's sourcing rule, a sale is taxed at the seller's location when the buyer receives the item at the shop, and at the place where the buyer takes receipt otherwise. The same Ogden shop delivering to a customer in Riverdale charges Riverdale's 7.65%, not Ogden's 7.45%.
What to change in the books when the rate changes
- Update the rate in the point-of-sale system and the invoicing software before the first sale on October 1, 2026, and check one test receipt against the new rate.
- If the business delivers, check that each delivery address carries its own city's rate, since a delivered sale is taxed where the buyer takes receipt.
- Keep sales tax collected in a liability account, apart from revenue.
- At each month end, reconcile that liability account to the sales report before the return is prepared. The month-end close checklist has the order.
- File on TC-62S or TC-62M through Taxpayer Access Point, by the last day of the month after the filing period.
Excite Tax keeps the books that feed this return. Filing the Utah sales-tax return itself is not a service Excite Tax lists yet; you, or whoever you authorise, file it with the Utah State Tax Commission.
What Excite Tax does for Weber County businesses
Excite Tax works online, so a business in Ogden, Roy, North Ogden, South Ogden and Riverdale is served the same way as one anywhere else in Utah. Excite Tax has no office in Weber County; records are shared electronically and questions are answered without a drive down the Wasatch Front.
- Bookkeeping: transactions categorised and every account reconciled to its statement.
- Monthly close: the month finished on a schedule, with sales tax collected tied out before the return.
- Catch-up bookkeeping: for books that fell behind, brought current before the next return.
Tax preparation starts from those same books: Excite Tax prepares the return, and TBD CPA LLC reviews and signs it.
Owners up north work the same way, from downtown Ogden storefronts to firms that do business with Hill Air Force Base. How online bookkeeping works walks through it step by step.
Choosing a bookkeeper in the Ogden area
A search for the best bookkeeper in Ogden returns ranked lists, and none of them can see inside the books. Ask any candidate, Excite Tax included, these questions and expect a straight answer to each.
- Is every bank and card account reconciled each month, and can you see the reconciliation?
- Does the bookkeeper know which rate applies where: 7.45% in Ogden and Roy, 7.65% in Riverdale, from October 1, 2026?
- Is sales tax collected held in a liability account, apart from income?
- Who prepares and signs the return, by name? Excite Tax's answer is TBD CPA LLC.
- What will the work cost, in writing, before it starts?
For scale, the median wage for bookkeeping, accounting and auditing clerks in Utah is $23.77 an hour. The guide to choosing a bookkeeper has the full list of questions, and what a bookkeeper costs covers the price side.
Sources
- Utah State Tax Commission, Combined Sales and Use Tax Rates, rates in effect as of October 1, 2026 (chart dated 8/5/2026) · retrieved September 2026
- Utah State Tax Commission, Combined Sales and Use Tax Rates, rates in effect as of July 1, 2026 (chart dated 5/13/2026) · retrieved September 2026
- Utah State Tax Commission, Sales and Use Tax · retrieved September 2026
- Utah Code § 59-12-211, Location of certain transactions (effective 1/1/2019) · retrieved September 2026
- BLS, Utah – May 2025 OEWS State Occupational Employment and Wage Estimates · retrieved September 2026
Ranked and explained on the sources page.