Straight answers about your penny.

These are the questions we hear most about the One Cent. If yours isn't here, email us and a committee member will get back to you.

What people ask most.

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It's a 1% tax, one penny on every dollar, on taxable purchases in every Natrona County community: Casper, Mills, Evansville, Bar Nunn, Midwest and Edgerton. Food is excluded. Today's total sales tax is 5¢, and it stays 5¢ when One Cent #18 passes on November 3.
No. For 51 years one penny of the sales tax has supported health, safety and welfare in every community in the county. Renewing it keeps the rate exactly where it is.
Yes. More than a quarter of all sales tax collected in Natrona County comes from visitors. Residents don't carry the full penny but get the benefit of every dollar collected.
Wyoming law sets a 4% statewide tax that goes mainly to the state, with about 30% split among counties, cities and towns. The One Cent stays in Natrona County, and each community's share is based on population.
Natrona County voters first passed it in 1974 and have renewed it every four years since. In that time it has provided more than $250 million for projects across the county.
New fire stations, water main improvements, emergency response equipment and fleet vehicles, along with much more. See the Impact & Projects page for examples.
The elected officials of each local government. The money goes to operations and capital projects they choose for their own community.

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