The finance department:

• Promotes, secures, and preserves the city's financial and property interests
• Supervises financial activities
• Advises the city manager on fiscal policy
• Creates interim and annual financial reports
• Prepares the annual budget and comprehensive annual financial reports (CAFR), which independent auditors review
• Monitors monthly revenues and expenditures and prepares city council reports
• Processes accounts payable, accounts receivable, and payroll 
• Balances government funds as required by Utah Code section 10-6-117
  
  

The city is governed and supported by multiple regulatory and oversight entities:

• Association of Government Accountants (AGA)
• Government Accounting Standards Boards (GASB)
• Government Finance Officers Association (GFOA)
• IRS government entities support 
• Utah state auditor accountability reports
• Utah State auditor accounting manual
• Utah State finance department transparency

City vendors can use the following forms:

• Vendor W-9 form (for businesses selling items to Cottonwood Heights)
• Cottonwood Heights W-9 form (for anyone writing a check to the city that needs the city's W-9)
  
  

The city council sets the various fees for city services. View the sites below for other tax information:

• Utah property tax rates
• Certified property tax rates
• Salt Lake County property tax information
• USTC sales tax distribution
• UDOT class C road funds