Idaho to Receive $42.9 Million in PILT Funding for Community Services

Washington, D.C.--U.S. Senators Mike Crapo and Jim Risch (both R-Idaho) announced 44 local governments in Idaho will receive a total of $42.9 million in Payments in Lieu of Taxes (PILT) funding for 2025. Since local governments cannot tax federal lands, annual PILT payments help cover the costs associated with maintaining community services.

“Where the federal government owns large plots of land and does not pay local property taxes in rural communities, it has a responsibility to provide resources for vital services such as firefighting, police protection, construction of public schools and roads, and search-and-rescue operations,” said Crapo. “PILT payments give Idaho’s 44 counties much-needed stability for essential services.”

“Each of Idaho’s 44 counties rely on PILT payments to maintain and provide essential community services,” said Risch. “I remain fully committed to funding PILT to ensure local governments can offset the nontaxable, federal land within their borders.”

Crapo and Risch have been long-term proponents of ensuring the long-term viability of the PILT program.

The U.S. Department of Interior (DOI) collects more than $20.7 billion in revenue annually from commercial activities on public lands. A portion of those revenues is shared with states and counties. The balance is deposited into the U.S. Treasury, which, in turn, pays for a broad array of federal activities, including PILT funding.

Payments are calculated based on the number of acres of federal land within each county or jurisdiction and the population of that county or jurisdiction.

A full list of funding by state and county is available HERE.

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