SALT LAKE CITY — Utah's Division of Consumer Protection is advising retailers across the state to have a plan when pennies disappear.

The Trump administration has decided that pennies will no longer be minted . As a result, they will start disappearing and the agency wants to ensure customers don't get short-changed.

"This is about transparency to the consumer," Katie Hass, the executive director of the division, said in an interview Friday with FOX 13 News. "We’re talking about only cash purchases. If you go in and someone pays in cash and you don’t have the exact change to give them? We are recommending you clearly and conspicuously inform the consumer about how you intend to round."

The Utah Division of Consumer Protection has gone so far as to publish a guide and a template flier

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