Netflix is suing the Arizona Department of Revenue after the department levied a transaction privilege tax on its streaming service.
Read More »Netflix sues state over tax on streaming service
Bill creates needed framework to tax digital goods and software
Did anyone else notice their bill for cloud storage went up last year because a sales tax (TPT) suddenly appeared? As an association who follows state tax law closely, we wondered what law or rule changed. It turns out nothing changed. Bureaucrats at the state simply decided to start taxing the cloud.
Read More »The cost of cuts: Arizona tax carve-outs last year hit $13.7B
In fiscal year 2016, state law allowed $13.7 billion in taxes to go uncollected through a litany of exemptions, deductions, allowances, exclusions or credits. And that number is likely to grow by another $1-to-2 billion once individual income tax deductions are tallied.
Read More »House Speaker: Budget deal is ‘close’ 
House Speaker J.D. Mesnard said negotiators are close to finalizing a spending plan for Fiscal Year 2018, and while a deal isn’t set yet, there is a 50-50 chance that budget bills will be introduced by the end of the day today.
Read More »Ducey’s bonding plan for universities has more questions than details 
Gov. Doug Ducey’s university bonding proposal is a vast unknown for Arizona lawmakers.
Read More »Ducey orders tax agency not to collect taxes despite veto
In a legally questionable move, Gov. Doug Ducey is ordering the Department of Revenue not to collect hundreds of thousands of dollars in sales taxes against certain types of businesses that the agency -- and even a court -- says are owed to the state.
Read More »New TPT law takes effect, but changes are likely 
How much headache can a barrel of screws create? A lot – if you bought them before Jan. 1, 2015, and you happened to be a subcontractor.
Read More »TPT reform provision put on hold for 1 year 
The Arizona Department of Revenue will delay the implementation of a key provision of Gov. Jan Brewer’s transaction privilege tax reform package because it cannot get a new electronic portal ready in time.
Read More »Brewer nixes special session request on TPT 
Gov. Jan Brewer won’t call a special session requested by a contractors’ industry group to postpone the implementation of her 2013 transaction privilege tax reform law.
Read More »Brewer set to sign sales tax overhaul bill
Gov. Jan Brewer is set to sign a major overhaul of the state's sales tax collection system after compromising with cities and towns that worried it would cut their revenue.
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