Advertise with Googlier.com TPT | Arizona Capitol Times https://azcapitoltimes.com Your Inside Source for Arizona Government, Politics and Business Fri, 22 Feb 2019 20:31:18 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.5.11 https://azcapitoltimes.com/files/2023/05/az17.jpg TPT | Arizona Capitol Times https://azcapitoltimes.com 32 32 43761567 Netflix sues state over tax on streaming service https://azcapitoltimes.com/news/2019/02/22/netflix-sues-state-over-tax-on-streaming-service/ https://azcapitoltimes.com/news/2019/02/22/netflix-sues-state-over-tax-on-streaming-service/#respond Fri, 22 Feb 2019 19:52:35 +0000 https://azcaptimes.wpenginepowered.com/?p=127704 Netflix is suing the Arizona Department of Revenue after the department levied a transaction privilege tax on its streaming service.

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]]> https://azcapitoltimes.com/news/2019/02/22/netflix-sues-state-over-tax-on-streaming-service/feed/ 0 127704 Bill creates needed framework to tax digital goods and software https://azcapitoltimes.com/news/2018/03/12/bill-creates-needed-framework-to-tax-digital-goods-and-software/ https://azcapitoltimes.com/news/2018/03/12/bill-creates-needed-framework-to-tax-digital-goods-and-software/#comments Mon, 12 Mar 2018 16:07:45 +0000 https://azcaptimes.wpenginepowered.com/?p=112291 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.

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]]> 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...

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]]> https://azcapitoltimes.com/news/2018/03/12/bill-creates-needed-framework-to-tax-digital-goods-and-software/feed/ 2 112291 The cost of cuts: Arizona tax carve-outs last year hit $13.7B https://azcapitoltimes.com/news/2017/05/08/the-cost-of-cuts-arizona-tax-carve-outs-last-year-hit-13-7b/ https://azcapitoltimes.com/news/2017/05/08/the-cost-of-cuts-arizona-tax-carve-outs-last-year-hit-13-7b/#respond Mon, 08 May 2017 19:34:01 +0000 https://azcaptimes.wpenginepowered.com/?p=104940 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.

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]]> Teachers who marched on the Capitol this past week in support of doubling the salary boost that policymakers were considering failed to persuade Republican legislators, who stuck to a budget...

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]]> https://azcapitoltimes.com/news/2017/05/08/the-cost-of-cuts-arizona-tax-carve-outs-last-year-hit-13-7b/feed/ 0 104940 House Speaker: Budget deal is ‘close’ https://azcapitoltimes.com/news/2017/05/01/house-speaker-budget-deal-is-close/ https://azcapitoltimes.com/news/2017/05/01/house-speaker-budget-deal-is-close/#respond Mon, 01 May 2017 20:45:38 +0000 https://azcaptimes.wpenginepowered.com/?p=104679 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.

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]]> 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...

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]]> https://azcapitoltimes.com/news/2017/05/01/house-speaker-budget-deal-is-close/feed/ 0 104679 Ducey’s bonding plan for universities has more questions than details https://azcapitoltimes.com/news/2017/04/21/duceys-borrowing-plan-has-more-questions-than-details-for-lawmakers/ https://azcapitoltimes.com/news/2017/04/21/duceys-borrowing-plan-has-more-questions-than-details-for-lawmakers/#comments Fri, 21 Apr 2017 11:00:27 +0000 https://azcaptimes.wpenginepowered.com/?p=104405 Gov. Doug Ducey’s university bonding proposal is a vast unknown for Arizona lawmakers.

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]]> Gov. Doug Ducey’s university bonding proposal is a vast unknown for Arizona lawmakers. He doesn’t offer any long-term growth projections or specifics on how the state’s three universities will spend...

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]]> https://azcapitoltimes.com/news/2017/04/21/duceys-borrowing-plan-has-more-questions-than-details-for-lawmakers/feed/ 1 104405 Ducey orders tax agency not to collect taxes despite veto https://azcapitoltimes.com/news/2015/04/15/ducey-orders-tax-agency-not-to-collect-taxes-despite-veto/ https://azcapitoltimes.com/news/2015/04/15/ducey-orders-tax-agency-not-to-collect-taxes-despite-veto/#comments Wed, 15 Apr 2015 21:52:54 +0000 https://azcaptimes.wpenginepowered.com/?p=84477 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.

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]]> In a move that has raised legal questions, Gov. Doug Ducey is ordering the Department of Revenue not to collect hundreds of thousands of dollars in sales taxes against certain...

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]]> https://azcapitoltimes.com/news/2015/04/15/ducey-orders-tax-agency-not-to-collect-taxes-despite-veto/feed/ 2 84477 New TPT law takes effect, but changes are likely https://azcapitoltimes.com/news/2015/01/02/new-tpt-law-takes-effect-but-changes-are-likely/ https://azcapitoltimes.com/news/2015/01/02/new-tpt-law-takes-effect-but-changes-are-likely/#respond Fri, 02 Jan 2015 12:10:19 +0000 https://azcaptimes.wpenginepowered.com/?p=80974 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.

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]]> 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. That’s because a...

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]]> https://azcapitoltimes.com/news/2015/01/02/new-tpt-law-takes-effect-but-changes-are-likely/feed/ 0 80974 TPT reform provision put on hold for 1 year https://azcapitoltimes.com/news/2014/10/17/arizona-tpt-reform-provision-put-on-hold-for-1-year/ https://azcapitoltimes.com/news/2014/10/17/arizona-tpt-reform-provision-put-on-hold-for-1-year/#respond Fri, 17 Oct 2014 12:00:18 +0000 https://azcaptimes.wpenginepowered.com/?p=78855 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.

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]]> 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...

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]]> https://azcapitoltimes.com/news/2014/10/17/arizona-tpt-reform-provision-put-on-hold-for-1-year/feed/ 0 78855 Brewer nixes special session request on TPT https://azcapitoltimes.com/news/2014/10/01/arizona-gov-jan-brewer-nixes-special-session-request-on-tpt/ https://azcapitoltimes.com/news/2014/10/01/arizona-gov-jan-brewer-nixes-special-session-request-on-tpt/#respond Wed, 01 Oct 2014 23:29:56 +0000 https://azcaptimes.wpenginepowered.com/?p=78364 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.

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]]> 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. Lobbyist Kevin DeMenna requested...

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]]> https://azcapitoltimes.com/news/2014/10/01/arizona-gov-jan-brewer-nixes-special-session-request-on-tpt/feed/ 0 78364 Brewer set to sign sales tax overhaul bill https://azcapitoltimes.com/news/2013/06/25/brewer-set-to-sign-sales-tax-overhaul-bill/ https://azcapitoltimes.com/news/2013/06/25/brewer-set-to-sign-sales-tax-overhaul-bill/#respond Tue, 25 Jun 2013 17:13:21 +0000 https://azcaptimes.wpenginepowered.com/?p=60630 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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Gov. Jan Brewer is set to sign a major overhaul of the state’s sales tax collection...

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