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Position Papers

2025 ATRA Legislative Program
ATRA Good Bill/Bad Bill List
ATRA OPPOSES HB2457 - Taxpayers don't get to say no?
ATRA OPPOSES HB2457 - Bypasses Longstanding Property Owner Approval for Fire District Creation
ATRA OPPOSES HB2704 - Tax Increment Financing for Chase Field
ATRA SUPPORTS HB2118 - Clarifies TPT Sourcing for Businesses Located in this State
ATRA SUPPORTS HB2119 - Model City Tax Code Notifications
ATRA SUPPORTS HB2119 - Model City Tax Code Notifications, As Amended in Senate Finance
ATRA SUPPORTS HB2515 - Improves Transparency in Bond & Override Elections
ATRA SUPPORTS SB1050 - GPLET Reform
ATRA SUPPORTS SB1050 - GPLET Reform, as amended in the Senate
ATRA SUPPORTS SB1069 - Reduces Business Personal Property Tax & Administrative Burden on Small Business
ATRA SUPPORTS SB1473 - Creates a State Student Funding Formula

Press Releases

ATRA Joins Business Community Opposing the Tax Increases in $3.5 Trillion Fed Reconciliation Package
AZ Supreme Court Rules Prop 208 Language Unconstitutional
School Districts Slam Taxpayers with $100 Million Property Tax Increase
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Special Reports

Invest in Ed Tax Increase is Misguided and Cynical

PSPRS Costs Plague City, Fire District Budgets

ATRA Opposes the Steyer Initiative

ATRA Opposes the Income Tax Hike

ABOR Tax Free Zones

Recent Publications

July 2025 Newsletter
  • ATRA Business Personal Property Tax Relief Measure Enacted
  • Counties Proposing to Increase Property Taxes
  • City/Town Property Taxes Grow to $477 Million in FY26
  • Community Colleges Report Stagnant Enrollment While Revenue Gaps Widen
  • SAVE THE DATES: ATRA Golf Tournament (Nov. 5th) & ATRA Outlook Conference (Nov. 21st)
May 2025 Newsletter
  • Governor Signs One ATRA Bill, Vetoes Another
  • Ignored Audit Findings Lead to Fraud
  • Adjacent Ways Levies Grow to $62 Million
April 2025 Newsletter
  • City Revenues Remain Strong but Cities Continue to Cry Foul
  • Bill Requiring Developers to Pay School Taxes Vetoed
  • Arizona National Tax Rankings Improve
  • 2022 Net Migration Resulted in $3.7 Billion AGI Gain
February 2025 Newsletter
  • 2025 ATRA Legislative Update
  • ATRA Opposes DBacks TIF Bill
  • Arizona's Highest Property Tax Jurisdictions
  • Non-Voter Approved Taxes Drive K-12 Inequities
January 2025 Newsletter
  • 2025 ATRA Legislative Program

Issue File

City Budgets
Community Colleges
County Budgets
Digital Goods / Services
Fire Districts
GPLET/Incentives
K-12 Finance
Pensions
Prime Contracting/MRRA
Property Taxes
Remote Sales/Wayfair
State and Local Debt
TPT Audits

Recurring Publications

FY 2026 Community College District Budget Review
FY 2025 County Budget Review
Understanding Arizona Property Taxes (2025 Edition)
2024 Property Tax Rates & Assessed Values
2024 Legislative Review
Arizona Tax Digest 2024

ATRA in the News

Your local community college kindly requests you keep paying your taxes
State Affairs
Jakob Thorington

A July newsletter from the Arizona Tax Research Association notes tha

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Failure to extend Prop. 123 linked to GOP school choice push
Arizona Capitol Times
Kiera Riley

“We should give money to the districts and charters based on how many students they have, and then

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Mesa closes $18M budget gap with reserve funds
The Mesa Tribune
Cecilia Chan

Mesa has a $2.79-billion spending plan in place for the fisc

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House panel passes Prop 123 extension proposals – Senate committee next
Arizona Capitol Times
Kiera Riley

A picture, or at the very least, a starting point for Proposition 123 came into focus in the House

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