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- ATRA’s professional staff provides
the most experienced tax and fiscal policy advocacy in the state of Arizona.
ATRA's staff represents taxpayers before policymakers at the state and local
level.
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- ATRA staff annually monitors and
provides testimony on hundreds of bills before the Arizona
Legislature. In addition, ATRA coordinates lobbying efforts with
its members and other business organizations on important public finance
legislation.
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- ATRA’s
Legislative Policy Committee, which meets weekly during the legislative session, provides an
opportunity for
ATRA members to receive timely and independent analysis of bills.
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- In recent legislative
sessions, ATRA led
tax reform efforts that resulted in several improvements in property, sales, and
income taxes.
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- Some
of
those
victories
include:
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In the wake of skyrocketing property values, ATRA successfully lobbied the Legislature for a $215 million property tax cut and to limit local governments primary property taxes to 2% plus new construction for tax year 2006. At the same time, an ATRA proposal to recalculate the base levy limits of local governments was referred to the November 2006 ballot and succeeded. As a result, Prop 101 restated the 2% limit on primary property taxes that voters originally approved back in 1980, effectively removing $186 million in tax increases from the hands of local governments. |
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Championing
the
business
communities
effort
to
reform
Arizona's
property
tax
system
in
2005.
ATRA
successfully
lobbied
a
measure
to
reduce
business
property
taxes
20%
beginning
in
2006.
(The
assessment
ratio's
will
be
reduced
a
half
percent
every
year
between
tax
year
2006
and
tax
year
2015,
from
25%
to
20%.) |
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Supported
the
successful
passage
of
legislation
that
creates
an
election
for
corporate
income
taxpayers
to
use
an
increased
sales
factor
in
the
corporate
income
tax
apportionment
formula.
Beginning
in
tax
year
2007,
the
sales
factor
may be
increased
to
60%
and
up
to
80%
in
tax
year
2009
and
thereafter. |
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Authoring
and
successfully
lobbying
the
Truth-in-Taxation
laws
that
now
control
state
and
local
government
primary
property
tax
levies. |
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Successfully
lobbying
numerous
reductions
in
property
taxes
including
the
complete
elimination
of
the
state
property
tax
rate.
ATRA’s
research
documenting
Arizona’s
high
business
property
taxes
also
resulted
in
many
improvements
in
business
property
taxes
including:
accelerated
depreciation
for
business
personal
property;
exemption
from
tax
for
the
first
$50,000
in
personal
property
value;
and
exempting
personal
property
from
tax
during
the
construction
work
in
progress
phase. |
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Championing
the
business
community’s
successful
effort
to
reduce
the
corporate
income
tax
rate
from
9%
to
6.9%. |
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Led
the
successful
effort
to
reform
Arizona’s
municipal
sales
tax
system
through
the
elimination
of
the
city
council’s
independent
authority
to
change
their
sales
tax
codes
and
the
elimination
of
multiple
audits
of
taxpayers
by
both
the
state
and
cities. |
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Lobbied
numerous
school
district
property
tax
reforms
that
annually
save
Arizona
property
taxpayers
tens
of
millions
of
dollars. |
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Position Paper
Archive
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Ballot Measures |
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2006 Ballot Measures: |
| Proposition
101, Taxpayer Protection Act of
2006 |
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ATRA
Staff Analysis
Reduced
Tax Capacity
A
fiscal formula that works
The Arizona Republic, October
15, 2006
Prop.
101 recalculates levy limits set
in 1980
Arizona Capitol Times, October
20, 2006
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| Proposition
106,
State Land Trust |
| ATRA
Staff Analysis |
| Proposition
203, Tobacco Tax |
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Proposition
203-News Release, July 25, 2006
ATRA
Staff Analysis
NO:
Taxation by ballot box is bad
policy
The Arizona Republic,
September 29, 2006
A
fiscal smoke screen
The Arizona Republic, October
25, 2006 |
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