McCarthy said the bottom line for transparency-related bills is making sure tax information is easily accessible online and that it is presented in a way that is useful to the general public.
Miscellaneous
Arizona Capitol Times
Friday, April 16, 2021
The New York Times
Tuesday, September 11, 2018
The pressure is yielding results, to varying degrees. Arizona has tightened rules around its primary abatement tool, and the St. Louis Board of Aldermen has drawn up guidelines to cap incentives based on a project’s size and location.
The Arizona Capitol Times
Monday, July 9, 2018
Sean McCarthy never dreamed of working in politics, let alone with his father, Arizona Tax Research Association President Kevin McCarthy. But after spending 11 years away from Arizona, the 33-year-old Air Force veteran and East Valley native has made a home for himself in Phoenix as a senior research analyst at ATRA, with a focus on K-12 financing.
The Arizona Capitol Times
Thursday, May 4, 2017
Several proposals have come before the Arizona Legislature to loosen confidentiality protections and this year’s session brought yet another challenge under SB1242. The bill would allow the release of confidential taxpayer information to a third party to assist government in performing its tax administrative duties.
National Post (Canada)
Friday, March 10, 2017
“Fundamentally, what you are doing is you are going into the state general fund and you are appropriating dollars to a private concern,” Sean McCarthy of the ATRA told the Arizona Republic.
Phoenix Business Journal
Thursday, February 23, 2017
NAIOP-AZ was among the real estate groups opposed to the new bill but worked out some compromises with the legislation's sponsor, Rep. Vince Leach, R-SaddleBrooke, and the Arizona Tax Research Association. The measure now moves its way to the Arizona Senate.
East Valley Tribune
Tuesday, February 21, 2017
Sean McCarthy challenged the Coyotes’ argument that the team is creating new tax dollars by building an arena on a vacant site. “You are not creating new disposable income. You are moving dollars around,” McCarthy said. “You can’t argue that moving dollars from one stadium to another is creating new dollars.”
Arizona Republic
Wednesday, February 15, 2017
“Fundamentally, what you are doing is you are going into the state general fund and you are appropriating dollars to a private concern,” said Sean McCarthy of the Arizona Tax Research Association.
Phoenix Business Journal
Friday, December 2, 2016
McCarthy said sports teams need to pay for their own facilities... and the ASU development district where the new arena is proposed already retains property taxes within that district. “It’s already the mother of all property tax TIFs,” McCarthy said.
The Arizona Republic
Sunday, February 1, 2015
http://www.azcentral.com/story/news/arizona/politics/2015/01/31/arizona-...
From Derrick Hall of the Arizona Diamondbacks emceeing Gov. Doug Ducey's inauguration to U.S. Sen. John McCain lounging with Arizona Cardinals President Michael Bidwill at a game, politics and sports are mixing in Arizona more than ever.