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HB2173 county aid; school districts; revisions (Pingerelli - 2024)
HB2380 TPT; municipalities; audits; guidelines (Carter - 2024)
SB1279 Clarifying Property Taxation of Computer Software (Yarbrough - 2012)

Budget Review

FY 2017 County Budget Review

News Article

Bill to curb municipal tax breaks for development projects advances in Az Senate
Republicans seek to curtail property tax breaks for big developments
Peoria ballpark-area project could have millions in incentives
Higher Education Has a Tax Problem and It's Hurting Local Communities
Effort underway to lower property taxes for Arizona businesses
2019: Netflix, GoDaddy sue ADOR over digital goods tax
2019: Digital-goods taxation data unreliable, leaves fate of bill uncertain
2018: Amended GPLET reform bill passes through legislature
Roberts: Universities stop bill to end Arizona's sweetest tax dodge
2018: Bill creates needed framework to tax digital goods and software
2018: Arizona wrestles with blocking taxes on cloud offerings, digital streams
2018: Property tax break fight finds some common ground
2017: Phoenix wants to make the Sheraton everyone's problem
Pension debt punt could cost Phoenix taxpayers $2.3 billion
2017: Downtown Phoenix: Who Gets Tax Breaks — And Who Doesn't
2017: Robb: This tax incentive is a fraud and an abuse
2017: Arizona moves to reform system of tax breaks for developers
2017: Ending tax subsidies won’t mean an end to development
2017: Arizona House passes compromise changes to GPLET property tax breaks
The truth about Phoenix's property taxes
Arizona governments still cutting back on debt
2015 AZ Republic: Fire officials want tax hike
Analyst questions hospital plan to sell bonds to pay down debt
2015: Taxpayers should stop bailing out high tax districts
2015 Daily Star: Putting a price on fire protection
Mesa takes heat over record $580 million bond request
2014: Tempe doesn't know tax incentive on Town Lake land sale
The growing debt you probably didn't know existed
2014: GPLET tax incentive draws developers but may also hurt small businesses
2013 AZ Republic: Taxation Vexation: Special districts often lead to wildly disparate tax bills among neighbors
2011: Phoenix beer distributor to move business - and 455 employees - to west Mesa
Glendale OK with sports debt, but risks run deep
Bill capping secondary property taxes advances in Senate
2009 Zonie Report: Budget squabbles singe rural firefighters
2008: Bill would have given lucrative tax breaks
Queen Creek’s rising debt merits residents’ concern
Bond debt high in Scottsdale schools, city govt.
QC has highest debt per capita in Arizona
College District Needs Better Budget Habits

Presentation Set

2023 ATRA Outlook Conference
2019 ATRA Outlook Conference
2019 ATRA Outlook Conference
2019 ATRA Outlook Conference
2018 ATRA Outlook Conference
2018 ATRA Outlook Conference
2017 ATRA Outlook Conference
Ad Hoc Joint Committee on Taxation of Digital Goods & Services

Press Release

ATRA Releases Analysis of Statewide Public Debt
ATRA Responds to Wayfair
Gilbert increases property taxes while taxpayer money sits in the bank
Proposition 208 doesn’t deliver accountability, dedicated or stable revenues

Publication - Book / Pamphlet

FY 2021 County Budget Review
Arizona School Finance 2020
FY16 Community College Finance Review

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Publication - Position Paper

ATRA Opposes HB2330 - Taxpayers Don't Get to Say No?
ATRA OPPOSES HB2330 - Bypasses Longstanding Property Owner Approval for Fire District Creation
ATRA SUPPORTS HB2309 - GPLET Reform
ATRA SUPPORTS HB2380 - TPT Audit Reform
Arizona Businesses Support SB1263 - Locally Assessed Business Personal Property Elimination
ATRA SUPPORTS HB2807 - Simplifies Residential Contracts under Prime Contracting
ATRA Supports SB1172 - Fire District G.O. Bond Reform - As Amended
The Arizona Business Community Supports Property Tax Reform - SB1276
ATRA OPPOSES HB2609 - Undermines the Statewide Process for Certifying Emergency Medical Service Providers
The Arizona Business Community Supports Property Tax Reform - SB1093
ATRA OPPOSES SB1374 - Unconstitutional End Run of College Expenditure Limits
ATRA Opposes HB2834 Providing Targeted Property Tax Breaks is Bad Policy
ATRA Opposes SB1294 Sidesteps voters to shirk Constitutional limits
ATRA Opposes SB1309 Targeted Property Tax Break
ATRA Supports Business Property Tax Reform
ATRA Supports SB1659 Fire District Financial Transparency
ATRA Supports HB2018/SB1164 K-12 Audit Transparency
ATRA Opposes SB1280 unfunded pension liability is not long term debt
ATRA Supports HB2404: Simplifying MRRA under Prime Contracting
2018: Digital Goods & Services In Graphics
ATRA Opposes HB2702 economic nexus; marketplace facilitators
ATRA Supports Proposed Budget Tax Reform
ATRA Supports SB1334 Protecting AZ's M&E Exemption
AZ Attorney's Warn Lawmakers About Constitutionality of HB2702
SB1460 Coalition Supports Digital Goods & Services
ATRA Opposes SB1268 Expansion of Class 6 Property
2018: HB2479 SB1392 legal breakdown of digital goods & services
ATRA Opposes HB2456- Rio Nuevo Extension
ATRA Opposes SB1409- Reverses MRRA
ATRA Supports HB2126 GPLET Slum/Blight, CBD size limits
ATRA Supports HB2158 - Extend Prop 301
ATRA Supports HB2185 school tax rate clean up
ATRA Supports HB2280 Curb ABOR Tax Free Zones
ATRA Supports HB2282 Cap Transpo Delta
ATRA Supports HB2479 & SB1392
ATRA Supports SB1385 TPT Administrative Hearings; Confidentiality
Response to March 1 2018 JLBC Fiscal Note - DGS
2017 GPLET Handout
ATRA Support Amended HB2011 G.O. Bonds; Net Levies
ATRA Supports Amended HB2213 GPLET Reforms; K-12 Taxes
ATRA Supports SB1174 Deseg OCR Voter Approved
Deseg/OCR Handout
ATRA Opposes HB2512: Unfunded Pension Liability is Not Debt
ATRA Supports HB2126 expenditure limitations; community colleges
ATRA Supports HB2476 Use of Proceeds for K12 Property
ATRA Supports HB2481 K-12 Primary Tax Rate Reform
ATRA Supports SB1117 Adjacent Ways amended
ATRA Supports SB1125/HB2401 Deseg & OCR Phase Out
2015: ATRA Opposes HB2406 - fire district tax; overrides
ATRA Supports SB1446/HB2590 TPT Clean Up
2014: ATRA Supports proposed striker HB2044; Fire District Boundary Changes
ATRA Opposes SB1487 - Doubles K-12 Debt Limits for FY 2014
ATRA Opposes SB1487 - Doubles K-12 Debt Limits for FY 2014
ATRA Supports HB2111 - Transaction Privilege Tax Simplification - Updated Version
ATRA Supports HB2111 - Transaction Privilege Tax Simplification - Updated Version
ATRA Supports HB2535 - Protecting Arizona’s Machinery & Equipment Exemption
ATRA Opposes HB2060 - New Residential/Commercial Property Tax
ATRA Supports HB2202 - Narrows The Definition Of "Affected Class" Under The Taxpayer Bill Of Rights
ATRA Supports SB1165 - Prohibiting 3rd Party For-Profit Entities From Collecting And Auditing Sales Taxes
ATRA Supports SB1218 - Creates Equitable Treatment Under The Fire District Assistance Tax
ATRA Supports SB1279 - Creates Equitable Treatment Under The Fire District Assistance Tax
ATRA Opposes HB2676 - University Athletic Facilities Districts
ATRA Supports HB2508 - S/E: Prohibiting 3rd Party For-Profit Entities From Collecting And Auditing Sales Taxes
ATRA Supports HB2512 - Prohibiting 3rd Party For-Profit Entities From Collecting And Auditing Sales Taxes
2009: ATRA Supports HB2285 - Prevent Future Abuse Of The Fire District Assistance Tax
2009: ATRA Supports SB1421- Placing Reasonable Levy Limits On Fire Districts

Publication - Special Report

2014: Pensions Anchor Fire District Budgets
2018 What Happened to Teacher Pay?
2019: PSPRS Costs Plague City, Fire District Budgets
ABOR Tax Free Zones
Arizona K-12 School Finance Statistics 2017
Arizona School Finance, 2014
ATRA Supports Proposition 123
K-12 Cash Balances Could Help Close FY 2010 Deficit
K-12 Education Funding: How Do We Compare? 2009
Tax Increment Financing in Arizona
Teachers Union Tax Increase Misguided and Cynical