Arizona Tax Research Association
Arizona Daily Star
During last year's hot, sweaty real estate boogie, Jim Malone was a wallflower.
Malone was sitting the dance out in his South Side home, where he and his wife have lived for the last 52 years and raised their two daughters.
Last week, he felt a little of the vibration from the dance floor when he received his property valuation for 2007 from the Pima County Assessor's Office.
Malone's valuation increased by 30 percent, not that far above the average increase for county homeowners.
Malone was sitting the dance out in his South Side home, where he and his wife have lived for the last 52 years and raised their two daughters.
Last week, he felt a little of the vibration from the dance floor when he received his property valuation for 2007 from the Pima County Assessor's Office.
Malone's valuation increased by 30 percent, not that far above the average increase for county homeowners.
The Daily Star
Two truths about taxes: They are necessary. They discourage behaviors that are taxed, while they implicitly encourage behaviors that are not taxed.
In Arizona, there is a third truth about taxes: The balance between business and personal taxes is heavily lopsided. Consequently, Arizona's tax code is helping create an economy exactly opposite of what Arizonans most often say they want.
Which would you rather have move to Arizona: (a) a sufficient number of retirees to create 1,000 new jobs in grocery and retail stores or (b) a company that creates 1,000 new high-tech jobs?
In Arizona, there is a third truth about taxes: The balance between business and personal taxes is heavily lopsided. Consequently, Arizona's tax code is helping create an economy exactly opposite of what Arizonans most often say they want.
Which would you rather have move to Arizona: (a) a sufficient number of retirees to create 1,000 new jobs in grocery and retail stores or (b) a company that creates 1,000 new high-tech jobs?
The East Valley Tribune
Intel Corp.CEO Craig Barrett’s Jan. 14 announcement that the computer chip giant is considering upgrading and increasing production capacity at its Chandler plant is quite gratifying, and should give impetus to proposals to trim Arizona’s too-high business taxes, which surely will be a factor in the final decision.