https://apps.azleg.gov/BillStatus/BillOverview/31190
SB1279 is the result of negotiations between the Arizona Tax Research
Association (ATRA) and the Arizona Department of Revenue. Current law
does not specifically address the tax treatment of computer software.
https://apps.azleg.gov/BillStatus/BillOverview/66868
HB2613 does two important things to clarify the actions of jurisdictions between the call of a
tax-question election through election day. First, it directs them to limit “district-focused”
advertising (promotions where the district itself is the focus) to official business that is
germane to the functioning of the jurisdiction and maintains their historical frequency, scope,
https://apps.azleg.gov/BillStatus/BillOverview/71851
Currently, there is no guidance in statute- only a Department of Revenue guideline that
suggests County Assessors apply “Rule B” when the Full Cash Value (market value)
increases by 10% or more, or at the discretion of the County Assessor. First, the 10%
threshold is arguably too low, and as introduced, SB1248 would have allowed a more
reasonable threshold of 20%. Second, allowing assessor’s to ignore the 10% threshold and
https://apps.azleg.gov/BillStatus/BillOverview/72839
SB1121 seeks to simplify, streamline and create transparency for the process to amend
the MCTC. SB1121 will accomplish the following:
- Meetings are called by the chairman of the MTCC in response to any proposed
amendment instead of the second Friday of every other month.
- Clarifies that DOR and any taxpayer may propose an amendment to the MCTC, in
addition to a city or town.
https://apps.azleg.gov/BillStatus/BillOverview/72780
In 2019, the Legislature passed SB1033, which required all fifteen county treasurers mail
property tax statements to every property owner. ATRA advocated for this legislation
after learning that a handful of county treasurers had ceased sending tax statements to
property owners of mortgaged property. Consequently, the property owner was never
notified of their property tax liability.
https://apps.azleg.gov/billStatus/BillOverview/74301
HB2018 (HB2106 in the 2020 session) makes several changes in Title 15 related to all public
school audits and compliance questionnaires. The bill received unanimous votes in the
House and Senate in 2020 before COVID closed the session.
There are four major provisions:
https://apps.azleg.gov/BillStatus/BillOverview/74928
HB2391 requires all counties publish their rates and levies on a standard
worksheet (such as Excel or Google Sheets) developed by ADOR.
Rationale: Key government data should be produced in a manner that is useful to citizens.
By producing this critical taxpayer data on a worksheet, the information becomes
democratized, letting interested citizens crunch their own data.
https://apps.azleg.gov/BillStatus/BillOverview/74501
HB2112 raises awareness when taxing entities intend to increase property taxes by
requiring the TNT notice to be included in the taxing entity’s proposed and
adopted budgets. Furthermore, the press release must include the name of the
newspaper in which the TNT notice will be published, the dates of publication, and
must be accessible to the public from the taxing entity’s website.
