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The Mayor and City Council shall discuss and possibly take action to approve the Modifiaction to Intergovernmental Agreement between the City of Maricopa and the Arizona Department of Revenue regarding the uniform administration, licensing, collection, and auditing of transaction privilege tax, use tax, severance tax, jet fuel excise and use tax and rental occupancy taxes imposed by the State or cities or towns. Discussion and Action.
AGENDA ITEM DESCRIPTION
Local Transaction Privilege Tax (TPT) administration is governed by A.R.S. ยง 42-6001. This statute was recently modified for the purpose of tax simplification with the passage of House Bill 2111 in 2013 and House Bill 2389 in 2014. This statute now requires the Arizona Department of Revenue (DOR) to administer the transaction privilege and use taxes imposed by all cities and towns and to enter into a new intergovernmental agreement (IGA) with each city and town to reflect these changes and clearly define the working relationship between DOR and Arizona cities and towns.
Although tax simplification will have the greatest impact on those cities and towns that are currently self-collecting local taxes, there are also considerable improvements for cities and towns in the State collection program as a result of simplification, particularly in the form of receiving much more detailed taxpayer data.
The IGA covers all aspects of local tax administration. First and foremost, the IGA addresses confidentiality, including the authorized handling of confidential taxpayer information, expectations for the discreet use of taxpayer data to prevent unauthorized disclosure, and the process we will follow in the event of a disclosure. There is also clarified and simplified guidance on the use of aggregated taxpayer data for public reporting and analysis.
The IGA includes clear direction regarding the sharing of general taxpayer license information, legal interpretations and written guidance, rate and fee tables, ...
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