PHOENIX – Arizona Attorney General Mark Brnovich and the Arizona Department of Revenue announced a State Grand Jury returned a 19-count indictment against Jalisco Corp aka Jalisco Auto Sales, and its owner-operator, Maria Gutierrez.

The indictment accuses Gutierrez of falsifying Jalisco Auto Sales’ transaction privilege or sales tax returns between January 1, 2015 and July 26, 2016, by underreporting the number of cars sold.  It is alleged that Jalisco Auto Sales charged its customers for sales tax but failed to remit the collected taxes to the Arizona Department of Revenue.  

Arizona Department of Revenue (ADOR) is making it easier for businesses to link their transaction privilege tax (TPT) license to their AZTaxes.gov account. Businesses now can update their Primary and Delegate through Delegate Access Request (DAR) faster. ADOR always recommends that the Primary (or also known as “Security Administrator”) should be the owner or officer.

What’s New to AZTaxes.gov

Existing Users:
You will notice improvements on the linking screens next time you log into your AZTaxes.gov account.
Changes include:

Identity theft remains a serious issue across the United States and the Arizona Department of Revenue (ADOR) is reminding taxpayers to be on alert for identity theft scam artists.

Thieves steal identities a number of different ways including using card-skimming devices, access through unsecure Wi-Fi, stealing mail, a data breach or hacking email accounts to obtain log-in passwords and financial data. They also use phishing schemes or use false pretenses to obtain personal information.

A record $64.3 million in unclaimed property was returned to rightful owners in 2017-2018 under the Arizona Department of Revenue’s (ADOR) Unclaimed Property program.

Amounts given back to people ranged from one dollar to more than $1.2 million.

Effective August 3, 2018, new legislation (Senate Bill 1385) has created an additional option for taxpayers seeking to appeal a determination by the Arizona Department of Revenue (ADOR).

Except in cases involving individual income taxes, taxpayers with a pending appeal with the department may bypass an administrative hearing and appeal directly to the Arizona Board of Tax Appeals (BOTA) or Arizona Tax Court.  

Taxpayers can file now and schedule payments up until the deadline.

The Arizona Department of Revenue (ADOR) reminds monthly transaction privilege tax filers that returns are due.

Avoid the worry and hassle of mailing your return by using AZTaxes.gov, which is available at night and weekends. Our online filing and paying service is free, fast and easy — allowing payments to be scheduled up until the second to last business day.

To be in compliance with state law, you must file a return by its due date, even if there is no tax due for the filing period.

The Arizona Department of Real Estate (ADRE) and the Arizona Department of Revenue (ADOR) are working together to educate property management companies (PMCs) on the process and advantages of  the new E-Solution Bulk Upload Procedure to submit transaction privilege tax (TPT) to the state. 

Since January 2018, PMCs have been able to import their clients’ TPT information in CSV, an Excel file format or enter the information manually.

The Arizona Department of Economic Security (DES) and Arizona Department of Revenue (ADOR) are working together to help Arizona businesses better understand licensing requirements.