Fountain Hills

Fountain Hills Transaction Privilege Tax & Use Tax Rates

City/Town Name:                             Fountain Hills                       City Code: FH

Business Code Tax Rate
Advertising 018 2.90%
Amusements 012 2.90%
Contracting-Prime 015 2.90%
Contracting-Speculative Builders 016 2.90%
Contracting-Owner Builder 037 2.90%
Job Printing 010 2.90%
Manufactured Buildings 027 2.90%
Timbering and Other Extraction 020 2.90%
Severance-Metal Mining 019 0.10%
Publication 009 2.90%
Hotels 044 2.90%
Hotel/Motel (Additional Tax) 144 4.00%
Residential Rental, Leasing & Licensing for Use 045 1.60%
Commercial Rental, Leasing & Licensing for Use 213 1.60%
Commercial Lease (Additional Tax) 313 1.30%
Rental, Leasing & Licensing for Use of TPP 214 2.90%
Restaurants and Bars 011 2.90%
Retail Sales 017 2.90%
Retail Sales Food for Home Consumption 062 2.90%
MRRA Amount 315 2.90%
Communications  005 2.90%
Transporting 006 2.90%
Utilities 004 2.90%
Use Tax Purchases 029 2.90%
Use Tax From Inventory 030 2.90%

 

Amendments or Special Provisions

1. Impose a 0.00% tax on advertising. Effective April 1, 2004 becomes a general sales tax rate.

2. Adopted Appendix IV.

3. Impose an additional 3.00% bed tax effective February 1, 1997. Impose an additional 4.00% tax effective October 01, 2010.

4. Impose a 1.60% rate on the rental of real property in section 8A-445.

5. Section 8A-446 is added as follows: (Effective April 1, 2004)

Sec. 8A-446. Additional tax on non-residential rental business activity.

In addition to the taxes levied under Section 8A-445, there is hereby levied and shall be collected by the Tax Collector an additional tax in the amount equal to one percent (1.00%) of the gross income from the business activity of any person engaged in the rental, leasing or licensing of nonresidential property or property units.

6. On August 13, 2019, the Mayor and the Council of the Town of Fountain Hills approved Ordinance No. 19-12 to increase the Transaction Privilege Tax (TPT) by three-tenths percent (0.30%).

All changes have an effective date of November 1, 2019.

History of Rate Changes

Transaction Privilege Tax

2.90% (effective November 1, 2019)

2.60% (effective April 1, 2003)

1.60% (effective November 1, 2000)

1.20% (effective May 1, 1995)

 

Use Tax

2.90% (effective November 1, 2019)

2.60% (effective April 1, 2003)

1.60% (effective November 1, 2000)

1.20% (effective May 1, 1995)

 

 

Contact Name
Taxpayer Problem Resolution
Contact Number
(480) 816-5100
Collection
Department of Revenue
Renewal Fee
$0.00
License Fee
$2.00
Criminal Penalty
Class One
City Address

16705 E. Avenue of the Fountains
Fountain Hills, AZ 85268
United States

Date Code Effective
May 1, 1995
Chapter
8A
Transaction Privilege Tax %
2.90% (effective November 1, 2019)
Use Tax %
2.90% (effective November 1, 2019)
Local Options
Model Options