Bisbee
Bisbee Transaction Privilege Tax Rates
| City/town name: bisbee CITY CODE: BB | business code | tax rate |
|---|---|---|
| Advertising | 018 | 3.50% |
| Amusements | 012 | 3.50% |
| Contracting-Prime | 015 | 3.50% |
| Contracting-Speculative Builders | 016 | 3.50% |
| Contracting-Owner Builder | 037 | 3.50% |
| Feed at Wholesale | 116 |
3.50% |
| Job Printing | 010 | 3.50% |
| Manufactured Buildings | 027 | 3.50% |
| Timbering and Other Extraction | 020 | 3.50% |
| Severance-Metal Mining | 019 | 0.10% |
| Publication | 009 | 3.50% |
| Hotels | 044 | 3.50% |
| Hotel/Motel (Additional Tax) | 144 | 5.00% |
| Residential Rental, Leasing & Licensing for Use | 045 | 3.50% |
| Commercial Rental, Leasing & Licensing for Use | 213 | 3.50% |
| Rental, Leasing & Licensing for Use of TPP | 214 | 3.50% |
| Restaurants and Bars | 011 | 3.50% |
| Retail Sales | 017 | 3.50% |
| Retail Sales Food for Home Consumption | 062 | 3.50% |
| MRRA Amount | 315 | 3.50% |
| Communications | 005 | 3.50% |
| Transporting | 006 | 3.50% |
| Utilities | 004 | 3.50% |
Amendments or Special Provisions
1. Imposes an additional 2.50% bed tax. Impose a 3.50% Additional bed tax effective March 01, 2015.
2. On December 16, 2014, the Mayor and the Council of the City of Bisbee approved Ordinance O-14-09 to increase the Transaction Privilege Tax (TPT) for Hotel/Motel (Additional Tax), Business Code:144, from two and one-half percent (2.50%) to three and one-half percent (3.50%). The rate increase was to remain for 4 years to provide funds for promoting the City of Bisbee as an overnight visitor destination and was effective on March 01,2015. At the request of the City of Bisbee, the rate increase will sunset on February 28.2019. The Transaction Privilege Tax (TPT) for Hotel/Motel (Additional Tax) (Business Code: 144) will revert back to Two and One Half Percent (2.50%). This change has an effective date of March 01, 2019.
3. Effective March 1 2021, Ordinance O-21-04, removes the sunset rate from Ordinance 14-09, and adds a permanent increase to the rate of taxation on the rental, leasing, and licensing for use of real property under the additional tax on transient lodging (Model Option 6). Hotel/Motel (Additional Tax), Business Code 144 increases from two and one-half percent (2.50%) to five percent (5.00%).
History of Rate Changes
Transaction Privilege Tax
3.50% (effective March 01, 2015)
2.50% (effective March 01, 2001);
2.00% (effective September 01, 1973)
