Sedona
Sedona Transaction Privilege Tax & Use Tax Rates
| City/town name: SEdona city code: se | business code | tax rate |
|---|---|---|
| Amusements | 012 | 3.50% |
| Contracting-Prime | 015 | 3.50% |
| Contracting-Speculative Builders | 016 | 3.50% |
| Contracting-Owner Builder | 037 | 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 | 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% |
| MRRA Amount | 315 | 3.50% |
| Communications | 005 | 3.50% |
| Transporting | 006 | 3.50% |
| Utilities | 004 | 3.50% |
| Use Tax Purchases | 029 | 3.00% |
| Use Tax From Inventory | 030 | 3.00% |
Amendments or Special Provisions
1. Impose an additional 3.00% bed tax. Effective January 01, 2014 the bed tax is 3.50%
2. Amendment to Sec. 480 as follows: (Effective January 07, 1993)
Sec. 480. Utility Services
(d) Tax Credit Offset for Franchise Fees. Except as otherwise expressly provided in franchise agreements between the City and utilities, there shall be allowed as an offset any franchise fees paid to the City pursuant to the terms of a franchise agreement, when such franchise fees are based on gross income realized from utility services provided to a specified class of customers within the City. However, such offset shall not be allowed against taxes imposed by any other section of this chapter. Such offsets shall not be deemed in conflict with or violation of subsection 8-400 B.
3. Adopted Appendix 4, Supplementary Local Auditing.
4. On November 9. 2021, the City of Sedona passed Ordinance 2021-09, amending sections of the City Tax Code. The transaction privilege tax is permanently increased from three percent (3%) to three and one-half percent (3.5%) effective March 1, 2028 when it was previously set to expire.
History of Rate Changes
Transaction Privilege Tax
3.50% (effective March 01, 2018)
3.00% (effective October 1, 1996)
2.00% (until September 30, 1996)
Use Tax
3.00% (effective October 01, 1996)
2.00% (until September 30, 1996)
