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The Arizona Department of Revenue (ADOR) previously maintained a phone number specifically set up for transaction privilege tax questions: 1-844-698-9176.
This number is no longer in service, and inquiries should be directed to the following Customer Care phone numbers:
Customer Care: 602-255-3381
Toll-free from within Arizona: 1-800-352-4090
Office Hours: Monday - Friday, 8:00 a.m. to 5:00 p.m.
Due to periods of high call volumes during certain times of the year, please consider contacting the department on Thursdays or Fridays before noon or after 2 p.m.
The Arizona Department of Revenue (ADOR) says taxpayers need to be mindful when selecting their tax preparers this tax season, because they are ultimately responsible for what is filed, regardless of who prepared the return.
Taxpayer responsibilities:
The Arizona Department of Revenue (ADOR) is reminding businesses that have not renewed their 2020 Transaction Privilege Tax (TPT) License to complete the licensing renewal process.
Renewals were due Jan. 1, 2020. Prompt compliance online can save both time and money.
Businesses still owing a renewal fee should act now to avoid further penalties and delays receiving their 2020 Transaction Privilege Tax (TPT) License.
Taxpayers receiving Form 1099-G, which serves as a confirmation of the previous year’s state tax refund, can now go online to access and print the form.
To be eligible for a Form 1099-G, a taxpayer must have itemized on their federal return and received an Arizona income tax refund.
Defendant Accused of Curbstoning
PHOENIX – Attorney General Mark Brnovich announced a State Grand Jury indicted Randolph Ezrre, of Rio Rico, with Fraudulent Schemes and Artifices, and 11 counts of Filing a False Tax Return for allegedly failing to pay transaction privilege tax, also known as sales tax, on used car sales in 2017 and 2018.
The Arizona Department of Revenue (ADOR) treats detecting and stopping fraud with paramount importance and reminds taxpayers that tax filing season is a time to be aware of identity thieves looking for ways to commit tax fraud.
The department points to phishing schemes, card-skimming devices, unsecure Wi-Fi networks, data breaches, computer viruses, unsafe smartphone apps, and hacking email accounts as ways identities are stolen.
The State of Arizona’s individual income tax filing season for tax year 2019 has opened. The deadline to file is April 15.
The individual income tax filing season for state and federal returns opens on Monday, January 27, 2020 and the Arizona Department of Revenue (ADOR) is reminding taxpayers of some key changes when filing for 2019 tax year.
Arizona individual income tax returns for tax year 2019 will include the following adjustments:
Taxpayers can file now and schedule payments up until the deadline.
The Arizona Department of Revenue (ADOR) reminds 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.
Arizona taxpayers have another option when filing and paying electronically on the state’s tax system.
The Arizona Department of Revenue (ADOR) has introduced self-service kiosks in both its Phoenix and Tucson locations. Kiosks are already available for use by taxpayers at the department’s East Valley office in Mesa.
House Bill 2757, passed during the 2019 Arizona legislative session, repealed the Arizona lottery subtraction. As a result, individual taxpayers may no longer subtract from their income the amount of prizes or winnings up to $5,000 in a single taxable year from any of the state lotteries.
The removal of the Arizona lottery subtraction applies retroactively to taxable years beginning from and after December 31, 2018.
