The Arizona Department of Revenue (ADOR) is reminding taxpayers to exercise due diligence in the selection of tax preparers.

The IRS indicates roughly 60 percent of tax filers use tax preparation services. While the majority of tax preparers are professional and qualified, there are cases where some have attempted to submit fraudulent returns or promised larger tax refunds by making unsubstantiated changes to the tax return.

Taxpayer responsibilities

Pursuant to House Bill 2416, the Arizona Department of Revenue has completed its study of the rate of noncompliance by persons subject to the prime contracting transaction privilege tax (TPT) classification. To view the study, please click HERE.

Monday, Feb. 4, 2019

The Arizona Department of Revenue (ADOR) is again reminding businesses that have yet to renew their past due 2019 State Transaction Privilege Tax (TPT) License to complete the licensing process.

Renewals were due Jan. 1, 2019 and prompt remittance can save both time and money.

Businesses that still owe a renewal fee are advised to pay fees to avoid penalties and to receive a 2019 Transaction Privilege Tax (TPT) License.  Operating without proper licensing is a class 3 misdemeanor – depending on business activity.

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.

Taxpayers can download and print their Form 1099-G by going to www.AZTaxes.gov, clicking on the “View My 1099-G” link and providing the necessary information.

Accessing Form 1099-G online is effective for a number of reasons:

PHOENIX -- Attorney General Mark Brnovich announced a State Grand Jury indicted Karen Hernandez and Pedro Arvizu, two tax preparers, for allegedly preparing false Arizona State resident personal income tax returns submitted to the Arizona Department of Revenue.

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.

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 Revenue today provided taxpayers with tax year 2018 annual inflation adjustments for Arizona standard deductions, personal exemptions, and the X & Y tax table. Tax year 2018 adjustments generally are used on tax returns filed in 2019.

2018 Arizona Standard Deduction, Personal Exemption, X & Y Tax Table

What are the 2018 Arizona standard deduction amounts?

The Arizona Department of Revenue (ADOR) is committed to providing taxpayers and tax preparers with the information necessary to properly file this tax season. As it relates to tax year 2018, ADOR is providing the following filing update.

As contemplated in Arizona law, in situations where conformity between state and federal tax law has not yet been decided, ADOR has prepared income tax forms for tax year 2018 based on Arizona law conforming to the current Internal Revenue Code (IRC), except those provisions to which the state historically does not conform.

The Arizona Department of Revenue (ADOR) is reminding tax preparers and employers in the state to continue looking out for phishing and other email scams.

One particular email scam is the Form W-2 email phishing scam.

The W-2 form reports an employee's annual wages and the amount of taxes withheld from their paycheck, as well as other confidential information.

The Arizona Department of Revenue has reported for four consecutive fiscal years that no individual taxpayers have claimed the income tax credit for Renewable Energy Investment and Production for Self-Consumption by International Operations Centers (Arizona Form 351).

Pursuant to A.R.S. § 43-224, for taxable years 2019 and after: