The average tax rate on a home in PIMA County will be approximately 1% of market value. Or 10% of “Assessed Value”. Tucson home Assessed Value will be about 10% of the market value.
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Calculating the sales tax amount in Arizona for products involves adding the state rate (5.6%) with the local city and county rates. For example, if you operate in a city with a 2.3% city tax and a 0.7% county tax, your total tax rate would be 8.6%. Therefore, for a product worth $100, the sales tax would be $8.60.
Arizona originally adopted TPT in 1933 when the rate for selling tangible personal property at retail was 2 percent. That rate is currently 5.6 percent. On top of the state TPT, there may be one or more local TPTs, as well as one or more special district taxes, each of which can range between 0 percent and 5.6 percent.
The following tables contain the rates for Transaction Privilege and other taxes imposed by the State of Arizona, the counties, and 91 Arizona cities/towns: • Table 1 provides the tax rates which combine the state's transaction privilege tax rate of 5.6% and the county excise tax rate.
Local extremes The lowest rate, 7.6 percent, is in Huachuca City, near the Fort Huachuca military base. Other combined rates for larger cities in the state include Glendale (9.2 percent), Mesa (8.05 percent), Peoria (8.1 percent), Surprise (8.5 percent) and Tempe (8.1 percent).
Accounting Credit The State of Arizona allows a credit for accounting and reporting expenses which results in a reduction of the amount of state tax owed. The accounting credit is applicable only to the state's transaction privilege tax and/or severance tax. The credit does not apply to city, county or other taxes.
Although commonly referred to as sales tax, TPT is differentiated from sales tax in most states in that it is a tax imposed on the seller, rather than on the purchaser. Therefore, it is ultimately the vendor, not the customer, who is liable to ADOR for TPT associated with taxable sales made in Arizona.