Taxable Contracting Activities All contractors are considered to be prime contractors and must have a transaction privilege license. This includes general contractors, subcontractors, and specialty contractors.
Are services taxable in Arizona? Arizona has a transaction privilege tax (TPT) that operates similarly to sales and use tax in other states. Some professional services, amusement/entertainment services, and services to tangible personal property are taxable in Arizona.
Just because the ad says it does NOT mean it's true! An unlicensed entity may be a company or individual. To be a contractor in Arizona, an entity must be licensed.
If a business is selling a product or engaging in a service subject to TPT, that business will likely need a license from the Arizona Department of Revenue (ADOR) and a TPT, or business/occupational license, from the city or cities in which the business has a base or operation.
Contractors engaging in taxable construction projects or activities are required to obtain a TPT license.
A total Transaction Privilege (Sales) Tax rate of 8.35%, (6.35% State and County, 2.00% Prescott), is imposed on the gross income of any person engaging in Construction Contracting. If tax has been neither separately charged nor separately collected, factoring of tax is allowed in computing taxable income.
Equally as important, uniform collection and enforcement of use tax provides for fair competition between out-of-state and Arizona-based businesses. The state use tax rate is the same as the state transaction privilege tax (TPT) rate (sometimes referred to as sales tax), currently at 5.6 percent.
Each municipality and county sets their own tax rate, therefore the total tax rate varies throughout the state. The transaction privilege tax rate for Prescott is 2%. For most business classifications, the combined rate for the State of Arizona and Yavapai County is 6.35%.
Arizona LLCs have a default tax status as pass-through entities, which means the LLC's income is reported on the members' individual tax return. LLC members are taxed at a 15.3% rate, while LLCs that choose C-corp status are taxed at 4.9%.