How does the transaction privilege tax (TPT) apply to prime contracting? The TPT is imposed on the business activity of performing contracting work as a prime contractor. The tax base is sixty-five percent of the gross receipts derived from the business.
Construction contracting (business code 015)
Common sales tax exemptions include: Professional or personal services where the sale of tangible personal property constitutes an inconsequential element. Services rendered in addition to the sale of tangible personal property at retail.
The Arizona (AZ) state sales tax rate is currently 5.6%.
"Prime contractor" means a contractor who supervises, performs or coordinates the modification of any building, highway, road, railroad, excavation, manufactured building or other structure, project, development or improvement, including the contracting, if any, with any subcontractors or specialty contractors and who ...
Maintenance, Repair, Replacement and Alteration construction activities, collectively referred to as MRRA activities, are specifically excluded from the prime contracting classification. MRRA activities entail contracting activities on existing property.
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Common sales tax exemptions include: Professional or personal services where the sale of tangible personal property constitutes an inconsequential element. Services rendered in addition to the sale of tangible personal property at retail.
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.