Business & Finance

The Arizona Department of Revenue (ADOR) will be sending renewal letters to businesses next month to renew their 2020 Arizona Transaction Privilege Tax (TPT) License. A transaction privilege tax license is used for collection and remittance of state, county and city taxes.

Halloween is a time for Arizonans to be reminded of “ghost” tax preparers.A ghost preparer is paid to prepare a tax return, but does not sign it or include necessary information. The Arizona Department of Revenue (ADOR) urges taxpayers to be aware they may be a part of a scam if a preparer won't put their name on the tax return.

Individual income and corporate taxpayers that received a calendar year tax filing extension, and have not yet filed, have until Tuesday, October 15 to submit their tax returns.

The Arizona Department of Revenue’s East Valley satellite office has relocated to better serve taxpayers. ADOR customer service agents are now assisting taxpayers out of the City of Mesa Customer Service Center, 55 N Center Street.

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.

Arizona Department of Revenue to launch next phase of electronic TPT filing and paying In 2019, the Arizona Department of Revenue (ADOR) will be taking another step in its ongoing drive to provide enhanced customer service through electronic filing and paying.

Arizona Department of Revenue (ADOR) is now sending renewal letters to businesses this week. Every business licensed with ADOR is required to renew their Arizona Transaction Privilege Tax (TPT) license.

Arizona Department of Revenue (ADOR) will be sending renewal letters to businesses next month to renew their 2019 Arizona Transaction Privilege Tax (TPT) license. Every business licensed with ADOR is required to renew their Arizona TPT license, which is due January 1, 2019.

The Arizona Department of Revenue (ADOR) reminds individual income and corporate taxpayers who received a tax filing extension and have not yet filed that the deadline to submit returns is October 15.

Local retailers say their online competitors have a competitive advantage because there is no city or state sales tax for many online purchases.

The E-Verify process just got more secure for Arizona employers.

Starting Oct. 1, the way we use credit cards will begin changing. Oct. 1 marks the day stores are supposed to have terminals that can read the new computer-chip credit cards. But many stores don't have the terminals yet, and many consumers don't have the new cards, either.

Unfortunately as in all sales industries, some sales people sell based on fear or misinformation, and the merchant processing industry is no different. Ever since the credit card networks mandated an October 2015 transition to EMV credit cards, many small businesses are being contacted by creative sales people demanding that they switch their merchant accounts right away and spend upwards of $1000 to purchase a new credit card terminal in order to become "compatible".

When you were in the beginning stages of planning your small business, you may have had serious reservations about the financial end. With your math and accounting classes only a distant and hazy memory, you probably pictured yourself poring over ledgers and spreadsheets, agonizing in vain over your company checkbook. Fortunately, you can now put those fears to rest. Take some time to see for yourself what millions of other small business owners have already recognized: QuickBooks from Intuit can make your work life into a well-oiled and seamless machine. Here are some of the reasons. 

Someday, you will think back to the time when you used an inefficient, unsecured cash register for your business. You will wonder why you waited so long to obtain the full range of accounting, purchase tracking and productivity solutions that POS can provide. However, that day is still a long way off. At the moment, you’re all too aware of the advantages of POS, but you’re unsure how to proceed. Following the steps below will help you move toward the POS system that will catapult your business to the next level.