SignalsAZ.com Prescott News Podcast - Prescott Sales Tax Increases April 1

Episode Date: March 12, 2025

Send us a text and chime in!On November 5, 2024, voters in Prescott approved Proposition 478, a measure aimed at enhancing public safety funding through a sales tax increase. The proposition establish...es a 0.95% Public Safety Sales Tax, which is set to take effect on April 1, 2025. As a result of this voter-approved initiative, the City of Prescott’s transaction privilege (sales) tax will increase from 2.00% to 2.95%. This adjustment is intended to provide additional funding for essential public safety services, including police, fire, and emergency response operations. With the implementation of this new tax, the overall combined tax rate for Prescott—including State, County, and... For the written story, read here >> https://www.signalsaz.com/articles/prescott-sales-tax-increases-april-1/Check out the CAST11.com Website at: https://CAST11.com Follow the CAST11 Podcast Network on Facebook at: https://Facebook.com/CAST11AZFollow Cast11 Instagram at: https://www.instagram.com/cast11_podcast_network

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Starting point is 00:00:00 Text to Speech Audio Articles made possible by Cast 11 Talking Glass Media. On November 5th, 2024, voters in Prescott approved Proposition 478, a measure aimed at enhancing public safety funding through a sales tax increase. The proposition establishes a 0.95% public safety sales tax, which is set to take effect on April 1, 2025. As a result of this voter-approved initiative, the city of Prescott's transaction privilege, sales, tax will increase from 2.0.0.5.5. As a result of this voter-approved initiative, the city of Prescott's transaction privilege, sales, tax will increase from 2.00% to 2.95%. This adjustment is intended to provide additional funding for essential public safety services, including police, fire, and emergency response operations. With the implementation of this new tax,
Starting point is 00:00:46 the overall combined tax rate for Prescott, including state, county, and city taxes, will rise to 9.30%. Residents and business owners who have questions regarding the tax rate change or need assistance can contact the transaction privilege, sales, tax assistance office at 928-7771-1268. Additional information, including detailed tax rate breakdowns and guidance, is available on the Arizona Department of Revenue website at www.org.com. Catch up with more local news stories on signalsaz.com. Subscribe and be the F1 RSD 2-No.

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