Official: Tax plan could be ‘devastating’ for Maricopa

By Christina Sampson

InMaricopa.com

Maricopa City Council heard state task force plan Tuesday that would take tax revenue away form the city. / File photo
Maricopa City Council heard state task force plan Tuesday that would take tax revenue away form the city. / File photo

Maricopa City Council heard state task force plan Tuesday that would take tax revenue away form the city. File photo

A tax plan proposed by Gov. Jan Brewer’s tax simplification task force could cost the city an estimated $1.5 million.

Paul Jepson, assistant to the city manager, told members of the Maricopa City Council Tuesday a proposal by the governor’s tax simplification task force would “more than likely become a bill” and the impact on Maricopa would be “devastating, simply devastating.”

The estimated $1.5 million of lost revenue would impact city services and capital improvement projects.

“We can start picking who’s going to lose it,” Mayor Christian Price said. “Is it police, is it fire? Whoever it is, it’s going to hurt and it’s not going to be fair.”

The task force’s plan proposes changing where builders are taxed, and what they are taxed. It also would take away the city’s ability to audit builders.

Construction sales tax would be paid where materials are purchased, not where a project is built.

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