By Dustin Gardiner | The Republic
The future of a rental-car tax that Phoenix has used to help pay for construction of Talking Stick Resort Arena, the downtown Sheraton hotel and other projects — including a possible new arena downtown — could be in jeopardy.
Three companies have filed a notice of claim demanding the city stop collecting the sales tax and refund about $34 million they estimate has been collected from car-rental businesses citywide since 2012. They contend the tax violates Arizona’s Constitution.