October 21, 2009
Arizona Daily Star Cites Tax Foundation Report on State Revenue Sources
"Reliance on sales tax may put state at risk"
By Christine Rogel
Arizona ranks ninth nationally in its reliance on sales taxes to fund its state and local governments, according to a report by a nonpartisan tax research organization.
The Washington, D.C.-based Tax Foundation found that 48.4 percent of Arizona's tax base came from general sales taxes and from selective sales taxes on motor fuel, tobacco, insurance premiums, public utilities, amusements and alcoholic beverages.
The report, which combined state and local tax collections, drew from U.S. Census data for fiscal 2007.
