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A case to be argued Wednesday before the U.S. Supreme Court could settle once and for all the legal bounds of Arizona’s private-school tuition tax-credit program.
More than setting a school-choice precedent, however, the case could also shape the rights of taxpayers to sue the government over policies they dislike that involve separation of church and [...]
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This month, as the tax year nears an end, thousands of Arizonans are expected to donate money to private-school tuition groups and claim a tax credit
that reduces what they owe the state.
Many taxpayers will recommend that their money go to specific students as scholarships; many tuition groups will honor those wishes.
But these taxpayers, and the [...]
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The state’s high court on Tuesday upheld a 3-year-old law that lets corporations divert some of their state income taxes to help students attend private and parochial schools.
Without comment, the Arizona Supreme Court rejected arguments by the Arizona Education Association and other foes of the law that the law amounts to the state providing illegal [...]
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House Speaker Kirk Adams said Friday he fully expects legislation to come forward in the next session that will address Arizona’s Private School Tuition Tax Credits.House Speaker Kirk Adams said Friday he fully expects legislation to come forward in the next session that will address Arizona’s Private School Tuition Tax Credits.
Last week, Adams, R-Mesa, announced [...]
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The failure of Arizona lawmakers and the governor to reach an agreement on a state budget — and permanently eliminate the state property tax, which was suspended in 2006 — means the tax automatically returns as planned in 2009.
For all intents and purposes, the time for lawmakers to repeal the levy has run out. State [...]
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The Arizona Senate defeated a tax bill Wednesday that would have put Gov. Jan Brewer’s proposed sales tax hike on the ballot for voters to decide.
The 14-11 vote was two votes short of what’s needed for passage, and an effort to resurrect the proposed sales tax failed on a 15-10 vote.
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Democratic leaders in the Arizona House of Representatives on Tuesday called for state and federal investigations into Arizona’s Private School Tuition Tax Credits program and the scholarship charities that operate the tax subsidy.
Some Republican lawmakers joined in the requests to review tax credits and, if there’s cause, to reform them.
The Democratic caucus in the House [...]
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