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ADOR relocates East Valley office to City of Mesa Customer Service Center

The Arizona Department of Revenue’s East Valley satellite office has relocated to better serve taxpayers. ADOR customer service agents are now assisting taxpayers out of the City of Mesa Customer ...

ADOR reminds tax professionals and employers to be on the lookout for phishing email scams

The Arizona Department of Revenue (ADOR) is reminding tax preparers and employers in the state to continue looking out for phishing and other email scams. One particular email scam is the Form W-2 ...

Arizona Department of Revenue to launch next phase of electronic TPT filing and paying

Arizona Department of Revenue to launch next phase of electronic TPT filing and paying In 2019, the Arizona Department of Revenue (ADOR) will be taking another step in its ongoing drive to provide ...

Transaction Privilege Tax License Renewals Due January 1

Arizona Department of Revenue (ADOR) is now sending renewal letters to businesses this week. Every business licensed with ADOR is required to renew their Arizona Transaction Privilege Tax (TPT) ...

Transaction Privilege Tax License Renewals are Coming

Arizona Department of Revenue (ADOR) will be sending renewal letters to businesses next month to renew their 2019 Arizona Transaction Privilege Tax (TPT) license. Every business licensed with ADOR is ...

Did you file a tax extension? Deadline is fast approaching

Did you file a tax extension? Time's Running Out!

The Arizona Department of Revenue (ADOR) reminds individual income and corporate taxpayers who received a tax filing extension and have not yet filed that the deadline to submit returns is October ...

Local retailers want level playing field

Local retailers say their online competitors have a competitive advantage because there is no city or state sales tax for many online ...

MVD and feds partner to make E-Verify more secure

The E-Verify process just got more secure for Arizona ...

New, more secure credit cards about to debut

Starting Oct. 1, the way we use credit cards will begin changing. Oct. 1 marks the day stores are supposed to have terminals that can read the new computer-chip credit cards. But many stores don't ...

Don't fall victim to sales scams re: EMV terminals

Unfortunately as in all sales industries, some sales people sell based on fear or misinformation, and the merchant processing industry is no different. Ever since the credit card networks mandated an ...

How QuickBooks Credit Card Processing Can Help You Prep for Tax Season

When you were in the beginning stages of planning your small business, you may have had serious reservations about the financial end. With your math and accounting classes only a distant and hazy ...

How to Replace Your Cash Register with a POS Card Swiper

Someday, you will think back to the time when you used an inefficient, unsecured cash register for your business. You will wonder why you waited so long to obtain the full range of accounting, ...

3 Benefits to Wireless Credit Card Swipers

Gone are the days when the majority of customers paid cold, hard cash for their purchases. Some of the most intrepid greenback supporters even brought piles of the stuff to the bargaining table when ...

Five Tools Every Merchant Should Be Using

Watch a competent surgeon at work and you’ll immediately notice that he/she pays special attention to her tools. He/She uses the most state-of-the-art instruments available, organizes them ...

The Costs Benefits of Accepting American Express in a POS Card Swiper Store

Take off your entrepreneur hat for a moment and replace it with consumer headgear. Now, imagine yourself attempting to make a purchase at a local store using your American Express card. “I’m ...

Study to ensure women- and minority-owned businesses have equal access to highway projects

The Arizona Department of Transportation will conduct a Disadvantaged Business Enterprise Availability and Disparity Study designed to determine whether minority- and women-owned business enterprises ...

Consumer Alert: Attorney General Tom Horne Obtains Injunctions Against Arizona Telemarketers Selling Home-Based "Business Opportunities"

In an ongoing effort to combat telemarketing scams, Arizona Attorney General Tom Horne announced Friday the recent filing of a lawsuit in Maricopa County Superior Court against several Arizona-based ...