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How Prop 13 Arizona works:
 

ü Purchase price is used as the basis for taxation instead of speculative assessments.  Properties purchased before January 1, 2004 will use 2003 Full Cash Value as their tax basis until resold.

 

ü No more assessed values or need for appeals

 

ü Limits valuation increases to no more than 2% per year

 

ü Caps total tax at 0.5% of valuation for all residential properties (including non-owner occupied residential property) and 1% of valuation for all other real property (commercial property, vacant land).

 

ü Eliminates overrides and exceptions to the tax caps

 

 

ü  Click here to calculate your property tax savings with Prop 13 Arizona



 

Petition Signature Drive Concludes

 

The Prop 13 Arizona petition signature drive has concluded and we will not be on the November 2010 ballot.  We came very close but in the end came up just shy of the required number of signatures.

 

Thanks to the hard work and dedication of our statewide campaign team, Arizona voters know they don’t have to settle for Arizona’s complicated and unpredictable property tax system.  Each signature we gathered served the purpose of educating voters and that knowledge will carry forward with us.

 

We will be working through the summer so when high and unaffordable property tax bills arrive in September we will be ready with our message of limiting property taxes with a constitutional amendment.

 

Our plan includes a November filing for official status.  We will begin to collect signatures again once we have commitments in terms of funding and signature pledges in place that assure qualifying for the ballot.

 

Significant change is rarely an easy feat.  The Prop 13 Arizona Committee is steadfast in its pledge to bring much needed property tax reform to our state.  Our campaign continues.

 

 

We will re-file Prop 13 Arizona for the next election

Check back for details

We will have updated information throughout the summer

and we will be ready when Arizona taxpayers receive unexpetedly high

property tax bills this fall.

 

 

Questions?  Info@Prop13Arizona.com

 

 

Your lower assessed valuation will not lead to a lower property tax bill.

  By state law, when valuations go down tax rates automatically go up so taxing districts always get as much

 or more tax revenue as last year.  The system is rigged against us!  After the automatic rate increase, some taxing

 districts met and voted an additional rate increase.

 

In the 2009 tax year, some people with 25% lower assessed values received 30% higher tax bills.  It will be worse

in 2010 with the state shifting some of its costs to our property tax bills.  2010 tax bills arrive in September/October.

 

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PVUSD spent $49 MILLION to "green" buildings

The Arizona Republic, by Eugene Scott, December 23, 2009, print edition only.  While cutting teacher pay, laying off teachers, and pleading poverty, Paradise  Valley Unified School District was busy spending $49. MILLION on no bid contracts to "green" some offices, expand the Benefits Office, buy sustainable green recycled carpet at 31 sites and sustainable roofs at 16 locations.  After passing a $161 million school construction bond in 2005, PVUSD plans another bond issue in 2010 to raise your property tax bill even more.  Don't forget the 10% override they just passed in November 2009, predicting dire consequences if you didn't  vote to raise your property taxes.

Click here to read it

 

PVUSD superintendent gets $10,000 pay increase plus more perks

The Arizona Republic, by Eugene Scott, June 15, 2010.  PVUSD raised our property taxes with a 10% M&O override in November 2009 and supported the 18% sales tax rate increase.  Apparently money wasn't so scarce after all.

Click here to read it

 


Scottsdale proposes 20% property tax rate increase

The Arizona Republic, June 20, 2010

City Council will vote on the tax increase Tuesday, June 22nd, 4 PM.  Attend the meeting at Scottsdale City Hall Kiva Forum, 3939 N. Drinkwater Blvd.

Click here to read it

 

Maricopa County Board of Supervisors votes to raise your property taxes

$2.3 bil county budget gets tentative OK, The Arizona Republic, by Yvonne Wingett, May 30, 2010

The county increased spending by $56 million, raised the property tax rate by 6%, and Budget Director Chris Bradley says we will see a reduction in our tax bills.  Magic?

Click here to read it

 

Maricopa Community Colleges vote to raise your property taxes

May 7, 2010 - Board members Donald Campbell, Debra Pearson and board president Randolph Lumm voted for the potential tax increase, and Colleen Clark and Jerry Walker voted against it.
Click here to read it

 

State may shift more expenses to property taxes

Deal on State Budget is Elusive, The Arizona Republic, by Mary Jo Pitzl, March 4, 2010

County governments say proposed state budget would push $120.9 million onto them - most likely at the expense of property owners who would face higher taxes.

Click here to read it

 

 

Californians still support Prop 13

Majority against any changes to tax formula

Prop 13 flexes its political muscle, The Los Angeles Times, by Cathleen Decker, February 28, 2010 

90% of Republicans and 80% of Democrats and Independents would not allow adjustments to the Prop 13 tax formula.

Click here to read it

 

 

Home Pain:  Values fall while taxes might rise

The Arizona Republic, by Catherine Reagor, February 14, 2010

Might rise?  By state statute, when valuations go down tax rates automatically rise to keep property tax revenues at least as high as the prior year.  Then taxing districts meet and vote a rate increase on top of the automatic increase.  The cities of Phoenix and Peoria were among those holding Truth in Taxation hearings and raising their rates over the automatic increases.  You'll see this when you receive your 2010 property tax bill in October.

Click here to read it

 

 

JLBC options include shifting burden to property owners

Arizona Capitol Times, by Jim Small, January 26, 2010

"One of those options is to shift the burden for education funding to property owners by raising the qualifying tax rate to $4.25 per $100 of assessed value from $2.75 per $100 of assessed value. That comes to a tax increase of $225 on a home worth $150,000. That maneuver would shift $657 million in K-12 education costs to property owners instead of the state’s general fund."

Click here to read it

 

 

Flagstaff Unified School District proposes another override, citizens fight back

The Arizona Daily Sun, by Hillary Davis, January 10, 2010

Click here to read it

 

 

 

  

 


 

Valuations down, tax bills up.  Why?

 

Kevin McCarthy from Arizona Tax Research Association explains how, when valuations DECREASE, tax rates automatically INCREASE resulting in equal or higher property taxes for you.  Skip to 1:07 for the discussion.

 


 

Questions?  Info@Prop13Arizona.com

 

 

 

 

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We need your help to succeed

Those who can't volunteer can still help Prop 13 Arizona succeed by donating to the campaign.

We are an all volunteer organization with no paid staffers.  All donations go towards operating expenses such as printing and distributing petitions and fliers.

Without Prop 13 Arizona your taxes will keep going up.  Can you afford to pay higher taxes?

And remember --- your Secondary Property Taxes have no limitation on annual increases.

Passage of Prop 13 Arizona will give you peace of mind that you will never be taxed out of your home or business.

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How You Can Help:
 

Collect Signatures from Friends and Family:
 
It's quick and easy!  Your friends and family will be glad you have the Prop 13 Arizona petition available for them to sign.
 
We have until July 1, 2010 to collect 230,047 valid signatures from registered voters across the state.  We need YOUR help to succeed and qualify for the November 2010 ballot.  The hardest part is qualifying for the ballot.  Passing Prop 13 Arizona is the easy part.

Just click on the Contact Us link and we will send you a petition.

 


 
 
 

 

Budgets are set first then Property rates are set, Property taxes are not based on valuations as you can see from this letter sent to property owners in yavapai county. We highlighted the section for easy detection.  Click here to see letter.

 

The Passage of Prop 13 in California    

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

The First Prop 13:  

 

Howard Jarvis Before the Vote:
California's Proposition 13 of 1978 cut property taxes
and required a two-thirds vote for raising state taxes,
among other features. This clip shows the
situation just before the June 1978 election.
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