Legal & Tax Policy
Legal & Tax Policy
Smart tax solutions for AZ businesses
Arizona’s low-tax environment is a proven driver of business investment and job creation.
To remain competitive, Arizona must prioritize business-friendly tax policies that encourage companies to grow, innovate, and invest in the local economy.
The Chandler Chamber supports tax policies that strengthen economic expansion and eliminate unnecessary barriers.
Smart tax solutions for AZ businesses
Smart tax solutions for AZ businesses
Arizona’s low-tax environment is a proven driver of business investment and job creation.
To remain competitive, Arizona must prioritize business-friendly tax policies that encourage companies to grow, innovate, and invest in the local economy.
The Chandler Chamber supports tax policies that strengthen economic expansion and eliminate unnecessary barriers.
Guiding principle
Guilding principle
The Chandler Chamber of Commerce supports a federal, state and local taxation system that reduces the burden on businesses, stimulates the economy and encourages capital investment.
The Chandler Chamber of Commerce supports reforms to reduce frivolous lawsuits.
Two key issues
Two key issues
#1: Support a competitive tax environment for Arizona to compete nationally and globally, to attract cutting-edge, innovative industries, and maintain a strong and healthy business climate
#1: Support a competitive tax environment for Arizona to compete nationally and globally, to attract cutting-edge, innovative industries, and maintain a strong and healthy business climate
#2: Support clear and concise tax laws that allow businesses to understand their liability without subjective agency interpretation
#2: Support clear and concise tax laws that allow businesses to understand their liability without subjective agency interpretation
#1: Support a competitive tax environment for Arizona to compete nationally and globally, to attract cutting-edge, innovative industries, and maintain a strong and healthy business climate
#1: Support a competitive tax environment for Arizona to compete nationally and globally, to attract cutting-edge, innovative industries, and maintain a strong and healthy business climate
#2: Support clear and concise tax laws that allow businesses to understand their liability without subjective agency interpretation
#2: Support clear and concise tax laws that allow businesses to understand their liability without subjective agency interpretation
KEY: F = Federal, S = State, L = Local
The Chandler Chamber supports
Region
Region
The opposition of overly prescriptive statutes and regulations, removing unreasonable regulatory andlicensing barriers for businesses
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Protecting businesses and ensure fair and equitable dispute resolution for all parties involved in litigation
F | S | L
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S
L
F | S | L
Legal reform that allows appropriate compensation for substantiated damages to Arizona businesses
F | S | L
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S
L
F | S | L
Legal reform that requires disclosure of third-party loans and caps interest rates on third-party litigation financing (TPLF)
F | S | L
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L
F | S | L
Tort reform that prohibits opportunities for contingency lawsuits brought by frivolous and unfounded claims in lawsuits
S | L
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L
S | L
Employer’s choice of the appropriate forum for the resolution of disputes and protect the enforceability of arbitration agreements
F | S | L
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S
L
F | S | L
The opposition of accounting gimmicks and fund sweeps as budget balancing mechanisms, especially when related to transportation, infrastructure, and education
S | L
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L
S | L
Statutory clarification and consistency among states regarding taxation of digital goods and services to provide clarity and certainty to taxpayers
F | S
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F | S
The cohesion of tax codes across municipalities and the elimination of excessive codes and regulations
S | L
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L
S | L
Policy that gives value to stranded tax credits¹ earned by companies investing in Arizona
F | S
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S
F | S
Business protections from tax increases and current business tax credits and exemptions
F | S | L
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S
L
F | S | L
Home Rule² to limit the State’s encroachment on local funding decisions
S | L
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L
S | L
Modifications to the construction transaction privilege tax system that maintains state and municipal revenues, ensures local revenues are received at the construction location, and improves compliance within the industry
S | L
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L
S | L
A referendum that suspends automatic spending increases for voter-protected funds in a fiscal year when revenues do not meet projections
S | L
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L
S | L
Arizona’s research and development tax credit program to encourage industry innovation and ensure a globally competitive position
S | L
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L
S | L
The creation of special economic redevelopment zones, opportunity zones, and duty-free/international trade zones to encourage the attraction of new and existing businesses
F | S | L
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L
F | S | L
Changes in the formula that would increase the percentage of state-shared revenues payable to cities and towns or repayment requirements back to the State
S | L
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L
S | L
Reforms to Arizona’s public pension systems to reduce the burden on businesses and taxpayers
S | L
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L
S | L