Bisbee Mayor Ken Budge is fighting a current house bill that could potently have a negative impact on Bisbee budget forcing the city to extensively cut services.
House Bill 2021 proposes an amendment to the Arizona Revised Statutes concerning the municipal transaction privilege taxation of food items. The bill establishes that after June 30, 2027, the sale of food items would be exempt from sales tax.
HCR-2021, would go to the voters asking the question whether to do away with any local government tax on food. Mayor Budge said the concern is voters in big cities that currently do not have a food tax would be making the decision for smaller communities like Bisbee, Siera Vista and Douglas that rely on the food tax for revenues to operate…….read full story (online subscribers only)