PHOENIX — Republican lawmakers pushed through a $440 million package of tax cuts Thursday that is likely headed for a certain veto by Gov. Katie Hobbs who has her own $250 million plan.
The merits of the reductions aside — and there are sharp disagreements — the stalemate means Arizonans who file their state income taxes before there is a deal are going to have to refile them once there is a final plan. And that deal may not come until after the April 15 filing deadline.
That is because the state Department of Revenue, following traditional procedures, prepared the forms and instructions under the assumption that Arizona would conform its tax code to all the changes included in the “One Big Beautiful Bill” signed into law last year by President Trump.
