Sedona

Sedona Transaction Privilege Tax & Use Tax Rates

City/Town Name: Sedona                              City Code: SE   Business Code Tax Rate
Amusements 012 3.50%
Contracting-Prime 015 3.50%
Contracting-Speculative Builders 016 3.50%
Contracting-Owner Builder 037 3.50%
Job Printing 010 3.50%
Manufactured Buildings 027 3.50%
Timbering and Other Extraction 020 3.50%
Severance-Metal Mining 019 0.10%
Publication 009 3.50%
Hotels 044 3.50%
Hotel/Motel (Additional Tax) 144 3.50%
Commercial Rental, Leasing & Licensing for Use 213 3.50%
Rental, Leasing & Licensing for Use of TPP 214 3.50%
Restaurants and Bars 011 3.50%
Retail Sales 017 3.50%
MRRA Amount 315 3.50%
Communications  005 3.50%
Transporting 006 3.50%
Utilities 004 3.50%
Use Tax Purchases 029 3.00%
Use Tax From Inventory 030 3.00%

 

Amendments or Special Provisions

1. Impose an additional 3.00% bed tax. Effective January 1, 2014 the bed tax is 3.50%

2. Amendment to Sec. 480 as follows: (Effective January 7, 1993)

Sec. 480. Utility Services

(d) Tax Credit Offset for Franchise Fees. Except as otherwise expressly provided in franchise agreements between the City and utilities, there shall be allowed as an offset any franchise fees paid to the City pursuant to the terms of a franchise agreement, when such franchise fees are based on gross income realized from utility services provided to a specified class of customers within the City. However, such offset shall not be allowed against taxes imposed by any other section of this chapter. Such offsets shall not be deemed in conflict with or violation of subsection 8-400 B.

3. Adopted Appendix 4, Supplementary Local Auditing.

4. On November 9. 2021, the City of Sedona passed Ordinance 2021-09, amending sections of the City Tax Code. The transaction privilege tax is permanently increased from three percent (3%) to three and one-half percent (3.5%) effective March 1, 2028 when it was previously set to expire.

History of Rate Changes

Transaction Privilege Tax

3.50% (effective March 1, 2018)

3.00% (effective October 1, 1996)

2.00% (until September 30, 1996)

Use Tax

3.00% (effective October 1, 1996)

2.00% (until September 30, 1996)

 

Contact Name
Financial Services Department
Contact Number
(928) 204-7205
Resolution Officer
Assistant City Manager
Resolution Officer Number
(928) 204-7205
Collection
Department of Revenue
Renewal Fee
$0.00
License Fee
$2.00
Criminal Penalty
Class One
City Address

102 Roadrunner Dr.
Sedona, AZ 86366
United States

Date Code Effective
March 1, 1988
Chapter
8
Transaction Privilege Tax %
3.50% (effective March 1, 2018)
Use Tax %
3.00% (effective October 1, 1996)
Local Options
Model Options