Shifting The Burden: Cities Waive Property Taxes for Favored Businesses
By Mark Flatten
Goldwater Institute Special Investigation
Special deals between cities and hand-picked developers have exempted more than $2 billion in development projects from property taxes in Arizona, shifting the tax burden to surrounding property owners and creating a competitive disadvantage for other businesses, an investigation by the Goldwater Institute has found.
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