In Arizona, you need a seller's permit to collect Transaction Privilege Tax (TPT) (Commonly referred to as a Sales, Resale, Wholesale, Vendor or Tax License).
If you are selling a product or engaging in a service subject to transaction privilege tax, you will need to obtain an AZ seller's permit transaction privilege tax (TPT) license, which you can do here online (this privilege tax is commonly referred to as a sales tax, resale, wholesale, vendor or tax license) .
Overview of Arizona Seller's Permit (commonly referred to as a Sales, Resale, Wholesale, Vendor or Tax License) .
The Arizona seller's permit is issued for collecting transaction privilege tax is commonly referred to as a sales tax; however, the tax is on the privilege of doing business in Arizona and is not a true sales tax because the vendor has to pay though the vendor collects it from the consumer.
Arizona transaction privilege taxes are imposed on persons engaged in certain business classifications, including retail sales.
What this means is that various business activities are subject to state, county and/or city transaction privilege tax (TPT).
Here is when you need to obtain an AZ seller's permit: retail sales, restaurants/bars, hotel/motel (transient lodging), commercial leasing, advertising, amusements, personal property rentals, real property rentals, construction contracting, owner/builders, manufactured building, severance (mining, timbering), transportation, printing, publishing, utilities, communications, air/railroad, private cars/pipelines and use tax.
Note that some cities have additional tax for activities such as 1) renting, leasing, or licensing for use residential real property or 2) the sale of advertising.
HERE IS A LIST OF SERVICES THAT ARE TAXABLE IN ARIZONA:
000 - Retail Sales Tax Rate6.25
001 - Soil prep., custom baling, other ag. servicesE
002 - Veterinary services (both large and small animal)E
003 - Horse boarding and training (not race horses)E
004 - Pet grooming6.25
005 - Landscaping services (including lawn care)6.25see note
006 - Metal, non-metal and coal mining servicesE
007 - Seismograph & Geophysical ServicesE
008 - Oil Field Services2.42see note
009 - Typesetting service; platemaking for the print trade6.25see note
010 - Gross Income of Construction Contractors6.25see note
011 - Carpentry, painting, plumbing and similar trades.6.25see note
012 - Construction service (grading, excavating, etc.)6.25see note
013 - Water well drillingEsee note
014 - Income from intrastate transportation of personsE
015 - Local transit (intra-city) busesE
016 - Income from taxi operationsE
017 - Intrastate courier service6.25see note
018 - Interstate air courier (billed in-state)6.25see note
019 - Automotive storage6.25
020 - Food storageE
021 - Fur storage6.25
022 - Household goods storageE
023 - Mini -storageE
024 - Cold storageE
025 - Marina Service (docking, storage, cleaning, repair)6.25see note
026 - Marine towing service (incl. tugboats)E
027 - Travel agent servicesE
028 - Packing and cratingE
029 - Intrastate telephone & telegraph6.25
030 - Interstate telephone & telegraph6.25see note
031 - Cellular telephone services6.25
032 - Electricity6.25see note
033 - WaterE
034 - Natural gas6.25see note
035 - Other fuel (including heating oil)6.25see note
036 - Sewer and refuse, industrial6.25see note
037 - Intrastate telephone & telegraph6.25
038 - Interstate telephone & telegraph6.25see note
039 - Cellular telephone services6.25
040 - ElectricityEsee note
041 - WaterE
042 - Natural gasEsee note
043 - Other fuel (including heating oil)6.25see note
044 - Sewer and refuse, residential6.25see note
045 - Service charges of banking institutionsEsee note
046 - Insurance services6.25see note
047 - Investment counselingE
048 - Loan broker feesE
049 - Property sales agents (real estate or personal)E
050 - Real estate management fees (rental agents)E
051 - Real estate title abstract servicesE
052 - Tickertape reporting (financial reporting)6.25see note
053 - Barber shops and beauty parlorsEsee note
054 - Carpet and upholstery cleaning6.25
055 - Dating servicesEsee note
056 - Debt counselingE
057 - Diaper service6.25
058 - Income from funeral servicesE
059 - Fishing and hunting guide servicesE
060 - Garment services (altering & repairing)6.25
061 - Gift and package wrapping serviceEsee note
062 - Health clubs, tanning parlors, reducing salons6.25see note
063 - Laundry and dry cleaning services, coin-opE
064 - Laundry and dry cleaning services, non-coin op6.25
065 - Massage services6.25see note