Arizona landlords are accused of still charging rental tax despite new law. Mayes is investigating
Attorney General Kris Mayes says she’s investigating multiple complaints that landlords are still charging tenants a rental tax, despite a new law banning cities and towns from levying it.
The Republican-backed law took effect on Jan. 1. Since then, Mayes says her office has fielded complaints from tenants whose rent hasn’t declined accordingly, allegedly because some landlords are charging new fees that match the old rental tax.
“We suspect that there is a lot more out there and this is probably just the tip of the iceberg, so my office is looking at this,” Mayes said Monday.
“We want to put landlords on notice that if they try to disguise the rental tax – which was eliminated – as some kind of junk fee, we’re going to go after it,” she added.
