In Arizona, not all businesses are required to have a license and some businesses are required to have more than one license. There is not a "generic" state business license.   The basic types of licensing in Arizona are described in our Licensing Guide.

A Guide to Taxes for Arizona Businesses is designed to help Arizona businesses comply with the state’s basic tax and licensing requirements. In addition to describing the types of licenses and taxes that are applicable in Arizona, a few other agencies that impose taxes and require licensing are identified. This publication is part of a series of publications that discuss in detail transaction privilege and other tax issues administered by the state. For questions, please see the websites and telephone numbers listed on the last pages of the publication.

If you are selling a product or engaging in a service subject to transaction privilege tax, you will most likely need to obtain the state transaction privilege tax (TPT) license from the Arizona Department of Revenue (commonly referred to as a sales tax, resale, wholesale, vendor or tax license) and a transaction privilege tax or business/occupational license from the city(ies) in which you are based and/or operate.  Details on TPT Licensing can be found on our TPT page.

• Transaction Privilege (Sales) Tax Rate Tables contain rates for Transaction Privilege and other taxes imposed by the State of Arizona, the counties, and most Arizona cities.
• Transaction Privilege (Sales) Tax Factoring - If you do not seperately state the transaction privilege tax on your customer's invoice or contract, you may FACTOR the tax for purposes of reporting the tax to the state and cities.  See the Tax Factor page for details or download an Automatic Factoring Worksheet (Excel).
• TPT Due Dates - Download Calendar

For Arizona purposes, an employer must withhold Arizona income tax from the payment of wages to an employee whose compensation is for services performed in Arizona.  Details can be found on the Withholding Tax page.