Pinal files RTA appeal, wants to keep collecting tax

Disclosure: Rose Law Group represents a coalition of property and business owners throughout Pinal County working to bring new transportation infrastructure to the county By Kevin Reagan | Casa Grande Dispatch Counsel representing Pinal County has formally filed a notice to appeal a judge’s ruling that declared its new voter-approved excise tax is “illegal.” Joseph Kanefield, a Phoenix attorney representing …

Supervisors vote to appeal court’s ruling that Pinal road tax is illegal

Disclosure: Rose Law Group represents a coalition of property and business owners throughout Pinal County working to bring new transportation infrastructure to the county By Jake Kincaid | Arizona City Independent The Pinal County Board of Supervisors has voted to appeal a Maricopa County Tax Court decision striking down a new sales tax designed to pay for transportation projects across …

[EDITORIAL] Pinal road tax

(Editor’s note: Opinion pieces are published for discussions purposes only.)  Disclosure: Rose Law Group represents a coalition of property and business owners throughout Pinal County working to bring new transportation infrastructure to the county Pinal Central Pinal County’s new road tax has been struck down in Tax Court after a lawsuit was filed by the Goldwater Institute, a conservative and …

Tax Court rules Pinal County transportation tax is illegal

Disclosure: Rose Law Group represents a coalition of property and business owners throughout Pinal County working to bring new transportation infrastructure to the county By Jake Kincaid | Arizona City Independent Pinal County might not be getting those roads residents thought they voted for. The tax passed by voters to fund major road projects throughout Pinal County was struck down …

[EXCLUSIVE] Court rules Pinal County Transportation Tax can’t just tax retailers; appeal likely to follow. 

(Editor’s note: Opinion pieces are published for discussions purposes only.)  Rose Law Group Reporter Staff In an opinion unlikely to satisfy either party, the Arizona Tax Court ruled Wednesday the voter-approved sales tax for Pinal County roadways is invalid because it doesn’t apply to non-retail businesses. The Goldwater Institute challenged the tax saying it was unconstitutional. The court didn’t find it …

Pinal, Goldwater make final arguments to judge on road tax

Disclosure: Rose Law Group represents a coalition of property and business owners throughout Pinal County working to bring new transportation infrastructure to the county By Jake Kincaid | Arizona City Independent A decision appears to be near on whether Pinal County can move forward with a new half-cent tax to fund major road projects. Closing briefs and oral arguments were …

One of two lawsuits against Pinal RTA dismissed

Disclosure: Rose Law Group represents a coalition of property and business owners throughout Pinal County working to bring new transportation infrastructure to the county Casa Grande Dispatch One of the lawsuits trying to stop the collection of a new tax to fund major transportation projects in Pinal County has been dismissed. Judge Christopher Whitten of the Arizona Tax Court dismissed …

Pinal County manager blasts Goldwater motion against RTA tax

Disclosure: Rose Law Group represents a coalition of property and business owners throughout Pinal County working to bring new transportation infrastructure to the county By Jake Kincaid | Casa Grande Dispatch Pinal County officials dispute the claim made by an Arizona think tank that a new road tax is illegal. Lawyers from the Goldwater Institute filed a motion to prevent Pinal …

Home builders association sues Pinal RTA

Disclosure: Rose Law Group represents a coalition of property and business owners throughout Pinal County working to bring new transportation infrastructure to the county By Jake Kincaid The Pinal Regional Transportation Authority has another lawsuit on its hands. The Home Builders Association of Central Arizona is suing the county over Proposition 417, arguing that the pamphlet provided last year to voters …

Pinal County RTA pushes for implementation of half-cent sales tax

Disclosure: Rose Law Group represents a coalition of property and business owners throughout Pinal County working to bring new transportation infrastructure to the county By Raquel Hendrickson | InMaricopa A joint-litigation attorney for Pinal County Regional Transportation Authority wrote a letter to the Department of Revenue on Wednesday asking when and how the voter-approved half-cent sales tax will be implemented. The sales …