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Flagstaff Sales Tax Revenue Nearly $1 Million Less Than Expected

Arizona tax form
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Arizona tax form.

The city of Flagstaff recently got an unwelcome surprise. Sales tax revenue for the last fiscal year came in at nearly $1 million less than expected. The shortfall was made public this month and has left city officials wondering what happened.

Whatever the reason, the consequence is that nearly half a million dollars the city doesn’t actually have was allocated in this year’s budget process. Now what happens?

Here on The Show to answer that question and how Flagstaff got here to begin with is Adrian Skabelund with the Arizona Daily Sun.

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