Arizona Revised Statutes

Ariz. Rev. Stat. § 43-1101 (2026)

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In this chapter, unless the context otherwise requires:

1. "Arizona gross income" of a corporation means its federal taxable income for the taxable year.

2. "Arizona taxable income" of a corporation means its Arizona gross income adjusted by the modifications specified in article 3 of this chapter.

3. "Domestic corporation" means a corporation created or organized in the United States or under the laws of the United States or of any state of the United States or the District of Columbia.

4. "Federal taxable income" means the taxable income of a corporation computed pursuant to the internal revenue code.

5. "Foreign corporation" means any of the following:

(a) A corporation which is not a domestic corporation.

(b) A domestic corporation with less than twenty per cent of its property, payroll and sales in the United States for the three year period ending with the close of the taxable year of the corporation preceding the current taxable year, or for such part of that period as the corporation has been in existence.

(c) A domestic corporation that has derived eighty per cent or more of its federal gross income for the three year period immediately preceding the close of the taxable year, or for such part of that period as the corporation has been in existence, from sources in the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico or any other possession of the United States except the Virgin Islands if sixty per cent, for taxable years beginning in calendar year 1984, or sixty-five per cent, for taxable years beginning after calendar year 1984, or more of the domestic corporation's federal gross income for that period, or part of that period as the corporation has been in existence, was derived from the active conduct of a trade or business in the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico or any other possession of the United States except the Virgin Islands.

6. "Net income" means Arizona taxable income.

7. "Person" and "taxpayer" means a corporation.

Notes of Decisions
Cited in 6 cases, 1948–2013 · leading case: Gen. Motors Corp. v. Arizona Dep't of Revenue, 938 P.2d 481 (Ariz. Ct. App. 1996).
Gen. Motors Corp. v. Arizona Dep't of Revenue, 938 P.2d 481 (Ariz. Ct. App. 1996). · cites it 9× “” A.R.S. § 43-1101(1) (Supp.1996). 3 The statutes specify the adjustments to a taxpayer’s *90 Arizona gross income that yield its “taxable income” or “net income.”
State ex rel. Arizona Dep't of Revenue v. Talley Indus., Inc., 893 P.2d 17 (Ariz. Ct. App. 1994). · cites it 2× “See A.R.S. § 43-1101 (Supp.1993). “Every corporation subject to the tax imposed by this title shall make a return to the department.”
Concini v. Sullivan, 188 P.2d 592 (Ariz. 1948). “(1) That on December 13, 1947, following a trial and verdicts of guilty by a jury on November 22, 1947, the respondent and then Attorney General of the State of Arizona was by the Superior Court of Graham County, Arizona, adjudged guilty on two counts of an information charging…”
State v. Cassady, 190 P.2d 501 (Ariz. 1948). ““In violation of Section 43-1101, Arizona ■Code Annotated, 1939.”
Smith's Food & Drug Centers, Inc. v. Arizona Dep't of Revenue, 935 P.2d 906 (Ariz. Ct. App. 1996). · cites it 6× “”) § 43-1101(1) (1980 & Supp.1996). This is the starting figure from which, after additions and deductions as mandated and allowed by statute, the corporation’s “Arizona taxable income” is derived.”
First Data Corp. v. Arizona Dep't of Revenue, 313 P.3d 548 (Ariz. Ct. App. 2013). · cites it 2× “Furthermore, AR.S. § 43-1101(1) provides that “Arizona gross income” means the federal taxable income of a corporation for the taxable year.”
— Ariz. Rev. Stat. § 43-1101(1) — 3 cases
Gen. Motors Corp. v. Arizona Dep't of Revenue, 938 P.2d 481 (Ariz. Ct. App. 1996). “” A.R.S. § 43-1101(1) (Supp.1996). 3 The statutes specify the adjustments to a taxpayer’s *90 Arizona gross income that yield its “taxable income” or “net income.”
Smith's Food & Drug Centers, Inc. v. Arizona Dep't of Revenue, 935 P.2d 906 (Ariz. Ct. App. 1996). “”) § 43-1101(1) (1980 & Supp.1996). This is the starting figure from which, after additions and deductions as mandated and allowed by statute, the corporation’s “Arizona taxable income” is derived.”
First Data Corp. v. Arizona Dep't of Revenue, 313 P.3d 548 (Ariz. Ct. App. 2013). “Furthermore, AR.S. § 43-1101(1) provides that “Arizona gross income” means the federal taxable income of a corporation for the taxable year.”
— Ariz. Rev. Stat. § 43-1101(2) — 2 cases
Gen. Motors Corp. v. Arizona Dep't of Revenue, 938 P.2d 481 (Ariz. Ct. App. 1996). “” A.R.S. § 43-1101(1) (Supp.1996). 3 The statutes specify the adjustments to a taxpayer’s *90 Arizona gross income that yield its “taxable income” or “net income.”
Smith's Food & Drug Centers, Inc. v. Arizona Dep't of Revenue, 935 P.2d 906 (Ariz. Ct. App. 1996). “”) § 43-1101(1) (1980 & Supp.1996). This is the starting figure from which, after additions and deductions as mandated and allowed by statute, the corporation’s “Arizona taxable income” is derived.”
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