New Arizona law will ease taxes on equine operations

A bill signed into law by Gov. Jan Brewer will ease the tax burden of equine-based operations, an important industry in the Northeast Valley.

House Bill 2552 will place equine breeding, training and stabling facilities into the agricultural property-tax classification. Horse-rescue facilities will be considered agricultural.

Previously, for the purposes of property taxes, breeding was the only equine-based operation considered agricultural by the Arizona Department of Revenue. Read more: