Failed Leadership, Incompetent Governance, and Manufactured Confusion
Why does Governor Hobbs want Arizonans to file their taxes TWICE and PAY MORE when we do it?
That’s the question every Arizona taxpayer should be asking right now.
Because thanks to Governor Katie Hobbs’ failed leadership and stunning incompetence, more than 1 million Arizonans could now be forced to refile their taxes while facing a $200 million tax hike, a completely avoidable mess created by the Governor herself.
Arizona’s executive branch has been defined by dysfunction, delay, and confusion. And Katie Hobbs has led that chaos from the front. When it came to tax conformity, Arizona had a clear choice: conform to the federal tax code and provide relief to working-class Arizonans or refuse conformity and raise taxes at the exact moment families could least afford it.
Instead of choosing relief, or even choosing clarity, Katie Hobbs created a third option:
Complete and utter chaos.
The Hobbs Chaos Conformity Plan
Sensing the urgency of the situation, Republican lawmakers called on Hobbs to convene a special legislative session in December, well before tax season, to address tax conformity and provide certainty for Arizona taxpayers.
Hobbs refused.
Then, during her State of the State address, Hobbs demanded that lawmakers adopt her own conformity plan, a package that would result in a $200 million tax hike on Arizonans.
There was just one problem: not a single lawmaker—Democrat or Republican–had introduced her plan as an actual bill.
The Hobbs “plan” didn’t even exist.
Then the dysfunction within her administration spiraled out of control. The Arizona Department of Revenue, a state agency operated by Governor Hobbs, issued tax forms in January that didn’t match the conformity plan proposed by Governor Hobbs. In fact, the DOR forms are more closely aligned with what Republicans wanted that what Hobbs had asked for.
Hobbs can’t even get on the same page with her own office.
So, in an attempt to end the chaos and confusion being created by Hobbs, the GOP-led legislature passed HB 2785, a tax conformity package that aligned Arizona law with the tax forms issued by Hobbs’ Department of revenue.
What did Hobbs do? She Vetoed it.
A Completely Avoidable Tax Disaster
The result of this failed and chaotic leadership?
More than 1 million Arizonans may now be forced to refile their taxes and potentially pay hundreds of millions of dollars more.
1. Republicans offered solutions.
2. Republicans passed legislation.
3. Republicans tried to provide certainty.
Katie Hobbs blocked every single attempt.
Arizona Deserves Competent Leadership
Arizonans expect their Governor to solve problems, not create them. But Katie Hobbs has shown a pattern of doing exactly the opposite. This tax season fiasco isn’t just another policy disagreement. It’s proof of something far more serious: Katie Hobbs is simply not capable of governing effectively.
Arizona Taxpayers Should Be Furious
Arizonans should be absolutely outraged.
No family should ever be forced to file their taxes twice because their Governor failed to do her job. No small business should face new tax confusion because the Governor vetoed common-sense solutions. And no taxpayer should be asked to pay more simply because the Governor chose political games over responsible leadership.
Yet that is exactly what Katie Hobbs has done. Her incompetence has created a completely unnecessary tax crisis for Arizona families. That’s why Arizonans are speaking out and demanding accountability.
Learn the truth about Governor Hobbs’ failed leadership at:
Call Governor Hobbs
Arizona taxpayers deserve certainty, not chaos.
Call Governor Katie Hobbs’ office at (602) 542-4331
Email her at engage@az.gov
Tell her: Arizona taxpayers should not have to file their taxes twice because of her incompetence.
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