We recommend you consult your tax advisor regarding questions about how you may be able to benefit from the Qualifying Charitable Organizations Tax Credit. More information about the Arizona Tax Credit can be found here: https://www.azdor.gov/TaxCredits.aspx.

The Arizona state income tax credit may be available to you when you donate to Arouet. This was formerly known as the Working Poor Tax Credit.

Yes, the Qualifying Charitable Organizations Tax Credit is separate from, and does not compete with, the Public School Tax Credit. Therefore, donations to both your child’s school and to Arouet may entitle you to multiple Arizona tax credits.

Individuals. This is a great opportunity for your friends and family who file Arizona State Income Tax to make a contribution to support the Arouet. People can go to Arouet’s website – www.arouetempowers.org – to make their tax credit eleigible contribution. Donations made before Tax Day can be claimed for previous year’s filing.  Donations from corporations are not eligible.

Yes.  The maximum Qualifying Organizations Tax Credit per year is: (i) $421 for taxpayers filing as “single,” “head of household,” or “married filing separate,” and (ii) $841 for taxpayers filing as “married filing joint.” Please consult your tax advisor for more information.

A tax credit is a credit that a taxpayer receives either as a dollar-for-dollar reduction of the taxpayer’s income tax liability or, if no income tax is due, as an income tax refund. A taxdeduction is a deduction against a taxpayer’s taxable income, reducing income that would otherwise be taxable, with the result being that the taxpayer generally pays less tax.

To the extent you are eligible to do so, a donation to the Arouet Foundation may result in both (i) an Arizona state income tax credit, reported on your Federal income tax return, and (ii) a Federal income tax deduction, reported on your Federal income tax return. You cannot claim both a deduction and a credit for the same charitable donation on your Arizona tax return.

No, taxpayers do not have to itemize deductions on their Arizona income tax return to claim the Qualifying Charitable Organizations Tax Credit.

Beginning with the 2016 tax year, credit eligible contributions made to a Qualifying Charitable Organization that are made on or before April 15th (the 15th day of the fourth month following the close of the taxable year) may be applied to either the current or the preceding taxable year and is considered to have been made on the last day of that taxable year. However, you want to make your full contribution to Arouet prior to filing your Federal and State Taxes.

Yes, we will provide you with a receipt of your contributions to Arouet. This receipt can be used for your Arizona and IRS tax returns. Arouet’s Arizona Tax ID is 45-3456191.