Helping The Working Poor Tax Credit – aka Arizona QCO Tax Credit increases for 2025
Phoenix/Mesa/Scottsdale, Arizona — 11/25/25 — As the giving season and tax season approaches, Arizona residents are encouraged to take advantage of the Arizona Tax Credit Program for Qualifying Charitable Organizations (QCOs) (A.R.S. § 43-1088) to help support community needs. This program allows taxpayers to direct a portion of their state income tax obligation to nonprofits serving low-income and vulnerable individuals and receive 100% of the donation back on their state taxes not as a donation but as an actual tax credit.
In 1998 Arizona launches the “Working Poor Tax Credit,” aimed at encouraging donations to organizations assisting low-income families (limit in 1998 $200 Now $495 per person). Arizona’s charitable tax credit program has grown more over the last few decades to st...
