Form A1-QRT at a glance
What it is: Arizona Form A1-QRT is the Arizona Quarterly Withholding Tax Return.
Who signs: Sign at TAXPAYER'S SIGNATURE and enter the DATE and the BUSINESS TELEPHONE NUMBER.
Where and when to file: Payment by EFT may be required. This form must be e-filed unless the taxpayer has a waiver or is exempt from e-filing.
A filled-in Form A1-QRT example: a closing bakery files its final return
How to fill out Form A1-QRT, box by box
Part 1 Taxpayer Information
Common mistake: Do not file more than one original A1-QRT per EIN per quarter.
Enter the Business Name as listed on the Arizona Joint Tax Application - Form JT-1, and the Employer Identification Number (EIN).
Enter the Number and street or PO Box, the City or town, state and ZIP Code, and the Business telephone number (with area code). Enter Quarter (1, 2, 3 or 4) and four digits of year.
Check box if Amended Return, Address Change or Final Return
Check the box if the return is A Amended Return, B Address Change or C Final Return (CANCEL ACCOUNT).
If this is your final return, the department will cancel your withholding account. Enter the date final wages were paid and complete Part 6.
Surviving employer and predecessor employer
Check this box if this form is being filed by the surviving employer and the periods covered by this return are for less than three (3) months. If you check it, also enter the Predecessor Employer Name and the Predecessor Employer EIN.
Total Arizona payroll and number of employees
Enter the Total Arizona payroll for this quarter and the Total number of employees paid Arizona wages for this quarter.
Part 2 Section A Quarterly Deposit Schedule
In Part 2, complete Section A, Quarterly Deposit Schedule, if the prior 4 quarter average was not more than $1,500 (checked October 31, 2026). Include all withholding amounts from all sources (i.e. wages & salary, pensions & annuities, gambling winnings, etc.).
On line A1 Tax Liability, enter the total amount withheld during the quarter. Also enter this amount on Part 3, line 1.
Common mistake: Complete Section A or Section B, and do not complete both.
Part 2 Section B Monthly or Semi-Weekly/Next Day Deposit Schedule
Section B, Monthly or Semi-Weekly/Next Day Deposit Schedule: complete it if the prior 4 quarter average was greater than $1,500 (checked October 31, 2026).
If you are a semi-weekly depositor or a taxpayer with a next-day tax deposit obligation during the quarter, check the box and complete Part 4. For lines B1 through B3, enter the total amount withheld for each month in the quarter.
Enter the Month 1 Liability on line B1, the Month 2 Liability on line B2 and the Month 3 Liability on line B3. Enter the B4 Total on Part 3, line 1.
Part 3 Tax Computation
On line 1 Liability, enter the amount from line A1 or line B4.
On line 2, enter the Payments made during this quarter.
On line 3 Total Amount Due, subtract line 2 from line 1 and enter the difference. Use a minus sign to indicate a negative amount.
Declaration and Please Sign Here
By signing the declaration you declare, under penalties of perjury, that you have examined this return and that to the best of your knowledge and belief, it is a true, complete and correct return.
Sign at TAXPAYER'S SIGNATURE and enter the DATE and the BUSINESS TELEPHONE NUMBER.
Paid Preparer's Use Only
Under Paid Preparer's Use Only, the paid preparer signs on the PAID PREPARER'S SIGNATURE line and enters the DATE and the PAID PREPARER'S PTIN.
Enter the FIRM'S NAME (OR PAID PREPARER'S NAME, IF SELF-EMPLOYED), the FIRM'S EIN, the FIRM'S STREET ADDRESS, the FIRM'S TELEPHONE NUMBER, the CITY, the STATE and the ZIP CODE.
Part 4 Semi-Weekly/Next Day Deposit Schedule
Enter the Name (as shown on page 1) and the EIN.
Under the Days of the Month for the First, Second and Third Month of Quarter, check a box only if you had a next-banking day deposit obligation.
Enter the Month 1 Liability total in the Month 1 Liability box and on Part 2, line B1, the Month 2 Liability total in the Month 2 Liability box and on Part 2, line B2, and the Month 3 Liability total in the Month 3 Liability box and on Part 2, line B3.
Part 5 Amended Form A1-QRT Return Information
If you checked the box Amended Return in Part 1, explain why an amended Form A1-QRT is being filed (include additional sheets, if necessary).
Part 6 Final Form A1-QRT
If you checked the box Final Return in Part 1, check the box that indicates why this is a final return. Box 1 is Reorganization or change in business entity (example: from corporation to partnership).
Box 2 is Business sold.
Box 3 is Business stopped paying wages and will not have any employees in the future.
Box 4 is Business permanently closed.
Box 5 is that the business has only leased or temporary agency employees.
Box 6 is Other, and you specify the reason.
Box 7: check this box if records will be kept at a location different from the address shown in Part 1, and enter the Name, Number and Street, City, State and ZIP Code.
Box 8: check this box if there is a successor employer, and enter the Name, EIN, Number and Street, City, State and ZIP Code.
More rules for Form A1-QRT
Do not mark in the REVENUE USE ONLY area.
Sources
[1] Form A1-QRT (2025), Arizona Quarterly Withholding Tax Return, Arizona Department of Revenue (the Official source link on this page).