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Transaction Privilege Tax (TPT) Simplification and Legislation Update

Lee GrafstromTax Analyst

League of Arizona Cities and Towns

October 17, 2014

Sandra SchillingActing Deputy

DirectorCity of Phoenix

TPT Simplification and Legislation Update

Agenda

TPT Simplification Project Update• Where We’ve Been• Where We Are Now• Where We’re Going• City of Phoenix Business Intelligence/Analytics

Legislative Trends

TPT Simplification Project Update

Where We’ve Been•City representatives and League working with Department of Revenue (DOR) since July 2013 on:

o Requirements Gathering System Report/Data Requirements

o Standardizing Configuration and Codingo Procedureso Data Matching

TPT Simplification Project Update

Where We’ve Been (Cont’d)•Audit/Enforcement•Collections•AZTAXES Modifications•Taxpayer Communication and Education•New Joint Tax Licensing (JT1) Form•New Tax Return (TPT1)•Location Based Reporting•Intergovernmental Agreement (IGA)

TPT Simplification Project Update

Where We Are Now•Audit

o Manuals Readyo Auditor Training Started October 1st

•License Enforcemento Ready to start training

•Working through IGA•Taxpayer Communication and Education•DOR making Changes to AZTAXES

TPT Simplification Project Update

Where We Are Now (Cont’d)•Governor Approved Delay of Implementation

o New Go Live of January 2016

•Moving forward with Audit for January 2015

•Moving forward with Enforcement Activities

TPT Simplification Project Update

Where We Are Now•2015 Business License Renewals

o Transition Year for Taxpayers All businesses asked to update Information through

renewal process Will be completed by DOR and all Non-Program Cities

o Data Cleansing Match and Merge

•DOR to perform license renewal process for 2016

Where We’re Going•Core Team put together of representatives from:

o 4 Non-Program Cities (Mesa, Peoria, Phoenix, Scottsdale)

o League of Cities and Towns o Multiple DOR Divisions (Technical,

Communications, Audit, Admin, Collections, License and Registration)

o Arizona Department of Administration Project Management

TPT Simplification Project Update

TPT Simplification Project Update

Where We’re Going•Core Team working on

o Project Plan Timelines, Milestones

•Transition Plan•Communications Plan•Technology Plan•Testing Plan•Reporting Plan

TPT Simplification Project Update

Where We’re Going•Data Match and Merge with DOR•New Joint Tax Application Form (JT1)

o Geo Coding•New Monthly Filing Form (TPT1)

o Online Bulk Filing•Weekly Cash Deposits and Reports/Data•Location Based Reporting for ALL Cities

Transition of all Administrative functionality to DOR in January 2016

TPT Simplification Project Update

City of Phoenix Business Intelligence/ Analytics (BI/BA) - Phoenix On Point (POP)•Proven Oracle product currently in use

o Solid Waste Division•Worked with DOR to revise current and add new “reports” and data•New “reports” will be standardized•Basic queries will be developed based on the Phoenix Needs Assessment

o All will be able to modify or customizeo No need to wait for IT

City of Phoenix Business Intelligence/ Analytics (BI/BA) - Phoenix On Point (POP)•Data Access and System Security

o Role Based Audit, Enforcement, Accounting, Executive

• Statuso Developing Dashboardso Generating Sample Datao Finalizing Report Schemas

TPT Simplification Project Update

TPT Simplification Project Update

POP Dashboard Sample

TPT Simplification Project Update

POP Dashboard Sample

TPT Simplification Project Update

Drill Down and Export Capabilities

TPT Simplification Project Update

City of Phoenix Business Intelligence/ Analytics (BI/BA) - Phoenix On Point (POP)

•What’s Next for Participantso Intergovernmental Agreement (IGA)o Initial Investmento Administered by League of Cities and Townso Will be calculated based on the number of participating

cities Maximum of $14,000 one time - Oracle Licensing Maximum of $3,000 annually for ongoing

maintenance and upgrades

TPT Simplification Project Update

Questions?

Contact Information

Lee Grafstrom Sandra Schilling AZ League of Cities City of Phoenix and Towns602-258-5786 602-262-4578lgrafstrom@azleague.org sandra.schilling@phoenix.gov

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