Taxpayer Data Used at Contractor Facilities May Be at Risk for Unauthorized...
Source: Treasury Inspector General for the Tax Administration, May 18, 2010 The Internal Revenue Service (IRS) provides its taxpayer data to contractors who store and process the data at their own...
View ArticleCincinnati loses tax case in golf course privatization
Source: Dan Monk, Business Courier, December 10, 2010 The Ohio Tax Commissioner has ruled against the city of Cincinnati in a dispute over property taxes on city-owned golf courses, a ruling that could...
View ArticlePrivatization and the Sale of Tax Revenues
Source: Julie A. Roin, Minnesota Law Review, Vol. 95 no. 6, 2011 From the abstract: While the privatization of governmental activities may have begun as an effort to obtain efficiency gains,...
View ArticleMiddletown Task Force Recommends Merging Departments To Save Money
Source: Shawn R. Beals, Hartford Courant, May 15, 2012 The Mayor’s Task Force on Efficiency in Government has recommended the merger of five city hall departments, and the use of employee performance...
View ArticleMemphis eyes shifting tax collection duties
Source: Amos Maki, Memphis Commercial Appeal, November 16, 2012 The city of Memphis is poised to move forward with a plan to allow the Shelby County Trustee to collect current and delinquent taxes for...
View ArticleVirginia begins issuing debit cards — bearing possible fees — for tax refunds
Source: Tom Jackman, Washington Post, April 14, 2013 It’s national Tax Day on Monday, when many taxpayers turn their thoughts to the refund checks they’re expecting sometime in the next few weeks. But...
View ArticleHomestead Property Tax Credits Department of Assessments and Taxation
Source: Maryland General Assembly, Department of Legislative Services, Office of Legislative Audits, Performance Audit Report, February 2013 A Comprehensive Compliance Program Should be Established...
View ArticleRestyled as Real Estate Trusts, Varied Businesses Avoid Taxes
Source: Nathaniel Popper, New York Times, April 21, 2013 A small but growing number of American corporations, operating in businesses as diverse as private prisons, billboards and casinos, are making...
View ArticlePortage council rescinds vote to have city manager study privatizing assessing
Source: Tom Haroldson, MLive.com, May 14, 2013 There will be no study of outsourcing assessing in Portage. The Portage City Council vote in April to have the city administration study the option of...
View ArticleCato Institute: Eliminate Muni Bonds, Use P3s and Privatization
Source: Jennifer DePaul, Bond Buyer, July 25, 2013 (subscription required) Congress should consider eliminating tax exemption and privatizing infrastructure to subject it to property taxes in order to...
View ArticleContractor Employees Have Millions of Dollars of Federal Tax Debts
Source: Treasury Inspector General for Tax Administration (TIGTA), Reference Number: 2013-10-082, August 30, 2013 From the press release: Although the Internal Revenue Service (IRS) requires its...
View ArticleNew Jersey town takes the taxing out of tax collection
Source: John Breeden II, GCN, December 20, 2013 …If enough residents don’t pay their taxes or their municipal bills, it can strangle a small government. Municipalities do have some tried and true ways...
View ArticleBill would extend college tax exemption to private developers
Source: Janel Davis, Atlanta Journal-Constitution, February 26, 2014 (subscription required) The state House passed a bill Wednesday that could let developers get a property tax exemption when they...
View ArticleAre PILOTs Property Taxes for Nonprofits?
Source: Fan Fei, James R. Hines Jr., Jill R. Horwitz, National Bureau of Economic Research (NBER), NBER Working Paper No. w21088, April 2015 (subscription required) From the abstract: Nonprofit...
View ArticleShould Luzerne County employees compete with the private sector for their work?
Source: Jennifer Learn-Andes, Times-Leader, July 7, 2015 Outsourcing? Privatization? Luzerne County Councilman Jim Bobeck said the concept he’s pushing for is neither of those because he wants to open...
View ArticleQueen’s Park chases used car buyers who were undercharged taxes
Source: Richard J. Brennan, Toronto Star, September 30, 2015 The Ontario government is chasing motorists who purchased used vehicles in the spring and didn’t pay enough tax — ranging from $100 to $500...
View ArticleCongress could make the IRS use private bill collectors for your taxes
Source: Joe Davidson, Washington Post, November 3, 2015 …Congress is considering legislation that would again allow the Internal Revenue Service (IRS) to use outside collection agencies, after previous...
View ArticleTax contractor got inside information: emails
Source: Susanne Cervenka, Asbury Park Press, November 22, 2015 The government emails sought by a grand jury investigating Monmouth County’s new tax program show that confidential internal...
View ArticlePrivatized housing program paying off for University System of Georgia
Source: Dave Williams, Atlanta Business Chronicle, May 10, 2016 A student housing privatization initiative launched this school year by the University System of Georgia is paying early dividends. Four...
View ArticleCity of Willmar abolishes assessor’s office, Kandiyohi County to take over
Source: Shelby Lindrud, West Central Tribune, May 16, 2016 Starting July 5, Kandiyohi County will provide assessing services for the city of Willmar, as the Willmar City Council approved resolutions to...
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