Business Tax Division
Named in the records1990–1996
106 records of San Francisco tie this place, 1990–1996: 0 decisions of the Board of Supervisors and 106 facts read from city reports. Open the full list, with filters for years, kind and outcome.
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- 1990–1996
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The 60 most telling of its 106 records, in date order: the ones an editor picked first, then the highest scored. The one-line summaries were written by a language model from the printed page; open the page to check the wording.
| When | What the record says | Outcome | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1993 | Business Tax Division audits · finding: 386 audits performed in 1993-94 | event | City report: Report to the San Francisco Board of Supervisors : management audit of the Tax Collector's Office scanned page ↗ |
| 1994 | Tax Collector Business Tax Division six positions · recommendation: include six positions in budget; increase estimated revenues only by their cost in FY 1994-95 | recommendation | City report: Report for the Budget Committee of the San Francisco Board of Supervisors : zero-based budget analysis scanned page ↗ |
| 1995 | Business Tax Statement scanners · cost usd: Purchase of two scanners to address statement entry problems | action | City report: Report to the San Francisco Board of Supervisors : management audit of the Tax Collector's Office scanned page ↗ |
| 1995 | Business Tax Division unregistered parking garages · other: approximately $25,400 annually in lost registration fees | finding | City report: Report to the San Francisco Board of Supervisors : management audit of the Tax Collector's Office scanned page ↗ |
| 1995 | Parking garages not registered with Business Tax Division · other: 200 unregistered garages | finding | City report: Report to the San Francisco Board of Supervisors : management audit of the Tax Collector's Office scanned page ↗ |
| 1995 | Business Tax Division, Tax Collector's Office · cost usd: One full-time Principal Account Clerk (1634) $53,006 | measure | City report: Report to the San Francisco Board of Supervisors : management audit of the Tax Collector's Office scanned page ↗ |
| 1995 | Business Tax Division, Tax Collector's Office · cost usd: One full-time Account Clerk (1630) 40,524 | measure | City report: Report to the San Francisco Board of Supervisors : management audit of the Tax Collector's Office scanned page ↗ |
| 1995 | Business Tax Division, Tax Collector's Office · cost usd: Total Proposed On-going Costs $93,530 | measure | City report: Report to the San Francisco Board of Supervisors : management audit of the Tax Collector's Office scanned page ↗ |
| 1995 | Business Tax Division · recommendation: designate .5 FTE to administer licenses to individuals | recommendation | City report: Report to the San Francisco Board of Supervisors : management audit of the Tax Collector's Office scanned page ↗ |
| 1995 | Tax Collector's Office Business Tax Division · other: transferring one 1630 Account Clerk and one 1634 Principal Account Clerk to the Business Tax Division | recommendation | City report: Report to the San Francisco Board of Supervisors : management audit of the Tax Collector's Office scanned page ↗ |
| 1995 | Business Tax Division · recommendation: allocate resources to administering license fees for individuals | recommendation | City report: Report to the San Francisco Board of Supervisors : management audit of the Tax Collector's Office scanned page ↗ |
| 1995 | Business Tax Division auditor taxpayer assistance duties · cost usd: $470,924 | finding | City report: Report to the San Francisco Board of Supervisors : management audit of the Tax Collector's Office scanned page ↗ |
| 1995 | Business Tax Division auditor account maintenance duties · cost usd: $1,177,311 | finding | City report: Report to the San Francisco Board of Supervisors : management audit of the Tax Collector's Office scanned page ↗ |
| 1995 | Business Tax Division audit productivity standards · recommendation: productivity standards of one audit completed weekly by each auditor would increase collected revenues by an estimated $1 million | recommendation | City report: Report to the San Francisco Board of Supervisors : management audit of the Tax Collector's Office scanned page ↗ |
| 1995 | Business Tax Division audit selection of firms · finding: audit selection carried out on an ad hoc basis without careful prioritization | finding | City report: Report to the San Francisco Board of Supervisors : management audit of the Tax Collector's Office scanned page ↗ |
| 1995 | Business Tax Division internal controls · recommendation: improve internal controls in audit assignments and account servicing | recommendation | City report: Report to the San Francisco Board of Supervisors : management audit of the Tax Collector's Office scanned page ↗ |
| 1995 | Business Tax Division annual audits · recommendation: 928 total recommended annual audits | recommendation | City report: Report to the San Francisco Board of Supervisors : management audit of the Tax Collector's Office scanned page ↗ |
| 1995 | Business Tax Division auditing · finding: Audit time devoted to business audits declined so dramatically that revenue and compliance opportunities are being lost | finding | City report: Report to the San Francisco Board of Supervisors : management audit of the Tax Collector's Office scanned page ↗ |
| 1995 | Tax Collector's Office, Business Tax Division · finding: Failure of supervisors to enforce realistic productivity standards for the auditors | finding | City report: Report to the San Francisco Board of Supervisors : management audit of the Tax Collector's Office scanned page ↗ |
| 1995 | Tax Collector's Office, Business Tax Division · other: All auditors except the four Principal Auditors spend one day per week in the business taxpayer services unit | measure | City report: Report to the San Francisco Board of Supervisors : management audit of the Tax Collector's Office scanned page ↗ |
| 1995 | Statement Processing Unit, Business Tax Division · finding: auditors have been used to perform account update functions and check control after accounting staff was reduced | finding | City report: Report to the San Francisco Board of Supervisors : management audit of the Tax Collector's Office scanned page ↗ |
| 1995 | Chief Auditor, Business Tax Division · recommendation: Ensure new staff, particularly accounting positions, have skills to master the automated systems | recommendation | City report: Report to the San Francisco Board of Supervisors : management audit of the Tax Collector's Office scanned page ↗ |
| 1995 | Business Tax Division · other: Four of the six new positions not yet hired | finding | City report: Report to the San Francisco Board of Supervisors : management audit of the Tax Collector's Office scanned page ↗ |
| 1995 | Chief Auditor, Business Tax Division · recommendation: Return the administrative audit team to full-time regular audit duties once new accounting staff are trained | recommendation | City report: Report to the San Francisco Board of Supervisors : management audit of the Tax Collector's Office scanned page ↗ |
| 1995 | Tax Collector's Office, Business Tax Division · finding: Overly restrictive security measures waste auditors' time | finding | City report: Report to the San Francisco Board of Supervisors : management audit of the Tax Collector's Office scanned page ↗ |
| 1995 | Business Tax Division · recommendation: Staff should have an effective channel for requesting and obtaining modifications to the BTS system | recommendation | City report: Report to the San Francisco Board of Supervisors : management audit of the Tax Collector's Office scanned page ↗ |
| 1995 | Business Tax Division auditors · recommendation: productivity goal of approximately 46 audits per year per auditor | recommendation | City report: Report to the San Francisco Board of Supervisors : management audit of the Tax Collector's Office scanned page ↗ |
| 1995 | Business Tax Division audit team assignments · recommendation: rotate alphabetic audit assignments every two years | recommendation | City report: Report to the San Francisco Board of Supervisors : management audit of the Tax Collector's Office scanned page ↗ |
| 1995 | Business Tax Division · finding: two audited accounts not forwarded to Investigations for approximately one year | finding | City report: Report to the San Francisco Board of Supervisors : management audit of the Tax Collector's Office scanned page ↗ |
| 1995 | Business Tax Division Accounting and Statements unit · recommendation: all servicing of audit deficiency accounts should be carried out by the new Accounting and Statements unit | recommendation | City report: Report to the San Francisco Board of Supervisors : management audit of the Tax Collector's Office scanned page ↗ |
| 1995 | Business Tax Division auditor relief from taxpayer assistance and account maintenance · other: would increase collected revenues from audited deficiencies by an estimated $1.6 million per year | finding | City report: Report to the San Francisco Board of Supervisors : management audit of the Tax Collector's Office scanned page ↗ |
| 1995 | Business Tax Division audit productivity standards · recommendation: productivity standards to achieve an average of one audit completed weekly by each auditor; further increase of about $1 million in collected revenue | recommendation | City report: Report to the San Francisco Board of Supervisors : management audit of the Tax Collector's Office scanned page ↗ |
| 1995 | Business Tax Division audit revenue potential · other: Total potential revenue increases of an estimated $2.8 to $4 million annually | finding | City report: Report to the San Francisco Board of Supervisors : management audit of the Tax Collector's Office scanned page ↗ |
| 1995 | Tax Collector's Office, Business Tax Division · recommendation: Return auditors on administrative duties to full-time audit duties, providing 5 additional full time auditors | recommendation | City report: Report to the San Francisco Board of Supervisors : management audit of the Tax Collector's Office scanned page ↗ |
| 1995 | Tax Collector's Office, Business Tax Division · recommendation: Routing telephone inquiries to Taxpayer Services and Accounting, reducing auditor telephone duties by 50 percent | recommendation | City report: Report to the San Francisco Board of Supervisors : management audit of the Tax Collector's Office scanned page ↗ |
| 1995 | Tax Collector's Office, Business Tax Division · recommendation: This, combined with Taxpayer Services staffing, would provide an additional 2 FTEs of auditor time | recommendation | City report: Report to the San Francisco Board of Supervisors : management audit of the Tax Collector's Office scanned page ↗ |
| 1995 | Tax Collector's Office, Business Tax Division · recommendation: Assign servicing and account maintenance of audited accounts to the Accounting and Statements Unit | recommendation | City report: Report to the San Francisco Board of Supervisors : management audit of the Tax Collector's Office scanned page ↗ |
| 1995 | Tax Collector's Office, Business Tax Division · recommendation: Rotate audit team alphabetic assignments every two years for internal control | recommendation | City report: Report to the San Francisco Board of Supervisors : management audit of the Tax Collector's Office scanned page ↗ |
| 1995 | Auditing Unit of the Business Tax Division · other: Increase audit deficiency collections by an estimated $1.6 million per year | finding | City report: Report to the San Francisco Board of Supervisors : management audit of the Tax Collector's Office scanned page ↗ |
| 1995 | Business Tax Division audit procedures · finding: existing procedural guidelines do not provide clear policies regarding acceptable documentation, working papers and tests of reasonableness | finding | City report: Report to the San Francisco Board of Supervisors : management audit of the Tax Collector's Office scanned page ↗ |
| 1995 | Business Tax Division · finding: Division audits all accounts for which Payroll/Gross Receipts Tax will be due, which is not necessarily the most efficient approach to collecting back taxes | finding | City report: Report to the San Francisco Board of Supervisors : management audit of the Tax Collector's Office scanned page ↗ |
| 1995 | Business Tax Division, Audit Unit · finding: identifies less than 100 unregistered businesses per year | finding | City report: Report to the San Francisco Board of Supervisors : management audit of the Tax Collector's Office scanned page ↗ |
| 1995 | Tax Collector's Business Tax Division · other: 150 percent of the amount owed in the prior year | action | City report: Report to the San Francisco Board of Supervisors : management audit of the Tax Collector's Office scanned page ↗ |
| 1995 | Tax Collector's Office, Business Tax Division · other: approximately 18,000 to 19,000 Notices of Determination sent each year | finding | City report: Report to the San Francisco Board of Supervisors : management audit of the Tax Collector's Office scanned page ↗ |
| 1995 | Audit Unit of the Business Tax Division · finding: audited accounts not forwarded to the Investigations Division for more than one year | finding | City report: Report to the San Francisco Board of Supervisors : management audit of the Tax Collector's Office scanned page ↗ |
| 1995 | Statement of Accounts, Business Tax Division · other: forwarded to the Investigations Division for collection after three to four months | action | City report: Report to the San Francisco Board of Supervisors : management audit of the Tax Collector's Office scanned page ↗ |
| 1995 | Audit Unit, Business Tax Division · finding: selects accounts for audit based on informal rules of thumb | finding | City report: Report to the San Francisco Board of Supervisors : management audit of the Tax Collector's Office scanned page ↗ |
| 1995 | Business Tax Division · finding: Business Tax Division auditors often provide taxpayer assistance and perform accounting functions rather than audits | finding | City report: Report to the San Francisco Board of Supervisors : management audit of the Tax Collector's Office scanned page ↗ |
| 1995 | Business Tax Division · other: Three 1424 Clerk Typists and a 1404 Clerk perform most of the statement processing functions | agency | City report: Report to the San Francisco Board of Supervisors : management audit of the Tax Collector's Office scanned page ↗ |
| 1995 | Business Tax Division · other: five Auditors, a Senior Auditor and a Principal Auditor | agency | City report: Report to the San Francisco Board of Supervisors : management audit of the Tax Collector's Office scanned page ↗ |
| 1995 | Business Tax Division · other: only the 1630 Account Clerk hired as of writing of report | agency | City report: Report to the San Francisco Board of Supervisors : management audit of the Tax Collector's Office scanned page ↗ |
| 1995 | Business Tax Division Accounting and Statements Unit · other: eight accounting personnel and four clerical personnel at full authorized staffing | agency | City report: Report to the San Francisco Board of Supervisors : management audit of the Tax Collector's Office scanned page ↗ |
| 1995 | Business Tax Statement entry · finding: Statements entered manually to BTS take approximately three months | finding | City report: Report to the San Francisco Board of Supervisors : management audit of the Tax Collector's Office scanned page ↗ |
| 1995 | Business Tax Division, statement data entry · finding: Data entry clerk able to scan 100 statements per hour (ISD estimate) | finding | City report: Report to the San Francisco Board of Supervisors : management audit of the Tax Collector's Office scanned page ↗ |
| 1995 | Business Tax delinquency notices · finding: Four month time lapse between delinquency and first notice to taxpayer | finding | City report: Report to the San Francisco Board of Supervisors : management audit of the Tax Collector's Office scanned page ↗ |
| 1995 | Business Tax address data entry · finding: 13 of 84 sampled address changes not updated in BTS, a 15 percent error rate | finding | City report: Report to the San Francisco Board of Supervisors : management audit of the Tax Collector's Office scanned page ↗ |
| 1990 | Business Tax Division regular audits · finding: Average audit deficiency $13,318 (FY 1990-91, adjusted for inflation) | finding | City report: Report to the San Francisco Board of Supervisors : management audit of the Tax Collector's Office scanned page ↗ |
| 1993 | Business Tax Division auditor taxpayer assistance duties · cost usd: taxpayer assistance $470,924 | finding | City report: Report to the San Francisco Board of Supervisors : management audit of the Tax Collector's Office scanned page ↗ |
| 1993 | Business Tax Division auditor account maintenance duties · cost usd: account maintenance $1,177,311 | finding | City report: Report to the San Francisco Board of Supervisors : management audit of the Tax Collector's Office scanned page ↗ |
| 1991 | Business Tax Division audit deficiency billings · other: inflation adjusted annual average of $7,769,002 | finding | City report: Report to the San Francisco Board of Supervisors : management audit of the Tax Collector's Office scanned page ↗ |
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