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Audit finds tax-treatment and documentation issues in district attorney office salary supplements

2965750 · April 9, 2025
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Summary

An audit of the District Attorney’s Office found local salary supplements intended to keep assistant prosecutors competitive have not been re-evaluated since 2017, and that some supplements were improperly paid as vendor 1099s rather than through payroll for state-paid staff.

Metro auditors presented an audit of the District Attorney’s Office that reviewed controls over revenues, expenditures and assets and issued 11 recommendations, all of which the office accepted.

The audit flagged the local salary supplements that began after 2017 to help retain assistant district attorneys. Auditors found the supplements — described in testimony as $10,000 for assistant district attorneys and $20,000 for supervising assistant district attorneys when established — have not been re-evaluated and are not documented consistently…

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