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Revenue Department outlines LATAP upgrades, staffing and interagency costs in FY26 request
Summary
Department of Revenue officials told the committee the FY26 recommended budget ($134.8M) is driven by self-generated revenues and personnel needs, and that planned tax-software upgrades and hosting changes will raise near-term interagency-transfer costs but save money long term.
Abigail Chasen of the House Fiscal Division presented the Department of Revenue's FY26 recommendation of about $134.8 million, noting the budget is almost entirely self-generated fees and that the tax-collection program houses the majority of the department's 723 authorized positions.
The why: Department leaders told lawmakers the biggest near-term increases are interagency transfers, largely payments to Office of Technology Services (OTS) for core tax software, while an internal plan to move to a new software version and alternative hosting is expected to reduce hosting costs in future years.
Secretary Richard Nelson described…
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