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Idaho State Tax Commission reports FAST project exceeded ROI, asks for vehicles and IT upgrades

2754505 · February 18, 2025
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Tax Commission leaders told legislators the FAST tax-collection system has generated about $34.3 million in collections so far—exceeding an advertised return-on-investment—and asked for replacement vehicles, ITS security investments and equipment to support field operations and system security.

The Idaho State Tax Commission told the Joint Finance-Appropriations Committee on Feb. 18 that the state’s FAST tax-management project has exceeded the return‑on‑investment projected at rollout and requested funding for vehicle replacements and continued ITS infrastructure investment.

Chairman Jeff McCray told the committee the FAST implementation came in on time and that “since that time we've collected $34,287,416,” exceeding the project’s guaranteed return. McCray said the agency reverted $309,948 from a line item at the close of FY2024 and offered to provide the committee the ROI…

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