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Finance department proposes revenue push: expand tax discovery unit, pursue delinquent accounts and modernize LA Tax system
Summary
City finance staff offered two revenue initiatives — an expanded tax‑discovery enforcement unit and a debt collection push — and sought funds to modernize the city’s LA Tax system after recent outages and reconciling problems.
Finance department officials told the Budget Precommittee they have two near‑term revenue proposals aimed at increasing collections and reducing uncollected liabilities.
What was proposed The first proposal seeks to expand the city’s tax‑discovery unit (which matches city, state and third‑party data to find unregistered businesses) by adding 25 positions and operational funds with an upfront cost of about $3.2 million. Finance staff estimated the expansion could yield roughly $18 million in one‑time and continuing revenue next fiscal year,…
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