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Tax collector asks committee to let Controller cancel certain uncollectible unsecured personal property tax debt
Summary
Tax Collector David Augustine asked the Rules Committee to forward an ordinance delegating to the Controller authority to cancel limited categories of uncollectible unsecured personal property tax debt — primarily accounts over 30 years old, bankruptcy-discharged debt, and accounts where liens were not filed or renewed — to streamline migration to a new tax system.
The San Francisco tax collector told the Rules Committee on March 2 that the office seeks authority to let the Controller cancel narrowly defined categories of uncollectible unsecured personal property tax debt to avoid importing tens of thousands of bad accounts into a new property-tax system.
"This ordinance would allow for only cancellation of…
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