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Orange County debate centers on penalty to improve business personal property filings

Orange County Board of Supervisors · September 10, 2024
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Summary

County commissioner staff proposed a penalty (up to 10% or $10 minimum) to raise compliance with business personal property reporting after a roughly 54% filing rate; supervisors debated fairness to small/home businesses and asked for more outreach and a follow‑up report.

Orange County’s chief deputy in the commissioner’s office told supervisors the county lacks an effective mechanism to ensure businesses timely file annual business personal property returns and asked the board to authorize a penalty to incentivize compliance.

Josh Crawford, chief deputy in the commissioner’s office, said roughly 46% of approximately 1,700 county businesses did not file the required form for the 2024 tax year and that…

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