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Revenue commissioner outlines $19M systems upgrade and prepares for potential surplus refunds
Summary
Commissioner Frank O'Connell told the subcommittee the Department of Revenue seeks $6.5M for DRIVES and $12.5M for ITS core-26 upgrades (about $19M total) to modernize systems and better protect taxpayer data, and warned surplus tax refunds are contingent on passage of House Bill 1,000 and will require substantial operational work.
Frank O'Connell, Georgia's revenue commissioner, told the Appropriations subcommittee that the department's amended FY26 budget includes major IT modernization requests and operational preparations for a proposed round of surplus tax refunds.
O'Connell described two core IT requests: $6,500,000 for the driver record and integrated vehicle enterprise system (DRIVES) upgrade and $12,500,000 for the integrated tax system (ITS) "core 26" upgrade. He said the upgrades will modernize architecture,…
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