Explanation
Background:
Ordinance 0688-2008 authorized the City Auditor to appropriate and transfer funds within the Permanent Improvement Fund 748 for the Income Tax E-Payment project for acquiring capital improvement equipment and products used to provide electronic data and document management. As a result of better than anticipated pricing when items were bid, re-allocation of other resources, and other cost saving measures, $37,067.12 remained on AC028456-001. These funds are no longer needed for this project, but the Division of Income Tax and the City Attorney's Office has additional needs for improving data management efforts for delinquency collections.
Income Tax collects and matches data with the IRS to ensure accurate filings. In order to utilize this program, the system must meet stringent IRS regulations for logging activity. Currently, there is a need to increase the storage capacity to load more recent data. Additionally, Income Tax attempts to collect revenue due to the City of Columbus, such as Income Tax and Hotel/Motel Tax, and refers delinquencies to the City Attorney's office for additional collection efforts. The City Attorney enters claim information into an Income Tax Claims tracking system that is part of the Income Tax system database and is supported by the Department of Technology. System improvements are needed to enhance the ability to track judgments obtained by the City Attorney. Both these enhancements will assist the City in better identifying, locating, and collecting unpaid Income and Hotel/Motel taxes still owed to the City.
The purpose of this legislation is to enable the Office of the City Auditor and the Division of Income Tax to appropriate and transfer $37,067.01 wihtin the General Permanent Improvement Fund 748 to purchase additional storage, software, hardware, services, and any related products necessary to enhance office operations and effectively collect monies due to the City. All items to be purc...
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