Fwd: RE: [Vision2020] Impact of Hiring New Tax Auditors

[Tom Trail]

>
>
>Visionaries:   You may recall that at the last minute of the 03
>Legislative
>session, we approved the hiring of 8 tax auditors and 7 compliance
>specialists.
>The primary job of these new hires starting July 1st was to work toward
>collecting the estimated $88,000,000 owed the state in unpaid taxes.
>Under
>Gov. Phil Batt a number of similar positions were established and
>resulted
>in a positive return to the state.
>
>I've long been a strong advocate in hiring more personnel for the State
>Tax Commission to collect taxes due the state.  I checked with
>Commissioner
>Hammond of the State Tax Commission in June to see if a formula had been
>developed to assess the impact of the new hires on a month to month
>basis.
>Dr. Malcolm Renfrew, Moscow, and Rep. Mike Mitchell, Lewiston have also
>been
>strong supporters of this legislative initiative.
>
>The results for July are the following:
>
>                                Investment            Collections
>
>7 Compliance Specialists        $77,192               $518,643
>
>8 Auditors                       28,817                334,939
>
>      Totals                     $106,009               $853,582
>
>      Net to the State    $747,583
>
>It looks like a good start
>
>Rep. Tom Trail
>--
>Dr. Tom Trail
>International Trails
>1375 Mt. View Rd.
>Moscow, Id. 83843
>Tel:  (208) 882-6077
>Fax:  (208) 882-0896
>e mail ttrail@moscow.com
>
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Dr. Tom Trail
International Trails
1375 Mt. View Rd.
Moscow, Id. 83843
Tel:  (208) 882-6077
Fax:  (208) 882-0896
e mail ttrail@moscow.com