Fiscal Year 2006 Proposed Budget |
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SECTION D -- COURTS AND CONSTITUTIONAL OFFICES
COMMISSIONER OF REVENUE
COMPLIANCE DIVISION
PROGRAM MISSION: To ensure
uncompromising standards of fairness for all customers in Arlington County by
ensuring that all eligible property subject to assessment in Arlington and all
custodial taxes are properly assessed.
The Compliance Division started in the last
quarter of fiscal year 2004 as part of the internal reconfiguration and
reorganization of the Commissioner of Revenue's office. The Division is responsible
for several functional areas such as: administration
of the local custodial tax programs (local meals, transient occupancy,
short-term rental, cigarette, and bank franchise taxes), management of the
personal property enforcement program, and handling of state income tax issues.
The following goals have
been identified.
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To discover all vehicles regularly garaged in Arlington
County that are not registered with the Commissioner of Revenue.
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To provide customer service to Arlington residents on
individual Virginia state income tax matters.
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To fairly and efficiently manage the custodial tax
programs.
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Compliance
Division
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FY 2004
Actual
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FY 2005
Adopted
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FY 2006
Proposed
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% Change:
'05 to '06
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Personnel
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-
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$597,501
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$605,895
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1%
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Non-Personnel
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-
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39,435
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37,825
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-4%
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Total Expenditures
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-
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636,936
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643,720
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1%
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Fees/other
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-
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-
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8,036
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-
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Revenues
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-
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70,242
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72,868
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4%
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Net Tax Support
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-
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$566,694
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$562,816
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-1%
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Authorized FTEs
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0.0
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9.0
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9.0
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Funded FTEs
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0.0
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9.0
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9.0
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SIGNIFICANT
BUDGET HIGHLIGHTS: The
Compliance Division started in FY 2005 as part of the reconfiguration and
reorganization of the Commissioner of Revenue's office so there is no expense
history for previous years.
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An increase in personnel expenses ($8,394) is primarily
due to normal annual salary increases.
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A decrease in non-personnel expenses ($1,610) is due to
a decrease in the DTS projected telephone costs.
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An $8,036 increase in fee/other revenue is due to the
new Department of Motor Vehicle (DMV) revenue generated from the operations of
a DMV Select satellite office which began in November 2004.
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An increase in grant revenue ($2,626) is due to the FY 2005 cost of living increase adopted by the State Compensation Board.
PERFORMANCE MEASURES:
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FY 2002 Actual
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FY 2003
Actual
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FY 2004 Actual
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FY 2005 Estimate
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FY 2006 Estimate
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FY2006
Goal
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Mission Outcome Measures
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Number of vehicles assessed by Enforcement
Program
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N/A
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N/A
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N/A
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2,500
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2,500
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3,000
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Value of Personal Property assessments by
Enforcement Program
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N/A
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N/A
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N/A
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$1 mil.
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$1 mil.
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$1 mil.
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Customer
Measures
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Percent of customer requests fulfilled within
established timeframes
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N/A
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N/A
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95%
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98%
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98%
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100%
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Workload Measures
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Number of establishments assessed for meals tax
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720
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753
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770
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880
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800
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800
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Summons issued
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N/A
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N/A
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N/A
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2,200
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2,500
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2,500
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Number of custodial tax assessments
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N/A
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N/A
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N/A
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9,000
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9,000
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9,000
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Number of customers assisted with Virginia
state income tax matters
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N/A
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3,000
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3,100
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3,300
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3,000
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3,000
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Enforcement Program letters sent
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N/A
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N/A
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N/A
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10,000
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10,000
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10,000
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The measures
that have historical information for FY 2004 or before were tracked in other
divisions prior to the reconfiguration and reorganization of the Commissioner's
office. Data collection for the new
performance measures started in FY 2005.
FUTURE BUDGET CONSIDERATIONS
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The Compliance Division will continue to be aggressive in
its compliance effort in order to minimize the negative impact on revenues from
the decreasing trend in vehicle values.
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