Transaction Privilege Tax (TPT) Simplification and Legislation Update Lee Grafstrom Tax Analyst League of Arizona Cities and Towns October 17, 2014 Sandra Schilling Acting Deputy Director City of Phoenix

TPT Simplification and Legislation Update Agenda TPT Simplification Project Update Where We’ve Been Where We Are Now Where We’re Going City of Phoenix Business Intelligence/Analytics Legislative Trends

TPT Simplification Project Update Where We’ve Been City representatives and League working with Department of Revenue (DOR) since July 2013 on: o Requirements Gathering  System  Report/Data Requirements o Standardizing Configuration and Coding o Procedures o Data Matching

TPT Simplification Project Update Where We’ve Been (Cont’d) Audit/Enforcement Collections AZTAXES Modifications Taxpayer Communication and Education New Joint Tax Licensing (JT1) Form New Tax Return (TPT1) Location Based Reporting Intergovernmental Agreement (IGA)

TPT Simplification Project Update Where We Are Now Audit o Manuals Ready o Auditor Training Started October 1st License Enforcement o Ready to start training Working through IGA Taxpayer Communication and Education DOR making Changes to AZTAXES

TPT Simplification Project Update Where We Are Now (Cont’d) Governor Approved Delay of Implementation o New Go Live of January 2016 Moving forward with Audit for January 2015 Moving forward with Enforcement Activities

TPT Simplification Project Update Where We Are Now 2015 Business License Renewals o Transition Year for Taxpayers  All businesses asked to update Information through renewal process  Will be completed by DOR and all Non-Program Cities o Data Cleansing  Match and Merge DOR to perform license renewal process for 2016

Where We’re Going Core Team put together of representatives from: o 4 Non-Program Cities (Mesa, Peoria, Phoenix, Scottsdale) o League of Cities and Towns o Multiple DOR Divisions (Technical, Communications, Audit, Admin, Collections, License and Registration) o Arizona Department of Administration Project Management TPT Simplification Project Update

Where We’re Going Core Team working on o Project Plan  Timelines, Milestones Transition Plan Communications Plan Technology Plan Testing Plan Reporting Plan

TPT Simplification Project Update Where We’re Going Data Match and Merge with DOR New Joint Tax Application Form (JT1) o Geo Coding New Monthly Filing Form (TPT1) o Online Bulk Filing Weekly Cash Deposits and Reports/Data Location Based Reporting for ALL Cities Transition of all Administrative functionality to DOR in January 2016

TPT Simplification Project Update City of Phoenix Business Intelligence/ Analytics (BI/BA) - Phoenix On Point (POP) Proven Oracle product currently in use o Solid Waste Division Worked with DOR to revise current and add new “reports” and data New “reports” will be standardized Basic queries will be developed based on the Phoenix Needs Assessment o All will be able to modify or customize o No need to wait for IT

City of Phoenix Business Intelligence/ Analytics (BI/BA) - Phoenix On Point (POP) Data Access and System Security o Role Based  Audit, Enforcement, Accounting, Executive Status o Developing Dashboards o Generating Sample Data o Finalizing Report Schemas TPT Simplification Project Update

POP Dashboard Sample

TPT Simplification Project Update POP Dashboard Sample

TPT Simplification Project Update Drill Down and Export Capabilities

TPT Simplification Project Update City of Phoenix Business Intelligence/ Analytics (BI/BA) - Phoenix On Point (POP) What’s Next for Participants o Intergovernmental Agreement (IGA) o Initial Investment o Administered by League of Cities and Towns o Will be calculated based on the number of participating cities  Maximum of $14,000 one time - Oracle Licensing  Maximum of $3,000 annually for ongoing maintenance and upgrades

TPT Simplification Project Update Questions? Contact Information Lee GrafstromSandra Schilling AZ League of CitiesCity of Phoenix and Towns