HomeMy WebLinkAboutOrder 024 - Cancel Uncollectible Pers Prop TaxesDeschutes County Board of Commissioners
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AGENDA REQUEST & STAFF REPORT
For Board Business Meeting of June 26, 2013
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DATE: June 10,2013
FROM: Loni Burk TaxlFinance 541-388-6538
TITLE OF AGENDA ITEM:
Consideration of signature of Order No. 2013-024 Cancelling Uncollectible Personal Property Taxes of
$136,431.43.
PUBLIC HEARING ON THIS DATE? No
BACKGROUND AND POLICY IMPLICATIONS:
Personal property taxes are considered to be uncollectible when the cost of collection exceeds the
amount of tax, or when it is no longer reasonable or feasible to pursue collection. It has been the
County's procedure to cancel personal property tax accounts once everyone or two years.
FISCAL IMPLICATIONS:
The cancellation of $136,431.43 in taxes formalizes the existing fiscal reality of the uncollectible
accounts. It saves the county administrative costs to not have to continue showing the taxes on the rolls
and to continue to attempt collection for taxes that cannot be collected. Therefore, although those
unpaid taxes is money owed to the county, that money is not currently available for the county's
expenditures.
RECOMMENDATION & ACTION REQUESTED:
Motion: To approve signature of Order No. 2013-024.
ATTENDANCE: Marty Wynne or Loni Burk as necessary.
DISTRIBUTION OF DOCUMENTS:
Copy to Loni Burk, Chief Deputy Tax Collector, Tax Department