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Issued: February 2005

SUMMARY

The purpose of this audit was to provide assurance that the City of Austin is credited for sales taxes paid by eligible businesses within the City limits by testing the reliability of data from the State Comptroller’s Office.

Our auditors identified several hundred addresses coded non-Austin but appearing within the city limits. Further testing of four zip codes identified hundreds of other businesses that may be missing entirely from the State Comptroller’s Office database. The State Comptroller’s Office must confirm them and, although the potential monetary impact has not been determined, the effect on City revenue may be minimal.

No recommendations to management are made in this report but issues for further study have been identified.

Download the entire text of our Sales Tax 2004 audit report (Size: 173 KB) in Adobe Acrobat. You will need Adobe's Acrobat Reader to view these files. Or request a hard copy of this audit report, No. AU04113, by submitting this audit report request form.

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