§ 5.135. Independent audit of tax collection, exemption, remittance and expenditure.  


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  • The City shall annually verify that the utility users’ tax has been properly applied, exempted, collected and remitted in accordance with this Article, and properly expended according to applicable municipal law. The annual verification shall be performed by a qualified independent third party and the review shall employ reasonable, cost-effective steps to assure compliance, including the use of sampling audits. The verification shall not be required of tax remitters where the cost of the verification may exceed the tax revenues to be reviewed.
    (Ord. No. 1210, § 1.)