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Mr. Gul Ramchandan <br />City of Redwood cit~ Page 5 of 5 <br />July 9, 1986 <br />Page 7 <br /> <br /> 4.2 Corollary Consultinq <br /> <br /> o Make specific recommendations (for city staff and/or <br /> MRC) to further enhance the city's revenue base in <br /> areas such as sales tax, property tax, business <br /> license tax, transient occupancy tax, utility tax <br /> and defined economic development goals. <br /> <br /> o Provide City employees with post-audit sales tax <br /> orientation: <br /> <br /> - Conduct technical seminar on California's local <br /> sales tax distribution process. <br /> <br /> - Train staff in the fundamentals of sales tax <br /> auditing should the City desire to assume <br /> responsibility for future maintenance of local <br /> retail accounts internally. <br /> <br /> o Analyze list of city's major sales tax producers in <br /> order to assist the City in developing a public <br /> relations program to prevent the loss of these <br /> important businesses. <br /> <br /> o Profile for Economic Development/Community <br /> Redevelopment and Chamber of Commerce personnel the <br /> most economically desirable/undesirable types of <br /> developments/business users and the reasons why. <br /> <br /> o Provide a list of businesses located in the city <br /> that are not presently producing sales tax to the <br /> city of Redwood city, but could be through <br /> constructive changes in marketing procedures. <br /> o If economics warrant, recommend a program be <br /> implemented to capture the 1% sales tax on city <br /> purchases from vendors reporting as use tax and/or <br /> having non-city points of sales. <br /> <br /> o Assist in defining specific geographic areas for <br /> which the City would have an interest in knowing the <br /> sales tax produced (e.g., within Community <br /> Redevelopment Agency boundaries). <br /> <br /> <br />