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REV: 08-29-25 MI <br />3.3 Consultant shall advise and work with CITY Staff on planning and economic <br />questions related to maximizing revenues, preparation of revenue <br />projections and general information on transactions and use tax questions. <br />3.4 Consultant shall make available to CITY the HdL proprietary software <br />program and Measure “RR” database containing all applicable registration <br />and quarterly allocation information for CITY business outlets registered <br />with the Department of Tax and Fee Administration. The database will be <br />updated quarterly. <br />4. Deficiency/Allocation Reviews and Recovery <br />4.1.Consultant shall conduct on-going reviews to identify and correct <br />unreported transactions and tax payments and distribution errors thereby <br />generating previously unrealized revenue for the City. Reviews shall <br />include: <br />4.1.(a) Comparison of county-wide local tax allocations to transactions tax <br />for brick and mortar stores and other cash register-based <br />businesses, where clearly all transactions are conducted on-site <br />within the Measure “RR” City boundaries, and therefore subject to <br />transactions tax. <br />4.1.(b) Review of any significant one-time use tax allocations to ensure that <br />there is corresponding transaction tax payments for taxpayers with <br />nexus within the City boundaries. <br />4.1.(c) Review of state-wide transactions tax allocations and patterns to <br />identify any obvious errors and omissions. <br />4.1.(d) Identification and follow-up with any potentially large purchasers of <br />supplies and equipment (e.g. hospitals, universities, manufacturing <br />plants, agricultural operations, refineries) to ensure that their major <br />vendors are properly reporting corresponding transactions tax <br />payments to the Measure “RR” Transactions Tax District. <br />4.2.Consultant will initiate, where the probability of an error exists, contacts with <br />the appropriate taxpayer management and accounting officials to verify <br />whether current tax receipts accurately reflect the local sales activity. Such <br />contacts will be conducted in a professional and courteous manner so as <br />to enhance CITY’s relations with the business community <br />4.3.Consultant shall prepare and submit to the Department of Tax and Fee <br />Administration all information necessary to correct any allocation errors <br />and deficiencies that are identified and shall follow-up with the individual <br />businesses and the California Department of Tax and Fee Administration <br />to ensure that all back quarter payments due the CITY are recovered. <br />ATTY/AGR.2025/Amend.No.3/Hinderliter, de Llamas and Associates (Amendment No.3) (Page 6 of 15)