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HdLCC audits the secured and property records two ways: first reviewing the entire county to find parcels miscoded to other jurisdictions; and second, reviewing the parcels within the city, county or agency to ensure that each is coded to the appropriate taxing entity. Our advanced technology, accuracy and track record have placed us in a unique position to be hired by cities to find additional revenues after audits have been performed by prior consultants. In addition, by filing audit results with the County Assessor in a timely manner, we can assure that the repetitive errors from previous years will not re- occur. Unsecured Bill Audits The Orange County Assessor has always considered unsecured property addresses a confidential field of information and therefore does not include this data on the lien date database sold to outside purchasers. Addresses are a critical field of data required for auditing unsecured property as it is reported based on situs address This makes performing reviews on the unsecured (business property) a challenge because if the County fails to indicate where the property is located as a field in their database, it is impossible to challenge its incorrect assignment. In recent years we have been able to augment the unsecured roll addresses supplied from outside sources to bring the percentage of unsecured records in Santa Ana to 70%. Audits will only be able to be performed on unsecured assessments with situs addresses. The Orange County Auditor Controller's website has a comprehensive battery of reports that detail the remittances received by the City with each apportionment. HdLCC has the ability to reconcile the receipts to the levy (calculated taxes to be received) and point out areas of deviations or aberrations of revenues between tax years. This analysis can assist a City in budgeting where specific tax revenues may not be recurring or where receipts in one year may be inflated or reduced due to one-time aberrations. The identification of escaping revenue through the use of property tax data has been a targeted focus for HdLCC during the past 15 years. With the reduction of tax revenues Page 1 15