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