Summary
Powell paid RITA 1.13 cents per $100 collected in 2025 and got a $343,465 refund after reconciliation. Officials debated whether in-house collection could offer better service but concluded costs and lost access to RITA's multi-state data cross-referencing would be prohibitive.
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Last discussed Jun 9, 2026.
Impact analysis
$343,465 refund to the city this year; RITA's cost of collections at 1.13% of tax receipts.
Taxpayers get cost-effective collections; the city keeps a refund and avoids the cost of running tax collection itself.
Residents who want higher-touch local tax service won't get it, since in-house staffing costs would be prohibitive.
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