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e5<? <br />• LEE COUNTY <br />Committed Today for a Better Tomorrow <br />Memorandum <br />To: Lee County Board of Commissioners <br />From: Dwane Brinson, Tax Administrator <br />Date: April 18, 2011 <br />Re: Tax Management Associates Discovery Program <br />The Tax Management Associates (TMA) Discovery Program will help Lee County move <br />even further towards having all taxable properties in Lee County on the tax books. <br />• Currently, staff in the tax office has a goal to annually audit at least 5% of previously <br />unaudited businesses in the County, and now TMA has a product that will further <br />improve the equity in the tax base. <br />TMA's new program involves company representatives canvassing the county and using <br />other resources to verify businesses and provide the tax office with an estimate of <br />personal property for each discovered business. These are businesses that are currently <br />evading property tax and have not been discovered by the tax office. <br />A diagram is below showing results other counties have experienced with TMA's new <br />product. <br />W <br />