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Hot Topic: Changes In Federal Reimbursement Rates For Travel, Dick Phebus Dec 2002

Hot Topic: Changes In Federal Reimbursement Rates For Travel, Dick Phebus

MTAS Publications: Hot Topics

Summary of changes in the federal and state reimbursement rates for travel.


Hot Topic: Interest Rate Currently 8.75% On Delinquent Taxes Collected Or Administered By The State Of Tennessee, Dick Phebus Nov 2002

Hot Topic: Interest Rate Currently 8.75% On Delinquent Taxes Collected Or Administered By The State Of Tennessee, Dick Phebus

MTAS Publications: Hot Topics

Finance personnel should make sure the interest rate they use, either in manual calculations or in those generated by computer software, is 8.75 percent for the current fiscal year ending June 30, 2003.


Hot Topic: Important Notice Of Changes To P.O.S.T. Commission Rules, Rex Barton Nov 2002

Hot Topic: Important Notice Of Changes To P.O.S.T. Commission Rules, Rex Barton

MTAS Publications: Hot Topics

The Peace Officer Standards and Training (P.O.S.T.) Commission recently enacted several rule changes, several of which will have a significant impact on local law enforcement agencies.


Hot Topic: Changes In The Rate And Distribution Of The Business Tax Effective September 1, 2002, Dick Phebus Aug 2002

Hot Topic: Changes In The Rate And Distribution Of The Business Tax Effective September 1, 2002, Dick Phebus

MTAS Publications: Hot Topics

2002 Tenn. Pub. Acts 856 (the Tax Reform Act of 2002) amends the business tax law, requiring businesses to pay fifty percent more in taxes when renewing business licenses.


Hot Topic: Changes To The State And Local Sales And Use Tax Return: Effective July 15, 2002, Dick Phebus Aug 2002

Hot Topic: Changes To The State And Local Sales And Use Tax Return: Effective July 15, 2002, Dick Phebus

MTAS Publications: Hot Topics

Because the sales tax rate increase became effective July 15, 2002, reporting sales may be complicated due to the fact that a municipality may have taxable sales from July 1-14 at the old state rate of 6% and sales from July 15-31 at the new state rate of 7%.


Hot Topic: State Sales Tax Rate Increased Effective July 15, 2002, Dennis Huffer Jul 2002

Hot Topic: State Sales Tax Rate Increased Effective July 15, 2002, Dennis Huffer

MTAS Publications: Hot Topics

The state sales and use tax on non-food items increases from 6 percent
to 7 percent on July 15, 2002.


Hot Topic: 2002-2003 State Revenue Estimates, Dick Phebus Jul 2002

Hot Topic: 2002-2003 State Revenue Estimates, Dick Phebus

MTAS Publications: Hot Topics

The Tennessee General Assembly adopted the state budget for fiscal year 2002-2003. Based on this budget, cities can expect to receive the following revenues.


Hot Topic: General Assembly Enacts Laws Affecting Municipalities, Dennis Huffer May 2002

Hot Topic: General Assembly Enacts Laws Affecting Municipalities, Dennis Huffer

MTAS Publications: Hot Topics

This Hot Topic Bulletin summarizes the new Public Acts to date that have the
most significant impact on municipal operations.


Hot Topic: Unclaimed Property Reporting Due May 1, 2002, Dick Phebus Apr 2002

Hot Topic: Unclaimed Property Reporting Due May 1, 2002, Dick Phebus

MTAS Publications: Hot Topics

Tennessee law regarding unclaimed property requires entities, including municipal governments, to file annual reports with the State of Tennessee Treasury Department by May 1 of each year for all tangible and intangible property that is presumed abandoned.


Hot Topic: The 2001/2002 Mtas Salary And Fringe Benefit Survey, Richard Stokes Mar 2002

Hot Topic: The 2001/2002 Mtas Salary And Fringe Benefit Survey, Richard Stokes

MTAS Publications: Hot Topics

The MTAS annual salary and fringe benefit survey for 2001/2002 shows that salary increases for city employees rose less than during 2000/2001. This report contains a summary of the findings as well as a means to request specific information.


Hot Topic: Tennessee Department Of Agriculture 2002 Urban Forestry Funding, Warren Nevad Feb 2002

Hot Topic: Tennessee Department Of Agriculture 2002 Urban Forestry Funding, Warren Nevad

MTAS Publications: Hot Topics

The Tennessee Department of Agriculture, Division of Forestry is accepting Urban Forestry project proposals from local governments, private organizations, public organizations, and educational institutions in the categories of urban forestry personnel, program development, education/training, and tree planting.


Hot Topic: Failure To Provide Proof Of Automobile Insurance A Municipal Ordinance Violation, Sid Hemsley Jan 2002

Hot Topic: Failure To Provide Proof Of Automobile Insurance A Municipal Ordinance Violation, Sid Hemsley

MTAS Publications: Hot Topics

Tennessee Code Annotated requires drivers of vehicles charged with various state and local traffic violations, or involved in traffic accidents, to produce proof of automobile insurance and a city may make the violation of that statute a municipal ordinance violation.