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AA V E N U UTILITY USERS TAX CONSULTANT INSIGHTS i 6NFIYTICS RFP #20-137 Avenu will represent the City for purposes of examining records related to the above revenue sources to identify and confirm any errors/omissions leading to deficient payments to the City. For each error/omission identified and confirmed, Avenu will prepare the appropriate documentation to facilitate recovery of revenue due to the City including any applicable penalties and interest. Avenu's experts will prepare and forward to the appropriate parties' requests for corrective action and revenue recovery. Avenu will meet with designated City officials as necessary (but not less than quarterly) to review consultant's findings and recommendations. Avenu will provide any additional assistance as necessary to support the City in recovering and preventing tax delinquencies. Avenu's Government Relations Team will prepare annual UUT report that includes legal and legislative issues that could potentially affect UUT revenues and a five-year forecast or each utility industry type; assist in development of multi -year UUT budget revenue forecast model. 1.3 UTILITY USERS' TAX — ADDITIONAL REQUIREMENTS [RFP III.C] 1.3.1 General Strategy tRFP III.c.11 a. Describe the general strategy for UUT and economic analysis. Avenu's Utility Users Tax (UUT) service client base covers more than 70 percent of UUT revenues in California. As a result, we are uniquely positioned to monitor and review UUT revenues across the state and, as a result and too date, our compliance and monitoring services have s recovered more than $300 million in revenues for UUT clients. Our monitoring service covers the utilities of gas, electricity and telecommunications, (wired, wireless and Prepaid Wireless). We accomplish this through our team of analysts, auditors, attorneys, and project managers who analyze, manage, and protect UUT revenues. Our discovery methods and enforcement tools assure that utilities comply with tax regulations and remit the correct amounts, whether they are for natural gas, electricity, or telecommunications and video utilities. We further protect future revenue by remaining current on pending legislation, new technologies and recommending ordinance changes. Any statutory requirement for third -party review of UUT payments is met through Avenu. The UUT Compliance Program's services will protect the City's existing UUT revenues from erosion due to new legislation, new technologies, outdated ordinance language and inaccurate information, focusing on these areas: Compliance Administrative Legislative Review and Implementation Strategy Ordinance Review, Administrative Rulings, and Tax Inquiries CITY OF SANTA ANA, CA