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Your feedback is needed about DC's new sales tax system
The Office of the Chief Financial Officer (OCFO) recently implemented a new sales tax system that allows business to file and pay sales and use taxes (as well as some other taxes) online with enhanced services. We're looking for feedback about how your experience with the new system has been.
Please email
Kristen Barden
with any information (good or bad) that you would like to share about the new tax system.
Details about the system are in the following note from CFO Jeff DeWitt to the mayor and city council:
Dear Mayor Bowser, Chairman Mendelson and Members of the Council,
Over the past weekend, the Office of the Chief Financial Officer (OCFO) was able to successfully implement the new sales tax system as the third phase of a new modernized integrated tax system. A team from the OCFO and Fast Enterprises converted all sales tax reporting information and implemented the modern enhanced system. Business taxpayers can now file and pay sales and use taxes, specialized sales and street vendor/mobile food services taxes online with many enhanced services.
I want to send my appreciation to the OCFO staff and contractors that completed this important phase of the project. These conversions are complex and difficult, and more often than not, do not go well. This particular implementation went exceedingly well as we have learned how to implement and replace complex systems. This project remains on schedule and on budget as promised.
Over the last two years, income, withholding, corporate and unincorporated franchise taxes were implemented into the new system. From the taxpayer perspective, they can now complete many of the services that previously required travel to the tax offices by using OTR’s tax portal, MyTax.DC.gov. Taxpayers can file these taxes online, request refunds, personally set up standard payment plans, if delinquent, file required documentation electronically, and review information they have filed. Over the next year, other taxes such as motor fuel, ballpark fees and other miscellaneous fees will be converted to the new system. In addition, efforts are underway to procure and integrate a replacement real estate billing system to ensure all tax systems are modern and provide the best technology and services to our taxpayers.
Jeff DeWitt
Chief Financial Officer
District of Columbia Office of the Chief Financial Officer
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ABRA 2018 Extended Holiday Hours
The Alcoholic Beverage Regulation Administration (ABRA) is informing licensees of eligible holidays for the 2018 Extended Holiday Hours Program.
Next year, licensees enrolled in the program will be able to stay open later during 11 different District and Federal holidays, which includes three separate three-day holiday weekends. The complete calendar can be reviewed on ABRA's website.
Licensees registered for the Extended Holiday Hours Program during 2017 will be automatically eligible to participate in the program during 2018. A complete list of registered establishments as of this year’s Veterans Day is available on ABRA’s website. Check to see which licensees are registered.
Licensees of on-premises establishments that are not already enrolled in the program but want to participate would need to register to do so. In order to enroll, a licensee would need to submit a registration form and public safety plan to ABRA at least 30 days prior to the first holiday a licensee would like to participate. Once a licensee is registered and approved, the registration will be valid for the calendar year and each year thereafter. There is no fee to enroll. Complete details are available on ABRA's website.
The deadline to register in time for the New Year’s holiday is Dec. 1, 2017.
Licensees that have questions can contact ABRA's Licensing Division by emailing or calling (202) 442-4423.
Restaurant & Hotel Licensees: Attend Books and Records Training Dec. 12, 2017
The Alcoholic Beverage Regulation Administration (ABRA) invites hotel and restaurant licensees and their staff to attend Books and Records Training on Tuesday, Dec. 12, 2017. Training will cover:
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Food sales requirements and reporting;
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Quarterly statement filings; and
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Books and records tracking.
Attend one of ABRA's training sessions on Tuesday, Dec. 12, 2017:
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9-11 a.m. (Spanish interpreter available); or
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2-4 p.m. (Korean interpreter available).
Register online or contact ABRA Compliance Analyst Monica Clark by Friday, Dec. 8, 2017:
Email
monica.clark@dc.gov
Call - (202) 442-4438
Training is free of charge. Requests for interpreters may be made; however, they must be submitted by the RSVP deadline.
Training Location
2000 14th St., NW
Suite 400 South, 4th Floor
Washington, DC 20009
Skip the Trip! Use DCRA's Online Sevices
DCRA has 22 online services, enabling customers to Skip the Trip to our offices and conduct your DCRA business 24 hours per day, 7 days per week, to include the DC Business Portal, the Property Information Verification System, and ProjectDox. You may also reserve a time to visit DCRA by visiting our Online Appointment Scheduling System. Learn more at
dcra.dc.gov/page/dcra-online-services
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