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Should Flips and Swaps Lead to Big Jumps?
The Sales Tax Triple Flip, VLF Swap
and Property Tax Admin Fees
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Property Tax Admin Fee Calcs
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Property Tax Admin Fee Calcs
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Property Tax Admin Fee Calcs
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Property Tax Admin Fee Calcs
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Property Tax Admin Fee Calcs
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Property Tax Admin Fee Calcs
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Property Tax Admin Fee Calcs
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Revenue & Taxation Code
Section 97.75
  • “Notwithstanding any other provision of law, for the 2004-05 and 2005-06 fiscal years, a county shall not impose a fee, charge, or other levy on a city, nor reduce a city's allocation of ad valorem property tax revenue, in reimbursement for the services performed by the county under Sections 97.68 (the sales tax triple flip) and 97.70 (the VLF swap).
  • For the 2006-07 fiscal year and each fiscal year thereafter, a county may impose a fee, charge, or other levy on a city for these services, but the fee, charge, or other levy shall not exceed the actual cost of providing these services.”
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Triple Flip & VLF Swap
Effect on Property Tax Admin Costs & Fees
  •  The additional costs of Sales Tax Triple Flip and VLF Swap amount at most to a few more days of labor in each county auditor’s office.
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Triple Flip & VLF Swap
Effect on Property Tax Admin Costs & Fees
  •  The additional costs of Sales Tax Triple Flip and VLF Swap amount at most to a few more days of labor in each county auditor’s office.


  • Current approach of County Auditors (“SB1096 Guidelines”) :
  •  Property Tax in Lieu of Sales Tax and Property Tax in lieu of VLF amounts treated as additional property tax share to each agency and county’s total property tax administration costs are reallocated.
  •  The approach has virtually nothing to do with the “actual cost of providing these services” … but of the change in revenue allocation that results.