Hiring flaws threaten tax enforcement
Column, Lewiston Sun Journal, Aug. 22:
The convergence of two reasonable ideas is likely to hamper the Maine Revenue Service's ability to hire the best qualified applicants for as many as 20 new positions created in this year's budget, and may lead to unnecessarily high salaries for some workers.
The Maine Revenue Service is in the process of hiring 20 new revenue agents. The goal behind the expansion is to improve enforcement of the state's tax laws - and add an estimated $5 million to the General Fund in the first year.
The hiring already has begun for some of the positions, and interviews for others will begin in the next few weeks.
But the system is flawed and at least one last-minute fix is being rushed in to make it better. ... www.sunjournal.com/opinion/columnist/20040822095.php
The convergence of two reasonable ideas is likely to hamper the Maine Revenue Service's ability to hire the best qualified applicants for as many as 20 new positions created in this year's budget, and may lead to unnecessarily high salaries for some workers.
The Maine Revenue Service is in the process of hiring 20 new revenue agents. The goal behind the expansion is to improve enforcement of the state's tax laws - and add an estimated $5 million to the General Fund in the first year.
The hiring already has begun for some of the positions, and interviews for others will begin in the next few weeks.
But the system is flawed and at least one last-minute fix is being rushed in to make it better. ... www.sunjournal.com/opinion/columnist/20040822095.php
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