Travis County, TX reduces personnel time and resources spent on audits with automation project

Travis County, TX Automation Audit Reduce Time Resources

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The county's Risk Evaluation and Consulting Division experienced a 25% annual growth in property tax refunds. The weeks-long manual review process was replaced by an in-house analytics system requiring only minutes per refund request. County auditors receive emails with property tax documentation only when irregularities are found. Future uses of the automation process may include reviews of public official spending through receipt analysis.

Finance Automation Tax

Travis County, TX

County in Texas

United States

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NACo Achievement Awards: Continuous Auditing: Automating Property Tax Refund Audit

The Risk Evaluation and Consulting Division (REC) of the Travis County Auditor’s Office is tasked with auditing the internal controls and financial records of each department in the County. The audits performed include statutory, risk-based internal controls, and information systems audits. The County’s operating environment and services are becoming increasingly sophisticated

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In-house automation, analytics tools speed audit processing - GCN

The Travis County, Texas, Auditor’s Office has reduced the time it takes to process property tax audits by 91%.

Project Succeeded

Travis County reduced time spent on property tax refund audits by 91%.

Awards

NACo Achievement Awards - Financial Management

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