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PROPOSED AGREEMENT AMENDMENT
Department(s): Cook County Department of Revenue
Other Part(ies): Electronic License Service, LLC, Des Plaines, Illinois
Request: Authorization to amend an interagency agreement
Good(s) or Service(s): Collect payments from taxpayers that are subject to the Cook County Home Rule Use Tax Ordinance for Non-retailer Transfer of Motor Vehicles
Agreement period: Terminate by either party with written notice to the party of at least 30 days
Fiscal Impact: Revenue Generating
Accounts: N/A
Agreement Number(s): N/A
Summary: As a result of expanding our efforts to provide efficient collections and convenience for Cook County taxpayers that are subject to the Cook County Home Rule Use Tax Ordinance for Non-retailer Transfers of Motor Vehicles, Cook County Department of Revenue entered into an agreement with Electronic License Service, LLC for their various Cook County authorized sales agent locations to act as a designee to collect payments from taxpayers that are subject to the Cook County Home Rule Use Tax Ordinance for Non-retailer Transfer of Motor Vehicles.
The original agreement with ELS was executed on 5/2/2013 and included a provision whereby the agreement would be terminated if and when the County entered into a separate agreement for collection by the State of Illinois. Such an agreement was reached in November 2014. However, since the State will not begin collection until July 2015, at the earliest, and then will not collect on any bills issued prior to that date, it is necessary to amend the agreement with ELS to allow for them to provide collection services for all amounts that will not be collected by the State.
Since the beginning of this fiscal year, there are 250 sales agent locations participating and we have collected approximately $446,000.
This Agreement has been reviewed and approved as to form by the Cook County State's Attorney's Office.
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