The Department of Revenue enforces the tax, child support, and municipal finance laws of the Commonwealth through three divisions: Tax Administration, Child Support Enforcement, and Local Services. The Department also operates the Underground Storage Tank Program, which provides partial reimbursement for tank removal and remediation of petroleum product releases.

The Tax Administration Division administers the state’s tax system, collecting over $14 billion a year. The Division emphasizes tax compliance and is a nationally recognized leader in the use of cutting-edge, customer-friendly information technology. In Fiscal Year 2000, the Division will process 850,000 tax returns filed by Telefile, electronic filing, or personal computer filing.

The Child Support Enforcement Division manages the Commonwealth’s child support enforcement program. The Division is committed to decreasing welfare dependency, enforcing child support enforcement laws, and improving customer service for custodial and non-custodial parents and their children.

The Division of Local Services helps cities and towns achieve equitable property taxation and efficient fiscal management by providing regulatory oversight of financial activities and technical assistance. This includes assisting communities in setting tax rates, certifying property values, and conducting school district audits.

In Fiscal Year 2000:

• the Tax Administration Division will expand its efforts to encourage tax practitioners to utilize electronic filing;

• the Child Support Enforcement Division will increase child support collections by $12 million for a total amount collected of $302 million; and

• the Division of Local Services will perform 10 education audits to ensure that public school district spending is consistent with the goals of education reform.

In addition, the Department will assume the responsibilities of the Bureau of Special Investigations. The Bureau, which investigates welfare fraud on behalf of the Department of Transitional Assistance, was formerly within the Department of Public Safety.

The Fiscal Year 2000 recommendation includes consolidation of the Underground Storage Tank Program account (1232-0000) into the Underground Storage Tank Administrative Review Board account (1232-0200). The recommendation also includes funding to reimburse cities and towns for tax abatements to certain elderly water and sewer rate-payers (1233-2010) and to provide loans to homeowners for septic system repairs (1231-1020). The Fiscal Year 1999 appropriation provides sufficient funding for the preceding two accounts to be continued into Fiscal Year 2000.

Budgetary Direct Appropriations

DEPARTMENT OF REVENUE - TAX ADMINISTRATION DIVISION
1201-0100	For the operation of the department of revenue, including the tax administration division, the division of local services, and the audit of certain foreign corporations; provided, that the department may charge from this item to item 1201-0160 the expenses for computer services provided to the child support enforcement division, including the cost of personnel and other support costs	123,400,337
	General Fund 60.00% Local Aid Fund 35.00% Highway Fund 5.00%

DEPARTMENT OF REVENUE - CHILD SUPPORT ENFORCEMENT DIVISION
1201-0160	For the operation of the child support enforcement division; provided, that the department may allocate funds appropriated herein to the department of state police, the district courts, the probate and family courts, the district attorneys, and other state agencies for the performance of certain child support enforcement activities; provided further, that federal reimbursements associated with the child support computer network shall be drawn down at the highest possible rate and shall be deposited into a trust account established for expenditures associated with said network; provided further, that the division shall file quarterly reports on the progress of said network with the secretary of administration and finance detailing in a manner prescribed by him all expenditures on said network; and provided further, that the department shall file quarterly reports with said secretary detailing in a manner prescribed by him all expenditures of the child support trust fund established pursuant to section 9 of chapter 119A of the General Laws	47,233,751

BUREAU OF SPECIAL INVESTIGATIONS
1201-0300	For the operation of the bureau of special investigations	5,510,850

WATER AND SEWER RATE RELIEF PAYMENTS - LOCAL SERVICES PROGRAM
1231-1000	For a payment to the Commonwealth Sewer Rate Relief Fund established by section 2Z of chapter 29 of the General Laws	53,914,000
	Local Aid Fund 93.34% Commonwealth Cost Relief Fund 6.66%

UNDERGROUND STORAGE TANK REIMBURSEMENTS
1232-0100	For underground storage tank removal and remediation reimbursements, pursuant to chapter 21J of the General Laws	19,200,000
	Underground Storage Tank Fund 100%

UNDERGROUND STORAGE TANK ADMINISTRATIVE REVIEW BOARD
1232-0200	For the operation of the underground storage tank program and the underground storage tank petroleum product cleanup fund administrative review board, pursuant to chapter 21J of the General Laws	1,767,086
	Underground Storage Tank Fund 100%

UNDERGROUND STORAGE TANK MUNICIPAL GRANTS
1232-0300	For grants to municipalities for the removal and replacement of underground storage tanks, pursuant to section 4 of chapter 21J, and section 37A of chapter 148, of the General Laws	2,000,000
	Underground Storage Tank Fund 100%

REIMBURSEMENTS FOR TAX ABATEMENTS GRANTED TO DISABLED VETERANS, BLIND AND WIDOWS
1233-2000	For the tax abatements program for certain veterans, widows, and the elderly; provided, that cities and towns shall be reimbursed for the abatements granted pursuant to clauses Seventeenth, Twenty-second, Twenty-second A, Twenty-second B, Twenty-second C, Twenty-second E, and Thirty-seventh of section 5 of chapter 59 of the General Laws	8,250,000
	Local Aid Fund 100%

REIMBURSEMENTS FOR TAX ABATEMENTS GRANTED TO ELDERLY WATER AND SEWER PAYERS
1233-2010	For the tax abatements program for water and sewer relief for the elderly; provided, that cities and towns shall be reimbursed for abatements granted to certain homeowners 65 years of age or older pursuant to clause Fifty-second of section 5 of chapter 59 of the General Laws	10,000

REIMBURSEMENTS FOR TAX ABATEMENTS GRANTED TO THE ELDERLY
1233-2310	For the elderly persons component of the tax abatements program; provided, that cities and towns shall be reimbursed for taxes abated pursuant to clauses Forty-first, Forty-first B, and Forty-first C of section 5 of chapter 59 of the General Laws; and provided further, that the commonwealth shall reimburse each city or town that accepts the provisions of said clause Forty-first B or Forty-first C for additional costs incurred in determining eligibility of applicants under said clauses in an amount not to exceed $2 per exemption granted	12,700,000
	Local Aid Fund 100%

PAYMENTS TO CITIES AND TOWNS FOR ROAD WORK
6005-0017	For payments to cities and towns for the costs incurred in constructing, maintaining, and policing streets and roads, as authorized by clause (c) of section 13 of chapter 64A, section 13 of chapter 64E, and section 14 of chapter 64F of the General Laws; provided, that the amount appropriated herein is in full satisfaction of the amounts payable pursuant to said laws for fiscal year 2000; and provided further, that funds appropriated herein may be used for the lease, purchase, and maintenance of vehicles for use in road maintenance, and for costs incurred for the removal of snow and ice	43,472,110
	Highway Fund 100%

Federal Grant Spending

JOINT FEDERAL-STATE MOTOR FUEL TAX COMPLIANCE PROJECT
1201-0104	For the purposes of a federally funded grant entitled, Joint Federal-State Motor Fuel Tax Compliance Project	50,000

NON-CUSTODIAL PARENTS AND THEIR RELATIONSHIPS TO CHILD SUPPORT ENFORCEMENT
1201-0107	For the purposes of a federally funded grant entitled, Non-Custodial Parents and Their Relationships to Child Support Enforcement	237,500

DOMESTIC VIOLENCE AND WELFARE
1201-0108	For the purposes of a federally funded grant entitled, Domestic Violence and Welfare	210,818

ACCESS AND VISITATION - PARENT EDUCATION PROGRAM
1201-0109	For the purposes of a federally funded grant entitled, Access and Visitation - Parent Education Program	171,787

Trust and Other Spending

1201-0113

MASSACHUSETTS UNITED STATES OLYMPIC FUND

40,000

1201-0161

CHILD SUPPORT ENFORCEMENT REVOLVING FUND

4,810,434

1201-0163

PARTNERS FOR FRAGILE FAMILIES PLANNING

33,644

1201-0410

CHILD SUPPORT ENFORCEMENT TRUST FUND

8,771,463

1233-3300

DISTRIBUTION TO COUNTIES

10,000,000