The Commission has responsibility for supervising the administration and enforcement of state tax laws and the collection of a majority of all state-levied taxes and fees. The Commission directs the collection and distribution of the tax and license sources under its administration and, by statute, is responsible for distributing such tax revenues to the various state funds. In addition, the Commission allocates certain state-collected taxes earmarked to counties, school districts and cities directly to local governments. On a contractual basis with individual cities and counties, the Commission is involved with the administration, collection and distribution of city and county sales taxes and city use taxes.
Organization
The Commission is composed of thirteen divisions organized into three administrations: Customer Service, Revenue Administration and Support Services.
Tax Commission
*Executive Director
**Deputy Director
***Customer Service Department has primary responsibility for providing helpful and accurate assistance to the taxpayers of the state
****Taxpayer Assistance Division - identifies and registers taxpayers as well as issuing licenses and permits, form assistance, and sales tax collections
****Communications Division - responsible for supporting OTC staff and taxpayers by providing publications, forms, and general public relations
****Central Processing Division - processes all tax reports, registrations forms, and tax remittances
****Account Maintenance Division - accounting for taxpayer accounts, including managing accounts receivables and issuing tax warrants
****Compliance Division - handles efforts to auditing taxpayer accounts for errors and manages efforts to collect taxes owed
***Revenue Administration Department is responsible for application and enforcement of policy that directly relates to the collection of revenue
****Tax Policy Division - issues policies of the OTC, including providing opinions as OTC regulations and developing new legislative proposals and regulatory policies
****Motor Vehicle Division - collects taxes and fees from motor vehicle titles, tags, and registrations
****Ad Valorem Division - monitors the valuation of locally and centrally assessed property in Oklahoma, including prescribing forms, rules, and regulations to accomplish property assessment
***Support Services Department provides internal support services to ensure the Commission functions in an efficient manner
****Human Resources Division - provides centralized personnel activates for OTC related to hiring, employee records, benefits, and internal employee grievances
****Information Technology Division - handles all computer related issues for OTC as well as maintenance of tax account system
****Legal Division - provides internal legal advises to OTC staff by representation in court and in administrative hearings
****Management Services Division - provides day-to-day operational support to OTC, including printing, document management, purchasing, payroll, and internal accounting
Staffing
The Tax Commission, with an annual budget of $107 million, is one of the larger employers for the State. For fiscal year 2017, the Commission was authorized 1,150 employees but only utilized 695.6 FTE.
