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This division finished the 2016 legislative session with all 324 hearing estimates on time.
What is Tax Research?
100
This campaign helped to enhance the department's culture of inclusion by recognizing everyone's unique talents, skills, and abilities.
What is "I Am Revenue"?
100
Minnesotans see these beautiful creatures on our lakes every summer, which happen to be our state bird.
What is the loon?
100
This Minnesota Senator resides in Lino Lakes and is the chairman of the Senate Taxes Committee.
Who is Sen. Roger Chamberlain?
100
Financial Management increased efficiencies during the 2016 legislative session by making improvements to this process.
What are Fiscal Notes?
200
These on-staff experts do everything like administrative appeals, litigation support, and draft preparation on technical policy bills.
What is the Appeals and Legal Division?
200
You'll find this campaign on social media, highlighting the resources and programs state tax dollars pay for in Minnesota.
What is #OurMN?
200
Minnesota mourned this artist after he died at his Chanhassen home on April 21, 2016.
Who is Prince?
200
This Preston resident is serving as chairman of the House Tax Committee.
Who is Rep. Greg Davids?
200
Taxpayers who are 60 or older, have a disability, speak limited or no English or have an annual income of $54,000 or less would be well served at any of these during tax season.
What are VITA sites?
300
This division helps train auditors to support investigative work when the department looks into those furthest from compliance.
What is the Criminal Investigations Division?
300
Customers love this method of jargon-free communication: It saves time, saves money, and encourages a quick response.
What is Plain Language?
300
The Nobel Committee ruled that songs and poetry can be one in the same when they awarded this Hibbing native the Nobel Prize for Literature.
Who is Bob Dylan?
300
Mazeppa has a population of less than 1,000 people and is home to the chairman of the House Property Tax and Local Government Finance Division.
Who is Rep. Steve Drazkowski?
300
The office at Revenue that promotes diversity and discusses every aspect of inclusion with a range of topics including language, document accessibility, LGBT etiquette, and the arts as an inclusion tool.
What is the Office of Equity, Access, and Inclusion?
400
This division developed the Individual Income Tax Processing Report to provide daily information of the status of current year returns and compare them to 2015.
What is Business Planning and Improvement?
400
There is an ongoing campaign to encourage taxpayers to forgo paper filing and use this more secure, efficient method.
What is electronic filing?
400
This Le Sueur icon isn't affiliated with a specific holiday. But he does say, "Ho, ho, ho!"
Who is the Jolly Green Giant?
400
The Minnesota Legislature is open for business until this constitutionally determined date.
What is May 22?
400
This company ranked the department's website the best state website for small businesses for seeking sales tax information, highlighting FAQs, and other useful information.
What is Avalara?
500
Back pain? They will help you fix it by installing ergonomic chairs, desk tools, or standing desks.
What is Facilities Management?
500
Increasing the amount of water Revenue employees drink each day is the main goal of this challenge brought to the department by the Health and Wellness Committee.
What is the Hydration Challenge?
500
Don't sideline these athletes! Their sport was invented at the University of Minnesota and today includes elements of gymnastics and dance.
What is cheerleading?
500
To ensure a bill's passage, this is made up of House and Senate members to reconcile the differences of two versions of a bill.
What is a conference committee?
500
In 2016, the Property Tax Division launched this system to streamline and modernize property tax records management.
What is PRISM - Property Record Information System of Minnesota?
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