2010-081-RES APPROVING AND AUTHORIZING THE EXECUTION OF AN AGREEMENT BETWEEN THE CITY OF PARIS AND MUNISERVICES

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Agreement Between The City of Paris and MuniServices, LLC for local Hotel Occupancy Tax Consulting Services This Agreement is made as of , 2010 between MuniServices, LLC, a Delaware limited liability company, its subsidiaries and affiliates, with an office at 7335 N. Palm Bluffs Avenue, Fresno, CA 93711, ("MuniServices") and the City of Paris, a municipal corporation of the State of Texas ("City"). ARTICLE I. SCOPE OF WORK A. Local Hotel Occupancy (HOT) Objectives and Methods MuniServices Local Hotel Occupancy Tax and Hospitality Consulting Program is intended to assist the City in realizing all of the lodging tax revenue to which it is entitled through conducting annual analyses of returns and, when warranted, on-site examinations of records; providing annual reports reflecting and projecting revenue trends; identifying any providers who should be subjected to field auditing or other scrutiny; offering ordinance and administrative enhancements as needed; and educating lodging providers to ensure appropriate collection and remittance of the lodging tax. Field Audit Services • Perform on-site examinations of the records of those providers identified through analysis to warrant further investigation, but only as authorized by Municipality and not to involve more than one-third (1/3) of the Municipalities properties in any one year contract period; • Provide City staff with a detailed list of all records required to be made available by lodging providers for the further reviews, together with a draft engagement announcement letter to be sent to each lodging provider requiring examination; • In coordination with City staff, schedule and conduct reviews at the property locations of those providers identified and authorized for examination; • Verify accuracy of fi►ed lodging tax returns with daily and monthly activity summaries; • Review a random sample of the daily and monthly summaries to determine if the daily summaries reconcile to the monthly summaries; • Review bank statements to verify that deposits reconcile with the reported revenue on the lodging tax returns'; • Review exempted revenue for proper qualifying documentation; • Review a random sample of exempted guest revenue and trace registration and/or other source documents to verify compliance with the City ordinance; Paris, TX HOT Audit 080510 E X H I B I TA.