FTA AWARDS FOR INNOVATION AND EXCELLENCE IN TAX ADMINISTRATION

• You can submit your good ideas and favorite programs throughout the year.
• You can update submissions as programs mature or yield new results. 
• There is no limit on how many great ideas you can submit, or the categories (compliance, management, etc). (We want your sister agencies to be inspired to steal all of your great work.)
• Judges are retired former presidents of the FTA Board of Trustees.
• The 2021 deadline for submissions is March 31.

To submit a nomination simply complete the form (link below). We took lessons from Storytelling 101 and USA TODAY to minimize the need for writing, eliminate the need for clever formatting and let your communications department strike one thing off its to-do list.
We're always looking to make improvements. Send any comments and critiques to [email protected]. 

To submit an award nomination, click here.

THE HARLEY T. DUNCAN AWARD FOR LEADERSHIP AND SERVICE

Nominees for the Harley T. Duncan Award for Leadership must be a current FTA member agency employee and cannot be the agency head.  To nominate an individual, an agency head should email a nomination letter by March 31 to [email protected], listing the nominee’s career highlights and accomplishments. Remember to include the nominee's leadership of activities that involve other agencies or other states. Leadership award nominations are judged by the FTA Board of Trustees executive committee.

2021 Award Winners

2020 Harley Duncan Award for Leadership and Service — Sharonne Bonardi, Comptroller of Maryland
Wisconsin Department of Revenue - Target Tuesday
California Department of Tax and Fee Administration - CDTFA Infographics
Indiana Department of Revenue - Employee Engagement and Audit Conference Pandemic Response
Illinois Department of Revenue - We want to give you money! (Earned Income Tax Credit Initiative)
Washington State Department of Revenue - Managing a massive influx of city partners into Washington State’s Business Licensing Service

2020 Award Winners

2020 Harley Duncan Award for Leadership and Service — Kevin Milligan, Pennsylvania Department of Revenue Nomination letter
2020 Harley Duncan Award for Leadership and Service — Karey Barton, Texas Office of the Comptroller Nomination letter
Indiana Department of Revenue — Privacy Training and Awareness
Indiana Department of Revenue — DORway (agency intranet)
Michigan Department of Treasury — Treasury Inclusion & Diversity Program
Pennsylvania Department of Revenue — Intelligent Mail Barcode Project
Pennsylvania Department of Revenue — Transformation of the License Renewal Experience
Philadelphia Department of Revenue — Government Video: the Broccoli of YouTube
Philadelphia Department of Revenue — Delivering Real Estate Tax Help to Your Doorstep
New Hampshire Department of Revenue Administration —  Strategic Approach to Public Outreach
Wisconsin Department of Revenue — Software Registration and Approval Process for XML Filing of Withholding and Information Returns

2019  Award Winners [this portion of the site still being updated]

Harley T. Duncan Award for Leadership and Service - Diane Hardt, Wisconsin Department of Revenue

2018 Award Winners

2017 Award Winners

Tony Mastin of the Oklahoma Tax Commission Wins the FTA Harley Duncan Award for Leadership

Iowa Department of Revenue is the Winner of the FTA Award for Outstanding Research and Analysis [news release]

Wisconsin and South Dakota are Co-Winners of the FTA Award for Outstanding Technology Applications. California Franchise Tax Board Receives Honorable Mention [news release]