TEN 07-24 (Accessible ) 1.pdf

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TRAINING AND EMPLOYMENT NOTICE NO. 07-24 DATE August 30 2024 EMPLOYMENT AND TRAINING ADMINISTRATION U.S. DEPARTMENT OF LABOR WASHINGTON D.C. 20210 TO STATE WORKFORCE AGENCIES FROM JOS JAVIER RODR GUEZ s Assistant Secretary SUBJECT Tax Performance System TPS Online Training 1. Purpose. To announce the availability of TPS Reviewer Online Training 2. Action Requested. ETA requests that Administrators of State Workforce Agencies SWAs pro vide the information in this Training and Employment Notice TEN to appropriate Unemployment Insurance UI program staff especially to UI TPS staff. 3. Summary and Background.a.Summary The US Department of Labor s Department Employment and Training Administration ETA has partnered with the National Association of State Workforce Agencies NASWA through ETA s cooperative agreement with Utah for UI-related training to develop training for TPS reviewers. The training is available through the NASWA Learning Management System LMS . b. Background The TPS program is designed to assist state administrators in improving and maintaining the quality of their Unemployment Insurance UI programs by testing the accuracy timeliness and completeness of UI revenue operations. The TPS Review also helps ETA carry out its oversight technical assistance and policy development responsibilities. The TPS review produces factual and unbiased information about the quality of a state s UI revenue operations. The program uses two methodologies to assess the strengths and weaknesses of each tax function Computed Measures and Program Reviews. The review is conducted annually by state TPS reviewers. Computed Measures are state reported data related to UI Tax Operations and are comprised of information from the ETA 581 ETA 2112 and ES202 reports. The TPS reviewer uses this data to identify trends of timeliness and completeness of UI tax activities. Program Reviews are designed to make the TPS reviewer aware of any tax functions that are producing inaccurate untimely or incomplete outputs. The process is twofold System Reviews and Acceptance Sampling. System Reviews examine tax systems for the existence of internal controls and are conducted to ensure that tax functions are performed accurately and timely. Acceptance Sampling studies a small number of transactions to prove the effectiveness of the internal controls in creating accurate outputs. The TPS reviewer forms an opinion from Computed Measures System Reviews and Acceptance Sampling and provides recommendations or suggestions for improvement. 2 TPS training is an integral part of ensuring the quality and integrity of the tax system. In recent years many states have reported turnover of key tax staff which has created knowledge gaps across the tax program. To help address these gaps ETA has partnered with NASWA to develop online training lessons for state TPS reviewers. 4. Virtual Training for TPS reviewers. ETA is collaborating with NASWA to develop several online training lessons for state TPS reviewers. In this training participants will receive an overview of the TPS program and detailed instructions on how to conduct the reviews required for each major tax function. TPS training will be released on the NASWA Learning platform as each module is completed. Module 1 which consists of the first four lessons was released on August 28 2024 and has been posted on NASWA s Learning Management System LMS . NASWA will send out announcements to states via email as additional lessons are completed and added to the LMS. These training lessons are only available to state agency staff. State administrators should strongly encourage TPS staff members to register for the trainings to gain a greater or refreshed understanding of the TPS program and insight on conducting high quality TPS reviews. To enroll in the TPS training course visit the NASWA Learning Management System LMS at https www.naswa.org learning. 5. Inquiries. Please direct inquiries to the appropriate ETA Regional Office. Direct any questions regarding this training including how to access the LMS to learning naswa.org. 6. References. Revised ET Handbook No. 407 4th Edition Tax Performance System Handbook issued February 10 2010 https www.dol.gov agencies eta advisories handbooks et- handbook-no-407 and National Association of State Workforce Agencies Learning https www.naswa.org learning. 7. Attachment s . None