Case Study: Principal Tax Collecting Agency increases tax collection by 40% with Xtract.io

A tax collecting authority increased 40% in tax collection with Xtract.io data aggregation

Principal Tax Collecting Agency, a U.S. state revenue authority responsible for administering state tax laws and collecting taxes across nearly 40 programs, needed a better way to monitor transient lodging facilities and verify whether taxes were being paid correctly. Faced with limited visibility into occupancy, room counts, and property locations—and suspected manipulation of occupancy rates—the agency turned to Xtract.io and its data aggregation capabilities.

Xtract.io built a custom Transient Occupancy Tracker (TOT) platform, using its Mobito web-crawler and multiple site-specific bots to aggregate occupancy data from 10+ third-party websites several times a day. The solution standardized the data, generated scheduled reports, and enabled tax comparisons against bookings and occupancy rates, helping the agency identify tax evaders, cover more than 95% of transient lodging facilities, and increase tax collection by 40%.