Monthly Archives: August 2012

Ability to “Re-Notice” Parcels for Deeding

In order to assist our tax collectors who found themselves in the position of needing to send a second Deed Notice to a taxpayer, we added the Re-Notice Previous button to the Deed Notice dialog box.  Below you’ll find a brief … Continue reading

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MAAP Error Messages

If you have ever seen MAAP error messages, you know how cryptic they can be. In order to know what you need to fix, you have to read through a lengthy message and hope for a clue. Below are some common MAAP … Continue reading

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MS-1 & Pollution Control Exemptions

Time for another episode in our dramatic and compelling web series focusing on the MS-1 Report.  Today we detail how to properly account for Pollution Control exemptions on Utility parcels.  This topic probably applies to about three of you.  If you … Continue reading

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2012 MS-1: Ghost Protocol

The saga continues… Frequent and careful readers of this blog and/or newsletter distribution will recall that last week, in announcing the upcoming Assessing update, we stated that the “DRA did not make any significant changes to the format of the … Continue reading

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Adding a Dog to an Existing Group License

Let’s talk dogs. I know, it’s probably not on your top ten list of favorite topics, but it’s a discussion worth having. As I am sure you all know, a group dog license consists of five or more dogs and is … Continue reading

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Assessing Update 3.6.5 and the MS-1

We will be distributing the next update of Avitar Assessing on Monday, August 13th so look for your disc in the mail in the coming days.  This update was a long time in the making as it includes some pretty … Continue reading

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Building Permit Update 2.4.6

We will be distributing an update tomorrow so look for a disc in your mail in the next several days.  This isn’t a major update to the system but it does include a few items we needed to rework in … Continue reading

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Avitar Associates Newsletters

Avitar Associates is implementing a new blog/rss/email initiative designed to improve the flow of information from Avitar to its municipal clients on a variety of topics — topics as basic as holiday closings to detailed updates and helpful instructions for … Continue reading

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Correcting a Supplemental Invoice

Throughout the year, you will periodically need to supplement invoices (e.g. timber, current use, gravel, etc.) manually into the Tax Collect system. Unfortunately, whenever you manually enter information, errors are bound to occur. However, following these simple methods will help … Continue reading

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2012 MS-1 Report

We’re still waiting for the DRA to provide us with their revisions to the MS-1 Report for 2012.  And it’s still a little hazy, but here’s what we know thus far.

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