Author Archives: Josh

New “Weekly Updates” Category/Feed

Posted on March 8, 2024 by Josh

Hello. We’ve added a new category while we do a little reconfiguration on our blog. During this period, we’ll be testing out some changes on our email notifications. Feel free to browse through the posts here, but please note this … Continue reading →

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Archive Database Reminder

Posted on November 30, 2023 by Josh

Reduce, Reuse, Recycle (a Blog Post) Look, just because we originally sent this out years ago doesn’t mean it’s not still a good idea…

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Post Script: 2023 MS-1 Report Information

Posted on August 4, 2023 by Josh

A few days ago we posted some information regarding the 2023 MS-1 and evidently one item in particular caused some confusion. Let me try to rectify that.

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2023 MS-1 Report Information

Posted on August 1, 2023 by Josh

For the second year in a row, there are no changes for 2023 to the MS-1 Report file specification. See below for what this means for you with respect to generating your 2023 MS-1 Report and submitting it to the … Continue reading →

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Urgent Update Regarding Veteran Credits (Reposted)

Posted on November 30, 2022 by Josh

(The following was originally posted on November 14th on the “Assessing” thread. It is being reposted today on the “Assessing Software” thread as it likely affects most of you, whether or not Avitar does your assessing. We apologize for any … Continue reading →

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2022 MS-1 Report Information

Posted on August 3, 2022 by Josh

For the first time in a long time, there are no changes for 2022 to the MS-1 Report file specification. See below for what this means for you with respect to generating your 2022 MS-1 Report and submitting it to … Continue reading →

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Update Ideas/Requests?

Posted on November 9, 2021 by Josh

Just a quick note to let you know we are currently working on a Building Permits update that we hope to have out in the next few weeks. The update includes a number of requests from many of you, such … Continue reading →

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2021 MS-1 Assessing Update

Posted on August 10, 2021 by Josh

Just a quick note to let you know we are finalizing an Assessing application update that includes the updated 2021 MS-1. You can review the update notes in the online documentation for more details but as far as the MS-1 … Continue reading →

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Avitar Tax Kiosk Update — Tuesday 11/24/2020

Posted on November 24, 2020 by Josh

After the Tax Collect Internet Kiosk was migrated to a new website over the weekend many of you were able to upload your data on Monday. If you contacted us yesterday about being unable to upload your data and we … Continue reading →

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Availability of Some Avitar Web Sites

Posted on November 19, 2020 by Josh

As many of you have heard, the servers that support Avitar’s websites were victims of a much larger scale and coordinated attack on the national hosting provider that hosts our websites. As a precaution, the provider was forced to take … Continue reading →

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