Author Archives: Josh

Tax Collect 6.8.5 Follow-Up

Posted on November 7, 2012 by Josh

We sent out an update last week for Tax Collect.  Hopefully you’ve received it by now.  We wanted to let you know about one problem we’ve found with the update when printing tax bills in some municipalities.  But before you … Continue reading →

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Tax Collect Update 6.8.5 Is On The Way

Posted on November 1, 2012 by Josh

We will be distributing a Tax Collect software update — version 6.8.5 — in the next few days.  This update has a number of features and enhancements you all have requested over the last several months, several of which will … Continue reading →

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Interim Building Permit Update

Posted on October 3, 2012 by Josh

Just wanted to update you on two issues/problems that you guys have brought to our attention since the last update.  The first issue involves a system error if/when you add/update an Action (default name) and do not enter a Completed … Continue reading →

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Tax Kiosk Usage Information

Posted on September 26, 2012 by Josh

It was great to see so many of you again at last week’s conference in North Conway. During  our break-out vendor session on Tuesday, the presentation and discussion focused almost exclusively on online tax bill presentment, payment, and paperless billing. … Continue reading →

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MS-1 & Pollution Control Exemptions

Posted on August 17, 2012 by Josh

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

Posted on August 16, 2012 by Josh

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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Assessing Update 3.6.5 and the MS-1

Posted on August 10, 2012 by Josh

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

Posted on August 9, 2012 by Josh

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

Posted on August 8, 2012 by Josh

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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2012 MS-1 Report

Posted on August 2, 2012 by Josh

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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