Category Archives: Tax Collect Software

a category for the discussion of any news, tips, and best practices relevant to users and administrators of the avitar tax collect application.

HB1673 New Interest Rates

Posted on February 14, 2019 by

We want to update you on the new interest rate changes per HB1673, which takes effect April 1st, 2019. As of right now, this is what we know:

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Tax Collect Year-End

Posted on December 26, 2018 by

As we approach the end of 2018, we want to pass along a few reminders. The following is a summary of options for those of you with a fiscal year ending on December 31st, some year-end tips, and a few … Continue reading →

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New Tools for Paperless Billing on the Tax Kiosk

Posted on August 1, 2018 by

Those of you with the Comprehensive Tax Kiosk option offer taxpayers paperless billing notifications from your tax kiosk. During the last billing cycle we received calls from some of you inquiring about the status of paperless mail batches and the … Continue reading →

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MS-61 and Refund Abatements

Posted on December 27, 2017 by

I left out one item from yesterday’s post. If you have done any refund abatements in 2017 you should call us for a script that will fix how they are accounted for on your 2017 MS-61 Report, particularly if they … Continue reading →

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Tax Collect Year End Notes

Posted on December 26, 2017 by

We want to pass along a few reminders and news items as we approach the end of 2017. Following is a summary of options for those of you with a fiscal year ending on December 31st, a few tutorials and … Continue reading →

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Current Owner vs Billed Owner

Posted on July 24, 2017 by

We have received several calls recently asking what the difference is between a current owner and a billed owner in regards to looking up information in Tax Collect. The simple answer is that the current owner is who owns the … Continue reading →

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Tax Collect Year End Information (fiscal year ending June 30th)

Posted on June 27, 2017 by

We wanted to send a quick reminder to those of you with a fiscal year ending June 30th. First is a summary of your options for when you actually execute your year end. Second are a few links to documents … Continue reading →

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Address Placement on Printed Tax Bill

Posted on May 3, 2017 by

With tax season upon us, most of you will be importing your property tax warrant and printing tax bills in the coming weeks. I’d like to alert you to a paper/perforation issue that may affect the visibility of the return address and/or … Continue reading →

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Are you Backing up your Database?

Posted on April 18, 2017 by

Over the past couple of months, a few of our client municipalities have been hit with an encryption/ransom virus.  These types of viruses can encrypt all of the files (documents, Windows files, data, etc.) on your server/computers leaving them unusable … Continue reading →

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2017 New Tax Collector Training

Posted on April 17, 2017 by

We have scheduled a new tax collector training session for May 16th, 2017 from 9:00am to 12:00pm. This session is open to new collectors, whether you are new to the position, new to the Avitar Collect system, or just need a … Continue reading →

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