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.

Tax Collect User Group Schedule

Posted on January 18, 2013 by Patty

We are pleased to announce three upcoming user group sessions. The dates and times are listed below and the sessions will take place at Avitar’s office in Chichester.

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Tax Collect Year End Reminders

Posted on December 31, 2012 by Josh

With the calendar year end upon us, we wanted to send a quick reminder to those of you with a Fiscal Year ending December 31st. First is a summary of your options for when you actually physically execute your year … Continue reading →

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Errors You May Encounter

Posted on November 29, 2012 by Josh

Two of our intrepid users recently reported receiving very specific errors within the Tax Collect program. You really need to perfectly thread the needle to encounter either of these errors but we have a simple fix for each of them — … Continue reading →

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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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Weaving Your Own Safety Net with Local Backups

Posted on October 2, 2012 by Amy

Several times a year we get a call from a user in full-on panic mode because a hard drive on their town’s server has crashed and no one seems to be able to locate a recent backup of their system’s … 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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Applying an Abatement Refund to Outstanding Taxes

Posted on September 14, 2012 by Patty

Every now and then, we receive a call questioning if an abatement (which specifies an individual tax year) can be applied to another outstanding invoice for that owner from a different tax year. For example, the assessors give you an … Continue reading →

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Ability to “Re-Notice” Parcels for Deeding

Posted on August 27, 2012 by Patty

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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Correcting a Supplemental Invoice

Posted on August 7, 2012 by Patty

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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