New Current Use Rates

Posted on April 30, 2013 by lorenjmartin

Current Use rates are out! You should be updating these rates and recalculating land values prior to the issuance of your first issue tax warrant.  Continue reading →

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Display Error for Certain Exemptions

Posted on April 26, 2013 by Josh

Yesterday we received a call from a user regarding an error in Avitar Assessing that affects the amount displayed on screen for certain types of exemptions in which only a percentage of the exemption is applied. We want to alert you to the issue and assure you that this is only a display issue — the actual exemption amount for the purposes of reporting and tax calculation are correct. Here are the details…

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New Online Boat Module for Clerk/MV

Posted on March 26, 2013 by Josh

We are pleased to announce that our new online boat registration module will soon be available within the Clerk/MV application.  Here’s a quick summary of the features and benefits of the new online boat module:

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Changing the Ownership of a Dog

Posted on February 22, 2013 by Patty

When it comes to editing the owner of a dog, it’s sometimes difficult to know the correct procedure to use. For example, to process an ownership change in Avitar Clerk, there are functions to Transfer a Dog’s Ownership within Community, Transfer a Dog’s Ownership from Another Community, Edit an Existing Dog, or you can simply change the ownership when processing a renewal. In order to help you decide which option best fits your situation, detailed information on each process is listed below.

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Delinquent Notice, Liening, and Deeding

Posted on February 15, 2013 by Patty

With February upon us, it’s time to start thinking about the processes for the Notice of Arrearage (Delinquent Notice), Liening, and Deeding. Specifically, the requirements and dates for each of the steps needed in order to meet the required RSA deadlines.

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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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Clerk User Group Schedule

Posted on January 18, 2013 by Patty

We are pleased to announce two upcoming user group sessions scheduled for March. The dates and times are listed below and both 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 end.  Second are a few links to documents that can assist you with finalizing your MS-61 Report and generating a database backup.

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Do You Need To Archive Your Taxable Values?

Posted on November 29, 2012 by Josh

As we approach the end of the year it’s important that some of you remember to manually archive your system’s 2012 taxable values. For those of you that use Avitar Assessing in conjunction with Avitar Tax Collect, this archival will be done automatically for you by the system when you formalize your final tax warrant — which is to say you don’t need to do anything. If, however, you use Avitar Assessing to determine values, and you then reenter those values into another application for calculating and collecting taxes then it’s impossible for the system to determine when you have truly finalized your 2012 assessments. Those of you in this latter category will need to manually archive the taxable values if you wish to have them display properly in the Value History grid. Keep reading for instructions on how to do so…

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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 — one you can do yourself, the other you’ll need to call us to apply a script. Let us know if, after reading the scenarios, you either need to run a script or you have questions.

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