1.9.0.29.2200 Release Notes Limited
New Features
Accounting Reports
- When performing accounting and balancing procedures, it is now possible to generate a Current/Delinquent Tax Collections Report (Reports > Collections > Current/Delinquent Collections Report). The report displays tax collection information for multiple levies.
It is also possible to generate Current Fund Status, Tax History, and Overlapping Debt Reports (Reports > Collections > Current Fund Status, Tax History and Overlapping Debt Report). These reports (1) build and display information needed for issuance of bonds, and (2) calculate the assessed value for overlapping debt.
REET
- 15548
When processing REET electronically, an action is now selected immediately after importing a REET record by choosing Activities > REET > Electronic REET Processing, select Import, navigate to and choose the file, and then select an option from the Action drop-down list in the Electronic REET Processing Wizard dialog box. To process payment, the REET record must be verified by opening the imported REET record details dialog and completing the record. Then, Verified can be selected in the Imported Records List grid.
Reports – Treasurer
- 15687/ HS 89724
The Delinquent Tax Roll has been renamed the Outstanding Balances Report, accessible through Reports > Outstanding Balances Report. Previously, the Delinquent Tax Roll did not group all of an owner’s properties under the owner, even when the Sort By drop-down menu was set to Owner Name. The new report groups by property and sorts by owner so that individual property details are displayed.
Fixes
ID |
Description of Update |
Asset Manager
13218/ HS 82326 |
An error occurred after the valuation method was changed for a segment displayed from the Asset Listing dialog box (accessed by clicking Asset Management in the Personal Property panel). This occurred because the depreciation schedule associated with the segment was set up with a value greater than 100. This has been corrected so that an error no longer occurs when the value is greater than 100 for a depreciation schedule. The maximum value allowed is now 500. |
Bill Adjustments
16178/ HS 91005 |
An unexpected error occurred while attempting to finish a levy bill modification (Bills/Fees > Modify Bills, navigate the Modify Bill Wizard, enter data and click Finish). The bill updating error has been corrected. |
Comparable Sales
16143/ HS 85147 |
Selecting Features Value Adjustment in the Comparable Property Configuration dialog box did not save upon closing the dialog (Comparable Property > System Wide Configuration). This has been corrected. |
Export
15789 |
The Export REET Recorded Information process failed because REET records were already erroneously marked as exported (Export > Export REET Recorded Information). The issue has been corrected. In addition, selected directories are tested for write permission prior to beginning the export process. |
General
15192 |
The Payout Agreement panel now displays for all property types, including mobile home and personal property types in the Treasurer role. |
16205/ HS 91779 |
An unexpected error occurred on attempting to open the Bankruptcy Claim Form (from a property record, click Commands > Generate Bankruptcy Claim Form). This has been corrected. |
16030/ HS 91077 |
Spelling has been corrected in the Output Settings section of the Payment Print Receipt Dialog (Payment History panel, click Details in Payment grid, click Reprint Receipt). |
16095/ HS 91208 |
An unexpected error occurred while attempting to create a sale in the Ownership History grid (from a property record, expand the Deeds & Sales panel, click Add in Ownership History section, click Create Sales in the Ownership History dialog box, select Override in the General section and enter value in the Excise # field). This has been corrected. |
16377/ HS 92104 |
An unexpected error occurred after entering a value in the Review Date field of the New Property Wizard dialog box (File > New > Property). Additionally, attempts to create a new agent failed, as did attempts to select a primary use code in the New Property Wizard dialog box. These errors occurred when the system attempted to load non-existent data from other fields and grids. Checks have been added to ensure the system responds as expected to null values, correcting the issue. |
16381/ HS 92083 |
The following is now true of property searches as they pertain to the Default Property Search Year (Settings > User Settings):
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Income Method
16022/ HS 90445 |
Income values from previous years were unexpectedly editable when viewed from the current year property view (from a property record, expand the Values panel and click Income Value, select a certified year). This has been corrected. |
Letter Processing
15689/ HS 89889 |
When generating the buyer sales verification letter, letter tags did not summon the most recent information when populating the letter’s fields (from property record, select Commands > Print Property Letter, then choose buyer letter). The expected data is now summoned and ordered as expected. In this case, the most recent change of owner information is displayed. |
Marshall & Swift
16004/ HS 91032 |
An error occurred when accepting a supplement (Activities > Supplement > Supplement Group Maintenance > select supplement and click Accept). A validation check for Effective Age data in Marshall & Swift details was added, along with a measure to prevent improvement depreciation year data from being greater than the effective year in a Marshall & Swift record. |
16302/ HS 92003 |
Upon attempting to close the Marshall & Swift dialog, a warning displayed prompting the user to first close any remaining child dialogs (from a property record, expand the Improvements panel and click Marshall & Swift). While this issue could not be reproduced, a change has been made that may account for and correct this issue. |
16369/ HS 91443 |
Because of date issues within the Marshall & Swift engine, an unexpected recalculation error occurred when working with Marshall & Swift (from a property record, expand the Improvements panel and click M&S in the Improvement Details grid). PACS now uses the first day of the provided month to resolve the issue. In addition, to prevent further errors, the report date is now used in recalculations when addition base dates are later than the report date. |
Mass Maintenance
16074/ HS 87114 |
Mass Update did not consistently produce expected results (Activities > Mass Maintenance (Property) > Mass Maintenance > Mass Update). An additional parameter has been added, correcting the update issue. |
Notice Processing
14574/ HS 85736 |
The Change of Value Notice has been modified as follows:
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14868/ HS 87066 |
Delinquent Notices did not display prior year delinquencies as expected (Activities > Delinquent Notice > Print Delinquent Notice). The query has been modified to capture prior years in addition to the current year. |
Payment Processing
14036 |
When an additional property was entered in the Quick Post: Single Payment dialog box (Activities > Posting > Quick Post: Single Payment), the cursor moved to the field in the Amount Paid grid that was last used before Post was clicked. This has been corrected so that the cursor returns to the Tender Type cell. |
15274 |
The Total Paid, Balance Due, and Change Due now display in the Miscellaneous Receipt – Post Payment dialog box (Activities > Posting > Misc . Receipts Post Payment). |
15275 |
Validation disallowing $0 values in the Amount Tendered column has been added to the Quick Post: Single Payment and Miscellaneous Receipt – Post Payment dialog boxes. |
15654/ HS 89657 |
After selecting Partial in the Payment Code field, tabbing from the Amount Tendered field to the Reference Number field caused the Payment Code field to reset to |
15930/ HS 90656 |
When working in the Quick Post: Single Payment Dialog box, after posting a payment, the cursor now moves automatically into the ID field (Activities > Posting > Quick Post: Single Payment). |
16048/ HS 91116 |
Because a property had been supplemented, the Certification of Delinquency report displayed two lines of taxes due (Reports > Collections > Certificate of Delinquency). This has been corrected. |
16263/ HS 91911 |
In the Quick Post: Single Payment dialog box, posting a first half or second half payment within the variance automatically populated the Payment Code field despite configuration settings (Activities > Posting > Quick Post: Single Payment). This configuration setting now functions as expected. |
Penpad
16245/ HS 91603 |
Because characters entered in description fields conflicted with the data copying process character encoding system, an unexpected error occurred when checking out a property to Penpad via GIS (select a property in GIS, right click and select Check Out to Penpad). Encoding has been reconciled, correcting the issue. |
Property Access
15368 |
Taxable values in PACS did not match those displayed in Property Access because the appropriate supplemental information was not shared between systems. This has been corrected. |
REET
15954/ HS 90834 |
REET records sometimes shared excise numbers. Excise numbers are no longer duplicated, and REETs now display as individual line intems in the payment cart. |
15957/ HS 90758 |
When verifying a property on a new REET record, the Year drop-down menus in the Calculate Escrow Due section of the REET Property Verification dialog box now display years as expected: 2010 – 2011, for example (File > New > REET). |
15962/ HS 90857 |
When a REET import fails, the displayed message has been corrected for grammar mistakes (Activities > REET > Electronic REET Processing, select Import File). |
15964/ HS 90860 |
A dialog box in the REET import process has been renamed from Mass Create Properties to Import REET File (Activities > REET > Electronic REET Processing, select Import File). |
15969/ HS 90605 |
The detail version of the REET Collections Recap Report did not display results as expected because data was not being summed correctly (Reports > Daily > REET Collections Recap). The issue has been corrected. |
15971/ HS 90808 |
The Excise Calculation Detail dialog box header displayed the system Tax Area ID instead of the Tax Area Number (from a REET record, expand the Sale Information & Excise Due panel, click Details in the Excise Due grid). This has been corrected. |
15985/ HS 90760 |
The REET import did not populate the Legal description as expected (Activities > REET > Electronic REET Processing, select Import File, verify property). This has been corrected. |
16023/ HS 91062 |
After GEO ID was selected as the mapping key during a REET scan, the Geo ID was not recognized (Activities > REET > Electronic REET Processing, select Geo ID as mapping key). Property records are now matched when GEO ID is selected. |
16056/ HS 90756 |
An unexpected error occurred after importing a REET, then adding and modifying data before calculating the excise due (Import > Import REET Recorded Information). A measure has been added to allow for new data without creating a conflict with the initially imported data held in the database. |
16113/ HS 81182 |
Penalty and interest calculations have been modified to use the appropriate percentage based on the year of the month of accrual for the penalty or interest. |
16127/ HS 91427 |
Delinquent penalty and interest amounts were unexpectedly displayed on Daily Summary Reports of users who had not processed the fees (Reports > Daily > Daily Summary). A user filter has been added, correcting the issue. |
16370/ HS 92117 |
The Validate Slip button now displays in the top menu bar of the REET view. |
Reports: Treasurer
15280/ HS 86873 |
The Statement of Taxes Collected Report was not including the expected affidavits (Reports > Monthly > Statement of Taxes Collected). The query for the selection now selects based on payment transaction dates only, correcting the issue. |
16089/ HS 91267 |
The Certificate of Delinquency Report displayed properties that did not match the search criteria because the Due Date filter was not functioning correctly in the Certificate of Delinquency Report Dialog box (Reports > Collections > Certificate of Delinquency). This has been corrected. |
16203/ HS 91786 |
An unexpected error occurred upon summoning the Revenue Merge Report (Reports > Distribution > Revenue Merge Report). A missing file has been replaced, correcting the issue. |
16401/ HS 92086 |
Because tax district descriptions were featured in report formatting, data did not display as expected in the Receivable Summary Report (Reports > Monthly > Receivable Summary Report). The report now displays data using both tax district code and description to provide maximum information, correcting the issue. |
16408 |
The Outstanding Balances Report displayed fees not yet due (Reports > Outstanding Balances Report). This has been corrected. |
Split/Merge
16014/ HS 91038 |
Modifying the income valuation of a child property created by the split process resulted in changes to the parent property’s income valuation. Attempts to split a property that uses income valuation now prompts the user to determine whether income valuation should be copied to the child property. If the user chooses to copy the income valuation, then the child property is assigned a new ID, and changes to the income valuation do not affect the child or parent property. |
16280/ HS 84652 |
Properties using income value for valuation method can not be processed with the Split/Merge Wizard. Attempting to process income value properties now prompts the warning, “The following Properties use the Income Appraisal method for the specified years and cannot be merged”. |
Supplement Processing
16291/ HS 91989 |
An unexpected error occurred upon attempting to preview the Supplement Roll Report (Activities > Supplement > Supplement Group Maintenance, select ID, right click and select Print Roll, click Preview). The server connection name has been changed, correcting the issue. |
Tax Statements
15444/ HS 88934 |
The taxpayer Tax Summary displayed fees associated with the property, but not fees associated with bills (from Taxpayer view, open the Tax Summary panel). Fees associated with bills are now included. |
15736/ HS 90081 |
In the Create New Tax Statement dialog box, a Print Template option displayed unexpectedly in place of a Generate Event option. The Generate Event option has been returned and the Print Template option removed. |
Year Layer
16524 |
When moving the system to a new collection year, the default property search year for users of the Treasurer role type now also advances to the new year (Activities > Administration > Treasurer Rollover > Move System to New Collection Year). If a user of the Treasurer role type sets the default property search year to a year other than the default, that setting does not change when moving the system to a new collection year (Settings > User Settings). |
2.9.0.29.2100 Release Notes Limited
New Features
Accounting
ID: 14032
- The Township Information section has been added to the Real Property – Legal Description page of the New Property Wizard (File > New > Property).
Code Files
ID: 13185
- In PACS.ADMIN, a blank land method code can be created and used for the appraisal method (Tools > Code File Maintenance > Land > Method). The method changes back to “NULL,” or blank, so that nothing displays and no tables are used.
Payment Processing
ID: 14072
- The Payment Detail Listing Report Dialog box (Reports > Daily > Payment Detail Listing) has been modified. It is now possible to select a summary report, a detail report, or a report displaying totals only.
Tax Statement Processing
ID: 15832
- It is now possible to click Select All or Unselect All when processing tax statements and working in the Property Results dialog box (Activities > Generate Corrected Tax Statement(s), click Add, enter date range and click Process).
Fixes
ID |
Description of Update |
PACS Appraisal
Auto-Pay
14328 |
Canceling Auto-Pay enrollment in the Auto-Pay panel of a taxpayer record did not clear the bank and payment code from the Property Enrollment in Auto-Pay grid. This has been corrected. |
14895/ |
The Auth. Name field in the Property Enrollment grid of the Auto-Pay Quick Entry dialog box now allows 50 characters (Activities > Auto-Pay > Auto-Pay Quick Entry). In addition, the Pmt. Cd. (Payment Code) now defaults to Half and will retain the selection after tabbing out of the field and starting a new line. |
14917/ |
Collection owner and Auto-Pay information were not being updated or removed from property summaries after an ownership transfer (Activities > Auto-Pay > Manage Ownership Changes). This has been corrected. |
14924/ |
Auto-Pay Ownership Change Management did not function as expected when multiple properties were selected for Auto-Pay removal (Activities > Auto-Pay > Manager Ownership Changes). This has been corrected. |
14926/ |
The following changes were made to the Auto-Pay Cancellation due to ownership Changes dialog box (Activities > Auto-Pay > Manage Ownership Changes > Add):
|
15501 |
The Auto-Pay Enrollment Report can now be generated even when no properties are enrolled (Reports > Auto-Pay > Enrollment Report). |
15213 |
The following errors have been corrected or modified in the ACH pre-note file export:
|
15373/ |
Taxpayers paying on multiple properties from the same account are now listed only once in the ACH export file (Activities > Auto-pay > Create ACH File and Payment Run). |
15441/ |
The application froze on selecting a file for the ACH File and Payment Run (Activities > Auto-pay > Create ACH File and Payment Run). A progress bar has been added, and the freezing problem has been corrected. |
15451/ |
An unexpected error occurred when attempting to remove a property from Auto-Pay (Activities > Auto Pay > Manage Ownership Changes). This has been corrected. |
15452/ |
The message Auto-Pay Confirmed – No Payment Due did not display in the payment coupon on corrected tax statements generated for properties enrolled in Auto-Pay (Commands > Generate Corrected Statement, select statement run and click Preview). This has been corrected. |
15465/ |
Because ACH pre-note file export calculations included values pertaining to property records excluded from the export file, the hash totals in the pre-note file were incorrect. Calculations have been corrected, and now only include values pertaining to records within the export file. |
15537/ |
An unexpected error occurred while attempting to run the ACH File and Payment Run (Activities > Auto-Pay > Create ACH File and Payment Run). Calculations have been corrected. |
15589/ |
The file control totals did not equal the sum of the detail records in the ACH File and Payment Run (Activities > Auto-Pay > Create ACH File and Payment Run). This has been corrected. |
15660/ |
Some properties unexpectedly displayed an incomplete ownership change status (Activities > Auto Pay > Manage Ownership Changes). The query for handling properties with similar owner names, which was resulting in owner IDs not matching, has been modified. |
15637, 15643/ |
Because data was not being handled as expected in producing the Auto-Pay ACH Export File and Payment Run, the amounts generated were incorrect (Activities > ACH File and Payment Run). This has been corrected. |
Code Files
15981/ |
In PACS.ADMIN, a new land characteristic code could not be saved because PACS tried to insert a blank value when Push Down to Land Characteristics was not selected (Tools > Code File Maintenance > Property > Characteristic Code, click Add). This has been corrected. |
Comparable Sales
13332 |
An unexpected error occurred when generating comparable sales search results that included properties without valid images attached (Commands > Print Grid). This has been corrected. |
Delinquent Notices
15955/ |
Text entered in the Delinquent Notice Maintenance dialog box comment field did not print (Activities > Delinquent Notices > Delinquent Notice Maintenance). This has been corrected. |
Events
15371/ |
An unexpected error occurred when attempting to add an event to the Events panel. This was corrected. |
General
13651 |
The list of recent taxpayers is now retained after exiting and reopening the application. |
14045 |
Delimiters entered in the Auto Build Legal Configuration dialog box are now retained upon closing and reopening the application (Tools > Autobuild Legal Configuration). |
15802/ |
An unexpected error occurred upon selecting OK and Recalculate in the New Improvement Detail dialog box because data was not correctly loading improvements without an effective year specified (open property Improvement panel, select Add in Improvement Detail grid). This has been corrected. |
15925/ |
Users were unexpectedly prompted to update upon logging in. This has been corrected. |
15931/ |
An unexpected error occurred on attempting to recalculate a property after entering an exemption (open property record, open Tax Area, Exemptions & Special Assessments view, click Add, Apply and then Recalculate). This has been corrected. |
15932/ |
The Collection Review Report displayed incorrect county information (Reports > Collections > Collection Review Report). This has been corrected. |
Import
15707/ |
After manually matching records in the Auditor Import Match Dialog box, the Property Matched number did not belong to the manually matched record (Activities > Auditor Import Run List > select Run ID and click Match). Numbers now match as expected after a manual match. |
15708/ |
Events were not being created in property records after manually matching properties, and then updating the Auditor Import Match Dialog box (Activities > Auditor Import Run List, select run and click Match, conduct search and click Update). Properties are now given the correct status for processing, correcting the issue. |
Payment Processing
14035 |
A View All button has been added to the property grid in the Quick Post: Single Payment Dialog box (Activities > Posting > Quick Post: Single Payment). |
15142/ |
After a property was supplemented in the previous year, the new taxes displayed as half amounts for the 2008-2009 year. The unexpected result occurred when delinquent supplement bills were activated. This has been corrected. Non-payout, delinquent bills (current posting date is after 10/31/bill year) are now processed as follows:
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15257/ |
Because an unnecessary query was being run, the Quick Post: Single Payment Dialog box responded slowly (Activities > Posting > Quick Post: Single Payment). This has been corrected. |
15538/ |
The Paid By information did not display on duplicate receipts when printed to 8.5×11″ paper (go to property Payment History panel, select payment and click Print Property Receipt, select Duplicate copy). This has been corrected. |
15928/ |
After posting in the Quick Post: Single Payment Dialog box, the Detail Receipt printed when Summary Receipt was selected (Activities > Posting > Quick Post: Single Payment). This has been corrected. |
15951 |
The Summary Receipt now groups by Property ID and sorts by year (post payment on multiple properties with taxes due for multiple years, select Summary Receipt in the Post Payment dialog). |
Payout Agreement History
14297/ |
The Payout Agreement Payment Schedule and History displayed a single payment multiple times because receipt numbers were not treated as distinct numbers (Commands > Payout Agreement Schedule). This has been corrected. |
Property Records
14461 |
Collection owner changes made in the Owner & Agent panel of property records were not being tracked and logged. This has been corrected. |
15504/ |
An unexpected error occurred upon clicking Finished in the last screen of the Ownership Transfer Wizard, and no event was generated (Activities > Ownership Transfer). This has been corrected. |
15222/ |
An SQL exception occurred when editing an event description in the Events panel of a property record. This has been corrected. |
REET
14295/ |
The Administrative Fee percentage on the Statement of Taxes Collected REET report displayed incorrectly because local interest was included in state interest calculations (Reports > Monthly > Statement of Taxes Collected). The percentage value calculation has been corrected. |
15903/ |
Because non-numeric characters, such as hyphens, were not being removed from zip codes upon deletion, an unexpected error occurred when attempting to replace an existing REET property through the Property REET Search Wizard (open REET record, click Delete, then Add in the Property Information section Properties grid). This has been corrected. |
15926/ |
The DOR use code did not populate when importing REET records (Activities > REET > Electronic REET Processing, select Import File). DOR use codes now populate on import and are required. |
15993/ |
Non-current REET rates caused state and local excise tax amounts to vary from DOR amounts. Now only current rates are included in the REET export file. |
Rendition Processing
15177/ |
An unexpected error occurred when attempting to print personal property rendition applications (Activities > Rendition Processing > Print Personal Property Rendition Applications). This has been corrected. |
Reports: Assessor
15706/ |
The sale date has been added to the One Line Commercial Sales Report (Reports > Sales Ratio Report, select One Line Commercial Sales Report). |
Reports: Treasurer
14072 |
The Payment Detail Listing Report Dialog box has been modified (Reports > Daily > Payment Detail Listing). It is now possible to select a summary report, a detail report, or a report displaying totals only. |
14841/ |
The Receivable Summary Report (Reports > Monthly > Receivable Summary Report) was modified in the following ways:
|
14862/ |
Column headers did not display on every printed page of the Modified Bill Report (Reports > Bills > Modified Bill Report). This has been corrected. |
15652/ |
Fee Refunds are now included in the Fee Collections Activity Report (Reports > Daily > Fee Collections Activity Report). |
15773/ |
Tender type totals did not display when selecting Group by Tender Type in the Daily Check Register Report Dialog box (Reports > Daily > Check Daily Register > select Group By Tender Type). This has been corrected. |
Split/Merge
15897/ |
Attempting to finish a previously pending split/merge failed. During intermediate merges, the cancel process now runs only for unprocessed certified years with no supplement conflicts. Furthermore, during the cancel process, in the case of a dependent merge or split where the property was created from the parent split/merge, properties are checked and only delete if the backup layer exists. This corrects the issue. |
Supplement Processing
15794 |
The billing information export (Export > Billing Information) displayed incorrect supplement numbers on bills and fees as a result of unexpected behavior from the following processes performed in supplement:
These processes no longer modify supplement numbers. |
Tax Statements
15178/ |
An unexpected error occurred when attempting to display statement run details (Activities > Generate Corrected Tax Statement > Details). Data now pulls from the correct location, correcting the issue. |
15452/ |
The message Auto-Pay Confirmed – No Payment Due now displays when applicable on corrected tax statement payment coupon (Activities > Create New Tax Statements). |
15736/ |
In the Create New Tax Statement dialog box, a Print Template option displayed unexpectedly in place of a Generate Event option. The Generate Event option has been returned and the Print Template option removed. |
15851/ |
When printing delinquent notices sorted by zip code, statements now secondarily sort by the Mail To name (Activities > Delinquent Notice > Print Delinquent Notice). |
3.9.0.29.2000 Release Notes GA
New Features PACS 9.0.29.2000 Release
Accounting
ID: 14760
- In the Account Number Configuration dialog box in PACS.ADMIN (Tools > Account Number Configuration), the default offset account number and type can now be set to facilitate miscellaneous receipt transactions.
- When adding or editing accounts, miscellaneous receipting features can be activated by setting the default offset account in the Edit Account Number dialog box (Activities > Accounting > Chart of Accounts).
Accounting Event Mapping
Penalty Receipt
has been added to the REET rate options available in the Accounting Event Mapping dialog box (Activities > Accounting > Accounting Event Mapping).
Auditor Document Import
- It is now possible to import and manage REET documents and other documents from the auditor’s office with the Auditor Data Import (File > Import > Auditor Data).
After documents are imported, you match unmatched records and permanently apply data from the initial import with the Auditor Import Run View window (Activities > Auditor Import Run List):
Auto-Pay Processing
- Taxes due can now be identified and taxpayer bank accounts can be debited with Auto-Pay Processing. Taxpayer auto-pay accounts can be managed through the Auto-Pay panel of a taxpayer record.
- Taxpayer auto-pay accounts can be kept up-to-date easily in the details dialog box accessed from the Auto-Pay panel in the taxpayer records.
- Multiple properties can be enrolled at the same time with the Auto-Pay Quick Entry feature (Activities > Auto-Pay).
- Property ownership changes can be tracked and managed by choosing Activities > Auto-Pay > Manage Ownership Changes. With Auto-Pay Ownership Change Management, taxpayers can be removed, or taxpayer Auto-Pay account information can be transferred to a new property.
- Various reports listing taxpayers and properties enrolled in Auto-Pay can be generated with the Auto-Pay Enrollment Report by choosing Reports > Auto-Pay > Enrollment Report.
- Auto-Pay account information can be verified by choosing Export > ACH Pre-Note File Export. The Pre-Note File Export feature runs a zero dollar transaction that tests account information for accuracy.
- Auto-Pay account information and debit amounts can be validated before executing the transaction with an ACH File Report. This feature can be accessed by choosing Reports > Auto-Pay > ACH File Report.
- Taxpayer payments can be made through debit transactions generated by Auto-Pay File and Payment Run (Activities > Auto-Pay > Create ACH File and Payment Run). This action also generates and saves a report.
Building Permits
- It is now possible to search for building permits according to a date range for splits and merges, and/or a date range for the deletion of property records, in addition to the building permit import data and/or issue date:
- You can now display a PACS permit in the permit issuer’s Web site by choosing Commands > Issuer Website from the permit:
Collections Search
- Collection Search Options are now available in the Other Search Criteria panel of the property search feature in the Treasurer role:
- An Add Fee option is now available by right-clicking search results retrieved in the Treasurer role.
Distributions
- There is now a
Misc. Receipts
distribution type available for use with distribution processing (Activities > Accounting > Distributions). TheMisc. Receipts
distribution type creates a distribution for miscellaneous receipts for a given time period. - It is now possible to export distributions (Activities > Accounting > Distributions) in a J.D. Edwards format. The J.D. Edwards format is set in PACS.ADMIN (Tools > System Configuration > Financial Management System category > External Accounting System).
Effective Acres Group
- Effective acres groups can now be created by selecting File > New > Effective Acres Group.
Escrow
- The Escrow Worksheet dialog box (from a property record, open the Escrow/Overpayment Credits panel and click Add) now supports half payments.
- Half payments can now be posted from the Escrow(s) grid of the Escrow/Overpayment Credits panel of a property record.
- Options have been added to the header menu of REET records. It is now possible to do the following:
- Select Pay Excise to move excise and fees associated with the REET into the payment cart.
- Select Pay H1/Next to move the next payment into the payment cart.
- Select Pay Full to move payments for all excise and REET fees into the payment cart.
Fees
- When adding a miscellaneous fee to an account or property, the New Fee dialog box now changes to allow payment through default offset accounts. (In a New Fee dialog box, select MISC RCPT (MISCELLANEOUS RECEIPT FEE) from the Fee Type drop-down menu.)
- Fees associated with non-taxpayer accounts (tax district, agent, special assessment agency, and mortgage accounts) can now be managed through the Fees panel of a record. Click Details to modify or view existing fees.
General
ID: 15410
- The Add Fee Wizard (accessed by right-clicking a record in property or litigation search results and choosing Add Property Fee), now has an Assigned To section with the following options:
Improvements
- It is now possible to validate recalculation errors on the Adjustments and Values panel of the New Improvement dialog box (accessed by clicking Add from the Improvements gird on the Improvements panel) and the New Improvement Detail dialog box (accessed by clicking Add from the Improvement Details section) when entering improvement details and adjustments. Validated errors can then be noted in or excluded from Recalculation Error Reports during certification.
Land
- The following new columns have been added to the Land Segments grid in the Land Panel of a property record:
- The Land Detail dialog box (accessed by selecting a land segment from the Land panel of a property record and clicking Details) now displays Waterfront Footage in the Size/Lot Information section.
- The Errors grid (accessed by clicking the Errors button from a property record) now displays Land Type in the Land/Imprv grid. The land type code also displays in the Property Recalculation Errors report after the segment ID column.
Land Schedule
- The following method options have been in the Add Land Schedule Detail dialog box in PACS.ADMIN (Tools > Land Schedule Maintenance, select Add or Detail):
- Front Foot – Width
- Front Foot – Width w/Matrix
Legal Descriptions
- It is now possible to enable township and range fields for your system to support compliance with the United States Public Survey Land Ordinance. When the fields are enabled, you can:
- Include township and range data within a legal description when the township and range fields are enabled for your system. The data is entered in the Legal Description panel of property records:
- Select Township as a type of area when configuring the auto build legal description feature in PACS.ADMIN (Tools > Auto Build Legal Configuration).
- Include township and range data within a legal description when the township and range fields are enabled for your system. The data is entered in the Legal Description panel of property records:
- In addition, you can now enter township and range data as search criteria in the Secondary Search Criteria panel when searching for property records:
Letter Processing
- You can now set up letter templates in PACS.ADMIN (Tools > Letter Template Maintenance). A letter template is a collection of letters and/or forms that can be printed as a group. The number of copies to be printed for each item in the collection can be specified.
- You can now set up flex fields for letters in the Letter Maintenance dialog box (accessed by choosing Letter Maintenance from the Letter Processing Maintenance button in the PACS 9.0 Menu ribbon within Microsoft Word). Flex fields are fields that you can use to supply data to be included in a letter at print time.
- A litigation letters feature (Activities > Letter Processing > Print Litigation Letters) is now available with numerous options that you can use to print litigation letters.
Marshall & Swift
- The following changes have been made to the Marshall & Swift Commercial Details dialog box:
- The Required Fields section has been replaced with the Estimate Information section. This section includes a new Local Multiplier option.
- The Optional Fields section has been replaced with the Depreciation Information section.
- A new Sections grid now displays information about sections associated with the Marshall & Swift commercial estimate. Clicking Add or Details in the grid toolbar displays a new Marshall & Swift Section Details dialog box in which you can enter all of the information displayed in the Sections grid, including section type
Building
or section typeBasement
. - When
Basement
type sections are displayed in the Occupancy grid of the Marshall & Swift Commercial Details dialog box, columns adjust correspondingly so that data relevant to the type can be entered in the grid. - A new Additions grid displays addition information associated with the Marshall & Swift commercial estimate. Additions can only be added to
Building
type sections. Details for additions can be viewed or modified through the grid. - A new Remarks field allows remarks on the Marshall & Swift commercial estimate. Remarks, like other data displayed in the Marshall & Swift Commercial Details dialog box, are also displayed in the Marshall & Swift Commercial Calculation Estimate Report.
- The following changes have been made to the Marshall & Swift Commercial Calculation Estimate Report:
- The Report Date has been removed because the Cost Data As Of Date provided the same information.
- The new Type field displays whether the structure is a
Building
type orBasement
type. - The new Additions section displays per occupancy an addition Description and values for Units, Unit Cost, and Total cost for the additions.
- The Additions Total will display the value for all additions.
- The Total Cost value now includes any additions values.
- Any Remarks now display on the report.
- The Marshall & Swift Commercial Report Appraisal Card now includes addition section titles and addition details, including occupancy, addition description, number of units, unit cost, and total value for the addition, as well as the total value for all additions.
Ownership Transfer
- When transferring ownership (Activities > Ownership Transfer), it is now possible to change the seller by clicking Change Seller in the Seller(s) dialog box. Changing the seller creates a sale record in the ownership history, but not an ownership transfer record.
Payment Processing
- When printing a Payment Receipt Report (accessed by selecting a payment and clicking Print Property Receipt from the Payment History panel of a property record), it is now possible to print either a Summary Receipt or Detail Receipt.
The reports contain the same data in different formats.
- You can now configure the default Payment Receipt Report type in the Receipt Type property of the System category in the System Configuration window in PACS.ADMIN (Tools > System Configuration). Set Print Summary Report to True to make the Summary Receipt the default option.
- A new user right, Create Negative Cash Drawer, can now be applied for the cash drawer activity (Activities > Daily Process > Cash Drawers). With this user right, you can enter negative values for checks, electronic funds transfers, and internal tenders.
- There is now a quick way to post miscellaneous receipt payments with the Miscellaneous Receipt – Post Payment feature. (Activities > Posting > Misc. Receipt Post Payment).
- Miscellaneous receipting options can be enabled by setting up a miscellaneous receipting account number template. (Tools > Code File Maintenance > Collections > Miscellaneous Receipt Templates)
- When using the Quick Post a Single Payment feature (Activities > Posting > Quick Post: Single Payment), Miscellaneous Receipt Fees can be viewed and modified as needed.
Payment Validation
- There are now options available in PACS.ADMIN (Tools > Workstation Configuration) for configuring receipt printers, slip printers and check validation printers.
- A Validate Slip button is now available in the Payment Detail dialog box and in REET records.
Penpad
- A Penpad upgrade utility,
TAUpgradePenpadCL
, is now available to synchronize Penpad features with the middle tier.
Property Access
-
- Administration Page – There is a new administration page available for editing configuration settings as shown below.
In addition, there are two new PACS user rights under the Property Access node in the PACS.ADMIN user right tree. The limited Web Site Configuration user right enables users to modify the predetermined set of configuration options shown below.
There is also a full Web Site Administration user right that enables user to modify all Property Access settings.
- Geographic ID – The Geographic ID label used throughout the Property Access interface can now be replaced with customized text of your choice. The customized text must be entered in a configuration field.
- Images – Configuration options are available to set up hyperlinks in the Deed and Sales History panel that display images of the excise and deed documents.
- Improvement Details – A configuration option is now available to display improvement feature information, such as exterior wall and roof covering information, associated with all improvement details. Previously, feature information was displayed only for the main improvement with the highest value.
The feature information is no longer displayed only at the improvement level; it is now also displayed at the improvement detail level in gray shaded boxes underneath each improvement line. For example:
- Map List panel – There is a new panel, the Map List panel, that contains links to PDF documents by section, township, and range. For example:
- Payments – It is now possible to use the Pay Taxes tab to open the Pay Taxes page:
From the Pay Taxes tab, it is no longer possible for a taxpayer to modify the amount to pay prior to proceeding to the payment cart. The taxpayer can now choose only the total amount due:
In addition, taxpayers can now select either H1 Due or the Total Due to pay either the first half payment or the total payment.
- Radius Search – It is now possible to export properties through a buffer search as well as a radius search.
- Administration Page – There is a new administration page available for editing configuration settings as shown below.
- Search – It is now possible to include a city name as part of search criteria.
In addition, it is now possible to configure Township, Range, and Township section fields to be available in the Additional Criteria section:
Property Record
- The Deeds & Sales panel of a property record now includes a Real Estate Excise Transactions grid.
REET Processing
- The REET Search window now includes options to search by Agency ID, or to search a range of excise numbers or REET IDs using the From Excise # and To Excise #, and/or From REET ID and To REET ID fields. Search for a single excise # or REET ID by entering the number in the From Excise # or From REET ID field.
- The REET record now includes the following options:
- The following changes have been made to the Affidavit Data panel of the REET record:
- The Location Name of the Tax District is now displayed.
- The existing fields in the Buyer Data and Seller Data fields have been increased from 70 characters to 150 characters.
- A Comment field is now available. After an export, this field will become disabled.
- The Escrow/Overpayment Credits grid now displays Pay Status and half and full payment information.
- It is now possible to process REET records electronically (Activities > REET > Electronic REET Processing). Data from scanned Real Property Affidavit and Mobile Home Property Affidavit forms now populate and create REET records through the Electronic REET Processing Wizard.
- It is now possible to override an excise number that was previously generated for a REET record with the new Override check box available in the General panel of the Ownership History dialog box (accessed by selecting the deed for which the excise number needs to be overridden and clicking Details
.)
ID: 15547
- The Manual REET menu item has been moved to Activities > REET > Manual REET in the Treasurer role.
ID: 15550
- The Forest Land Designation, Open Space, Farm and Agriculture, or Timber Designation section has been added to the REET Property Verification dialog box. When verifying a property with current land use, it is possible to choose if the property qualifies for continuance, and if the rollback/compensatory tax has been created.
To access REET Property Verification, choose File > New > REET, and click Verify.
Reports – Treasurer
- The following reports are now available:
- Annual Auditor Report (Reports > Collections > Annual Auditor Report) – A listing of personal and mobile home properties with uncollected tax amounts and the tax amounts due.
- Bankruptcy Claim Form (accessed by choosing Commands > Generate Bankruptcy Claim Form from a property record)
- Bid List/Sold Property Report (Reports > Collections > Bid List/Sold Property Report) – A listing of properties scheduled for sale and properties that have been sold.
- Certificate of Delinquency (Reports > Collections > Certificate of Delinquency)
- Judgments Report (Reports > Collections > Judgment Report)
- Payment Detail Listing Report (Reports > Daily > Payment Detail Listing)
- Data in the REET Collections Daily Recap Report can now be grouped by tax district by selecting the options Group by Tax District in the Daily REET Collections Recap Report dialog box (Reports > Daily > REET Collections Recap).
- A column now displays the tax district associated with the REET record, along with the interest and the penalty distributions in the REET Collections Daily Recap Report (Reports > Daily > REET Collections Recap):
- Additional criteria has been added to the REET Collections Recap Report dialog (Reports > Daily > REET Collections Recap). Tax districts can now be specified and data can be Grouped by Tax District.
- When posting the Adjusted Totals Report, (Reports > Totals/Rolls > Adjusted Certified Totals) it is now possible to select the option Exclude State Assessed Utilities.
- Funds that are not associated to a PACS property can now be distributed to tax areas with the Payment in Lieu of Taxes Calculation Report. (Reports > Levy > Payment in Lieu of Taxes Report).
Special Assessments
- Special assessment user values can be modified from the Tax Area, Exemptions, & Special Assessments panel of a property record. Values can be added or modified within the grid.
- When setting up special assessment calculation options, User Values can be modified within the grid in the Details dialog box of special assessment agency records.
- Data from uncertified years, including user values, can now be imported through the Special Assessment Import feature with the new select Property Special Assessment User Values option. (Import > Special Assessment Import)
Splits and Merges
- When splitting a property, there are now options available to copy building permits if required.
- When merging a property, there are now options available to copy building permits if required.
Tax District
- The Tax District record now includes Location Code and Location Name fields.
- The Real Estate Excise Taxes grid is now located in the Penalties and Interest panel of the Tax District view. This grid was located in the Details dialog box of the Real Estate Excise Tax Rates panel of the Tax District record. This grid has the following modifications:
- A New Year button has been added. Clicking this button allows you to display additional year-groupings in the grid.
- When a row is already selected and the Add button is clicked, a new row is displayed for the year selected.
Tax Statement Processing
- The Print Delinquent Notices dialog box (Activities > Delinquent Notice > Print Delinquent Notice) now includes a Delinquent Due Date selectable option and date field.
With this field, it is now possible, for example, to search for only those accounts that didn’t pay the first half of this year’s tax statements and calculate the penalty and interest through the end of June by selecting 04/30/2010 as the delinquent due date and enter 06/30/2010 in the Notice Date field.
Year Layer
- It is now possible to update multiple properties that exist in the future year layer and land miscellaneous codes that adjust land values in property records that exist in the future year layer (Activities > Mass Maintenance (Property) > Mass Maintenance > Mass Update, or Activities > Mass Maintenance (Property) > Mass Maintenance > Mass Update Land Miscellaneous Codes).
- The option
Update properties that exist in the Future Year is now available in the following dialog boxes:
- Mass Update Maintenance dialog box (Activities > Mass Maintenance (Property) > Mass Maintenance > Mass Update)
- Mass Update Land Miscellaneous Codes Maintenance dialog box (Activities > Mass Maintenance (Property) > Mass Maintenance > Mass Update Land Miscellaneous Codes)
- Mass Update Tax Areas/Special Assessment Agent History dialog box (Activities > Mass Maintenance (Property) > Mass Maintenance > Mass Update Tax Area/Special Assessment).
- When copying a property to a future year layer (Commands > Copy Property to Future Year), By Selection options are now available to specify the type of changes to copy.
What’s New in Documentation
- Accounting Event Mapping (Updated)
- Accounting Reports (Updated)
- Auditor Document Processing (New)
- Auto-Pay Processing (New)
- Bill Adjustments (Updated)
- Building Permits (Updated)
- Certification Procedures (Updated)
- Comparable Sales (Updated)
- Escrow (Updated)
- Event Management (New)
- GIS (Updated)
- Improvements (Updated)
- Land Schedule Maintenance (Updated)
- Legal Descriptions (Updated)
- Letter Processing (Updated)
- Litigation Reports (New)
- Marshall & Swift Commercial Property Appraisal (Updated)
- Mass Maintenance (Updated)
- Notice Processing (Updated)
- Payment Processing (Updated)
- Payout Agreements (Updated)
- Penpad System Overview (Updated)
- REET Processing (Updated)
- Special Assessments (Updated)
- Supplement Processing (Updated)
- Tax Statements (Updated)
- Year Layer (Updated)
Fixes
ID |
Description of Update |
PACS Appraisal
Accounting
14090 |
Because penalty distribution needs to be different per rate, REET Penalty Event Mapping has been moved from REET Global Event Mapping to REET Standard Event Mapping so that penalty distribution can be split by UGA indicator and distribution, like REET interest. This modification has been implemented to support taxing districts that keep a portion of the penalty and do not distribute it all to the state like the rest of the counties. |
14536 |
An error was displayed when Add was selected in the Chart of Accounts dialog box (Activities > Accounting > Chart of Accounts). This has been corrected. |
Appraisal Cards
13497 |
Legal Acreage is now displayed on Field Review Cards (Activities > Appraisal Cards). |
13659 |
Field Review Cards did not sort correctly when the Sort Options were set to Ascending and the Owner Name was moved to the top of the list (Activities > Appraisal Cards > Print by Property List, choose type Field Review Cards). This has been corrected. |
Auditor Documents
14398 |
In the Auditor Import Match dialog box (Activities > Auditor Import Run List), quotation marks were displayed around the grantor and grantee. This has been corrected so that quotation marks are now removed from the taxpayer name, owner name, and seller name in the import. |
Auto-Pay
14131 |
When a bank name was changed for a property selected from the Auto-Pay panel in a taxpayer record, the change was not saved. This has been corrected. |
14132 |
In the Auto-Pay Quick Entry dialog box (Activities > Auto-Pay > Auto-Pay Quick Entry), when |
14134, 14396 |
When a row was deleted from the Auto-Pay Quick Entry dialog box, the geo ID and legal descriptions were removed from other rows. This has been corrected. |
14318 |
An error occurred after the Auto-Pay Enrollment Report was selected (Reports > Auto-Pay > Enrollment Report). This has been corrected. |
14350 |
When All Auto-Pay Enrollments was selected in the Auto-Pay Pre-Note Export dialog box (Export > ACH Pre-Note Export), an error was displayed. This has been corrected. |
14370 |
The field length for the authorization name and the bank name has been increased to 50 characters. In addition, the ACH and Pre-Note exports now include the first 22 characters of the authorization name and the first 22 characters of the bank name. |
14326 |
When a new enrollment was set up for a taxpayer account with multiple properties, of which only some were enrolled, the second page of the enrollment wizard displayed the list of bank accounts incorrectly. |
14751 |
The alphabetical sorting of taxpayer names in the Auto-Pay Enrollment Report (Reports > Auto-Pay > Enrollment Report, choose Sort by Owner) has been corrected. |
Batches
14052 |
An error occurred when a batch was reopened. This has been corrected. |
Billing
14175 |
When posting special assessment bills (Activities > Special Assessments > Create Bills), an error occurred. This has been corrected. |
14249 |
When List All was selected for tax areas in the Manually Create Levy Bills dialog box (Bills/Fees > Manually Create Bills > Levy Bills), a tax area was missing. This has been corrected. |
14273 |
When GEO ID was selected as the mapping key in the Special Assessment Import dialog box (Activities > Special Assessment Import Run List; click Add) and a file was imported, an error was displayed. This has been corrected. |
14284 |
When a fee code was set up in PACS.ADMIN (Tools > Code File Maintenance > General > Bill/Fee Code) with Penalty selected and a percentage entered, and the code was then applied to a fee with taxes due, the penalty calculated to zero. This occurred because the interest begin date was earlier than the effective due date. This has been corrected so that the system ignores null begin dates. |
14285 |
After a bill or fee code was set (Bills/Fees > Set Bill/Fee Code) from a property record, a blank selection was not available to remove the code. The drop-down list now includes a blank selection to remove the code. |
14293/ |
An error occurred when running billing exports (Export > Billing Information). Error packaging and the display procedure has been corrected. |
14325 |
When a bill or fee code was associated with a property, the code alert dialog box was displayed but was then placed behind the screen. When a user selected an item on the property panel, the dialog box was displayed again until the user closed it. This has been corrected. |
14375/ |
Property ID numbers and settlement ID numbers displayed with commas in the Bill/Fee Code Listing Summary (Reports > Bills > Bill/Fee Code Listing Report, select Summary Only). This has been corrected. |
Building Permits
14076 |
After building permits were imported (Import > Building Permits), the permits could not be located with a permit search. This has been corrected. |
14203 |
Null is now allowed for the Property ID field, the Inspection Date field, and the Inspection Code field in the Tidemark Inspection Update Report (Imports > Building Permits). |
14427 |
The Tidemark Full Permit Import (Imports > Building Permits) now matches on geo IDs if property IDs are not present. |
Comparable Properties
14592 |
The Feature Adjustments Scheduler and Quality Adjustments Scheduler features in PACS.ADMIN (Tools > Comparable Property > Residential Maintenance > Feature Adjustment Scheduler or Quality Adjustments Scheduler) now function as intended. |
14634 |
When Primary Zoning and Secondary Zoning attributes were selected in the Manage Grid dialog box in PACS ADMIN (Tools > Comparable Property > Comparable Property Maintenance, choose Display), attributes now display as intended. Note After this release is received, you must recalculate all properties for the attributes to display. |
15011 |
After selecting Feature Value Adj in the Comparable Property Configuration dialog (Tools > Comparable Property > System Wide Configuration), the system defaulted to deselect the feature. This has been corrected. |
15037 |
Years that did not previously exist could not be selected in the Comparable Property Configuration dialog (Tools > Comparable Property > System Wide Configuration). This has been corrected. |
15106 |
When comparables grids are printed (Commands> Manage Comparables), all pages will include column headers and page numbers. |
15107 |
A new Features Value Adj Ttl field summing up all the Feature Adj values can now be added to comparable property grids (In PACS.ADMIN, select Tools > Comparable Property > Comparable Property Maintenance, choose Display). |
15139/ |
A new Custom Text column can now be added to comparables grids (in PACS ADMIN, choose Tools > Comparable Property > Comparable Property Maintenance > Display). The fields in this column are editable for customization. |
15140/ |
In the Manage Comparable Grids dialog box in PACS.ADMIN (Tools > Comparable Property > Comparable Property Maintenance; click Set in the Display section), an additional blank line could not be moved within the order of displayed lines. This has been corrected. |
15149/ |
In the Manage Comparable Grids dialog box in PACS.ADMIN (Tools > Comparable Property > Comparable Property Maintenance; click Set in the Display section), the Cancel button has been changed to Close. |
15219 |
When generating a comparables grid (Commands> Manage Comparables), the Sum Gross Adjustments field displays without having to select Use Market Modifier in the Comparable Property Configuration dialog box (in PACS.ADMIN, select Tools > Comparable Property > System Wide Configuration). |
15249 |
Comparables grids have been modified in the following ways:
|
15697 |
An unexpected error occurred when canceling a comparables count (Activities > Comparables > Residential Comparables, click Load, search and click Next > Finish > Count). The search and counting process now terminates upon closing the dialog window, correcting the issue. |
15719, 15720 |
Time adjustments, feature adjustments, and other negative adjustments for previous years’ sales were not displayed in the comparables grid (Activities > Comparables). This has been corrected. |
15738 |
Dollar adjustment values in comparables grids now display with the dollar sign (Commands> Manage Comparables). |
Escrow
14086 |
An error occurred when escrow was applied in the Escrow/Overpayment Credits panel of a property record because a batch was not selected. This has been corrected. |
14089 |
Previously, in the Escrow/Overpayment Credits panel, the Tax Year and Escrow Type could be modified after an escrow payment was made. Now, the Tax Year, Escrow Type, and Escrow Amount can be edited only when escrow is in a created state, not a paid or applied state. In addition, Escrow Type is now disabled for years that do not have escrow types defined. |
Exports
14081 |
In the mortgage billing export file (Export > Billing Information), “M” (indicating modified) was not being shown for modified properties where applicable. Instead, the segment type “K” (indicating certified) was shown on all properties. This has been corrected so that the segment type is based on the supplement number associated with the property, year and statement. In addition, amounts due of $50 or less were managed with the Full Amount Due and Full Amount Due Dates fields, but were not reflected in the 1st Installment Due and 1st Installment Due Dates fields. This has been corrected so that the 1st Installment Due and 1st Installment Due Date fields are populated when a bill is to be paid in full. |
General
12936/ |
Some permits worksheets could not be edited or reopened. This has been resolved. |
13226 |
A recalculation error occurred unexpectedly when recalculating a property with a miscellaneous code value greater than the land segment value. The calculation now checks for miscellaneous codes and the issue has been corrected. |
13460/ |
Some grantor and grantee information and the all of the Deeds & Sales panel were being hidden. Fields have been resized to better accommodate display. |
14095/ |
A Cancel confirmation dialog box displayed when no modifications to the record were made. This has been corrected. |
14221/ |
Commas were displaying incorrectly after the state and zip code under the Owner Name & Address paragraph in the Summary panel of property records. This has been corrected. |
14263/ |
The currently assigned daily batch now displays in the PACS.NET title bar next to the environment name. When no batch is assigned, None is displayed. |
14463 |
After logging off of PACS with the Remember Me check box not selected, the user name and password did not clear. This has been corrected. |
14677 |
The property owner’s phone number displayed with the collection owner when the collection owner was moved to another account. This has been corrected. |
14779 |
Now, when printing records, PACS only prints data appearing in opened panels. |
14835 |
After using group codes in the selection criteria for an appraisal notice run, then printing the run with Remove Group Codes selected (Activities > Appraisal Notices > Appraisal Notice Maintenance, right click and select Print Appraisal Notices, select Remove Group Codes > Post), all group codes were unexpectedly removed. Now, only group codes specified during the selection process are removed. |
14847 |
The street name search now includes the Situs prefix. |
15052/ |
A search for a property for all years returned multiple results for the same year. This was the result of adding to the Ownership History grid in the Deeds & Sales panel. This procedure no longer creates duplicate sequence IDs. |
15579/ |
Payments displayed in the Payment History panel now display by date paid in descending order. |
15817 |
An unexpected error occurred during a property search by previous owner. This has been corrected. |
Import
14637 |
Viewing a property record that was imported without an excise number caused an unexpected error (Activities > Auditor Import Run List). Records imported without an excise number will now be processed as expected. |
15039/ |
A non-functioning Details button was removed from the Auditor Import Run Match Dialog box (Activities > Auditor Import Run List > select ID, right click Match > Details). A new View Images button has been added. |
15207 |
When a new improvement and improvement detail were added, the year built and effective year built defaulted to the current year layer. This has been corrected so that an improvement can be added without either year entry. When an improvement detail is entered, a year entry is still required. |
Income
14225/ |
When a property was supplemented and the income value was changed by entering a new flat value in the Summary panel of the Income Details dialog box, the resulting income value was incorrect. When the property was opened for supplement zero, the modified income approach was being displayed instead of the income approach associated with supplement zero. This has been corrected. |
14226 |
A supplement value was being displayed in the Summary panel instead of the original value. This has been corrected so that only one row is displayed for a given year and income combination. |
Inquiry
14629/ |
An error occurred when saving an added inquiry to a property record because PACS was using the incorrect case ID and country code. This has been corrected. |
Land
15619/ |
Because PACS was attempting to update the property level Primary Use code, an unexpected error occurred when modifying a field in the Land Detail dialog and clicking Recalculate. This has been corrected. |
Letter Processing
14640/ |
An error occurred when printing a buyer letter (from property record, select Commands > Print Property Letter, then choose buyer letter). This has been corrected. |
15741 |
An error occurred after selecting Template, leaving the Letters/Templates field blank, then canceling the Print Agent-Taxserver Letter dialog box (Activities > Letter Processing > Print Agent-Taxserver Letter). This has been corrected. |
Levy Certification
14508 |
Levy values could be updated after the Levy Certification run (Activities > Levy > Levy Certification, select Update Values in Levy Certification Run toolstrip) upon re-sorting the Levy Certification Run List. This has been corrected. |
14580/ |
Because fire district levy info was being suppressed, some levies were being erroneously excluded from the Levy Rate Summary Report (Reports > Levy > Levy Rate Summary). This has been corrected. |
Miscellaneous Receipt
13922 |
When working in the Quick Post: Single Payment Dialog and selecting a property with multiple taxpayers (Activities > Posting > Quick Post: Single Payment, select applicable property ID), the Paid By menu now lists the first account holder by default. The other taxpayers are accessible through the drop-down list. |
14837 |
When a property record had no miscellaneous receipt fees, errors occurred when removing bills from half pay status (in a property record, open the Tax Due panel, select a bill, click Bills/Fees > Remove Half Pay Status). This has been corrected. |
Monitors
14149 |
An error occurred when a query was run in monitor. This has been corrected so that an alert occurs if the query entered has duplicate columns. |
Notice Processing
13296/ |
When a notice from a completed print run was printed from the Events panel of a property, the text “Amended Notice” was printed in the header. This has been corrected so that the text “Amended Notice” is no longer included when a notice is printed from the Events panel. |
Ownership
13621 |
A spelling error was corrected in an ownership wizard message. |
Payment Processing
14042 |
The following changes have been added to the payment search:
|
14047 |
Processing was slow after moving items to the payment cart. Processing has been optimized. |
14029 |
Previously, in the Amount Paid grid in the Quick Post: Single Payment dialog box (Activities > Posting > Quick Post: Single Payment), it was not possible to exit the grid without using the mouse. It is now possible to exit the grid by:
In addition, when a new row is created by tabbing, the height of the grid expands so the user can see the added row. |
14036 |
When an additional property was entered in the Quick Post: Single Payment dialog box (Activities > Posting > Quick Post: Single Payment), the cursor moved to the field in the Amount Paid grid that was last used before Post was clicked. This has been corrected so that the cursor returns to the Tender Type cell. |
14114 |
Opening the New Fee dialog box from the Quick Post: Single Payment dialog box (Activities > Posting > Quick Post: Single Payment) did not add a row to the grid. This has been corrected. |
14126 |
When posting a check payment in the Quick Post: Single Payment dialog box (Activities > Posting > Quick Post: Single Payment), the transaction was processed without a reference number. This occurred only when a receipt printer was configured and being used. This has been corrected. |
14142 |
User names are no longer printed on checks. |
14144 |
Dollar amounts in payment search results, and the amounts that print on check validation, receipt validation, excise validation, and the receipt now include commas when applicable. |
14146 |
After entering criteria for a payment search, pressing |
14148 |
When the Paid By field is overridden in the Quick Post: Single Payment dialog box (Activities > Posting > Quick Post: Single Payment), the cursor is now placed in the Paid By field so that the user can begin typing in the field. |
14250 |
In the Set Half Pay Status Wizard (Bills/Fees > Set Half Pay Status), the scroll bar shifted up when a statement was selected to be removed from half pay, which hid the effective due date selection. This has been corrected. |
14254 |
When balancing cash drawers and closing the batch, users were prompted with an unexpected warning about reopening the batch. This has been corrected. |
14296/ |
The paid by information was blank on some reprinted receipts. This has been corrected. |
14334/ |
The refund receipt (from property view, open the Payment History panel, select a refund from the Refund(s) grid and click Reprint Receipt from the Refund Detail dialog box) displayed the same payment twice instead of the first half payment and second half payment. This has been corrected. |
14462 |
When two excise fees were paid on a REET transaction, the total displayed the correct amount, but the amount of the fee was doubled for each line item. This has been corrected. |
14490/ |
The Paid By name in the Payment(s) grid in the Payment History panel was different from what printed on the receipt. This has been corrected. |
14557 |
The user right Create Negative Cash Drawer Balancing has been added. This user right allows users to enter negative values for checks, EFT, and internal tenders when balancing the cash drawer. |
14691 |
When a payee was not designated, the Daily Check Register Report (Reports > Daily > Checks Register Report) printed incorrect names in the Paid By column. This has been corrected. When no payee name is available, the line is blank. |
14703 |
An unexpected error occurred when using a receipt printer. This was corrected by modifying PACS to communicate more efficiently with the device. The printer now remains in connection with PACS until exiting the application. |
14793/ |
After selecting a property in the Quick Post: Multiple Payments Dialog box (Activities > Posting > Quick Post: Multiple Payments), the Check Amt. field is automatically selected for quick entry. |
15713 |
The Next button displayed in the Payout Agreement Wizard is now inactive until the amount due calculation is complete (Activities > Payout Agreement > New Payout Agreement). |
PropertyACCESS
13397/ |
When the highest value non-main area improvement detail was equaled by the highest value main area improvement detail on a property, PropertyACCESS displayed the non-main area detail because it had the higher detail ID. PropertyACCESS now displays main area improvement details only. |
13461/ |
A fix has been added to prevent images in PropertyACCESS from opening at sizes too large to fit on screen. Images now open at a size appropriate for the user’s screen resolution. |
14208/ |
A timeout error occurred when printing maps from PropertyAccess with the aerial layer selected. The HTTP connection with the server has been changed to TCP, correcting the issue. |
14545 |
Because sessions were not expiring, too many simultaneous connections caused the PropertyACCESS Web site to crash unexpectedly. Sessions now time out automatically, correcting the issue. |
14765 |
When viewing the PropertyACCESS Web site, the total appraised value displayed incorrectly as the total market value. The value displayed is now correctly labeled Total Appraised Value. |
14770/ |
Legal Acres can now be displayed in the Property panel through Admin Configuration. |
15110/ |
A sales search by tax district returned no results. The export function was modified to support the search method. The text has been modified to update appropriately based on the site’s search configuration. |
15131 |
Wildcard search now allows for searches to use “contains” as criteria. |
Property Records
13098/ |
Size adjustments to the contents of the Payment History panel have been made to increase visibility. |
13875/ |
After removing half pay status from a property record and changing the payment due date, the due date displayed in the Audit Trail panel remained unchanged. This has been corrected. |
14034 |
When searching for a property using the improvement type, because the improvement type is a code file, the selection is now a code file selection instead of a free-text field. |
14123 |
In the Taxable Summary dialog box for mobile home properties (accessed by clicking Tax Summary in the Tax Area, Exemptions, & Special Assessments panel), the grid now displays senior and non-senior values instead of farm values. |
14187 |
When adding a personal property segment or sub segment, and selecting Flat Value, a depreciation schedule is no longer required. |
14194 |
When Set Taxpayer was selected for an existing sale from a property record, an error occurred. This has been corrected. |
14437 |
A cancel warning was displayed unexpectedly when viewing the Improvements panel. The record is no longer updated automatically, correcting the issue. |
15156/ |
Values of linked properties were being duplicated, effectively doubling the total value for a taxpayer’s record in the Top Taxpayer Report (Reports > Levy > Top Taxpayers). Child properties can no longer be linked to other child properties or to multiple parents. |
15440/ |
Reduction in taxes did not calculate as expected when destroyed property was entered in the Destroyed Property dialog box (select Destroyed Property in the Values panel). Values in the calculation have been changed, correcting the issue. |
15692 |
An unexpected error occurred upon clicking Finish in the Property Ownership Wizard (from a property record, open the Owner & Agent panel, click Change in the Taxpayer grid). This has been corrected. |
REET
13992 |
An unexpected error occurred when attempting to validate a Receipt Distribution or Interest Distribution (from a Tax District record, open the Real Estate Excise Tax Rates panel, select a type and click Details > Receipt Distribution or Interest Distribution > Validate). This has been corrected. |
14173 |
When configuration was set up to auto-populate the seller from the owner of the selected property when creating a REET record (File > REET > New), the zip code was populated with the primary 5 digit code, followed by a hyphen and the additional 4 characters, which caused an error. To correct this, the hyphen has been removed. |
14231 |
When entering a new REET record, the Use Code was not displayed for properties entered in the Property Data section of the REET New dialog box (File > REET > New). In addition, when Verify was selected in the Property Data section to display the REET Property Verification dialog box, the Type and Tax Area were not displayed. These issues have been corrected. |
14234 |
When a property without a legal description was added to a REET record (File > REET > New), an error occurred. This has been corrected. |
14231 |
When entering new REET record and using the action In addition, for workstation validation, PACS validated the excise before the excise number was generated, which cause These issues have been corrected. There is a True/False configuration setting (Auto Generate Excise # on Payment) in PACS.ADMIN (Tools > System Configuration > System category > Payments) that can be used. |
14295 |
The Administrative Fee percentage on the Statement of Taxes Collected REET report (Reports > Monthly > Statement of Taxes Collected) displayed incorrectly. The percentage value calculation has been corrected. |
14441 |
Calculations for the two REET distribution lines in the REET Collections Recap report have been corrected. |
14465 |
The validation line for excise is now one-half inch from the left slip margin. |
14472 |
It was possible to create a new REET record without adding a property, which caused an error to be displayed. This has been corrected so that adding a property is now required. |
14473 |
REET receipts printed without any data (open REET Sale Info & Excise Due panel > Payment History > Reprint Receipt). This has been corrected. |
14542 |
Excise that was collected was not displayed on the receipt printed from the slip printer. This has been corrected. |
14650, 14665, 14774 |
Options have been added in PACS.ADMIN (Tools > Configure Workstation) to allow the user to configure the workstation to set the left and top margins for slip validation. It is now possible to specify additional space past the 1/4″ left margin and 3/8″ top margin in .001 inch increments. The amounts are then translated into spaces and line feeds that are skipped before printing occurs. |
14710, 14713 |
An editable Metes and Bounds column has been added to the Properties grid in the REET Property Verification dialog box (File > New > REET, enter property then click Verify). Users can enter the legal description of a property in this field. |
14760 |
The Real Estate Excise Tax Rates dialog box (from a tax district record, open the Real Estate Excise Tax panel, select a record and choose Details) now includes a Penalty Distribution button. Use this button to set up event mapping for penalties. |
15057 |
Images attached to a REET are now linked with all properties associated with the REET. Similarly, when removing an image from a REET, the option to remove the image from any and all properties associated with the REET will be given. When adding a property to an existing REET that has an image attached, the image is automatically associated with the newly attached property. Likewise, when a property is removed from a REET, the image is automatically removed from the property. |
15338 |
The payment cart now opens upon clicking Half Pay or Pay Full in the REET Escrow/Overpayment Credits panel. |
15495 |
The Copy button in the Buyer Data and Seller Data grids of the REET Affidavit Data panel now display at all times, and are enabled or disabled as needed. |
15508 |
The change due was calculated incorrectly and the change returned value was incorrectly included in the list of tenders as a negative amount in the Detail Receipt and Summary Receipt (from a Payment record, click Reprint Receipt). The calculations have been corrected. |
15693 |
The Add button has been removed from the buyer grid toolbar in the Ownership Transfer Wizard. Buyers are still added through the Search function. |
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Reports – Assessor
14059 |
When printing the Personal Property Segments Report (Reports > Property), the grand total original cost was incorrect. This has been corrected. In addition, redundant subsegment labels on the report have been removed. |
14258/ |
The Grand Total Original Amount displayed incorrectly on the Personal Property Segment Report (open a property record, select Commands > Print Personal Property Segment). This has been corrected. |
14525 |
A new Exclude State Assessed Utilities option has been added to the Adjusted Totals Report (Reports > Totals/Rolls > Adjusted Certified Totals). |
Reports – Treasurer
13098/ |
The Fee Collections Activity Report (Reports > Daily > Fee Collection Activity Reports) displayed the assessment year rather than the collection year. This has been corrected. |
13544/ |
The Fee Collection Activity Reports (Reports > Daily > Fee Collection Activity Reports (Summary and Detail)) now display the collection year rather than the assessment year. |
14091 |
The check box Group by Tender Type is now available in the Daily Check Register Report (Reports > Daily). When this check box is selected, data is grouped by balance date and tender type, providing a subtotal for each grouping. When cleared, data is grouped by balance date only. |
14099/ |
The dollar amount column in the Receivable Summary Report (Reports > Monthly > Receivable Summary Report) is now right-justified. |
14168 |
The Cashiers Grouping Summary Report (Reports > Daily > Cashier’s Grouping Summary Report) excluded values for interest paid or voided. Therefore it was not possible to balance with the Refund Paid Report (Reports > Refunds > Refunds Paid Report > Run). Interest and penalties are now included in calculations for both reports. |
14190 |
It was not possible to select a supplement number in the Print Certified Letter of Value Report (Reports > Certified > Print Certified Letter of Values Report). This has been corrected. |
14191 |
When the Adjusted Totals report (Reports > Totals/Rolls > Adjusted Certified Totals) was generated with a levy grouping option, an error occurred. This has been corrected. |
14213/ |
The Original Receivable and Ending Receivable sums have been added to the Grand Totals section of both the YTD Recap report and the Fiscal YTD Recap report (Reports > Monthly > Fiscal YTD Recap, or Reports > Monthly > YTD Recap). |
14234 |
The Special Assessment Recap Report (Reports > Monthly) has been temporarily removed from the PACS menu for corrections. |
14237 |
When the Exception Total Amount Due was greater than the Amount Paid in the Imported Remittance Payments Report (Import > Import Payment Run, choose View Imports, right click and select Print > Print Payments Report, select Print Only Exception Payments), the total difference amount did not display the negative value. This has been corrected. |
14243 |
When processing a REET, selecting a personal property account that had no legal description caused an unexpected error. Property accounts without legal descriptions cannot be selected without issue. |
14277, 14492 |
In the Revenue Merge Report (Reports > Distribution), the following formatting changes were made: the Offset Account # column was removed, Amount and Treasurer Rcpt.# were right-justified, and the Paid By and Description text location was adjusted. In addition, negative voided items are now displayed correctly. |
14279, 14306, 14324 |
An error was displayed after the Revenue Merge Report (Reports > Distribution) was selected. This has been corrected. |
14303 |
Report output settings were not visible in the Payment in Lieu of Taxes Calculation Report (Reports > Levy). This has been corrected. |
14327 |
The default beginning and end dates for the Revenue Merge Report (Reports > Distribution) were set to 12/17/2009. This has been changed so that the current date defaults. |
14417/ |
The Statement of Taxes Collected Real Estate Excise Tax report (Reports > Monthly > Statement of Taxes Collected) returned inaccurate data. Value calculations for State and Local Tax Collected and the Less Administrative Fees lines have been corrected. |
14438/ |
The Certification to Taxroll Report has been modified to include an adjustment line item for assessment and tax roll figures. |
14736 |
The Daily Summary Report (Reports > Daily > Daily Summary Report) now specifies REET penalty and interest values. |
14737 |
Miscellaneous Receipt transaction records with a zero sum amount paid are not included in the Misc Receipt Distribution Export (Activities > Accounting > Distributions, select and click Export). |
14834 |
Because mobile home property affidavits were not being counted, the total number of affidavits displayed in the statement of Taxes Collected report (Reports > Monthly > Statement of Taxes Collected) was incorrect. This has been corrected. |
15027 |
An error occurred when generating a Payment in Lieu of Taxes Calculation Report (Reports > Levy > Payment in Lieu of Taxes Report). This has been corrected. |
15649 |
The total net receipts amount on the Fiscal Balance Report (Reports > Monthly) was incorrect because the total refund amount was being added to the total receipts instead of being subtracted. This has been corrected. |
15808 |
Commas in the property ID were removed, and the Land Type now displays in the Recalculation Errors Report (Reports > Recalculation Errors Report). |
15809 |
An unexpected error occurred when running the Certificate of Delinquency Report (Reports > Collections > Certificate of Delinquency). This has been corrected. |
Sales
14078 |
When an ownership transfer was carried out for a property and a sale date and a listing date were entered, the days on market (DOM) were not calculated correctly in the Sales Information panel. This has been corrected. |
14310 |
When an existing sale is opened from a property record on the Deeds & Sales panel and Import Sales was selected from the Ownership History dialog box to import improvements and land details from the current property, no data was imported. This occurred because the year of the change of owner was used instead of the current appraisal year. This has been corrected. |
Searches
14196 |
The default number of taxpayer records returned for a search is now 1,000 unless otherwise specified. |
14253 |
An error was displayed after opening an agent record from agent search results. This has been corrected. |
Supplements
14460 |
An error was displayed after a property was supplemented, was removed from the supplement group, and then was supplemented again using the same group originally used. This has been corrected. |
Tax Statements
14069 |
When the Print Levy Rates and Print Taxable Value per levy check boxes were selected in the Statement Configuration dialog box in PACS.ADMIN (Tools > Statement Configuration), an error occurred. This has been corrected. |
14070 |
When Do Not Print on Back of Statements was selected in the Statement Configuration dialog box in PACS.ADMIN (Tools > Statement Configuration) and Property Statements – Single Coupon was selected as the default property statement, printing occurred on the back of the statements. This has been corrected. |
14499 |
When Do not Print of Back of Statements was selected in the Statement Configuration dialog box in PACS.ADMIN (Tools > Statement Configuration), multi-coupon tax statements continued printing on the back side with an additional blank page. This has been corrected. |
15429/ |
Typos on the Tax Statement have been corrected. |
15494 |
The summary receipt (Payment History panel, select a payment and click Print Property Receipt) now displays levy bills grouped as property taxes. |
Tax Due Processing
13355 |
The Refund and Apply buttons (from a property record, open the Tax Due panel) were unexpectedly disabled when a statement had an overall outstanding balance greater than or equal to zero, and one bill with a credit balance. When a bill has a credit, these buttons will now be enabled. |
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