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NextGen Trustee Receipting
2016 Resource - NG Trustee Receipting NextGen Trustee Receipting Miscellaneous and Property Tax Receipting Receipting Methods Corrections Refunds Tax Relief
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NextGen Trustee Receipting
Trustee – Receipting – Add Receipt Add a new receipt batch or make sure the correct batch is selected if you already have one added. Select a batch from the drop-down arrow or add a new one by clicking on the ellipsis. When adding a new Receipt batch, you can select Receipt Defaults.
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NextGen Trustee Receipting
If you have been receipting into a receipt batch and want to change the receipt defaults, you can click on the ellipsis on the receipt home screen and choose “Edit Receipt Batch”. Click “Save and Close” to continue receipting with the new defaults.
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Miscellaneous Receipting
2016 Resource - NG Trustee Receipting Miscellaneous Receipting Make sure your batch information is correct and select “Miscellaneous Receipt Express” as the method. Click “Next” to continue Make sure the “Working Receipt Date” is correct. Tip: If a revenue code you need to use on a receipt is not on the drop-down list to select or if you enter a code and get the “red shield” indicating it is invalid, you can click on the ellipsis button in the revenue code field and choose to add the revenue code. Ellipsis Button
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2016 Resource - NG Trustee Receipting
Miscellaneous Receipting Click “Finish” when done. You will be returned to the add receipt screen where you can add another miscellaneous receipt. You can also click on the “Back” button in the ribbon bar or the “Receipt” link to return to the batch screen where you can select a different receipt method.
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Miscellaneous Receipting – Re-Receipt
2016 Resource - NG Trustee Receipting Miscellaneous Receipting – Re-Receipt What if you have entered a Miscellaneous Receipt and then find that the receipt was entered incorrectly? Re-Receipt to make corrections Bring the receipt up from the receipt batch it was entered in or from Receipts (Trustee, Receipting, Receipts) Click on the Options Wheel in the Ribbon Bar and Select “Re-Receipt” When doing a Re-Receipt, it is very important that you have an open receipt batch to put the new receipt in before you begin the Re-Receipt process. Click “Void” to continue
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2016 Resource - NG Trustee Receipting
Miscellaneous Receipting – Re-Receipt The system brings up the Receipt Batch screen If the batch you need your re-issued receipt in does not default in, click on the dropdown arrow in the Batch field and select it The as of date should be your receipt date. Double click on the receipt record in the Receipt Items screen to open it
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Miscellaneous Receipting – Re-Receipt
Change any necessary information on the receipt screen and click “Next” to continue The system takes you back to the receipt items screen. Click “Next” to continue to the payment information screen.
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Miscellaneous Receipting – Re-Receipt
Tip: If the original receipt has not been prorated, use the original payment type for the re-issued receipt If the original receipt has been prorated, the payment type to use for the re-issued receipt depends on the payment type used: For payment types that DO NOT hit Cash on Hand (ACH, BIS, etc.,) use the original payment type on the re-issued receipt (unless you have your controls set up for all payment types to hit COH). For payment types that do hit Cash on Hand (cash, check, money order, etc.,) use no new money as the payment type Make any corrections to the payment screen and click “Next” to continue
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2016 Resource - NG Trustee Receipting
Miscellaneous Receipting – Re-Receipt The Summary Screen comes up. Click “Finish” and then “Close” to complete the “Re-Issued” receipt. If you do a search for the receipt number that was Re-Issued, you will see two transactions with the same receipt number. The original receipt will show as voided.
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Property Tax Receipting Methods
2016 Resource - NG Trustee Receipting Property Tax Receipting Methods Property Tax Express – Used for receipting individual receipts Multiple Receipts – Used for receipting multiple receipts. This option is most useful for receipting multiple receipts where searches are required to select the receipts for payment Import Property Tax Payments – This option is used for importing mortgage company payment files, lockbox payment files, and online payment files. Property Tax Group – Allows you to select receipts for payment by Group. Groups of parcels can be set up for use in selecting receipts from year to year. Taxpayer – Allows you to select receipts by taxpayer. Taxpayers are set up for use with installment or prepayments. Property Tax Grid – This option is used to receipt multiple receipts by keying in the receipt numbers in the grid or by using barcode scanner. Batch Receipting- Allows you to receipt multiple receipts by keying in the receipt numbers and also put in the payment information on the same screen.
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Property Tax Receipting - Express
Enter a receipt number or click on the ellipsis and choose “Search Property Taxes” to select a receipt for payment.
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Property Tax Receipting - Express
If using search to find the property tax receipt to pay, select a search view and enter your search information. Click “Find” to return search results. Double click on the tax record to select it. You will be returned to the receipting screen with the receipt number and information pulled in.
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Property Tax Receipting - Express
If you are receipting a tax with Penalty & Interest, you can add, change, or remove the P&I amount by changing the Penalty Date or Percent. You can also change the P&I amount in the Tax/Fee field. Receipt/Parcel messages appear in the messages box You can enter a tax relief amount to apply, change the apply amount, or remove the apply amount as needed before continuing with the receipt. Enter the amount you are applying to the receipt in the Amount box. Click on the checkbox for “Update distributions and notes” if you need to add notes or change the receipt distribution.
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2016 Resource - NG Trustee Receipting
Property Tax Receipting - Express Entering an overpayment- The total amount due is $382.00, but the total payment amount we are applying to the receipt is $ This will create a $18.00 overpayment. Note: If you were applying only the amount due to the receipt and giving cash change back, leave the amount field as the amount due on this screen and enter the full amount tendered on the payment info screen. Click “Next” to continue
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Property Tax Receipting - Express
Make sure the payment information is correct Choose “Issue a refund” from the dropdown box indicating what to do with the “Overpayment”. Click “Next” to continue. The Refund screen comes up. Make any necessary changes to the Name and Address and enter any notes you may need. Click “Finish” to complete the receipt.
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Property Tax Receipting – Multiple Receipts
“Receipt Property Tax” to look up and select receipts individually. “Search Property Taxes” to search for and select multiple receipts all at the same time. This is the most common option used for receipting using the Multiple Receipts method.
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2016 Resource - NG Trustee Receipting
Property Tax Receipting – Multiple Receipts In this example, we are using Search Property Taxes and searching by Name view. Click on the check boxes to select receipts for payment After selecting the receipts to process, click on the “Receipt” link to return to the receipt screen or click the “Back” button in the ribbon bar. (Clicking the check box in the title bar will select all items in the search results). Click “Next” to continue
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2016 Resource - NG Trustee Receipting
Property Tax Receipting – Multiple Receipts The system takes you back to the items screen where you can add more receipts. While in the items screen, if you need to remove a receipt from the payment, you can right-click on it and choose “Delete”. Double click on any receipt that you need to change. The receipt will open where you can enter a partial payment or an overpayment, or you can add or change a tax relief amount. Clicking “Next” will take you back to the items screen. When finished, click “Next” to continue.
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2016 Resource - NG Trustee Receipting
Property Tax Receipting – Multiple Receipts Enter your payment information and select any print options as needed. Note: If you enter an overpayment amount on any of the receipts individually, the overpayment amount will be included in the total amount and you will be prompted to select to issue refund or leave credit balance. Click “Next” to process the receipts. If you have an overpayment and you do not enter it on any of the receipts individually, you will have a check box for “Issue check for change”. If you use this option, the software will create a miscellaneous receipt for the overpayment amount. This does not apply if you are simply giving cash change back.
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Multiple Receipts – Save Temporary Batch
If you are adding receipts for a multiple receipt payment and need to stop to work on something else, you can save for processing at a later time. From the Items screen, click on the Options Wheel in the ribbon bar and select “Save Temporary Batch” Enter a description for the temporary (pending) receipt batch and click “OK”
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Multiple Receipts – Save Temporary Batch
After you have saved a temporary batch, you can print the Pending Batch Transactions Report When finished, click “Close” to exit the receipting screen.
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Receipting a Temporary Batch
When you are ready to finish a Saved or Temporary Batch, go to Receipting and select the method – Multiple Receipts Choose “Search Property Taxes”
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Receipting a Temporary Batch
Use the search view of “Pending Receipt Batches” Select the pending batch description for the one you need and click “Find” Select the receipts and click the “Receipt” link or “Back” button to return to the receipt screen
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2016 Resource - NG Trustee Receipting
Receipting a Temporary Batch The receipts from the previously saved batch are pulled in. Click “Next” The Items screen comes up where you can search to add more receipts or click “Next” to proceed through the receipting process. Note: If you have added more receipts, but still are not finished and you need to stop working on the batch, you can save the temporary batch again for later processing.
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Property Tax Receipting – Import Property Tax Payments
2016 Resource - NG Trustee Receipting Property Tax Receipting – Import Property Tax Payments You can use the Import Property Tax Payments method to receipt multiple taxes from a mortgage company, online payment provider (such as BIS), or lockbox payments using a payment file. Select the Import Property Tax Payments method. Choose the file definition. (Files from BIS are in the Mortgage Company Payments format) Click on the ellipsis in the File Name field to browse to the location of your payment file to select it. The “create separate receipts for each property tax payment” option is used to have the system not group the receipts into one. This will allow you to be able to void a single receipt from the receipt batch without voiding all of the receipts. You can not print receipts from the receipting process if you choose to create separate receipts. Click “Next” to continue
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Import Property Tax Payments
The property tax records are pulled into the payments grid. Errors or Warning Messages will indicate receipts that will not be picked up in the payment unless added manually. This usually happens with a tax record is already paid in full or if there has been an assessment change and the amount due changed. If there are any notes, those will show in the additional info field. 2017 There are several view options to choose from and you can export the grid information from any of the available views. Click “Next” to continue
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Import Property Tax Payments
In this example, we will add property tax receipt number even though it was excluded due to errors because it was already paid in full. We will issue a refund for the overpayment on this receipt. To do this, click on “Receipt Property Tax” – use this option since you already have the receipt number to add (It will be listed in the errors/warnings on the previous screen) 2017 12/13/2017 2017 Enter the receipt number to add to the payment batch. A message comes up indicating that it is already paid in full. Answer “Yes” to enter a receipt.
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Import Property Tax Payments
2017 12/13/2017 Enter the amount being paid on the receipt. Click on “Next” to continue 2017 You will be returned to the receipt items screen where you can add more receipts. You can also double click on any of the records to change amount applied to the receipt or add/remove tax relief. Click “Next” to continue
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Import Property Tax Payments
Enter the payment information and select “Issue Refund”. (You can choose to leave a credit balance on the receipt and then refund or transfer the overpayment amount later if desired) Make any necessary changes to the refund information and click “Next” to continue.
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Import Property Tax Payments
The receipt summary screen comes up. 12/13/2017 2017 Click on “Finish” to process the payments
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Property Tax Receipting - Grid
2016 Resource - NG Trustee Receipting Property Tax Receipting - Grid Select Method – Property Tax Grid Choose to exclude tax relief if desired Click on the check box to “Use barcode scanner” to pull receipts in on the grid. If you don’t use a barcode scanner, you can enter the receipt numbers manually. Notes and Error/Warning messages show in the grid. The “As Of Date” is the date to use to calculate discounts or Penalty and Interest. This is NOT the receipt date. NOTE: There is now a Search Property Tax button. Click “Next” to continue
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Property Tax Receipting - Grid
On the Items screen, you can search to add more receipts or right click on any of the records and choose “delete” to remove any receipts from the payment. When finished adding receipts, click “Next” to continue. NOTE: If there are prior year taxes, the property tax will be in bold and highlighted like above. There is also an * under the column PY for Prior Year.
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Property Tax Receipting - Grid
Enter payment information and click “Next”.
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Property Tax Receipting - Grid
Make sure the information on the summary screen is correct and click “Finish” to process the receipts. Note: If any of the information on this screen is incorrect, you can go back and make corrections. You will be taken to this screen after you hit Finish.
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Property Tax Receipting - Grid
If you do not want the summary screen and would like to just go back to receipting go to Trustee<Administration< Organization If this is selected, you will receive the summary screen from the prior slide. If this is NOT selected, you will not receive a summary screen and you will be taken back to the grid after you hit finish on the payment screen.
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Add Property Tax Group for Receipting
Property Tax Groups are used to group parcels together for use in receipting from year to year. Add or Maintain a group in the Trustee – Property Tax – Groups menu option. To add a new Group, click on “New” in the ribbon bar. Enter a description for the Group and add any notes related to the group. Click on the Parcels tab and then choose “Add Parcels” to search for and select parcels for the group
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2016 Resource - NG Trustee Receipting
Add Property Tax Group for Receipting 2017 Search for and select the parcels you need to add to the Group Click on the “Group” link or the “Back” button in the ribbon bar to return to the parcels screen Click on “Save And Close” in the ribbon bar when finished
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Property Tax Receipting - Group
Select “Property Tax Group” for the receipt method Click on the drop-down arrow in the Group field to select the group to receipt. Click “Next” to continue. 2017 Receipts from the group are pulled into the grid. Click “Next” to advance to the next screen.
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Property Tax Receipting - Group
From the Items screen, you can delete parcels from the payment or search to add more parcels. When finished adding or removing parcels, continue through the receipt wizard to process the receipts as usual. 2017 12/13/2017 Tip: If you have receipted multiple receipts and would like to add a Group for those receipts, click on the “Create Group For Property Taxes” link in the Tasks box on the last screen of receipting. This will take you to the group setup screen where you can enter a description for the group. The parcels will already be selected.
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Property Tax Receipting - Taxpayer
Property tax receipting by Taxpayer method is used for receipting Installment or ACH prepayments. Prepayment receipts are done on miscellaneous receipts with the map and parcel information included. When the taxes are loaded, you can run the “Apply Prepayments” option to automatically apply all of the prepayments to the appropriate property tax receipts. If you are interested in accepting prepayments in your office and want more information on this option, please contact LGC. A support representative can give you more information and help you with setting up your taxpayers and Bank information.
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Property Tax Receipting-Batch Receipting
Batch Receipting can be used to receipt a pending batch that you have saved prior as a temporary batch. It allows you to put the payment information on the same screen as the property tax search making it ideal for receipting mail payments. Select Method – Batch Receipting The “As Of Date” is the date to use to calculate discounts or Penalty and Interest. This is NOT the receipt date. You can select a prior pending batch or select the ellipsis and add a new pending receipt batch. Selecting this box will allow you to void one individual receipt without voiding the whole batch. Click Next to continue.
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Property Tax Receipting-Batch Receipting
Click on the check box to “Use barcode scanner” to pull receipts in on the grid. If you don’t use a barcode scanner, you can enter the receipt numbers manually. NOTE: There is NOT a Search Property Tax button. The system automatically saves your info as you enter it. So if you were to cancel out without saving your changes would automatically be saved. Click Next to continue
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Property Tax Receipting-Batch Receipting
On the Items screen, you can search to add more receipts or right click on any of the records and choose “delete” to remove any receipts from the payment. If searching for property taxes, you can select the box next to the property you want to receipt or you can double click on the property tax to open and look at it. Once you select the property tax you want to receipt you will select the Back button on the ribbon bar. Click Next to continue
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Property Tax Receipting-Batch Receipting
Enter payment information and click Next Make sure the information on the summary screen is correct and click “Finish” to process the receipts.
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How to Record Returned Payments
Open the receipt and choose “Returned Payment” from the Options Wheel. Enter the date and any notes for the returned payment. Click “Next” to continue.
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Returned Payments Enter the amount of the returned payment or click on “Return Available Amount” and the system will fill in the amount for you Click “Next” to continue A summary screen comes up. Make sure the information is correct. Click “Finish” when done. NOTE: The revenue will be reversed into the Undistributed Taxes Account (28310) when prorated. You will need to enter the transaction taking the returned payment out of the bank and the account
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Correcting Property Tax Receipts “Received Of” Name
You do not have to void a receipt to correct the “Received Of” name To correct the Received Of name, bring up the receipt under the batch it was processed in or under Receipting – Receipts Select the Payments tab and then double click on the Receive Of name A window opens where you can change the Received Of name You have to enter a change reason “Save and Close” when done You can reprint the receipt with the correct Received Of name when finished This method is also used for correcting the received of name on miscellaneous receipts
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Correcting Property Tax Receipts Wrong Receipt Paid
If you have a payment that was applied to the wrong receipt, you can do a transfer Open the receipt that was paid in error Click on the Options Wheel and select “Transfer” Enter the date for the transfer and any notes Click “Next” to continue
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Correcting Property Tax Receipts Wrong Receipt Paid
Enter the transfer amount and click “Next” to continue Choose “Select Property Tax” to select the property tax record to transfer the payment to
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Correcting Property Tax Receipts Wrong Receipt Paid
Enter the receipt number or do a search to find and select the receipt to transfer the payment to. Key in the correct Amount. In this example, the receipt that was paid in error was for $400.00, so this is the amount we are transferring. Click “Next” to continue when finished. NOTE: Do not transfer more to a receipt that is due on it. If the receipt you are transferring to is less than the receipt that was paid in error, only transfer the amount due on the correct receipt and do a refund from the original receipt of the excess amount.
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Correcting Property Tax Receipts Wrong Receipt Paid
The items screen comes up Click “Next” to continue Note: You can transfer a receipt payment to more than one receipt if necessary Make sure the information on the summary screen is correct and click “Finish” to complete the transfer
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Correcting Property Tax Receipts Receipt Paid in Error
If a property tax receipt was paid in error and needs to be refunded, you can use the “Issue Refund” option to make the correction Bring the Receipt transaction up on the screen and select “Issue Refund” from the Options Wheel. Enter the date for the refund and enter the refund amount (or click on “Refund Available Amount” for the amount to be filled in for you). Click “Next” to continue
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2016 Resource - NG Trustee Receipting
Correcting Property Tax Receipts Receipt Paid in Error The Refund Screen comes up Make any necessary changes to the refund information and click “Next” Add any notes you would like and click “Next” You can make changes to the revenue and/or allocation if necessary, but you should not need to change this information
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Correcting Property Tax Receipts Receipt Paid in Error
Review the information on the summary screen for accuracy and click “Finish” to complete the process The property tax record will show an unpaid balance after the refund process
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Keeping Track of Refunds
An easy way to keep track of refunds and record check information for those refunds is to use the Refunds records – Trustee – Receipting - Refunds Do a search for the refund record you need to update and double click on the record to open it. Enter the check date and number and the amount will fill in for you. If you are using the Purchasing software for refund checks then this information will automatically fill in after you have written the check. “Save and Close” when done.
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Keeping Track of Refunds From the refunds screen you can search for paid, unpaid or all. If you use the refund records and keep them updated, you could search for “unpaid” to see what checks you need to write. If you search for all records, the status field will indicate those records that are paid or unpaid. The Check Date field will be blank and the Check Amount field will be zero until the records are paid. Then that information will show. You can also double click on any of the records to open them and from the Detail tab, you can view more information on the receipt the refund is for.
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Tax Relief – Making Corrections
2016 Resource - NG Trustee Receipting Tax Relief – Making Corrections If you are in the receipting screen and you find that the tax relief amount to apply is missing or incorrect, you can enter or correct the amount. In this example, there was no tax relief amount, but we entered $89.00 in the Apply Amount field. The payment screen correctly pulls in the State Tax Relief Amount. The tax relief issued and applied amounts are updated on the Property Tax Record.
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Tax Relief – Making Corrections
You can also add, change, or void tax relief from the Property Taxes screen If you need to issue tax relief, bring up the tax record and from the General Tab, click on the options wheel in the ribbon bar and select “Issue Tax Relief” Enter the Issue Date and amount Click “Next” to continue to a notes screen where you can add any notes. Click “Next” again to advance to the summary screen where you can click “Finish” to complete the process. You can use this same method to adjust the tax relief issued amount. After choosing to “Issue Tax Relief”, enter the amount of the adjustment in the Issue Amount field (negative to decrease and positive to increase)
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Tax Relief – Making Corrections If you need to void the tax relief issued amount, bring up the tax record in Property Taxes Go to the Tax Relief tab and double click on the “Tax Relief Issued” Transaction to open it Click on the Options Wheel and select “Void Tax Relief Issued” Enter the Void date and reason and click “Void” to finish NOTE: If you have applied tax relief in error on a property tax receipt, you must void the receipt and re-receipt it without applying the tax relief to properly correct it
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Reimbursing (Reconciling) Tax Relief - Manually
To manually mark tax relief as being reimbursed by the state, bring the tax record up in Property Taxes Click on the Options Wheel and choose “Reimburse Tax Relief” Enter the Reimbursement Date and Amount Click “Next” to continue
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Reimbursing Tax Relief
Manually Make sure the information is correct, click “Finish” to complete the reimbursement.
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Reimburse Tax Relief with Payment File
In order to use this option, you must be receiving the electronic payment file from the state. Trustee – Property Taxes – Import Tax Relief Reimbursements The File Definition defaults in for you. Click on ellipsis to browse to file location Select the import file and click “Open”
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Reimburse Tax Relief with Payment File Click on “Next” to continue The tax relief reimbursement records are pulled into the Grid. If there are any errors, they will appear in the Message field Make sure the Relief Amount total is correct and click “Next” to continue 12/21/2017 2017 2017
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Reimburse Tax Relief with Payment File The system takes you to a summary screen – Click “Finish” to complete the reimbursement process. A confirmation screen comes up. Click on the link in the Tasks box to print the Tax Relief Report.
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Reimburse Tax Relief with Payment File
12/21/2017 2017 Tax Type= State Tax Relief Choose Applied and Reimbursed Enter the Reimbursed date in the from and through Reimbursement Date fields Click “Next” to run the report Tax Relief Report – the total reimbursed should match what the State paid for the date entered 12/21/2017
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