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Delinquent Tax Program Update Log /////////////////////
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Date Change
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05/05/2008 ACH Payment Processing: Up to 3 selection codes may be used in
ACH Report and ACH Export.
ACH Payment Processing: a Minumum Dollar Amount may now be entered.
Edit Parcels - Parcel Master Window: Tax years with pre-settlement
payments will display an '*' next to the year.
'PDC' (Paid Current) status: if no delinquent taxes on file, PDC
status will display ONLY if amounts billed = amounts paid in
history files.
Receipt Printing - 'Amount due if paid this month': this will now
use the receipt POST date (vs. interest date) to determine the
month of payment.
Batch Payments: When searching by Parcel #, OWNER NAME will now
appear in the list.
Receipt Processing: a 'Cash Tendered Calculator' will can appear on
the 'Detailed Items Tendered' window (if enabled); otherwise,
it can appear on the 'Apply Payments' window. This is enabled
via Program Setup/User Preferences/Use Cash Tendered Calculator.
Pre-Settlement Payment Spread Utility: The report generated
by the utility will now print the base tax left after the
re-spread.
Pre-Settlement Payment Reporting: 'net-zero' receipts created
as a result of the pre-settlement payment spread utility will
now be included in the Receipt Register when run with the 'Pre-
Settlement Payments Only' and 'Refunds Only' options.
Changes to 'Vacant' and 'Don't Print Notice' flags will now be
logged into Audit Trail as MISC changes.
If the PREA program is running, clicking on the PREA Denial
info button on the Parcel Master will activate the PREA
program and load the parcel currently loaded in the Delinquent
system (PREA must not have any processes running or sub-windows
open).
07/05/2007 Option added to 'Tools' button on 'Received Of' window (accessed
from Apply Payment screen) to allow copying 'Received Of' name/
address to a mailing/contact record.
05/10/2007 Fee
Calculation detail now details components of post-forfeiture
fees
(Site inspection, notice costs, etc) if the fee total
consists
of more than one component.
05/10/2007 Deleted
'Mail/Contact" records will be included in the Audit
Trail.
05/07/2007 Comment
Report (Reports/Master File Reports/Parcel Comments Report)
Lists
all comments for a given parcel population.
Comment
changes logged in Audit Trail under "Miscellaneous Changes".
Adjustment
report now totals change to homestead/nonhomestead
taxable
value, assessed value, SEV.
Audit
Report may now be filtered by tax unit and/or property class
type.
Tax
History Printout: Interest date defaults to current date.
Receipt
Register will now split out totals by Receipt Source:
Dlq Tax
system, CR system, IS system, ACH payment. Amounts
tendered
for ACH payments will list as ACH/EFT, instead of
checks.
Pre-Settlement
Payment Adjustment/Payment Refunds: The Receipt
Register
run to include Pre-Settlement Payments ONLY will now
include
adjustments/refunds processed on pre-settlement payment
receipts.
Pre-Settlement
Payment Spread Utility now hs an option to include
associated
villages when run for a township which contains one
or more
villages.
Tax
Spread Report now has an option to include/exclude special
acts
parcels (e.g., DNR/PILT), and may be run for a single tax
season,
or Summer and Winter Only.
Forfeiture
List may be run to include "ALL Forfeited Tax Years"
when
using the "Choose Unit" population option.
Foreclosure
Detail/Foreclosure List:
The
Foreclosure Detail window now has fields for Current Assessed
and
Current Taxable values. The Foreclosure List report now gives
the
option to unclude any or all of these values.
ACH
Payment processing: upon completion of ACH routine, the
program
will now offer the option of printing a tax notice for
those
parcels for which an ACH payment was processed and have
a
remaining balance due.
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03/06/2007 Receipt
Register: Report can now be filtered by tender
type
(Cash, Check, Credit Card, EFT).
Pre-Settlement
Payments: If the tax unit cannot be determined
(e.g.,
no corresponding parcel master record, and tax unit
cannot
be derived from parcel number) the program will prompt
for the
tax unit. This will enable receipt registers to correctly
categorized
the payment by unit.
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03/01/2007 Enhanced
Pre-Settlement Payment 'Calculator' screen. Screen now
includes
fields to enter local admin fee/admin fee percent.
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02/22/2007 Enabled
ACH payment capability. ACH Procedures document accessible
via
'Help/View Documentation' menu.
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11/28/2006 Added
'Access' flag to comments. Comments can be flagged as
'General'
or 'Treasurer-Only' comment. If Public Viewing setup
allows
access to comments, only 'General'-type comments will be
displayed.
Added
Security Access setting (under the 'Tax Record Fields
and
Options' category) to enable/disable viewing of
'Treasurer-Only'
comments.
Audit
trail will now be updated with changes to interest/admin fee
override
amounts. Previously, audit trail was updated only when
an
interest/admin fee override was entered or removed.
Audit
trail will now be updated with changes to NSF/OTHER fees.
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11/02/2006 Change
to "Don't Print Notice" setting will be reflected in
audit
trail.
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10/30/2006 Certificate
of Error of Redemption added (Reports option in
Forfeiture
window).
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02/22/2006 Delinquent
Notice: If the second and/or third payoff date is not
entered
on the notice setup window, payoff amounts for that date
won't
print.
Also, if
a parcel is in forfeiture and is due to be foreclosed,
amounts
for payoff dates later that foreclosure date will not
print.
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11/10/2005 Users
with 'No Access' security level may not open/close databases.
The
database these users view must be set in Program Setup -
Administrator
Options - Public viewing Setup.
Updates
now include GL Export format .pdf files.
Program
will no longer prompt for username/password twice when
entering
reversal (this occured if the program was set up to prompt
for
username/password when processing each receipt).
Adjustments
Tax/Admin/Interest detail - auto cell movement enabled
on these
screens. The cursor will now automatically advance to
the next
field.
History
Printout: calculation date now defaults to today's date.
Mouse
wheel enabled on list views.
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08/08/2005 Tax
Spread Report now lists township taxes on village parcels
with the
parent township's taxes - no longer listed with village
taxes.
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07/20/2005 Property
Transfer Affidavit now prints property transfer date.
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07/06/2005 Fees
calculation problem with last years' tax foreclosed fixed.
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06/30/2005 Deferral-related
fields now print on rebill.
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06/29/2005 Receipts
not correctly printing forfeiture interest left to pay
for
partial payments toward forfeiture redemption. This has been
fixed.
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06/21/2005 Receipt
Source field now on apply payments window. This allows
flagging
a payment as being processed via ACH deposit.
Receipt
Registers may be filtered by Receipt Source to allow
separating
receipts for which cash was transacted vs ACH deposits.
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06/14/2005 Cashier name
now filling in on the Batch Payment window.
NSF/Other
fees now listed on GL Export Report.
Laser
Rebill fixed to properly print Tax Year/Amount information.
Mail
Delivery Status on Mailing/Contact Info screen
is now
enabled for all mailings. This was previoulsly
enabled
for certified mailings only.
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06/13/2005 User
security settings relating to voids/reversals/refunds
enabled
when "Prompt for Cashier/Password when Receipting"
setting
is used.
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06/03/2005 Web
update is now version 6.05.
The
Forfeiture List may be run with a calculation date through March
of the
following year - this will allow printing with interest
and fee
calculations as of foreclosure.
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03/01/2005 Ability
to import text files from PRE Audit System added
(File/Import
menu). This is designed to import data exported by
the
local units; where the PREA system is not installed at the
County.
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1/21/05 Certificate
of Release of Forfeiture (Certificate of
Cancellation)
now prints Forfeiture Date and Treasurer's Name