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Special Assessment Manager
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Explore the Possibilities of a Complete and Proven Solution to Managing Your Special Improvement Districts and Special Assessments
Features Include:
  • Special Assessment Records – manage both maintenance and improvement districts.
  • Four Assessment Methods – create a district using any one of the following:
  • Proportional units such as area, taxable value, or frontage
  • Rate codes such as residential, commercial, etc.
  • Flat amount
  • Fixed rate per proportional unit
  • Receipting – take full or partial payments. Assessments can be receipted individually or through a batch entry document.
  • Prepayment Calculation – Easily calculate, in advance, principle payoffs. Option to take partial payments on balance of principle.
  • Penalty and Interest Assessments on Delinquent Taxes – System calculates based on date of payment. Percentage entered by user.
  • Interest calculations may be one of the following
  • Serial (Principal amount per payment equal over life of SID)
  • Amortized (Payment amount equal over life of SID)
  • Summary Finances (Principal and Interest payments are set up for SID and individual properties calculated from master schedule)
  • Parcel Finances (Principal and Interest payments are setup for individual parcels)
  • Recalculation of SID schedules due to variable interest rate – rebuilds remaining unbilled principle and interest amortization table based on new rate.
  • Form Letters – Provides merge data fields so you can use your word processor to create custom delinquent, assessment, or other types of notices.
  • Transfer information to/from counties using Black Mountain Software systems – This includes download of annual name/address updates and receipt information and upload of annual assessment information. May be customized for links to other software.
  • Payment History Query – information available onscreen by assessment.
  • Tax Query – showing property information, tax amount by due date, and status (paid, unpaid), assessment lines to be paid. Tax payments may be calculated by setting the payment (interest) date.
  • Search for Properties – Tax ID, Name, In Care of Name, Geo Code, Township/Range/Section or Subdivision.
  • Tax ID Number – Changeable.
  • Accounting Integration – System journalizes all receipt entries for posting to the BMS general ledger.
  • Capitalization of Interest – when bond payments are due in advance of assessments being billed, interest may be capitalized over the life of the SID.
  • Defer Property assessment billing – Individual properties may be marked to exclude them from billing.

  • Report Features in Special Assessment Manager
    There are many built-in reports and report variations. A few examples include:
  • Tax Roll Book
  • Tax Statements
  • Assessment Notice
  • Assessed Value Recap
  • Name and Address List
  • Mailing Labels
  • Receipt Detail
  • Daily Receipt Summary
  • Receipt History
  • Billing Detail
  • Uncollected Taxes
  • SAMSID/Accounting Reconciliation
  • Tax/Assessment Reconciliation
  • SID Detail
  • Deferred Principal Balances
  • Reports can be printed to screen for preview, directly to printer, to a file or to email