Tax Notice Settings

You can view and configure tax notice settings for tax notices at your municipality. This allows you to define some of the content that appears on the payment stub as well as the back of the notice and which items are pre-printed on the paper used for notices so they can be omitted from the notice generation process.

To view and edit tax notice settings:

  1. From the menu, select Property Tax > Configuration > Tax Notice Settings. For more information about navigation, refer to Navigating Property Tax.
  2. To edit content that appears on the payment stub, the back of the notice, or what is pre-printed on the paper used for notices:

    1. Select Edit Tax Notice Settings. The Edit Tax Notice Settings page appears.
    2. Using the following tables, configure each setting as required:

      Note:  The following settings control content that appears on the payment stub portion of the tax notice. All fields are optional.

      Payment Stub Wording
      Field Description

      PAP Paid Notices

      For tax accounts signed up to pre-authorized payment (PAP) plans, a message that appears on notices regarding PAP plans. PAP plans govern the collection of pre-authorized tax account payments from customers. For more information about PAP plans, refer to PAP Plans.

      To include a PAP message for tax accounts signed up to PAP plans, enter the message.

      PAP Schedule

      For tax accounts that are signed up to PAP plans, you can replace the payment stub section of tax notices with the payment schedule for the relevant PAP plan.

      To replace the payment stub with the payment schedule for tax accounts signed up to PAP plans, select Replace Stubs with PAP Schedule.

      PAP Schedule Notices

      For tax accounts that are signed up to PAP plans, a message that appears on notices regarding payment schedules for the relevant PAP plan.

      To include a PAP schedule message for tax accounts signed up to PAP plans, enter the message.

      Mortgage Company Paid Notices

      For tax accounts for which taxes are paid by a mortgage company, a message that appears on notices regarding the payments. For more information about mortgage companies, refer to Mortgage Companies.

      To include a message for tax accounts for which taxes are paid by a mortgage company, enter the message.

      Taxpayer Paid Notices

      For tax accounts for which taxes are paid by the tax account holder, a message that appears on notices regarding payment.

      To include a message for tax accounts for which taxes are paid by the tax account holder, enter the message.

      Note:  The following settings control content that appears on the back side of the tax notice. All fields are optional.

      Back of Notice
      Field Description

      Column Title 1

      The title that appears above the Column Content 1 content defined below.

      To include a title for the first column of content that appears on the back of the tax notice, enter the title.

      Column Content 1

      A message that appears in the first column on the back of the tax notice.

      To include a message in the first column on the back of the notice, enter the message.

      Column Title 2

      The title that appears above the Column Content 2 content defined below.

      To include a title for the second column of content that appears on the back of the tax notice, enter the title.

      Column Content 2

      A message that appears in the second column on the back of the tax notice.

      To include a message in the second column on the back of the notice, enter the message.

      Note:  The following settings are for defining elements to omit from notices because they are included on the pre-printed paper used for printing. All fields are optional.

      Print Forms
      Field Description

      Included in Pre-printed Forms

      You can define the elements that are pre-printed on the paper you use to print notices. Selected elements will be omitted by the notice generation process.

      What do you want to do?

      • To add elements to omit from notices, from the drop-down list, select each element.
      • To remove elements omitted from notices so they are printed, select the x next to each selection.
    3. Select Save.