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  PROPERTY NEWS

UPDATES

December 2009 - Upgrade Tallapoosa County to windows system for 2010 tax year collection

November 2008 - Upgrade Greene County to windows system for 2009 tax year collection

July 2008 - Upgrade Dallas County to windows system for 2008 tax year collection

April 2008 - Upgrade Dale County to windows system for 2008 tax year collection

June 2007 - Upgrade Marion County to windows system for 2007 tax year collection

May 2007 - Upgrade Chambers County to windows system for 2007 tax year collection

March 2007 - Upgrade Macon County to windows system for 2007 tax year collection

February 2007 - Upgrade Pickens County to windows system for 2007 tax year collection

January 2007 - Upgrade Lowndes County to windows system for 2007 tax year collection

September 2006 - Covington County joins the S&W family with the installation of windows system for 2006 tax year collection

November 2005 - Upgrade Russell County to windows system for 2006 tax year collection

August 2005 - Autauga County awarded "County of the Year" by the AAAO

April 2004 - Upgrade Autauga County as our FIRST county on the new windows system for 2004 tax year collection

September 2003 - Chambers County is added as county #31 with installation for 2003 tax year collection

Automated Final Settlements

2008 Tax Year

2008 tax collection year was a very quiet year, and when you are talking property tax, that is a good thing. With the new automated final settlement in place, counties are able to complete their final settlements in a much shorter time span and with many less problems or errors. Errors are trapped and found all through the year making final settlement a smooth operation.

A couple of our counties had notable final settlements this year: 

One went to Montgomery with a 78 cents balance due. On their trip home, they called us to report that the comptrollers office was able to locate the 78 cents for a final balance equaling ZERO. The amount in question was a commissions calculation which had been manually entered and extended from a lawsuit judgment relative to that county.

Another County called our office to get some procedural instructions on running the final settlement and was actually completing the steps while talking to our help desk. He then asked "What does it mean if there are all zeros at the bottom of the page?" 

Dale

Dallas

Chambers

Covington

Lowndes 0.01

Macon

Marion 1.80

Pickens 0.00

Russell

Autauga

2007 Tax Year

As the 2007 tax year winds down, our windows counties are finding final settlement to be a much easier task! With multiple "troubleshooting" reports, most errors are caught and can be corrected before beginning the end of year balancing process. Information is compiled by the system and the State DFC-12 form is built and printed with data fields completed and totaled. Any adjustments which are specific to a particular county may be added or edited manually.  (ie: mileage, motor vehicle tax, etc.)

One of our counties using this system for the first time, mailed their final settlement report  in to Montgomery and shortly thereafter received a call from the Comptroller's office congratulating them on their "best ever" final settlement.

Seven counties of the eight using this system for 2007 have settled with the State Comptrollers office as of July 24, 2008. Each balanced within pennies.

Russell $0.00

Chambers $0.03

Macon $0.04

Covington $0.00

Marion $0.40

Pickens $0.01

Lowndes $0.00

View the automated Final Settlement Form here.

County of the Year

Autauga County Revenue Commissioner's Office in Prattville, AL, was awarded the "County of the Year" by the AAAO at the 2005 Summer Conference after one complete year cycle on our new windows based property tax program. Congratulations T. T. Ray and Autauga County!

EXPERIENCE

S&W employees are solidly trained with more than 500 credited hours of class work from the Alabama Department of Revenue, IAAO, AAAO and the Auburn University Center for Governmental Services. This includes completion of all required course work for the ACA designation, (Alabama Certified Appraiser), Support Staff I & II, Basic & Intermediate Mapping, and Personal Property Tax Calculations.

Our employees have a combined total of 333 years experience working with county government, including practical experience both as chief clerk  in tax collection offices, assessment, appraisal, and personal property clerk, and  as county field appraisers.  This experience provides our training staff with the hands-on knowledge necessary to communicate with  and professionally train the County staff.

TRAINING

At the time of installation, on-site personal training is provided at no additional cost. This "in the county" training is provided until the County Employees are comfortable with the day to day use of the system.

In addition, unlimited technical help is provided anytime at our toll-free number 800-491-7717.

We have also added a FAQ page to this website for quick reference.