Welcome to the 2011 ACT User

MeetingJim Brod

Introductions

Thank you for attending!

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For Your Information

• Agenda - in front of book• All courses will be held here,

unless otherwise noted in your agenda

• Live Oak Room - one floor up• Garden Terrace - one floor up• Hospitality suite is located in

room 1146.• And of course, you know

your way to the River Walk.3

Continuing Education Units• Almost every program being

offered provides you the opportunity to earn CEUs.

• By attending all of the programs offered over the next 3 days you can earn 13 CEUs!

• Please remember to sign the roster when attending each of programs in order to receive the appropriate credits.

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Today

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Tonight

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Tomorrow

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Tomorrow Night

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Friday

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What’s New:Truth-in-Taxation

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Same Software, New Look

• The Truth-in-Taxation software (TNT) is a new addition to the ACT product line.

• As a product of ACT, we have been able to make significant improvements to the program.

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Changes in the Software Availability of a web-based version

- Easier to use

- Secure data storage

- Able to work from more than 1 computer

- Able to keep data entry when new versions

are released - Faster release of updates

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Changes in the Software

• Ability to enter data for entities located in more than one county

• Ability to create the statement of budget increase for cities and counties

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Changes in the Law

HB2338 - Requires the county assessor-collector to post information on their web site regarding ad valorem tax rates for the past five tax years.

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Changes in the Law

Required to post:

• Adopted tax rate• Maintenance and operations

rate• Debt rate• Effective tax rate• Effective M&O rate• Rollback tax rate

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Changes in the Law

• Because TNT is now available as a web-based version, you will only need to enter the data this year.

• In future years, TNT will recall and update the information for you.

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Using the Software

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Using the Software

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Using the Software

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Using the Software

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Using the Software

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Using the Software

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Using the Software

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Questions, Comments, Concerns?

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Where We’re Going:TaxLedge 2.0

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TaxLedge 2.0

• We are considering redesigning TaxLedge to better suit your needs.

• If you have any suggestions or concerns, please see Theresa.

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TaxLedge 2.0 ChangesTCS Side

• TC298 process reworked

• Use of accounting controls

• Online selection of deposits to disburse

• Looking for more suggestions

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How We’ll Get There:Speeding Things

Along

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Performance Enhancements

• On January 31, 2011 many users experienced slow network connectivity when processing online payments.

• Since then, we have taken several steps to improve our performance.

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Security Settings

• The new security features had an unexpected impact on performance.

• Modifications were made to restore expected performance.

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Continuing Improvements

• Oracle has supplied enhancements to their database to speed up the processing.

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Continuing Improvements

• We are also planning on upgrading to the latest release of Oracle Weblogic Server on the application servers in order to improve performance.

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Round Table Discussions are Next!

Join us back here at 3:30 for the chance to join in small group discussions lead by

members of our team.

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