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Upcoming Events
February 10, 11, 17, 18 & 24, 2012
MAAO Course 1: Sales Approach to Value
Tewksbury Police Station
918 Main Street
Tewksbury, MA
February 16, 2012
MAAO Winter Meeting
Lombardo’s
6 Billings Street
Randolph, MA
March 15, 2012
MAAO Workshop: Learning to Use Gateway More Effectively as Assessors
Oakcrest Cove on Peter’s Pond
34 Quaker Meeting House Road
Sandwich, MA
March 9, 10, 16, 17 & 23, 2012
MAAO Course 5: Mass Appraisal of Real Property
Tewksbury Police Station
918 Main Street
Tewksbury, MA
March 18-21, 2012
InterSystems Global Summit 2012
The Peabody Orlando
9801 International Drive
Orlando, FL
March 21-23, 2012
CTx Annual Seminar
Marriott Farmington
15 Farm Springs Road
Farmington, CT
April 11, 2012
MCTA Spring Meeting
Sterling National Country Club
33 Albright Road
Sterling, MA
April 28-May 3, 2012
NRAAO/MAAO Spring Conference
Red Jacket Beach Resort
1 South Shore Drive
South Yarmouth, MA
May 17, 2012
CTx Spring Meeting
Aqua Turf Club
556 Mulberry Street
Southington, CT
May 17, 2012
CAAO Spring Meeting
Aqua Turf Club
556 Mulberry Street
Southington, CT
June 3-7, 2012
CAAO Annual Assessors School
University of Connecticut
Storrs, CT
June 10-13, 2012
MCTA Conference
Hyannis, MA
June 19-22, 2012
MAAO Summer Conference
Red Jacket Beach Resort
1 South Shore Drive
South Yarmouth, MA
August 5-10, 2012
MAAO Annual School
University of Massachusetts
Amherst, MA
August 14-17, 2012
MCTA 42nd Annual School
University of Massachusetts
Campus Center
Amherst, MA
November 8, 2012
CTx Fall Meeting
Aqua Turf Club
556 Mulberry Street
Southington, CT
November 8, 2012
CAAO Fall Meeting
Aqua Turf Club
556 Mulberry Street
Southington, CT
November 14, 2012
MCTA Fall/Holiday Meeting
Pleasant Valley Country Club
95 Armsby Road
Sutton, MA
Administering Delinquent Boat Excise Penalties
November 20, 2008
For some Point customers, boat excise is an integral part of their billing software. While similar to motor vehicle excise, boat billing has its own set of rules that include tax based on boat length, time allowed for payment, and delinquency penalties.
Once a boat bill is marked as delinquent, not only does a demand fee apply but there is also a secondary penalty of $20.00 that gets assessed according to the DOR’s Division of Local Services guidelines pertaining to issuance and collection of boat excise.
To accommodate this secondary charge, Point has added some code to allow boat excise commitments to be flagged with a new charge code of BP for boat penalty. In order to implement the use of this penalty charge, however, your system will require a simple program update from Point Software. To obtain it, contact Customer Service at 1.800.368.9538.
Once the update is made, you will be able to add the penalty by using the boat penalty (BP) flag code. You may issue a demand notice including the interest, demand and penalty charges when at least two days have passed from the boat excise due date. Those notices will then include the demand fee and the penalty amount consistent with boat excise.
For more information on boat excise bills, refer to Informational Guideline Release (IGR) No. 04-211. You can find it on the Web at:
http://www.mass.gov/Ador/docs/dls/publ/igr/2004/
igr04_211.pdf