Manatron Solutions for California
Manatron, A History of Innovation
Manatron is the nation’s leading provider of integrated property software systems and services. With a rich history in recording, tax assessment, billing and collection, we have been at the forefront of innovative product and service development since 1969. Today, Manatron software and systems provide our 1300+ customers across North America with the power to manage over 25 million parcels. Most importantly, over the last 37 plus years, our software has helped government jurisdictions collect over one trillion dollars in revenue.
Manatron is committed to providing each jurisdiction with products and services that meet their needs with consistent and efficient functionality. We know the demands government officials face, and we ensure certainty by only implementing solutions that minimize risk and produce safe, responsive results.
We know that providing our customers access to the latest technology is key to their ongoing success. From our first installation until today, we continue to heavily invest to develop the best solution-based products and services for our customers.
Experience & Dedication
With a staff that represents over three thousand person-years of Integrated Property Tax experience, our knowledge of the industry is unrivaled. Many of our people who design and develop our software have worked in local government and have experienced the daily process of property assessment and taxation. They understand the pressures of working in a government environment. They understand the need for robust functionality and ease of use needed to efficiently serve taxpayers.
And while our people understand the importance of knowledge and experience, we all agree that dedication is most important. Manatron is dedicated to the single minded goal of developing the best software and systems available anywhere – and delivering them with a level of service, unparalleled in the industry.
Successful Technology Transitions
Throughout its history, Manatron has successfully completed hundreds of conversions for our customers from Legacy to modern software solutions including client/server and Web-based solutions. Even though most of the industry has encountered great difficulty in transitioning to an Internet-centric, service-oriented architecture (SOA), Manatron has not. Manatron has been able to successfully deploy industry leading, innovative solutions based on an SOA platform.
Leading jurisdictions throughout North America have invited Manatron to become part of their team. They recognize that with a solution provider who shares their priorities and values, they can rest easy knowing they will be able to safely navigate through the turbulence of change.
Key Drivers For Change
Across the country, local governments are facing greater pressures than ever before. Escalating demands for self service, Internet-based features, an increasingly technologically savvy public, shrinking budgets and the continued mandate to "do more with less" represent a groundswell that must be met by the next generation of information technology and local government services.
Manatron understands that taxpayer self-service, interoperability with private sector constituents, GIS integration, support of a decentralized work force and improved ability to plan and manage county resources are key drivers for change. Our objective is to provide a technology platform that enables our customers to thrive in this dynamic, new environment. A platform that allows them to rapidly adapt, utilize and successfully respond to new opportunities and challenges.
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Manatron -- Providing Innovative Property System Solutions to California Counties
The system needs of California counties are daunting to most vendors. Prop 13, AB 8 and successive legislation have created the nation’s most complex property tax code. Because of the importance of property taxes as a vital revenue source, it is imperative that jurisdictions completely, accurately and fairly apply the property tax burden to their taxpayers making a jurisdiction’s property system a critical piece of technology. Many California counties are currently facing decisions about how to replace aging mainframe systems that manage the major processes of valuing, assessing and taxing residential, agricultural, commercial and business personal properties.
Manatron, the nation’s leading provider of integrated property tax systems is able to provide jurisdictions the latest technical advancements in solutions designed specifically to meet integrated property system needs. Our inherent, effective-dated, point-in-time design is uniquely positioned to meet the intricate business requirements found only in California.
With its acquisition of ASIX, Inc. in early 2006, Manatron has brought together two companies with a like-minded corporate vision of technology leadership, highly-qualified experience and commitment to the property tax solution marketplace. The Manatron ASIX team has a unique knowledge of California requirements and provides Manatron an opportunity to bring its innovative Government Revenue Management® (GRM®) solution to the California market.
Over the past several years, the ASIX team has worked with many California counties on various projects.
• Santa Clara - Needs Assessment, Preliminary Design
• San Bernardino - Needs Assessment, Detailed Requirements
• San Diego – Subject Matter Consulting, Preliminary & Detailed Design
• San Joaquin - Needs Assessment
• Ventura - Needs Assessment
• Riverside - Needs Assessment
• Fresno - Needs Assessment
Necessary Attributes and Functionality in a California Property System
Manatron is focused solely on bringing new and innovative solutions to the integrated property systems marketplace. Our team has been working with California counties since the early nineties, first to gain a full and comprehensive understanding of the unique needs of California Assessors, Treasurer-Tax Collectors and Auditor-Controllers, and then to design and bring to market a new integrated property system built on the foundation of the latest advancements in technology.
With years of experience working with California counties, Manatron has been able to identify several key attributes and functionality needed for California property systems. These include:
• Event driven design.
• Effective-dated data model.
• Robust, service-oriented architecture (SOA) enabling the solution to integrate seamlessly with the jurisdictions information technology systems.
• Enterprise-level application with scalability to support the high transaction volumes of large counties.
• Flexible functionality to manage the complex business rules for California counties, including those surrounding Proposition 13 and Proposition 8.
• Strong workflow infrastructure.
• Robust feature set.
• Strong architecture and computing platform support fully built on Microsoft.NET® Framework.
• Ability to integrate, extend and customize the solution to keep the solution viable.
• The backing of a deep, talented pool of subject matter experts to assist with the support, training and ongoing operations of the solution.
• The strength and experience necessary to successfully execute and manage the implementation projects.
GRM®– Government Revenue Management®
Manatron has released a powerful and integrated suite of software solutions that fully meets these attributes.GRM is a fully integrated, enterprise-level Government Revenue Management solution for managing the entire property life-cycle.
Manatron GRM is designed to support the entire property life cycle including Recording, Land Records, GIS Integration, Valuation, Assessment Administration, Personal Property, Business Licenses, Cashiering, Tax Billing and Collection, Delinquents and Tax Sales.
Manatron GRM automates the operational, information and planning needs for Assessors, Auditors, Treasurers, Tax Collectors, Recorders and other state and local governmental officials. This integrated solution is the computing platform for the next generation.
Manatron GRM is built on an event driven, point-in-time, effective-dated concept. No data is ever destroyed. This unique design allows for easy re-creation of any historical information based on any date -- past, present or future. This allows the system to easily track important details like Chain of Title and Ownership Management functions.
In addition, Manatron GRM delivers powerful data analysis to your desktop. We understand that officials are stewards of jurisdictional data. That is why Manatron has designed GRM to place data analysis and decision support functions at customers fingertips. GRM’s integrated database, when coupled with Manatron’s powerful GIS-based, spatial analysis tools, allows for greater consistency, analysis and interpretation of data than ever before possible. The result is a quantum leap in data accuracy and productivity. GRM delivers the most powerful data analysis tool available, right to our customers’ desktop.
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In Others Words… Proven Results
"The complete integration of the Manatron property tax and appraisal software [Manatron GRM] was a key reason for our selection of Manatron. We were looking for a solution that allowed us to meet the increasing demand for our county offices to be more efficient, and to provide better service to our taxpayers. The robust functionality demonstrated in the Manatron integrated product suite far surpassed anything available in the market."
Steve Pruitt, Chief Assessor at Gwinnett County, GA
"With Manatron, we can take advantage of state-of-the-art software and hardware which we could not afford as an individual user. We benefit from utilizing their national experience. It’s comforting to know you are not alone...Anyone can write and produce software, but the commitment from the company and its people are what set Manatron apart."
Barbara Ford-Coates, Tax Collector at Sarasota County, FL
"Manatron CAMA produces uniform, consistent and statistically valid values across property groups. It also provides the information to prove the results to property owners and others who use assessment data in various real estate businesses."
Mike McDowell, Assessor at Kootenai County, ID
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