Capture Billings & Collections

A web-based property tax system.

Built-in modules for everything from daily cashiering and bank reconciliation to the once-a-year tax sale and final settlement.

Capture Billings and Collections on a desktop monitor

Billings and Collections is a complete financial package for teller operations and back-office functions, from daily logs, cash books and ledgers to QR-coded tax bills, integrated card payments, bank reconciliation, mortgage processing, tax sales, disbursements and final settlement. It is part of Capture, E-Ring’s end-to-end property tax administration platform.

Treasury staff reviewing payments on a monitor

Daily operations

Teller and back office.

  • Daily logs and closeoutsEach teller works from a daily log by location, with end-of-day closeout and deposit logging.
  • Every payment typeCash, check, money order and credit card, with first-half or pay-in-full options.
  • Group paymentsPay many bills in one transaction, found by parcel, invoice or owner.
  • Receipts and checksBar-coded receipts when tax abstracts are released, and scanned checks for validation.
  • Corrections with a full recordVoid same-day errors with a reason, move a payment to the right bill, and report prior-day reversals.
Treasury manager reviewing tax bills

Billing

Tax bills that get paid.

  • Print vendor exportsExport tax bills to your third-party print vendor. A PDF copy of each bill is attached to the property record for reference and printing on demand.
  • A QR code on every billEach bill can carry a unique QR code that takes the property owner straight to the county’s online payment screen.
  • Mortgage codingSend mortgage companies a full disk of every parcel and amount due, then import their coding files so mortgage-paid parcels can skip printed bills and save postage.
  • Mortgage payment importPost a mortgage company’s payments in one step, each company with its own account, with mismatched amounts listed for review.
Taxpayer paying by credit card on a laptop

Payments and reconciliation

Every payment, matched to the bank.

  • Integrated credit card paymentsCredit card payments are integrated with Capture.
  • ACH and Check 21ACH and Check 21 processing happens automatically, with a report of any Check 21 errors.
  • Account reconciliationReconcile each bank account against its statement in Capture. Upload your bank’s latest CSV export and part of the reconciliation happens automatically. Split deposits, such as credit card deposits by card type, and record interest and service charges.
  • Your financial software, tooReconcile in Capture, or export account information to other licensed financial software such as Munis.
  • Refunds and returned checksOverpayments are refunded automatically. Returned checks are marked with a reason and reported.
Aerial view of a neighborhood with one parcel outlined

Delinquency, tax sales and tax liens

From delinquent taxes to redemption.

  • Delinquent listsGenerate delinquent lists as of any date, track demand notices, fees and penalties, and export the data for notices.
  • Tax sale or tax lienCapture handles both, whichever your jurisdiction uses. Send unpaid parcels to sale, add or import bidders, run auctions, take bidder payments and produce dockets.
  • Online auctionsWith Capture Connect Tax Lien Auction, investors research parcels, register and bid online.
  • Sale statusTrack every parcel sent to sale as unsold, sold or redeemed.
  • Land redemptionRedemption payments with interest calculated as of the payment date, plus disbursement reports.
Staff reviewing settlement reports

Disbursements and settlement

Every agency, paid correctly.

  • DisbursementsCashbook disbursements by date range with an agency-by-agency breakdown, including returned checks and refunds.
  • Errors and supplementsCorrections to bills are tracked as supplements and carried into settlement.
  • Final settlementConfirms each agency received the right amount, with charges and credits explained, and packages the reports for auditors.
  • Collections reportsTransaction search, daily summaries, bad checks, refunds, reversals and payment swaps.

One platform, your way

From deed to settlement.

Capture covers the entire property tax cycle. Run it as one system, or only the part your office needs.

  1. Deed processing
  2. Mapping
  3. Appraisal
  4. Assessment roll
  5. Billing
  6. Collection
  7. Settlement & audit reports

Complete package

One system, one shared database.

Assessment and collections run on the same Capture database. Ownership, value and exemption changes flow straight into bills, there are no interfaces between offices to maintain, and one audit trail follows each parcel from deed to receipt.

Separate installations

Assessment or collections on its own.

Keep the system another vendor already runs in one office, or let each department choose for itself. Capture is installed as the assessment system or the collection system, and the data exchange with the other office’s system is customized as part of the solution.

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Built for the treasury office

Feature highlights.

Everything a collections office needs, in one web-based system.

Daily operations

  • Daily logs and closeouts

    By teller and location, with deposit logging.

  • Every payment type

    Cash, check, card, ACH and Check 21.

  • Voids, swaps and reversals

    Every correction recorded and reported.

Billing

  • Print vendor exports

    With a PDF of each bill on the property record.

  • A QR code on every bill

    Straight to the online payment screen.

  • Mortgage files

    Full disk, coding and payment import.

Reconciliation and reporting

  • Bank reconciliation

    Upload the bank’s CSV export for automatic matching.

  • Financial software export

    Or reconcile in software such as Munis.

  • Final settlement

    Charges and credits, packaged for auditors.

Delinquency

  • Delinquent lists

    As of any date, ready for notices.

  • Tax sale or tax lien

    Both supported, with online bidding through Capture Connect.

  • Land redemption

    Interest calculated as of the payment date.

One system or two. Run it on the same database as Capture CAMA, or on its own beside another vendor’s system. See the options

Online payments for residents. Taxpayers pay, change addresses and get correspondence online. Connect Collection

Support from the people who built it. E-Ring’s own staff provide support and training, never a subcontractor. Support

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The Capture platform

Works with the rest of Capture.

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