Manatron's GRM Tax Collection System and e-Government Web Portal Goes Live in Florida's Palm Beach County

PORTAGE, Mich., Nov. 2, 2010 /PRNewswire/ -- Manatron, Inc., a global leader in providing integrated property tax and records management software for state and local governments, today announced that the Palm Beach County, Florida Tax Collector Offices are now live on the Manatron Government Revenue Management (GRM) Tax Collection system and e-Government web portal.  

The new, web-based Manatron GRM installation replaces the office's decades-old legacy mainframe application. The project was initiated by Anne Gannon, the constitutional tax collector serving Palm Beach County.  This effort was part of the Tax Collector's Office's commitment to an "un-government" experience – one aimed at providing better customer service through improved technology and culture change for the taxpayers of Palm Beach County.  

"Manatron shared our vision for enhancing the 'user experience' for an ever-increasing technology-savvy public," said Gannon.  "It was obvious that Manatron understood our county's needs very well in addition to the paradigm-shift occurring in local government toward customer service through the use of cost-saving technology."  

Marty Ulanski, Manatron chief operations officer, stated: "Anne's entire team showed an unwavering dedication to providing outstanding customer service for their taxpayers by utilizing the new GRM web-based technology to their advantage at every possible opportunity.  Ultimately the value for Palm Beach County is twofold: lower operating costs and better service improvements."  

Palm Beach County is located on the south-eastern Atlantic coast of Florida.  The County tax roll has over 650,000 real property parcels.

About Manatron, Inc.: Manatron, a privately-held company and an investment of private equity firm Thoma Bravo, LLC, provides software and services for state and local governments to completely, fairly and efficiently assess real and personal property, and to bill and collect the related property taxes in their jurisdictions. Manatron's software manages the entire property life cycle, which includes deed recording, land records, CAMA, GIS (Geographic Information System) integration, valuation, assessment administration, personal property, business licenses, cashiering, tax billing and collection, delinquents and tax sales and e-government. Professional services consist of backfile conversion and redaction, disaster preparedness, data conversions, installation, training, project management, hardware maintenance, forms processing and printing, and consulting. Manatron is headquartered in Portage, Michigan and has offices throughout the United States. Manatron currently serves over 1,500 customers and manages approximately 40 million parcels. Most importantly, over the last forty years, our software has helped government jurisdictions collect over one trillion dollars in revenue.

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About Palm Beach County, Florida, Tax Collector's Office:

The Palm Beach County Tax Collector is a constitutional office that collects and distributes over $3 billion annually in taxes and fees.  The Tax Collector's Office:

• collects property taxes for every local government agency that has the power to levy,
• serves the county as its agent for the administration of business tax receipts and tourist development taxes,
• serves the state as an agent for The Department of Highway Safety and Motor Vehicles , The Department of Environmental Protection , The Florida Fish & Wildlife Conservation Commission , and The Department of Revenue ,
• serves the public as an educational resource.

SOURCE Manatron, Inc.