Municipal Tax System vs PVDNet Suite

Municipal Tax System (M.T.S.) is self-hosted real estate tax collection software for tax collectors, school districts and municipalities. It handles assessment-based taxes, flat fees and variable charges such as hydrant or street-light fees. Payments, including interim bills, are handled from one screen, with tracking for installments, split payments, overpayments, underpayments and refunds. Users can create interim bills and customize tax bills, late notices and certification letters. The software generates reports and records collections and deposits; its Tax Collector’s Monthly Report follows Pennsylvania Commonwealth standards and format. M.T.S. uses Microsoft SQL, supports network operation and runs on Windows 7, 8, 10 and 11. It is not cloud software, and customers retain control of their data. The listed M.T.S. plan costs $750 a year per user, with up to five databases and unlimited support; additional users cost $750 per user. The site also lists pricing from $850/yr.

PVDNet Suite is a cloud-based property-tax system combining eAssessor/ePVA, eAuditor, and eTreasurer for CAMA and tax-and-billing professionals. It is designed for Indiana auditors, assessors, and treasurers, as well as Kentucky property valuation administrators. eAssessor/ePVA calculates values for land, improvements, and yard items across residential, agricultural, commercial, and industrial real estate, and supports parcel sketching. eAuditor handles parcel transfers, ownership and transaction history, special assessments, tax-increment financing, and ditch-maintenance and reconstruction projects. eTreasurer tracks tax-bill liabilities, applies individual or multiple-parcel payments, calculates penalties, prints PDF bills, imports batch payment files, and archives historical and future-year data. Parcel records can be organized with groups and flags and linked to unlimited photos and documents. Reporting supports PDF, Microsoft Excel, CSV, and ad hoc reports with custom fields; a web API exchanges data with other applications. The cloud service includes backups, operational redundancy, training, support, and maintenance. GUTS states that PVDNet delivers 99.999% uptime and monitors servers and key components 24/7. Pricing is available on request.