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Louisiana Department of
Motor Vehicles launches new Internet based Sales Tax calculator TaxWatch system will calculate proper tax codes for motor vehicle purchases |
| Baton Rouge, LA.
(March 28, 2002)
–The State of Louisiana announced today that it is implementing
TaxWatch, a new Internet-based tax code calculation system, that
will be deployed in all State Motor Vehicle Offices. TaxWatch is a
product of Watch Systems, a Covington, La based company that
specializes in Internet–based data and mapping solutions for
government and law enforcement.
Many municipalities have separate tax rates for their jurisdiction and the state has special tax districts that do not follow traditional boundaries. Referencing voluminous, manually created street records made tax coding time consuming and difficult for Motor Vehicle personnel to assign the appropriate tax code…until now. "This new software makes the collection of parish/municipality taxes a more efficient, accurate process," said Kay Hodges, Commissioner of the Office of Motor Vehicles. Rex McDonald, director of Information Services for the State Department of Public Safety suggested the program to Kay Hodges after seeing one of Watch Systems’ other software applications that is used by State personnel to track and notify the public when a sex offender moves into their neighborhood. TaxWatch utilizes proprietary GIS technology to accurately geo-code a purchaser’s residence and automatically associate the address with the proper district. "It was just a matter of creating electronic mapping layers of all our special districts so that we could relate the geocoded point to the proper tax code," explains McDonald. "We became aware of just how much of a problem this procedure was after consulting with the parish tax assessors. We’re very happy to have been able to solve this complicated problem for our home state," said Louis Luzynski, managing partner of Watch Systems. Watch is making the same program used by the State to businesses wishing to avoid sales tax errors discovered in audits. Businesses wishing to use the program can subscribe at Watch’s web site, www.taxwatch.biz. Watch has also announced a marketing arrangement through Casey & Casey NPS, Inc. designed to provide the TaxWatch program to auto dealers. Casey is the largest public tag agent in Louisiana and processes the majority of new auto purchases in the State. Dan Casey, president, said " TaxWatch provides our clients the tool they need to expedite tag and license transactions by using the same software used by the State to calculate the proper rates. We are pleased to provide this valuable service to our clients using the power of the Internet and technology to help them manage their business in an efficient manner." |
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