The Preliminary Bills for parcels that received abatements in the prior year are higher than they should be and are missing CPA

Description of Issue

The Half of Last Year's AR calculation was used to generate Preliminary Bills and the bills for parcels that received abatements in the prior year are higher than they should be and missing CPA. 

Context
  • MA Tax 

  • Preliminary Bill Run 

  • Create Preliminary Taxes (txmkprlm)

  • Half of Last Year's AR

Cause

The option selected during the Generate step in Create Preliminary Taxes for Include prior year abatements with exemption codes type of was Abatements. 

Resolution

Development is currently researching this issue. 

As a workaround, run the Generate with the Include prior year abatements with exemption codes type of option un-selected and then manually adjust the needed records in Create Preliminary Taxes. 

Additional Information

There are no known issues at this time with the calculation if the reason code type was Exemptions or Both.

If additional assistance is required, please contact Northeast Tax Support. 

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