Delete an abatement when it was entered in error, is no longer valid, or should not be applied to a property account. Removing an incorrect abatement helps maintain accurate tax records, ensures account balances are calculated correctly, and prevents taxpayers from receiving unintended tax reductions. Before deleting an abatement, verify that it is not needed for historical records, reporting, or audit purposes.

Examples:

• Delete an abatement that was created for the wrong property.
• Remove an abatement entered with an incorrect amount.
• Delete a duplicate abatement that was applied more than once.
• Remove an abatement that was approved in error and later denied.
• Correct account balances by deleting an invalid abatement before generating tax notices or reports.

By deleting invalid or unnecessary abatements, you help ensure tax calculations remain accurate and property records reflect the correct tax liability.

Before you get started

• You'll need the input date, reference number, and sequence number.

Deleting a single entry

This routine will only delete an abatement that has not been updated to the General Ledger. You can delete a single entry, a range, or all of the entries created on a specific date.

Do this...

1. Open Connect Property Tax Collection > Owners > Enter Abatements.

2. Click Edit (CTRL+D).

3. Enter the Date.

This is the input date when the abatement was created. The transaction grid displays transactions by input date.

4. Click Delete (CTRL+D).

5. Click to select Delete Single Reference Number.

6. Enter the Reference Number.

7. Click OK.

The entry is deleted.

Deleting more than one entry

1. Open Connect Property Tax Collection > Owners > Enter Abatements.

2. Click Edit (CTRL+D).

3. Enter the Date.

This is the input date when the abatement was created. The transaction grid displays transactions by input date.

4. Click Delete (CTRL+D).

5. Click to select Reference Number Range.

6. Enter the reference number range.

Use the Beginning Reference Number field to enter the first number in the range. Next, use the Ending Reference Number field to enter the last number in the range.

Example: 100-200

7. Click OK.

The reference numbers are deleted.

Deleting entries by date

1. Open Connect Property Tax Collection > Owners > Enter Abatements.

2. Click Edit (CTRL+D).

3. Enter the Date.

This is the input date when the abatement was created. The transaction grid displays transactions by input date.

4. Click Delete (CTRL+D).

5. Click to select Delete Abatements Input On MM/DD/YYYY.

The only way to change the MM/DD/YYYY is to click Cancel and then change the input date on the Enter Abatements form.  

6. Click OK.

The routine deletes all of the abatement transactions crated on the input date.