Installation of Montana’s new tax accounting computer system is ahead of schedule, officials with the Idaho software maker told Gov. Judy Martz on Friday. Fast Enterprises of Boise has already put Montana’s rental vehicle, accommodations, and cigarette taxes into the new GenTax® system.

Courtesy of GenTax®, Idaho’s tax collectors have their new computerized tax-tracking system, at a cost and schedule they could afford.

Eight months into the work by a new contractor on a new system, state revenue officials say they’re not only getting something that works, but they’re also spending less than originally expected.

There’s good news about the state Department of Revenue and its tax-tracking computer system…the new system is coming along ahead of schedule and under budget.

Almost 30 new tax collectors and 15 restored positions at the Idaho Tax Commission are bringing in more money this year than legislators had hoped for.

In the coming months, thanks to new computer software that allows the state to better track its taxpayers, some 40,000 warning notices will arrive in mailboxes warning residents and businesses that they’d better pay up.