The South Dakota Ascent Auditor & Treasurer Suite is a cloud-hosted solution built specifically for South Dakota counties to manage property tax billing, collections, and receipting.

Ascent integrates with the county’s CAMA system to keep parcel data current and eliminate duplicate entry. It streamlines property tax billing, including support for districts, entities, special assessments, and complex valuation scenarios. Built-in multi-year assessments automate cost distribution across future tax bills, while ensuring compliance with South Dakota Department of Revenue requirements.

For collections, Ascent provides flexible tax receipting options, allowing counties to process payments individually, in batch queues, or through imported files from third-party providers. The system includes comprehensive reporting tools to support daily balancing, monthly reconciliation, and accurate fund disbursement. Additional miscellaneous receipting features allow counties to efficiently track other revenue streams.

Fully hosted by Transcendent Technologies, Ascent eliminates the need for local servers and reduces IT overhead, while ensuring secure backups, maintenance, and automatic updates.

A real-time public web portal provides instant access to parcel and tax data, enhancing transparency for constituents.