{"id":3385,"date":"2010-06-30T10:00:39","date_gmt":"2010-06-30T14:00:39","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/old.visionpayroll.com\/kb\/?p=3385"},"modified":"2010-07-01T10:12:12","modified_gmt":"2010-07-01T14:12:12","slug":"tip-of-the-week-flooding-disables-ga-online-tax-systems","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/old.visionpayroll.com\/kb\/2010\/06\/tip-of-the-week-flooding-disables-ga-online-tax-systems\/","title":{"rendered":"Tip of the Week: Flooding Disables GA Online Tax Systems"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>On June 6, 2010, overheated computer equipment activated a sprinkler system that flooded four floors in the <a href=\"https:\/\/etax.dor.ga.gov\/\" target=\"_blank\">Georgia Department of Revenue (DOR)<\/a> headquarters. As a result, the online system was disabled and ground floor customer service was shut down. <a href=\"https:\/\/old.visionpayroll.com\/kb\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/07\/GADORrel6810.pdf\" target=\"_blank\">According to Commissioner Bart L. Graham<\/a>:<\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 30px;\">We\u2019ve started the backup generator that was installed last year in anticipation of an unanticipated event such as this. The reason we started it today was due to the need to remediate water from the building first. We intend to keep the public fully updated as we gradually restore operations. Our expectation is that normal service to our customers will be restored gradually. <a href=\"https:\/\/etax.dor.ga.gov\/\" target=\"_blank\">DOR<\/a> headquarters staff is available to receive and process applications for liquor licenses, process tax payments from walk-in customers, and expedite all inquiries in a timely manner. We appreciate the public\u2019s patience and understanding as we attempt to restore normal computer functionality over the next few days.<\/p>\n<p>The <a href=\"https:\/\/etax.dor.ga.gov\/\" target=\"_blank\">DOR<\/a> also stated that, \u201cTax payments for online e-file\/e-pay can be mailed to the\u00a0[<a href=\"https:\/\/etax.dor.ga.gov\/\" target=\"_blank\">DOR<\/a>] or delivered to any <a href=\"https:\/\/etax.dor.ga.gov\/\" target=\"_blank\">DOR<\/a> Regional Office. Taxpayers who make a diligent effort to pay timely will not be assessed a penalty.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Contact <a href=\"mailto:info@visionpayroll.com\" target=\"_blank\">Vision Payroll<\/a> if you need further information.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>On June 6, 2010, overheated computer equipment activated a sprinkler system that flooded four floors in the Georgia Department of Revenue (DOR) headquarters. As a result, the online system was disabled and ground floor customer service was shut down. According to Commissioner Bart L. Graham: We\u2019ve started the backup generator that was installed last year [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[4],"tags":[1300,644,363,28],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/old.visionpayroll.com\/kb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3385"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/old.visionpayroll.com\/kb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/old.visionpayroll.com\/kb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/old.visionpayroll.com\/kb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/old.visionpayroll.com\/kb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=3385"}],"version-history":[{"count":4,"href":"https:\/\/old.visionpayroll.com\/kb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3385\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":3391,"href":"https:\/\/old.visionpayroll.com\/kb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3385\/revisions\/3391"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/old.visionpayroll.com\/kb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=3385"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/old.visionpayroll.com\/kb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=3385"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/old.visionpayroll.com\/kb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=3385"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}