It’s taken 13 years, but the state Gambling Control Division is finally putting into place a voluntary system for owners of an estimated 18,000 video keno and poker machines to file their reports and pay their taxes electronically.

Gov. Joe Manchin and Tax Commissioner Virgil Helton unveiled the first of five phases of the Revenue Accounts Processing Integrated Development System (RAPIDS).

West Virginia Gov. Joe Manchin and State Tax Commissioner Virgil T. Helton today announced the State Tax Department has implemented the first phase of a new computer system that will allow timely billing to businesses.

West Virginia Gov. Joe Manchin and State Tax Commissioner Virgil T. Helton today announced the State Tax Department has implemented the first phase of a new computer system that will allow timely billing to businesses.

Huntington gives credit to Fast Enterprises, the Denver and Boise-based software developer for developing the new reporting system. “They’ve exceeded all our expectations,” he says. “;They’ve been on time and on budget through the whole development and implementation process.”

Colorado has decided to buy a new computer system for tracking tax revenue that has happy users in other states.