Quoting Sage Support pages:
Quarterly 941 Printing has been updated for the 2010 IRS changes to the 941 Form. The changes are only applicable to the Report Format ‘Entire Form’ and ‘Worksheet’ since the changes are in the text of the 941 Form. Also the year has changed on the ‘Entire Form’. The IRS has not made any changes to the Schedule B for 2010.
NOTE: The “Pre-printed Form” format has been designed based on the downloaded 941.pdf from the IRS website. If you use the “Pre-printed Form” format the alignment may need to be adjusted or the form may need to be modified.
To download the file, log on to Sage Software Online and follow this link to the support pages.
Inline with the
updated Product Roadmap, Sage has announced the first planned product update for version 4.4. Less committed to an actual release date than the version 4.4 shipment, Sage only says that the download will be available “soon.” The product update provides system enhancements in the form of incorporated Extended Solutions titles. There are four additional product updates scheduled according to the Product Roadmap. Product Update 1 affects the following:
- Accounts Receivable (similar to AR-1027) – Locate an Invoice using Customer Information
- Accounts Receivable (similar to AR-1200) – Cash Receipts Entry
- Account Receivable (similar to AR-1027) – Search for Invoices by Lot or Serial Number
- Accounts Payable (NEW!) – Record Wire Transfers
- Payroll (similar to PR-1018) – Set Up Automatic Earnings Codes for Each Employee
- Sales Order (similar to SO-1096) – Enhanced Duplicate Purchase Order Visibility and Safeguards
- Sales Order (similar to SO-1271) – Additional Purchase Controls
- Sales Order (similar to SO-1035) – Expanded Options for Quick Print
- Sales Order (NEW!) – Print Back Ordered Information on Picking Sheets
- Sales Order (NEW!) – Avoid Duplicate Picking Sheet Printing
- Job Cost (similar to JC-1046) – Define Allowed Job Statuses in Data Entry Tasks
- Inventory Management (NEW!) – Search by Lot or Serial Number
- NEW! Enhanced Credit Card Security
- NEW! Enhanced Searching Ability in Data File Display and Maintenance
Click here for a summary of the included system enhancements.
Because I regularly participate in giving feedback to Sage and their development group, last week I received an invitation to the latest avenue for sharing thoughts and ideas to improve MAS 90 and 200. It has been said before that, along with the module install-base (the number of businesses using each module), this input has a great effect on the enhancements 
that are included with each version release and future plans included with the Road Map, Sage’s long-view for the products’ plans.
This website allows visitors to suggest ideas, vote up the popularity of ideas, leave commentary and discuss ideas. Content from Ideascope has been transferred but not everything made it so you are encouraged to re-post anything you think is valuable. Registration is free and requires only a valid email address.
Sage has invested a great deal in the release of MAS 90 and MAS 200 version 4.4 to deliver another useful business reason for their customers to maintain their annual software subscription/maintenance agreements. As a part of their investment, they have made a tremendous effort to educate everyone about the benefits of the software and to their credit, the release was shipped on time. Now that it is in our hands, we’ve started our own testing and evaluation and will be sure to keep you updated.
With the release of MAS 90 and MAS 200 version 4.4 Sage has published the new Supported Platform Matrices (SPM) for both MAS 90 and MAS 200. A departure from releases in the past, there are separate documents for version 4.4 and prior versions. While it may not affect a large number of users, another departure with the 4.4 SPM is the absence of support for Novell.
You can find the current SPM (including references to Windows 7 compatibility: 4.3 and 4.4 will be supported, earlier versions will not) by following these links:
MAS 90 version 4.4
MAS 200 version 4.4
MAS 90 versions 3.71-4.3
MAS 200 versions 3.71-4.3
The unfortunate news at this point is that Windows 7 compatibility is not supported for MAS 90 or MAS 200. The good news is that Sage is continuing testing and plans to issue “additional details” during the month of March. We’ve anticipated the compatibility announcement would follow the release of version 4.4 and there have been no surprises to this point. You can read the official Sage statement addressing Windows 7.