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Important Extended Solutions 941 Update Needed for Q2 2010

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on July 19, 2010
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Following the release of the 2010 Form 941 Update, Sage has issued notice that systems running any of a number of Extended Solutions would also need additional updates for compatibility purposes. The entire list is included below. Notice that no Extended Solutions are listed for version 4.40 (Extended Solutions were either incorporated through a series of product updates or released to select programmers)

Important Extended Solutions 941 Update Needed for Q2 2010

The Sage ERP MAS 90 and 200 Extended Solutions listed below require an update to be compatible with the Q2 2010 941 form changes. You should be using software showing a release date on or after 07/09/10. Please contact us to request your necessary title update by calling 800-390-3643 and selecting Option 1.

Effected Titles for Sage ERP MAS 90 and 200 version 4.3, 4.2:

Title Description
JC-1095 Bill Rate Specified By Job/Employee/Cost Code
PR-1003 Extended Decimal Precision
PR-1015 Deduction Calculation Based On Earnings Type
PR-1018 Automatic Earnings Code Maintenance By Employee
PR-1019 Location Processing
PR-1023 Deductions With Monthly Maximums and Minimums
PR-1024 User Defined Payroll Cycle
PR-1040 User Defined Earnings And Deduction Types
PR-1044 Career To Date Hours Worked
PR-1051 Employee/Department Allocation
PR-1054 Payroll For Saipan
PR-1055 Deduction Calculation For Pension Plans
PR-1059 Tax Accrual Account Posting By Department
PR-1062 Employee User Defined Fields
PR-1064 Tax And Deduction Liability Check Generation
PR-1067 Additional Deduction Calculation Methods
PR-1072 Enhanced W-2 Form Printing
PR-1074 Enhanced Perpetual Payroll History Report
PR-1090 Multiple Concurrent Local Taxes
PR-1091 Enhanced Benefit Accrual
PR-1094 Exclude Employees From Unemployment Accrual
PR-1098 Union Payroll
PR-1100 Enhanced Workers’ Comp Processing
PR-1102 Accrual Yearly Limit Set by Months Of Employment
PR-1105 Deduction Taxability By Local Code
TC-1005 Temporary Employee Billing
TC-1017 Incentive Pay

Effected Titles for Sage ERP MAS 90 and 200 version 4.10 / 4.05/ 4.0 / 3.71

Title Description
JC-1095 Bill Rate Specified By Job/Employee/Cost Code
PR-1003 Extended Decimal Precision
PR-1018 Automatic Earnings Code Maintenance By Employee
PR-1019 Location Processing
PR-1024 User Defined Payroll Cycle
PR-1044 Career To Date Hours Worked
PR-1051 Employee/Department Allocation
PR-1054 Payroll For Saipan
PR-1059 Tax Accrual Account Posting By Department
PR-1062 Employee User Defined Fields
PR-1067 Additional Deduction Calculation Methods
PR-1072 Enhanced W-2 Form Printing
PR-1074 Enhanced Perpetual Payroll History Report
PR-1090 Multiple Concurrent Local Taxes
PR-1091 Enhanced Benefit Accrual
PR-1094 Exclude Employees From Unemployment Accrual
PR-1098 Union Payroll
PR-1099 Reciprocal Taxation (Windows Only)
PR-1100 Enhanced Workers’ Comp Processing
PR-1102 Accrual Yearly Limit Set by Months Of Employment
TB-1000 Time and Billing Interface With TimeCard & Payroll
TC-1005 Temporary Employee Billing
TC-1017 Incentive Pay

Sage MAS 90 and 200 – 941 Form, Tax Table, New HIRE Act Updates Released

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on July 1, 2010
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Updated 941 Forms are now available through the 2010 Q2 Payroll Update. We encourage all Sage ERP MAS 90 and 200 Payroll customers to download and install this update, which captures and processes the employee information required for compliance with the new HIRE Act. The new 941 form is required for Q2 filings for all Payroll customers even if the HIRE Act does not apply to you. New Tax Table Updates for 2010 Q3 are also available. To download the 941 Forms and Tax Table updates:

1.  Login to Sage Software Online by following this link: .

2.  For 2010 Q2 Payroll Updates, follow this link.

3.  For Tax Table Updates, follow this link.

Like all updates to a live system, every precaution should be taken including verifying a reliable back up (and working with a MAS 90 and 200 professional).

The HIRE Act encourages companies to hire unemployed workers by exempting certain wages from the employer’s portion of Social Security taxes (payroll tax exemption), and by providing employers with a business tax credit if new hires are retained for at least 52 consecutive weeks. For an employer to receive these tax benefits, the unemployed worker must be a “qualified individual”. A qualified individual is anyone who:

  1. Begins work for a qualified employer after Feb. 3, 2010 and before Jan. 1, 2011
  2. Certifies by signed affidavit (under penalties of perjury) that he has not been employed for more than 40 hours during the 60-day period ending on the date the employment begins
  3. Is not employed to replace another employee of the employer unless that former employee separated from employment voluntarily, or for cause
  4. Is not related to the employer (under rules similar to those for related individuals in IRC §51(i) ) [ IRC §3111(d)(1) ].

The IRS has drafted Form W-11, Hiring Incentives to Restore Employment (HIRE) Act Employee Affidavit, to help employers meet the second requirement under “qualified individual”. The form instructions state that the employee must complete and sign the affidavit, or a similar statement, under penalties of perjury, for an employer to receive the tax benefits under the HIRE Act. The Form W-11 requires qualified individuals to provide their name, Social Security Number (SSN), first date of employment, and name of the employer.

Additional information can be found on the IRS website.

Important Version 4.40 Hot Fix to Accounts Receivable Period End Processing

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on May 27, 2010
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From Sage MAS 90 and 200 Support and Programming:

Please be aware that we have resolved an issue in the Accounts Receivable module that might be experienced by a specific group of Sage ERP MAS 90 and 200 4.40 and Extended Enterprise Suite 1.4 customers when performing period end processing.

For customers who have a mix of open items and balance forward types of customers within a single company code, after period end processing is performed, the open item transactions can be missing or incorrectly combined in the AR_Transaction Payment History file. If this occurs, the AR Trial Balance with all transaction details run as of 12/31/2999 will be out of balance.

Details on how to discern whether a company has experienced this issue are included in Knowledgebase Entry 524615.  The KB entry also includes steps to recover in the event a customer has already performed period end.

Customers who have this mix of open items and balance forward customers in a single company code, should install the fix provided in Support Tip AR4041-T (for version 4.40.0.1) or AR4042-T (for version 4.40.0.0) prior to performing period end. If you are experiencing the symptom described above and Accounts Receivable period end processing has already been performed please call Sage Customer Support.

Please note that single company codes that contain ONLY balance forward customers or ONLY open item customers are NOT affected by this issue.

How to update Form 941 and Schedule B for 2010 in Sage MAS 90 and 200

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on April 16, 2010
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Beginning with the first quarterly return due by April 30, 2010, the new Form 941 (released by Sage in March) should be used. The list below includes links to the updated forms for all versions of MAS 90 and 200 and Extended Enterprise Suite.

The 2010 Form 941 is available by installing the appropriate program fix listed below:

  • PR4045-T (Sage MAS 90 and 200 4.40; Extended Enterprise Suite 1.4)
  • PR4044-T (Sage MAS 90 and 200 4.30; Extended Enterprise Suite 1.0-1.3)
  • PR4043-T (Sage MAS 90 and 200 4.20)
  • PR4042-T (Sage MAS 90 and 200 4.10)
  • PR4041-T (Sage MAS 90 and 200 4.05)
  • PR4040-T (Sage MAS 90 and 200 4.00)
  • PR3068-T (Sage MAS 90 and 200 3.71)
  • PR3067-T (Sage MAS 200 – SQL Server Edition 3.74)
  • PR3066-T (Sage MAS 200 – SQL Server Edition 3.73)

Proceed with caution: always make sure you have a reliable back up…you are installing to a live system after all.

Before You Print Your W2 Forms

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Brian Rice
on December 28, 2009
in MAS 90 and MAS 200
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Along with updating the 2010 Q1 TTU (download here), Sage has also released an updated (Interim Release Download) IRD to correct a problem with W2 forms (both 2-per page and 4-per page) in which data was mapped to the wrong location on the form.

After logging on to Sage Software Online, you can download the latest IRD or follow the documented resolution to make manual corrections to your forms.

Continue to use all caution when installing updates for your systems including considering which extended solutions and enhancements are installed. In this case, you must be running software released on or after 12/14/2009 according to Sage’s recommendations.

Sales Tax Increase In Clark County

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Brian Rice
on June 16, 2009
in MAS 90 and MAS 200
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As of July 1, 2009 sales tax in Clark County will increase from 7.75% to 8.1% based on an increase of the Local School Support Tax. If you are selling taxable items, the changes to your tax tables will be key. To calculate sales tax properly, the changes will need to be made after all sales have been completed on June 30, 2009 AND before any sales are made on July 1, 2009.

Now is the time to make your plans for addressing these changes. Send an email to open a service case if you need assistance in making the modifications in MAS 90 or MAS 200.

Don’t forget to make changes in any other systems you might be using to sell taxable items.