This alert applies to all Sage HRMS customers on versions 7.8, 7.9, 9.0 and 9.1. FSOC Rate Continuation Congress has approved a continuation of the Social Security rate of 4.2% through the end of 2012. Customers who changed the FSOC End Date manually in the System Tax Tables will need to do the following: From [...]
Archive for February, 2012
Avalara, the publisher of Sage Sales Tax, has extended an invitation to their Sales Tax Management Thought Leadership Series. You are invited to attend the complimentary webinar, Evil Sales/Use Tax Audits vs. Find the Tax and Relax, part of the Sales Tax Management Thought Leadership Series, brought to you by Avalara, the maker of AvaTaxTM. Attend [...]
If you are charging your customers sales tax, you need to certain you are charging, collecting, and reporting the proper amounts. If you don’t charge sales tax (but you are selling a taxable product or service to an exempt broker or distributor), you do need to be certain that you are maintaining exemption certificates. Christine [...]
At the last online Sage 100 User Group meeting, we talked about using hotkeys (keyboard shortcuts). As a Windows program, Sage 100 takes advantage of standard Windows features by employing hotkeys which can be used to speed data entry or give quick access to tasks by keeping the users hands at the keyboard rather than [...]
02/27/2012
On February 27, Sage launched new Customer and Partner Portals (referred to internally as Atlas). The portals are intended to centralize information across various product lines and give users and partners a single point of access for information about their systems. The Customer Portal (https://customers.sagenorthamerica.com/) is only compatible with Internet Explorer (versions 7, 8, or [...]
02/20/2012
The last meeting of the Sage 100, formerly Sage MAS 90 and MAS 200 User Group Online was Thursday, February 16. During the meeting, our consultants shared some of their tips for making Sage 100 easier to use. Changing Background Colors by Company Code Customization Groups Auto-reconciling Cleared Checks Cash Receipts by Invoice Saved Report [...]
02/20/2012
Windows errors (and messages from Windows applications like Sage 100, formerly Sage MAS 90 and MAS 200) often include long strings of text. To properly report a problem, you might need to send the exact message to your consultant. The problem is the message window might not allow you to copy/paste the text meaning you [...]
Sage Abra Suite product update for Oregon electronic W-2 file, supplementing the Q4 2011 Product Updates is now available on the Sage Customer Portal. This Product Update only applies to Abra Suite v7.8x or v7.9x. If you are on Abra Suite v9.0x or v9.1x, please disregard this update. Customers who do not process payrolls in the [...]
This Thursday, February 16 at 10:00 am Pacific at the online user group meeting will include some of the tricks that our consultants find most useful. Our consultants, each with more than 14 years of experience as users will outline a handful of some of their usability tips. The meeting will also include an Open [...]
02/13/2012
Sage CRM sets itself apart as a fully integrated Customer Relationship Management (CRM) solution. We all want to be as productive as possible to get the most out of our efforts. So despite what you may be using today, linking complementary systems such as your ERP and CRM solutions together creates new ways of [...]
