Friday, June 21, 2013

US Payroll Tax Update Round 5 has RELEASED

Yesterday, Microsoft notified us that the state of Minnesota has new tax tables that go into effect immediately.

Microsoft jumped on it and the June Tax Update Round 5 is being released TODAY.  The new tax update date is 6/20/2013 and is table changes only.

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North Dakota also announced tax table changes; will be just over withholding and will get a refund.  There is no news yet on a start date.  We will keep you posted as to when Microsoft plans on releasing an update for these changes.

Next Items on the Release Cycle:

GP2013 Service Pack 2 - due to release 8/30/2013 (around SP 2 time or this fall)

BP 6.1 will be out later and will support SharePoint 2013.  BP 6.0 is not supported on SharePoint 2013.

***On GP 2013 only, you are going to start to see little "features" in service packs, you may also see more table changes in a standard service pack then you normally expect.

Here are items specific to HRP included in this GP;
  • Email address added to the HR applicant window
  • Redesign of the check & transaction history windows, easier for sorting and looking up of data
  • 2013 I-9 changes (additional fields)
  • EEO Reports have incorrect wage categories
  • Local taxes may not deduction when employees choose to put net check to a 401k
  • Many other quality report issues
GP2010 Service Pack 4 - due to release 9/6/2013 (last service pack for GP2010, but continued tax and year end updates)

After Microsoft pushes out the above 2 big service packs, they will start working on year-end changes.
  • US Payroll will release in November 2013 (pending changes)
  • Canadian Payroll will release in December 2013 (pending changes)
If you have any questions, please contact support@collinscomputing.com or call (888) 391-6690.

Tuesday, June 18, 2013

Canadian Payroll Mid-Year Tax Update Releases

The Canadian Payroll Mid-Year Tax Update releases today.

Change for this update include:
  • New Brunswick
  • GP2010 had Canadian Payroll (11.0.2207) and Project (11.00.2206) changes
  • GP2013 only had Canadian Payroll (12.0.1428)
Supported Versions include:
The following Quality Reports were fixed:
  • Project Accounting - After you apply the latest GP2010 patch, the Project button from employee maintenance does not work properly.  GP2010 only.
  • Canadian Payroll fixed in both GP2010 and GP2013 - With multi-user environment when two users updating the same record, data was not saving correctly between CPR and HR.  In the TD1 window, Employee Pays Income Tax is marked as NO, but with Bonus income only, tax is still calculated.
If you have any questions, please contact support@collinscomputing.com or call (888) 391-6690.