CT Withholding Tables – 2012 (pdf)
December 31, 2011
The State of Connecticut have released their withholding tables for 2012. These lookup tables allow you to verify employee wage withholding against any computerized payroll computations. CT tax statuses A, B C, D, and F are included as well as weekly, bi-weekly, semi-monthly, monthly wage payment periods.
CT DRS 2012 Withholding Tables
CT 2012 Withholding Forms and Tables
CT Payroll Tax Withholding Wrong? Join The Club
December 31, 2011
The Hartford Courant is reporting that over 700 Connecticut employees contacted the state to ask why their December 2011 tax withholding was incorrect. Apparently this widespread issue is due to the state attempting to apply some retroactive tax adjustments to worker’s pay. The reason so many are experiencing issues in December is automated payroll systems miscalculate income tax owed when workers have either overtime pay, a Christmas bonus or a buyback of unused sick days.
Provided your pay is regular each period the Connecticut withholding tax tables appear to work just fine. When payroll is different weekt to week (as may be the case with vacation or holiday pay or year end bonus) then the CT Withholding tables (provided by the state) may inaccurately withhold too much.
According to the Courant:
Because the increase in state income taxes began in August, but was retroactive to the beginning of the year, state income tax withholding is designed to both take out the right amount for the current pay period and for the first two-thirds of the year. But when employees have higher pay than usual, many payroll systems assume they’ve been earning that amount all year.
Even the state of Connecticut had overwithholding issues, with Department of Transportation workers after Tropical Storm Irene. The state did not make a fix to its software, because the same thing happened again in December, for corrections officers who received holiday pay and overtime.
“Those employees have been refunded where possible,” said Tara Downes, spokeswoman for the state Comptroller.
The good news: no worker, no matter how plumped up his check is with overtime or bonuses, will see this glitch starting Sunday. That’s because the systems will no longer be trying to calculate retroactive withholding.
via: Hartford Courant and State of CT Withholding Tables for 2012 (PDF)
How To Disable Sage Product Enhancement Program (PEP) in MAS90 or MAS200
December 30, 2011
Starting with version 4.50 of Sage ERP MAS 90 and 200 Sage have added a new “phone home” feature which they advise is purely optional and can be enabled or disabled by the user.
Sage provides a full explanation of their PEP program here.
From their site:
We collect information about your usage of the software program, the hardware used to run the program, and statistics about your company. We also collect the serial number of your product so that we can identify trends over time for a given installation. We do not collect financial information from your company information. For example, we may be interested in how many Sage ERP MAS 90 and 200 customers use “Enter Cash Receipts” versus “Apply Payments and Memos”, but we will not collect any information contained in the individual transactions.
Examples of the data collected:
- What version of Sage ERP MAS 90 and 200 is installed?
- What auditing features are enabled?
- How often is the “Shipping Data Entry” screen used?
- How many transactions are in the system?
- What is the serial number of the product being used?
- What is the operating system running Sage ERP MAS 90 and 200?
- Does the company use finance charges?
We are interested in aggregating usage data so that we can identify areas of the program that we need to improve. We may also use the information we gather to create offers that suit your individual needs. As we continue to gather and analyze data, we may change the types of data we collect to better achieve the goal of improving our products and services. Those changes will be transparent and will not affect your work.
How often will I be sharing this anonymous information with you?
We anticipate that the information will be shared once per day.
How is data sent and stored?
All information will be sent automatically via the Internet. Once you join the Product Enhancement Program you don’t need to do anything else. Data transmission takes place in the background, without disturbing your current tasks, and should not affect the performance of your computer. Data is encrypted during transmission using SSL and is stored securely. We follow generally accepted industry standards to protect the information submitted to us, both during transmission and once we receive it.
Will you be sharing this information with other companies?
Sage will use this information for internal purposes only.
How long will the Product Enhancement Program run?
The program will run indefinitely or until you choose to discontinue participating. To opt out of the program, please click Product Enhancement Program from the Administrative Tools menu. Once the study has been turned off, no more data will be collected or sent. You can join or drop out of the program as many times as desired.
Here’s The Step-By-Step Instructions To Opt-Out From The Sage Product Enhancement Program
Second, from the administrator screen select the last option “Sage Product Enhancement Program – Change your Participation In The Program”.
Finally, remove the check mark next to the participation.
Note: At this time it appears that you must opt-out each time a product update is installed as some users have reported that when they install the product update they find that they have re-enrolled after specifically opting-out.. Tested installing Sage ERP MAS 90 v4.50 PU2 after opting out on PU1 and the Opt-Out for PEP remained (as it should have) after the PU update.
Sage ERP MAS 90 and 200 v4.50 Product Update 2 Now Available
December 26, 2011
Sage have been working hard over the holidays creating their second product update for Sage ERP MAS 90 and 200 4.50 as well as their 8th product update for version 4.40.
Check the list of new features in 4.50 PU 2 here or 4.40 PU 8 here. There’s a new inventory balancing utility on the *UTL hidden menu and slow performance printing Crystal Forms across the network in 4.50.
Sage ERP MAS 90 and 200 Product Updates – Version 4.50
Sage ERP MAS 90 and 200 Product Updates – Version 4.40
How to report Employer-Sponsored Health Care coverage on the W-2
December 22, 2011
The Internal Revenue Service issued interim guidance to employers on informational reporting on each employee’s annual Form W-2 of the cost of the health insurance coverage they sponsor for employees.
The IRS emphasized that this new reporting to employees is for their information only, to inform them of the cost of their health coverage, and does not cause excludable employer-provided health coverage to become taxable; employer-provided health coverage continues to be excludable from an employee’s income, and is not taxable.
The Affordable Care Act provides that employers are required to report the cost of employer-provided health care coverage on the Form W-2. Notice 2010-69, issued last fall, made this requirement optional for all employers for the 2011 Forms W-2 (generally furnished to employees in January 2012).
The IRS provided further relief for smaller employers (those filing fewer than 250 W-2 forms) by making this requirement optional for them at least for 2012 (i.e., for 2012 Forms W-2 that generally would be furnished to employees in January 2013) and continuing this optional treatment for smaller employers until further guidance is issued.
Using a question-and-answer format, Notice 2011-28 also provides guidance for employers that are subject to this requirement for the 2012 Forms W-2 and those that choose to voluntarily comply with it for either 2011 or 2012. The notice includes information on how to report, what coverage to include and how to determine the cost of the coverage.
The 2011 Form W-2, prior IRS Notice 2010-69 deferring the reporting requirement for 2011, and Notice 2011-28 containing the new guidance are available on IRS.gov.
Via: IRS
Instructions on how to implement the Employer-Sponsored Health Care reporting on the W-2 form within Sage ERP MAS 90 and 200 payroll is available here.
Up To 25% Of ERP Users Looking to Upgrade Or Change Solution
December 20, 2011
Forrester Research has an interesting study predicting that up to 25% of companies might be in the market for either upgrading or completely changing their accounting system.
What’s interesting about this news post is there’s no clear direction that companies are headed. The decision between a SaaS (software as a service) offering which is hosted off-site and an on-site offering is, according to this article, largely made on a company by company basis.
From The Computerworld Post:
An ERP boomlet, born of necessityFor the past decade, ERP has been the poster child for IT projects that overpromise and underdeliver. It was notorious for painfully complex rollouts that took years to implement, required massive customization, and were often only partially realized. Billions of dollars were spent just trying to get ERP systems to work as advertised.
Now ERP is back — and not just for big enterprises looking to refresh legacy systems. According to surveys by Forrester Research, roughly one out of four SMBs and enterprises plans to either upgrade their existing ERP solutions or implement a new one over the next 12 months.
Many of these are small to midsize companies that have been getting by for years with QuickBooks or Peachtree but now need to take managing their businesses to the next level, says Forrester Research analyst China Martens.
Sage ERP MAS 90 and 200 Tax Table Update: Q1 2012 (12/16/11)
December 20, 2011
Sage ERP MAS 90 and 200 payroll tax updates are now available for download here. Remember that you’ll need to be on version 4.20 or higher (supported versions) in order to install these new tables.
IMPORTANT: Payroll tax tables may be updated frequently. Please check with your tax advisor and manually verify that payroll tax computations are accurate. We strive to update our content with the most current information but cannot guarantee that subsequent changes to these tables may occur. You are responsible for verifying all tax computations. Schulz Consulting is not in the business of providing tax or accounting advice and you are advised to consult your tax or accounting advisor before implementing any changes.
Here’s what’s new:
via: Sage ERP MAS 90 and 200 Tax Table Update
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Sage ERP MAS 90 and 200 2011 Year End W2, Electronic Reporting Updates
December 20, 2011
Sage ERP MAS 90 and MAS 200 Level 4.20, 4.30 SU 17-23, 4.40 PU 1-7
Sage ERP MAS 90 MAS 200 Extended Enterprise Suite versions 1.3 and 1.4
Sage ERP MAS 200 SQL Level 3.74
12-16-11
The release of the 2011 Year End Program Change IRD contains enhancements for Payroll and Electronic Reporting:
PAYROLL
W-2 Form Printing and Deduction Code Maintenance have been modified according to the Internal Revenue Service 2011 Instructions for Forms W-2 and W-3 to allow for the following new Box 12 codes:
DD-Cost of employer-sponsored health coverage
EE-Designated Roth contributions under a governmental section 457(b) plan
Sage ERP MAS 90 and MAS 200 4.30 SU 17-23, 4.40 PU 1-7 ONLY:
A new field Kind of Employer has been added to Federal eFiling and Reporting screen. For Federal eFiling and Reporting of the W-2s, the employee e-mail address will now populate the Electronic Delivery column in the W2/1099 Preparer. If you have not done so already, to set up the employee’s e-mail address you will need to do the following:
Paperless Office
1. From Paperless Office Setup menu select Options. Select the Forms checkbox.
2. From Paperless Office Setup menu select Form Maintenance. Complete the following:
a. Company Code
b. Module Code (P/R)
c. Document (Direct Deposit Stub)
d. PDF Directory
e. Override Password/Confirm Password
Payroll
1. From Payroll Setup menu select Options. On the Direct Deposit tabselect Require Direct Deposit checkbox.
2. From the Payroll Main menu select Employee Maintenance. Select employee, select the Direct Deposit checkbox and then click the Direct Deposit button.
3. On the Direct Deposits window click the Paperless button.
4. On the Paperless Office Delivery Options window complete the following:
5. PDF Document Password
6. E-mail Address (for employee). Accept
After setting up the e-mail address for an employee, if that employee is not paid by Direct Deposit you may deselect the Direct Deposit checkbox on the Main panel in Employee Maintenance. The e-mail address entered will be retained. You will need to perform the Payroll steps 2 through 4 for each employee you want to set up with an e-mail address.
(SD 90276, PER 108204)
In Federal eFiling and Reporting amounts for new Box 12 Codes “DD” and “EE” will now populate the W2/1099 Preparer.
Federal eFiling and Reporting has been updated with new federal tax codes for Puerto Rico and new local codes for Ohio.
ELECTRONIC REPORTING
W2 Electronic Reporting has been modified according to the SSA 2011 Specifications for Filing Form W-2 Electronically. The following changes have been made:
A new field Kind of Employer has been added to the W2 Electronic Reporting screen.
Record changes:
RW Record–position 463-473 is now for Cost of Employer Sponsored Health Coverage
RO Record–position 111-121 is now for Designated Roth Contributions Under a Governmental Section 457
RT Record–position 295-309 is now for Cost of Employer Sponsored Health Coverage
RU Record–position 145-159 is now for Designated Roth Contributions Under a Governmental Section 457
Sage ERP MAS 90 and 200 IRD – Q4 2011
Sage ERP MAS 90 and 200 Tips & Tricks Demo Videos
December 19, 2011
Sage MAS 90, MAS 200 Tips and Tricks Videos
Sage MAS 90 and MAS 200 Tips and Tricks
Sage MAS 90 and Sage MAS 200 Knowledge Center
Select from the following Sage MAS 90 and Sage MAS 200 tutorials, tips and tricks videos to help better understand the functionality of your Sage MAS 90 and MAS 200 accounting software system.
Changing and Merging Customer Numbers
Description : When one of your customers changes their name or merges with another customer, you’ll need to update their records in your accounting system to reflect these changes. In Sage MAS 90 and MAS 200, making these changes is an easy task and importantly, the customer’s history is retained. In this tutorial, we show you how to renumber and merge customers in Sage MAS 90 and MAS 200.
Duration : 7 min 24 sec
Cleanup Your Receivables Using Cash Receipts Entry Function Standard and Recurring Entries
Using and Customizing Lookups in Sage MAS 90 and Sage MAS 200 Crediting Sales Tax on Invoices Enabling and Customizing the Business Insights Dashboard Adjusting Amounts On Previously Entered AP Invoices
Setting Up and Using Sales Kits
The Cash Receipts Entry function in Sage MAS 90 and Sage MAS 200 has additional uses beyond just posting cash receipts. In this tutorial, we demonstrate three additional uses which are writing off balances on short-paid invoices, writing off balances on bad debts and reestablishing balances for NSF checks.
Duration : 5 min 59 sec
The Standard and Recurring Entry features in Sage MAS 90 and MAS 200 help you reduce key strokes on frequently used General Ledger journal entries. In this tutorial, we show you how to set up and use standard and recurring entries.
Duration : 5 min 54 sec
Sage MAS 90 and Sage MAS 200 have a very powerful lookup feature that is available throughout the system. In this tutorial, we’ll take a look at how it works, and how each user can configure it for their specific needs.
Duration : 4 min 3 sec
Ther are occasions where you need to credit sales tax on an invoice. In this tutorial, we show you how to do this and have the credit amount properly reflect on your sales tax reports.
Duration : 5 min 41 sec
Sage MAS 90 and Sage MAS 200 have a very powerful feature that puts important information for your business on one screen. It’s called the Business Insights Dashboard and in this tutorial, we’ll take a look at how to enable, configure and use this feature.
Duration : 3 min 22 sec
There are times when you’ll need to modify or adjust a previously entered vendor invoice in Sage MAS 90 and MAS 200. The Accounts Payable Invoice Data Entry function makes this an easy task and in this tutorial, we walk you through the process.
Duration : 3 min 47 sec
The Sales Kit feature in Sage MAS 90 and Sage MAS 200 ERP, allows you to bring together multiple inventory items and sell them as a single item. In this tutorial we show you how to create and use sales kits.
Duration : 6 min 34 sec
2012 W2 and W3 Instructions and Box 12 Codes
December 19, 2011
Looking for the W2 and W3 official instructions for preparing year end employee tax forms? The IRS published this guide (see below) in November 2011 which also includes a handy list of W2 Box 12 form codes and their proper use.
2012 w2 w3 IRS form Instructions
GetX: Global search for Sage ERP MAS 90 and MAS 200 v4.4+
December 16, 2011
Have you ever wished there was a way you could search all of your data within Sage ERP MAS 90 or MAS 200 from one screen?
I just attended a demonstration hosted by VAR XKZERO that spotlighted their GetX search tool for Sage ERP MAS 90 and 200. This affordable solution provides a single search screen from which you can look at data in any of your Sage ERP MAS 90 or 200 framework modules.
The setup of the software looked very fast. The only software required is a .NET component (typically included with all modern computer operating systems) and a Providex program that works on the server.
Indexing of your Sage ERP MAS 90 or MAS 200 data files can be scheduled for certain time periods of the day. You can limit the company codes, data tables and fields that are indexed. Expect that the indexes will be about the same size as your normal Sage ERP MAS 90 or 200 data files.
System security is fully supported so that only authorized users can scan through accounting data. Presently the solution is available for Sage ERP MAS 90 or 200 (nothing for SQL) on versions 4.4 or 4.5.
Pricing is $ 250 for the software component and $ 60 per user per year. The user licenses must match those which you already own from Sage. So if you have a 10 user Sage ERP MAS 90 or 200 system you’d need 10 licenses of GetX.
For more information visit – http://www.gogetx.com
FRX Replacement WebCast: BizNet Excel Information Suite for Sage ERP MAS 90, 200, 500
December 15, 2011
Business Reporting and Analytics for Sage MAS 90/200/500
Are you struggling with finding a suitable replacement for FRx? Why not use what every company already utilizes today – EXCEL! BizNet’s Excel Business Information Suite is the next generation reporting solution and was designed with the assistance of FRx professionals. BizNet’s Reporting solution is pre-built for MAS 90/200/500.
- 100% Excel
- Fills Top 10 FRx Feature Gaps
- Real Time Reporting & Business Intelligence
- Drill to transaction detail
- Drag and Drop Report Creation
- Pre-built Connections, Content & Analysis
- Utilize Single Excel Template for Multiple Report Distribution
- Fully Deployed in Less Than a Day
- No additional Hardware
Join us on Wednesday January 18, 2012 at 1pm ET for a one hour free presentation that highlights the BizNet reporting tool. You have an opportunity to see how an FRX report can be converted quickly to BizNet and how subsequent reporting happens entirely within Microsoft Excel.
Register for our Free BizNet WebCast – January 18, 2012 – 1pm ET
30 New Features You’ll Add By Upgrading from Sage ERP MAS 90 or 200 v4.2 to 4.5
December 14, 2011
Sage have put together a rather nice PDF form highlighting the top 10 new features of Sage ERP MAS 90 and 200 versions 4.3, 4.4 and 4.5. This summary is meant to provide an idea of the major benefits of upgrading such as:
Version 4.30:
- Paperless Office
- Electronic Payroll Tax Processing
- Direct Deposit
Version 4.40:
- Expanded customer and inventory item numbers
- Enhanced security
- Attachements to memo fields
- Parallel data migration
Version 4.50:
- National account management in Accounts Receivable
- Create Purchase Orders from Sales Orders
- One free Sage CRM 7.1 user license
- Sage ERP MAS 200 SQL availability
Sage ERP MAS 90, 200, and 200 SQL Feature Tours
December 14, 2011
Save have put together a series of feature tours that demonstrate some helpful features of the new Sage ERP MAS 90, 200 and 200 SQL. Feature tours are available for Quick Printing, Wire Transfers, Printing AP Checks by Vendor Name. Closed captioning is available on all large tours to provide a transcription of the audio portion of the tour. To turn on closed captioning, click the CC button on the playback bar.
The wrong version of Crystal Reports is installed on this workstation – Sage ERP MAS 90 and 200
December 14, 2011
While installing Sage ERP MAS 90 version 4.50 for a customer who was upgrading from another version I ran into a pesky error message — “The wrong version of Crystal Reports is installed on this workstation”.
The customer was running all their workstation on Windows 2003 via Terminal Services. This meant each user remotely accessed their Sage ERP MAS 90 workstation as opposed to having a local desktop.
Normally this issue is resolved either by:
- Installing the full version of Crystal Reports
- Re-running workstation setup
In this particular instance I did both of these without any relief from the error message.
What finally resolved the issue:
- Uninstalled the workstation setup
- Reinstalled workstation setup except instead of using the C: as I’d previously done I used a mapped drive letter and the “wrong version” error disappeared.
Additional information on this error can be viewed here.
New Sage North America Product Families Explained
December 9, 2011
Sage North America have recently released information that clarifies how they will re-brand their product portfolio into broad “families” beginning in 2011 and extending through 2012.
Essentially what you’ll see is that the product brands such as MAS90, MAS200 will now be known by numbers (Ex. Sage ERP MAS 90 becomes Sage 100).
The larger the number the larger or more complex type company where the solution is designed to be used.
Here’s the explanation from the Sage website that details these product families. Not all products are being rebranded. We have a full list of the old and new Sage product names.
New Sage Product Family Descriptions
Sage is the world leader in financial management applications for small and midsized businesses (SMBs)* with a portfolio of business management solutions that helps businesses more easily manage their operations. See the full list of all Sage products and information about them.
Sage 50 is Sage’s small business family of accounting, business intelligence, payroll, and human resources software and services that is designed to deliver dynamic guidance to help you realize your business ambition. Sage 50 is easy to set up and use and is backed by Sage Business Care and Sage Advisor Technology to ensure you get the most from your investment. Sage 50 grows as your business grows by providing editions with increasing levels of functionality to support your businesses’ growth. Available in a U.S. Edition and a Canadian Edition, Sage 50 offers a robust set of capabilities to make your business life easier and also comes in an Accountant Edition specifically for your accountant, bookkeeper, or business consultant. Sage 50 U.S.—Edition is also available for specific industries including manufacturing, distribution, construction, and nonprofit.
Sage 100 is Sage’s family of business management software and services for midsized businesses, organizations, and practices with a focus on North America. It supports configuration options to best match your needs and delivers a low total cost of ownership. Sage 100 includes ERP, Fixed Assets, HRMS, and specialty solutions for construction and nonprofit organizations, plus integration with Sage CRM solutions. Sage 100 solutions are sold and supported through local business partners, are backed by Sage Business Care, and will be implementing Sage Advisor technology to ensure you get the most from your investment. Sage 100 grows as your business grows by providing versions to support the business growth cycle.
Sage 300 is Sage’s family of business management software and services for midsized businesses and organizations and is available internationally. It supports configuration options to best match your needs and delivers a low total cost of ownership. Sage 300 includes ERP, Fixed Assets, HRMS, and specialty solutions for construction businesses, plus integration with Sage CRM solutions. Sage 300 solutions are sold and supported through local business partners, are backed by Sage Business Care, and will be implementing Sage Advisor technology to ensure you get the most from your investment. Sage 300 grows as your business grows by providing versions to support the business growth cycle.
Sage 500 ERP is Sage’s highly customizable ERP system for midsized businesses, organizations, and practices, typically larger companies with advanced requirements. Sage 500 ERP is designed for robust financial needs, often requiring customization or higher degrees of configuration and optimization. Sage 500 ERP is available with complementary CRM, Fixed Assets, and HRMS, plus specialty solutions for construction and real estate businesses and nonprofit organizations. Sage 500 products are sold and supported through local business partners, are backed by Sage Business Care, and will be implementing Sage Advisor Technology to ensure you get the most from your investment.
Sage HRMS is a comprehensive human resource management system for small and midsized businesses. Available alone or integrated with Sage 100, 300, and 500 families of business management solutions, Sage HRMS helps streamline day-to-day administrative tasks and provides insights that will help you manage, forecast, and implement effective strategies to make positive changes to your bottom line.
Sage construction and real estate solutions include Sage 50 Construction Accounting for smaller contractors who want an easy-to-install accounting solution with robust job costing, progress billing, and industry-specific reports; Sage 100 Contractor for construction-specific functionality that addresses all phases of the business profit cycle including accounting and operations management; and Sage 300 Construction and Real Estate and Sage 300 Trade Specialty for midsized businesses that have advanced needs for integrated accounting, job cost, project management, estimating, and service management processes. Sage Estimating provides the ability create more estimates in less time and to increase the bid-to-win ratio for any size company.
Sage nonprofit fundraising and fund accounting solutions include Sage 50 Nonprofit Accounting for smaller organizations that want an easy-to-install, standardized solution and Sage 100 Fund Accounting for organizations that need to track and report on multiple funds across multiple budget periods to meet their reporting requirements and demonstrate accountability.
Common Sage Services
Sage Business Care
At Sage, our focus is on our customers’ success. And there’s no better way to protect and extend a Sage software investment than with a Sage Business Care plan, which delivers value to organizations by helping to reduce the time, resources, effort, and cost of operating Sage solutions.
There are three Sage Business Care plans—Gold, Silver, and Bronze. All plans include automatic access to software updates as soon as they become available; many of these updates are based on requests from Sage customers.
The Sage Business Care Gold plan includes unlimited phone support, online chat, and more, but all Sage Business Care plans offer access to support from our in-house customer care staff as well as our extensive network of business partners, certified consultants, and authorized training centers. Plans also include access to our online Knowledgebases, discounted and free online training, and much more.
Sage Connected Services
Sage Connected Services are web- or mobile-based business services—such as credit card processing and data security. These services connect with Sage solutions, adding to the richness and functionality of the overall implementation.
Sage Advisor
The Sage Business Care program is further enhanced by the deployment of Sage Advisor technology. Currently, this technology feeds Sage product planners with ongoing monitoring of how customers use the software on a day-to-day basis, allowing quick and accurate identification of important areas to enhance. In the future, Sage Advisor technology will also proactively provide customers with personalized training and advice recommendations when needed.
Expect this rollout of new product names to occur late 2011 and increase throughout 2012. Sage have indicated that most changes can be expected during the normal product upgrade cycle. This means, for example, if Sage Peachtree has a major release in February 2012 then you may see any rebranding for that product take place as well.
via: Sage
Sage Product Branding Roadmap
December 9, 2011
Sage have just published additional information on their product rebranding expected to begin occurring in late 2011 and continuing through 2012.
Expect many of the familiar products to be renamed to a new name – often in conjunction with numbers. Full explanation of the new Sage product families.
Sage Product Name Grid
| Current/Former | New Name |
| Sage Abra SQL HRMS | Sage HRMS |
| Sage ACH Processing | Sage ACH Processing |
| Sage ACT! | Sage ACT! |
| Sage Active Planner | Sage Active Planner |
| Sage ERP MAS 90 and 200 | Sage 100 ERP |
| Sage ERP MAS 90 | Sage 100 Standard ERP |
| Sage ERP MAS 200 | Sage 100 Advanced ERP |
| Sage ERP Accpac | Sage 300 ERP |
| Sage ERP Accpac 100 | Sage 300 Standard ERP |
| Sage ERP Accpac 200 | Sage 300 Advanced ERP |
| Sage ERP Accpac 500 | Sage 300 Premium ERP |
| Sage ERP MAS 500 | Sage 500 ERP |
| Sage ERP X3 | Sage ERP X3 |
| Sage FAS Fixed Assets | Sage Fixed Assets |
| Sage FAS Gov Fixed Assets | Sage Fixed Assets Government Edition |
| Sage FAS Nonprofit Fixed Assets | Sage Fixed Assets Nonprofit Edition |
| Sage FAS Canada Fixed Assets | Sage Fixed Assets Canadian Edition |
| Sage Fund Accounting | Sage 100 Fund Accounting |
| Sage Fundraising 50 | Sage Fundraising 50 |
| Sage Fundraising 100 | Sage Fundraising 100 |
| Sage Fundraising Online | Sage Fundraising Online |
| Sage Grant Management | Sage Grant Management |
| Sage Master Builder | Sage 100 Contractor |
| Sage Millennium | Sage Millennium |
| Sage Peachtree | Sage 50—U.S. Edition |
| Sage Peachtree First Accounting | Sage 50 First Accounting |
| Sage Peachtree Pro Accounting | Sage 50 Pro Accounting |
| Sage Peachtree Complete Accounting | Sage 50 Complete Accounting |
| Sage Peachtree Premium Accounting | Sage 50 Premium Accounting |
| Sage Peachtree Quantum | Sage 50 Quantum Accounting |
| Sage Peachtree Pro Accounting with Payroll | Sage 50 Pro Accounting with Payroll |
| Sage Peachtree Premium Accounting for Construction | Sage 50 Construction Accounting |
| Sage Peachtree Premium Accounting for Distribution | Sage 50 Distribution Accounting |
| Sage Peachtree Premium Accounting for Manufacturing | Sage 50 Manufacturing Accounting |
| Sage Peachtree Premium Accounting for Manufacturing | Sage 50 Manufacturing Accounting |
| Sage Peachtree Quantum – Accountants’ Edition | Sage 50 Accountant Edition |
| Sage PFW ERP | Sage PFW ERP |
| Sage Pro ERP | Sage Pro ERP |
| Sage Project Lifecycle Management | Sage Project Lifecycle Management |
| Sage SalesLogix | Sage SalesLogix |
| Sage Simply Accounting | Sage 50—Canadian Edition |
| Sage Simply Accounting First Step | Sage 50 First Step Accounting |
| Sage Simply Accounting First Step – Express | Sage 50 First Step Express Accounting |
| Sage Simply Accounting Pro | Sage 50 Pro Accounting |
| Sage Simply Accounting Pro with Payroll | Sage 50 Pro Accounting with Payroll |
| Sage Simply Accounting Premium | Sage 50 Premium Accounting |
| Sage Simply Accounting Premium with Payroll | Sage 50 Premium Accounting with Payroll |
| Sage Simply Accounting Enterprise | Sage 50 Quantum Accounting |
| Sage Simply Accounting – Accountants’ Edition | Sage 50 Accountant Edition |
| Sage Simply Accounting HR Manager | Sage 50 HR Manager |
| Sage Simply Accounting (English/Spanish) | Sage 50 Accounting—Spanish/English Edition |
| Sage Simply Accounting First Step (English/Spanish) | Sage 50 First Step Accounting—Spanish/Bilingual Edition |
| Sage Simply Accounting First Step – Express (English/Spanish) | Sage 50 First Step Express Accounting—Spanish/Bilingual Edition |
| Sage Simply Accounting Pro (English/Spanish) | Sage 50 Pro Accounting—Spanish/Bilingual Edition |
| Sage Simply Accounting Premium (English/Spanish) | Sage 50 Premium Accounting—Spanish/Bilingual Edition |
| Sage Simply Accounting Enterprise (English/Spanish) | Sage 50 Quantum Accounting—Spanish/Bilingual Edition |
| Sage Simply Accounting – Accountants’ Edition (English/Spanish) | Sage 50 Accountant Edition—Spanish/Bilingual Edition |
| Sage Timberline Estimating | Sage Estimating |
| Sage Timberline Office | Sage 300 Construction and Real Estate |
| Sage Timberline Enterprise | Sage 300 Trade Specialty |
| Sage TimeSheet | Sage TimeSheet |
| Sage Timeslips | Sage Timeslips |
Sage’s Dennis Frahmann on Rebranding (Video)
December 7, 2011
Forbes have posted a short video interview with Dennis Frahmann – Sage’s EVP of Corporate Marketing – asking questions about Sage’s upcoming product re-branding which will take most legacy Sage product names and rebrand them around a common Sage naming methodology which primarily uses numbers to differentiate the various products.
via: Forbes
Local Sage ERP MAS 90 and MAS200 Training , Anytime Learning
December 7, 2011
This morning I received an email from an existing user of Sage ERP MAS 90 and 200 asking if I could refer them to a local education center where they could attend classroom instruction on the MAS90 Job Costing module.
Sage maintains a network of 9 different locations (most operated by independent partners authorized by Sage). These sites provide hands on classroom instruction using Sage created textbooks (which by the way are great substitutes for the manuals). I’ve often highly recommended the courses because the quality of the instruction and materials is so high.
Sage U Training Center Listing
Typically you’ll find each center offering a full suite of courses covering the various Sage ERP MAS 90 and 200 modules. Some of the more niche modules may have less frequent dates scheduled – and are often subject to re-scheduling if minimum attendance is not met – so always confirm these dates with the centers prior to booking travel.
If you’re not in the mood for live MAS90 instruction - you can also browse Sage’s Anytime Learning online offerings (which also have fantastic course manuals).
MAS90 BACKORDERED QUANTITY DISAPPEARS IN V4.50 AFTER UPGRADING RECEIPT OF GOODS
December 6, 2011
As you my know at Schulz Consulting we are one of the founding members of the 90 Minds group of 90+ consultants who share technical information about Sage ERP MAS 90 and MAS 200 ERP. One of our members, Beth Bowers – http://www.bethbowers.com, just noticed this critical bug within Sage ERP MAS 90 and 200 v4.5 and the purchase order module.
She describes it as:
JUST found a BIG error in PO/IM for 4.50. If you have more than one item on a purchase order, do a receipt of goods and say “no” to strongreceive all/strong and only receive one item – the strongbackordered item qty disappears from the Qty On PO in the IM_ItemWarehouse file after updating the ROG.
Have a new client on 4.50 and was having to rebuild the sort files in PO a LOT. Now I know why and can recreate on my 4.50. Just reported to Sage and they verified the issue.
We’ll keep you posted about a future fix to this issue.
via 90 Minds
New MAS500 Pricing Effective December 1, 2011
December 1, 2011
In the Sage ERP portfolio, Sage ERP MAS 500 is well positioned for companies too big for Sage
ERP MAS 90 and 200, but not ready for Sage ERP X3.
Feedback from Business Partners indicated that Sage ERP MAS 500 delivers the robust functionality required by mid-market distribution and manufacturing customers, but the current module based pricing is sometimes prohibitive in the 5-25 user range. As a result, Sage is pleased to announce the availability of new user based pricing bundles for Sage ERP MAS 500!
The new user based pricing bundles for Sage ERP MAS 500 are as follows:
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