Sage ERP Accpac is becoming Sage 300 ERP

In an effort to increase familiarity with the Sage name, the company is changing to a product numbering system similar to what it uses in other parts of the world. Over the course of 2012, you will see certain product names change to a numbered family approach that reflects the increasing levels of functionality or sophistication of the Sage product lines. Sage 300 is the Sage family of business management software and services for midsized businesses and organizations and is available internationally. The Accpac name change is scheduled to coincide with Sage Summit in August. Sage Summit will be held in Nashville this year; customer days are August 14-17.  Visit SageSummit.com for more information.

Payroll Tax Table Update (January 31, 2012)

This update includes the previously released hot fix to update the social security rate, and will now show the employee rate at 4.2%. It also includes some state changes (none for California, Nevada, or Oregon), it includes changes to the W-2's on Diskette function, and it updates the local tax repository and rates.

Payroll Tax Table Update (January 1, 2012)

This update is needed before processing payroll in calendar year 2012, and there are actually three separate installs.  The latest version-specific Payroll Product Update (PPU) must be installed prior to installation of this payroll tax table update (PUP), and a Hot Fix has been issued for the late-breaking Social Security rate change.  The required PPU versions are as follows:  Accpac 6.0 (PUP 6.0G), PPU 3.  Accpac 5.6 (PUP 5.6L), PPU 5.  Accpac 5.5 (PUP 5.5P), PPU 3.  Also, the California SDI rate has been lowered for 2012 and must be changed in both the tax setup and for all existing employees.

IMPORTANT NOTE for anyone still running payroll version 5.5:  Payroll tax table updates will cease to be issued for version 5.5 after September 30, 2012.  An upgrade of Accpac will be required to maintain current payroll tax tables after that date.

Payroll Tax Table Update (September 30, 2011)

Clients will typically only need this update if Schedule B of the 941 form is used. 

NOTE:  A Payroll Product Update, released simultaneously, must be installed prior to installing this tax table update.

FUTA Tax Decrease (June 29, 2011)

The Federal unemployment tax rate (FUTA) is scheduled to decrease by 0.2%, effective July 1, 2011 as a result of the FUTA surtax expiring June 30. The surtax is part of the 6.2% gross unemployment tax rate that employers pay on the first $7,000 of wages paid annually to each employee (6% permanent tax rate, 0.2% temporary surtax). The surtax has been in effect every year since 1976, when it was enacted by Congress on a ‘temporary’ basis. It has been extended several times in the past but unless new legislation is enacted, the FUTA tax rate, before consideration of state unemployment tax credits, will drop to 6.0%, effective July 1, 2011. This adjustment will not be incorporated into a tax table update; it needs to be adjusted manually.

Payroll Tax Table Update (June 29, 2011)

Sage is issuing a June 30, 2011 update.  However, it only affects payroll taxes for Arizona, Florida, Indiana, Kansas, North Dakota, and the City of Yonkers.

Affiliation with E2E Management (June 24, 2011)

Trio Consulting has been working closely with another Bay Area Accpac sales and consulting firm, E2E Management, for over a year now, and we want our clients to know about it.  With the sales and marketing expertise that E2E has to offer and the additional service capacity of Trio, we are developing expanded service capabilities for our clients while growing a mutually beneficial partnership between our two organizations.  Though to date it has mostly been E2E clients that have been getting to know Trio consultants, we anticipate that Trio clients will soon begin to benefit from the additional expertise of E2E personnel.

Payroll Tax Table Update (March 31, 2011)

This update includes changes to federal Form 941 for 2011 and current changes to the California DE9C (formerly DE6) form.  Note that you may also need to install a hot fix, available from the tax updates site, to change the report name from DE9C to DE9C on the Report Type list in the Accpac payroll Quarterly Wage report screen.

Payroll Tax Table Update (January 1, 2011)

This tax update is needed to produce W2s for 2010 and to process payroll using the tax changes for 2011. This was the last tax update for version 5.4.

Credit Card Scrubbing Utility Available  (June 9, 2010)

As of July 1, 2010, credit card processing companies must validate that their customers are using a PA-DSS-certified payment application.
Although Sage Accpac ERP does not process or transmit credit card data, prior versions had fields to store credit card information.  To help customers comply with PCI and PA-DSS requirements, Sage created a scrub utility to safely remove this data.
Failure to run the utility could result in fines and penalties, and it may include the risk of losing the ability to process credit card transactions altogether!  If you have ever recorded and stored credit card information in Accpac, and you are running a version prior to 6.0, contact us about this utility.

Sage Internal Systems Changes  (April 16, 2010)

Sage is undergoing changes to its internal business management systems.
New ten-digit “account numbers” are replacing seven-digit "customer ID" numbers. 
Sage is implementing a new Customer Portal.

Global Resource Alliance dissolved  (January 1, 2010)

Due to new policies set by Sage, Trio Consulting is no longer formally affiliated with the consortium, Global Resource Alliance, which has been dissolved.  However, we will continue to work collectively with our friends, Pyramid Consulting in New York, Brit-Tech in Nova Scotia, and CRM Systems in San Diego and Canada, when it is beneficial to our clients.

Welcome former Systems Works clients  (April 1, 2009)

With the retirement of Systems Works principal, Al Benioff, we are delighted to welcome Al's clients into the Trio Consulting fold.  We will strive to continue to provide the quality service that Al's clients have always depended upon.  A warm welcome to you all.

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