Ledger/Payroll V.5.4C

Released 1/21/10

Reports
• Modified the Form 944 report to include COBRA payments.

End of Period
• Corrected a problem with the Bank Reconciliation that occurred when using the Accrual method and a cash account as the Accounts Receivable. (Knowledge Base Article 23903)

Ledger/Payroll V.5.4B

Released 11/18/09

Chart of Accounts
• Corrected problem that caused an error when deleting the sixth part of an account number. (Knowledge Base Article 23722)

Payroll
• Updated 2009 tax forms and electronic W-2.

Ledger/Payroll V.5.4A

Released 09/16/09

Fixed Assets
• Corrected problem that caused the Post Depreciation process to skip items. (Knowledge Base Article 23614)

Reports
• Corrected problem that caused receivables and invoice letter reports to print field names instead of source and vendor address information. (Knowledge Base Article 23612)

Ledger/Payroll V.5.3H

Released 08/18/09

Reports
• Corrected a problem where the Vendor Reports were running slow for specific selections. (Knowledge Base Article 23462)

Chart of Accounts
• Added control capability for restricting selected staff to entering budget information.
• Corrected a problem in the Retained Earnings drop-down where no account selection appeared for the income and expense accounts during use of Multiple Retained Earnings, with the option to not allow postings to the Retained Earnings account selected. (Knowledge Base Article 23463)  

System Processes
• Added capability to print checks in a format acceptable to the CPA (Canadian Payments Association)

Ledger/Payroll V.5.3G

Released 06/16/09

Tax Updates
• Due to state revenue department updates, the tax tables have changed for Louisiana, Hawaii, North Dakota, and Vermont.
Hawaii,  North Dakota, and Vermont: The changes are effective immediately. Participants in the Preferred Client Program should download the latest tax updates at: http://apps.acstechnologies.com/support/downloads/taxupdate/.
Louisiana: The changes go into effect July 1. If you calculate Louisiana taxes using Ledger/Payroll, you first need to update to version 5.3G of the program at: http://www.parishdata.com/pm5_downloads. Then, participants in the Preferred Client Program should download the latest tax updates at: http://www.parishdata.com/downloads.  In the Ledger/Payroll row, click “2009 Payroll Tax Tables.”

Online Resources
• The “Show Web News” option has been removed from the Online Resources menu. Web News has been discontinued temporarily pending a format update.

System Processes
• Updated the ACS 12055 check format to work better with the ACS 12563 window envelope. (Knowledge Base Article 23047)

Ledger/Payroll V.5.3F

Released 04/17/09

Chart of Accounts
• Corrected a problem that caused a "field not found" error when using the Transaction History sub-tab of the COA Detail tab. (Knowledge Base Article 22920)

Expenses
• Corrected a problem on the Tax Info sub-tab of the Vendor Detail tab in which the "Type of Organization" did not revert back to original setting when you clicked Cancel. (Knowledge Base Article 22361)
 

Ledger/Payroll V.5.3E

Released 03/18/09

Payroll
• Corrected a problem that caused a duplication of activities when closing the payroll year. (Knowledge Base Article 22649)
• Updated the 941 form for 2009.

Ledger/Payroll V.5.3D

Released 01/20/09

Reports
• Updated the names of the W-2 reports to specify that they are for “2008.”

Processes
• Added PayChoice as a payroll company option in the “Import Data from Payroll Company” process.

Ledger/Payroll V5.3.C

Released 12/23/08

Online Resources
• Added the ability to schedule uploads to DioView.

Processes
• Corrected a problem that prevented printing to a file on the second run of the Bank Reconcile process. (Knowledge Base Article 22528

Reports
• Updated Form 944 report for 2008.

Ledger/Payroll V.5.3B

Released 11/12/08 

Reports
• Corrected a problem that could cause the vendor/payee/source, memo description, and ref values to be incorrect in the General Ledger report. (Knowledge Base Article 22285)

Initial Setup
• Added several options to the Initial Setup window:
--"Lockdown Actuals" prevents changes being made to the Actuals window.
--"Lockdown Beginning Balances" prevent changes being made to beginning balances.
--"Allow Transactions to Post to Retained Earning Account" affects the account selection drop-down list seen when entering transactions. If “No” is selected, the RE account doesn’t appear in the list.   

End of Period
• Enhanced the Bank Reconciliation process so that, when completed, a pdf copy of the summary is automatically saved to your Data folder.

 Payroll
• Added an option that lets you omit the number sign (#) from ACH files.
• Corrected a problem that caused error messages when posting FUTA/SUTA.

Ledger/Payroll V.5.3A

Released 9/19/09

Reports
 • Added a new check style, “ACS Check 12051,” to the Check Layout Style and Paycheck Layout Style dialog boxes accessed on the System Processes menu.

Other
• Corrected problem that could cause the General Ledger report to print an incorrect beginning balance. (KBase Article 22014)

Ledger/Payroll V. 5.2H

Released 08/15/08

Income
• Corrected a problem that caused the program to freeze if you changed the source while entering a cash receipt. (Knowledge Base Article 21907)

Expenses
• Corrected a problem that erroneously caused a duplicate invoice warning message to be displayed. (Knowledge Base Article 21799)

Ledger/Payroll V. 5.2G

Released 07/11/08

Payroll
•Corrected a problem that caused the word “Benefit,” instead of the benefit name, to print on paycheck stubs when the layout included YTD benefits but not hours. (KBase Article 21281)

Expenses
•Added enhancement that checks to see if an invoice number has already been used and issues a warning message if it has.

Processes
•Added the Diocese of Greensburg as a payroll company in the Import Data from Payroll Company process.

Chart of Accounts
•Updated the program to prevent marking an account as a master account once transactions have been posted to it.

Journal Entries
•Corrected a problem that caused recurring journal entries to display with incorrect amounts in the View Listing window. (KBase Article 21479)

Ledger/Payroll V. 5.2D

Released 03/19/08

Processes
• Added ability to post to liability accounts when importing data from PDS Office programs.

Ledger/Payroll V. 5.2C

Released 02/01/08

Reports 
• Corrected problem in which the local wage showed as $0 on the RS line when exporting the electronic W-2. Additionally, the state code did not print for the RS record. (Kbase Article 21100)

Ledger/Payroll V. 5.1H

Released 11/27/07

End of Period
• Corrected a problem in which the ledger balance could become inaccurate when using the bank reconciliation process. The problem arose when running in accrual mode, using an invoice issued in one fiscal year and paid in the next, and the invoice had more than one part. (Kbase Article 20821)

Reports
• Corrected a problem in reports which caused the month range to disappear when using saved selections. (Kbase Article 13507)

Chart of Accounts
• Corrected a problem in which the Retained Earnings field displayed on income accounts when Allow Multiple Retained Earnings and Prior Year Fund Balances option was set to No in the Initial Setup window. (Kbase Article 20822)

Processes
• Added ability to import journal entries from payroll companies Paycor and IOI.

Payroll
• Corrected a problem in which, after viewing actuals on the Master Paycheck tab, the QTD & YTD Totals tab was blank. (Kbase Article 20823)

Ledger/Payroll V. 5.1 G

Released 10/17/07

Chart of Accounts
• Corrected problem which created an error when Verify COA process was run with more than 20 sets of books. The new limit is 100.

Ledger/Payroll V. 5.1 F

Released 9/17/07

Reports
• Updated the 2007 electronic W-2 file.

Chart of Accounts
• Enabled Verify COA to give more information about hand entered values when the Check of Balances are run, and changed the Actuals Detail process to display errors or warnings in red. (Kbase Article 20444)

Ledger/Payroll V.5.1 E

Released 8/06/2007

Chart of Accounts

• Corrected problem with the Verify COA process reporting errors in the Process Completed screen when there are no errors in the Verify COA report or Chart of Accounts. (Kbase Article 20397)

End of Period

• Corrected problem where the Retained Earning was not being added to the Prior Year Fund Balance. This caused the account to be out of balance after the end of year was run.

Ledger/Payroll V. 5.1 D

Released 7/20/07

Users and Passwords
• Corrected problem with the program temporarily changing a user’s access and privileges, while logged in as a Security Administrator, to the access and privileges of the last user whose security was modified by the Security Administrator. (Kbase Article 20313)

Payroll
• Added new 2007 W-2 form.
• Corrected problem with Social Security Numbers not printing on the State Quarterly reports. (Kbase Article 20308)

Ledger/Payroll V. 5.1 C

Released 6/15/07

Reports
• Corrected problem with voided or deleted entries not working properly in the Cash Flow report.

Users & Passwords
• Corrected problem that occurred with the Import Data access rights when converting data from version 3 to version 5.