The IRS issued new reporting regulations for tax year 2011 1099-MISC form. These regulations will exclude some forms of payments from the 1099-MISC form; instead, the payments will be reported on the new third party form 1099-K. If you have made payments to vendors in tax year 2011 you will only need to report certain [...]
As it usually does this time of year, Intuit has introduced new versions of its Pro and Premier products. QuickBooks 2012 promises to help you get better organized, save steps, and acquire more in-depth financial insights.
Sage ERP MAS 90 versions 4.0, 4.05, and 4.10, and Sage ERP MAS 200 SQL versions 3.72, 3.73, and 3.74, will be retired as of September 30, 2011.  After retirement, product updates (including year end) and telephone support will no longer be provided by Sage.  However, customers who stay with a maintenance plan will continue [...]
For the first time in the history of Social Security (at least in my lifetime) the employee’s portion of the Social Security tax is NOT equal to the employer’s portion!! The employers are now paying a full 2% more into Social Security than the employees are contributing. (read on for details)
Comming SOON! Sage MAS Intelligence is the next generation in custom reporting for your SAGE MAS 90 or 200 ERP! ETA: August 2010
Sage Software follows thru on their committment to deliver Added Value to their MAS 90 and 200 ERP Users with the newest release of Product Update 2 !
How to save 6.2% in employer paid Social Security Taxes and reap a $1000 tax credit on eligible employees! Read more about The HIRE Act of 2010.
Email communications to your team, customers and vendors all from within MAS! Eliminate the mountains of paper journals and registers (especially at month end)! Attach electronic documents to MAS transactions! and more . . .
Mandatory steps to take for your business to be compliant with new credit card compliance regulations!
Your ability to process credit cards may be at risk! If you store, process, or transmit cardholder data, you must be PCI-DSS compliant by July 1, 2010.  WHAT in the world is PCI-DSS? The five major credit card networks established the Payment Card Industry Data Security Standards (PCI-DSS) as a set of requirements for merchants [...]
Kissinger and Associates announced their EDI Advantage 4.40 Interim Release
Jodi Coppens, President of AdvantEdge Accounting Solutions in Oceanside, has obtained SAGE Software’s Certification for, the soon to be released, Version 4.4 of their award winning MAS 90 and MAS 200 accounting software products.
Sage Software issues MAS 90/200 hot fixes for 64 bit operating systems and Paperless office. Users of MAS 90 and MAS 200 can download hot fixes to enable use of Paperless Office under 64 bit environments like Windows 7 and Windows Server 2008. Links: Sage MAS 90 & MAS 200 v4.3 http://support.sagesoftwareonline.com/mas/query/index.cfm?action=tipdetail&tip_id=1846 Sage MAS 90 [...]
Find out how to save 6.2% Social Security employer paid taxes for 2010 on new hires!!
Sage Software has made the decision to focus on continuing to build value into the MAS90/MAS200Â base product, simplify their product portfolio, and begin phasing out Sage MAS 90 and 200 Extended Solutions. This phase-out process includes incorporating the main features and functionality of many of the top Extended Solution titles, adding market-driven features to the [...]
Microsoft will discontinue support for it’s custom report writer; FRx December 31, 2012. What does that mean for the MAS 90/200 users?
Sage MAS 90 and 200 version 4.4 is on target to begin shipping early February 2010, and will deliver on many customer-requested enhancements. These enhancements will provide something for everyone — customers will work even more efficiently the way they want to, with new features and enhancements focused on workflow and business processes, especially in [...]
Closing Sage MAS 90 and 200 Modules in the Appropriate Order: The processing order insures that an application that writes to another application is processed first. Perform a full company backup before closing because year end processing can be reversed only by restoring a backup file. Modules are to be closed in the following order: Bill of Materials, [...]
MAS 90/200 and StarShip 9.9.82 UPS, FedEx and USPS have announced their rate and service updates. StarShip version 9.9.82 will include the UPS, FedEx and USPS rate & service changes effective January 4, 2010. Other changes include: UPS Standard service is now available to Mexico New UPS Pak packaging, New UPS Pak rate available for [...]
In most companies, the 2010 budgeting process is in full swing, and due to the economic uncertainty, this year’s requirements are greater than ever! If ever there was a time where manual and spreadsheet based budgeting is simply no longer adequate – NOW is that time! In fact, it is now more critical than ever [...]
Minneapolis, MN – Synergistic Software Solutions, the publishers of JobOps, today announced the availability of a new advanced purchasing tool for users of Sage MAS 90 and MAS 200 ERP. Purchase Agent incorporates intelligent processing tools that help businesses better manage their purchasing process, avoid material shortages, and have the right mix of products on [...]
To obtain the Product Key on Sage Software Online: 1.    Log on to Sage Software Online. 2.    Click Profile Mgmt. 3.    Click Products. 4.    Click FRx Product Registration, and then click Select. 5.    On the Version list, select the FRx version. 6.    On the Accounting System list, select a Sage product line. 7.    Click Generate [...]
Regardless of which accounting software you are using you will want to follow some basic bookkeeping principles when dealing with these 2 events! Returned checks. When the bank notifies you that it is returning a customer’s check for NSF (not sufficient funds), debit the customer’s account immediately—even if you plan to redeposit the check the [...]
Jodi Coppens, President of AdvantEdge Accounting Solutions in Oceanside, has obtained SAGE Software’s Certification for, the soon to be released, Version 4.2 of their award winning MAS 90 and MAS 200 accounting software products.
