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IRS Frequently Downloaded Forms and Publications – 2013

January 1, 2013 by Wayne Schulz

With the government appearing to reach agreement on taxes for 2013 there should soon be an updated set of tax guides for use by employers in the new year. Publication 15 is the usual guide that companies use for their payroll withholding lookups and verification of employment rules throughout the year. Because of the uncertainty around the 2013 tax status many of these guides have not been updated (yet) for the coming year.

Check back at the link below as the updated tables should arrive soon in January 2013

IRS Frequently Downloaded Forms and Publications

Sage 100 ERP 2013 Payroll and Tax Form Printing Tip

December 31, 2012 by Wayne Schulz

Beginning with Sage 100 ERP 2013 (fka MAS90 or MAS200) printing for W2, 941 and 1099 tax forms is hidden with Sage suggesting that you use the eFiling which is included with Sage 100 ERP 2013.

If instead of using the included Aatrix Federal and State eFiling and Reporting (which BTW works very well and allows quite nice after-the-fact edits before printing forms) you wish to print the forms the “old fashioned” way from within Sage 100 ERP 2013 – you simply need to follow these instructions to unhide the tax form printing.

New installations of Sage 100 ERP will not have the 3 menu tasks listed. To enable these tasks, from the toolbar menu click File > Run and type the utility name *unhidetaxforms.

When these menu options are unhidden, these installations will get the same warning message to say that ‘starting in 2014…no longer supported’.

Note: After the 2013 Tax Filing Year, Sage will no longer be providing W-2, 1099 and 941 form changes in the standard Sage 100 product. You will be able to use eFiling and Reporting feature, which allows you to either print W-2, 1099 and 941 forms directly to your printer and/or eFile directly to applicable tax agency through Aatrix.

via: Sage 100 ERP – 2012 Year End Frequently Asked Questions

Sage 100 ERP (formerly Sage ERP MAS 90 or MAS 200) Payroll 2012 Year End FAQ

December 5, 2012 by Wayne Schulz

Sage have just released their annual frequently asked questions for year end payroll processing. This document provides links to the needed tax tables as well as IRD (interim release disks) which may be needed prior to running payroll for the last time on Sage 100 ERP.

There is also a handy list of every Payroll Extended Solution which needs to be updated after loading the 2012 IRD for Sage 100 ERP (formerly Sage ERP MAS 90 or MAS 200).

Tax Table Update, Payroll, Electronic Reporting, and Accounts Payable

2012 Year-End Frequently Asked Questions
December 17, 2012

IRD (Interim Release Download): Interim Release Download contains the Year End program changes for Payroll,
Accounts Payable and Electronic Reporting modules. It also contains necessary program changes for eFiling and
Reporting.

TTU (Tax Table Update): Tax Table Update contains changes to applicable Federal and State withholding tax tables and
wage limits, State Disability percentages and/or limits and State unemployment limits.

1. Do I need to download the 2012 IRD for AP 1099 Reporting?

Yes, customers running Accounts Payable must install the 2012 year-end IRD. There are AP 1099 form changes included
in 2012 IRD. The following are the minimum versions. If you are not at least on the minimum version, you must add the
required product update to get to the minimum before installing the year-end IRD.
• 4.40.0.1: must have last year’s (2011) year-end IRD installed or PU 8
• 4.50.0
• 4.50.0 SQL
Note: The 2012 IRD is included in versions 4.50 PU5 and 2013 PU1

2. Do I need to download the 2012 IRD for Payroll W-2 reporting?
Yes, even though there are no W-2 form changes in the 2012 IRD, you must install the 2012 IRD in order to use eFiling
and Reporting, also to install the necessary program changes required when 2013-Q1 TTU is installed. The following list
contains the minimum versions required. If you are not at least on the minimum version, you must add the required
product update to get to the minimum before installing the 2012 IRD.
• 4.30.0.18: must have last year’s (2011) year-end IRD installed
• 4.40.0.1: must have last year’s (2011) year-end IRD installed or PU 8
• 4.50.0
• 2013: or install PU 1
Note: The 2012 IRD is included in versions 4.50 PU5 and 2013 PU1, which are scheduled to be released around
December 10
th
. Customers running version 4.50 can install either the 2012 IRD or PU5 but are not required to install both.
Customers running version 2013 can install either the 2012 IRD or PU1 but not required to install both.

Download 2012 Sage 100 ERP Payroll FAQ (pdf)

How to report Employer-Sponsored Health Care coverage on the W-2

December 22, 2011 by Wayne Schulz

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 (requires Sage login first to http://na.sage.com/log-on).

2012 W2 and W3 Instructions and Box 12 Codes

December 19, 2011 by Wayne Schulz

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

Tax Table Update, Payroll, Electronic Reporting, and Accounts Payable

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