Minimum Sage 100 Versions for E-Filing for Tax Year 2022

November 29, 2022 by Wayne Schulz

In order to process electronic filing for the tax year 2022 using Sage 100, your company will need to be on the following minimum release levels.

Accounts Payable Minimum Versions For 2022

To file form 1099s, you must be using one of the below versions of Sage 100 as well as apply the IRD ( Interim Release Download ), which includes updates for the 2022 tax filing season

Sage 100 2022.0 – 2022.2 (7.10.0 – 7.10.2) plus IRD (Due: 12/15/2022)
Sage 100 2021.3 – 2021.5 (7.00.3 – 7.00.5) plus IRD (Due: 12/15/2022)
Sage 100 2020.5 – 2020.6 (6.20.5 – 6.20.6) plus IRD (Due: 12/15/2022)

Payroll Minimum Version for 2022

To file form W2 and related payroll tax forms – either printed or electronically – you must be on the following minimum payroll version.

Sage 100 Payroll 2.23.0 (Due: 12/15/2022)

Payroll Tax Update

Tax information is maintained in CLAD (Sage tax cloud), and system table changes will be pushed down via the Payroll Tax Update utility within the software.

Aatrix E-Filing for Sage 100

Sage 100 uses Aatrix for tax form printing and e-filing. Expect a year-end update to be released mid-December (before 12/20/22)

Year-End Processing Resources for Sage 100

For more information on how to prepare for year-end 2022 in Sage 100, please visit the Sage Knowledgebase article 49810.

For a summary of the changes to the 2022 Form 1099-MISC and Form 1099-NEC, please visit Form Changes for 1099-MISC and 1099-NEC For the Year 2022.

Sage 100 Price Changes Effective January 1, 2023

September 21, 2022 by Wayne Schulz

Sage announced a changed to their Sage 100 price list which will take effect January 1, 2023. Pricing will change by up to 10% with most customers seeing around a 4% change.

Sage 100 and Sage 300 price changes

Given the high rate of inflation and the need to continually fund investment in the ,products, effective January 1, 2023, the following pricing changes will be going into effect for Sage 100 and Sage 300:

• Perpetual and M&S customers

Increasing 7%

• Subscription customers:

“Cloud” price list: Increasing 4%
“C” price list: Increasing 7%
Any customer below list price: Increase up to 10%

• Sage 100 and Sage 300 Payroll:

Eliminating “one-time set-up fee”
Increasing 7%

Note: We will be eliminating the “c” price list during FY23 and moving customers to the “cloud” price list. This will start with Sage 300 in October, followed by Sage 100 in the Spring. We will limit the increase of “c” customers currently at list price to 7%.

Current customers will see these increases reflected in their renewal notices, beginning in October.

Microsoft Offers One-Time Re-Enablement of Basic Authentication Through 12/31/2022

September 5, 2022 by Wayne Schulz

According to a September 1, 2022 blog post, Microsoft will allow a one time extension through 12/31/2022 users who have not yet met the requirement to use OAuth for more secure login to MAPI, RPC, Offline Address Book (OAB), Exchange Web Services (EWS), POP, IMAP, Exchange ActiveSync (EAS), and Remote PowerShell.

Furthermore, in a 9-9-2022 blog post Microsoft clarifies that SMTP AUTH will NOT be disabled for active users of the authentication method. The company does urge users to adopt OAuth as a more secure method but clarifies that SMTP AUTH is not shutting down. At least not as of 9/9/2022.

From Microsoft blog post 9-1-2022
One-Time Re-Enablement
Today we are announcing an update to our plan to offer customers who are unaware or are not ready for this change.
When we turn off basic auth after October 1st, all customers will be able to use the self-service diagnostic to re-enable basic auth for any protocols they need, once per protocol. Details on this process are below.
Once this diagnostic is run, basic auth will be re-enabled for those protocol(s). Selected protocol(s) will stay enabled for basic auth use until end of December 2022. During the first week of calendar year 2023, those protocols will be disabled for basic auth use permanently, and there will be no possibility of using basic auth after that.

For more information on the Microsoft OAuth requirements please visit their website here.

The following Sage 100 versions currently meet the requirement use OAuth with Microsoft.

2021.4+
2022.1+

Sage Sets Summer 2023 Deadline for Sage 100 TLS 1.2 Requirement

July 25, 2022 by Wayne Schulz

Sage has begun to contact customers via their online knowledgebase and alert them about an upcoming change. In order for your Sage 100 accounting software to continue contacting the Sage licensing servers you must be on a supported version of Sage 100.

From the Sage KB 116278

In the summer of 2023, Sage will be making changes to your license verification to utilize a current Transport Layer Security (TLS) protocol recommended by third-party standards organizations. This measure is required as older versions of TLS do not meet current security standards and can pose a security risk. If you have a subscription business care plan and are not on a Supported Version of Sage 100, your software will convert to read-only mode.

What does this mean?:

Sage will be updating their internal licensing servers to use TLS 1.2. This is a a widely adopted security protocol designed to facilitate privacy and data security for communications over the Internet.

Previous versions ( prior to Sage 100 2019 ) utilize only older TLS 1.0 or 1.1. Starting in the summer of 2023 you will need to be on a supported version of Sage 100 which offers TLS 1.2 or your ability to maintain a license is jeopardized as Sage states that those who are not on current versions will find their system converted to a read-only mode.

Recommendation:

Our recommendation is upgrade to Sage 100 2021.4+ or 2022.1+ for maximum compatibility.

Resources:

Using Microsoft Exchange with Sage 100 and Paperless Office ( KB 116280)
Sage 100 product licensing and Transport Layer Security ( KB 116278 )

Sage 100 Supported Versions

Sage Issues Patch for “Unable to draw folder control” Issue in 2022.1 and 2021.4

July 18, 2022 by Wayne Schulz

Sage today issued a pair of patches which address what appears to be a bug with Custom Office enhanced screens which have an additional tab. During the application of Sage 1002 2022 product update 1 or Sage 100 20221 product update 4 users impacted by this bug saw an error “Unable to draw folder control”.

This was first reported in this Sage City post – Error Unable to draw Folder control – Issue with customized panels in 2022 Product update 1

Sage issued patches for both Sage 100 2022.1 and Sage 100 2021.4 which resolves this issue. No other versions of Sage 100 were impacted by the bug.