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Guide To Credit Card Processing Terms for Sage 100 Users

June 28, 2019 by Wayne Schulz Leave a Comment

Confused by the various credit card processing terms used by your merchant? Chances are that you are not alone!

American Payments has a blog post which explains the top 40 credit card processing terms –and their meaning.

Some terms covered include:

AVS
Interchange Fees – Interchange Plus
Level 3 Processing
Tiered Pricing
Europay, MasterCard, and VISA – EMV
PCI-DSS
Self-Assessment Questionnaire – SAQ
Gateway
Tokenization

Sage 100 can integrate with various credit card processors and allow you to automatically charge a customers card upon shipment or as a deposit prior to beginning the process of shipment.

We recommend that you periodically review your credit card fees and compare them to a competitive quote to ensure you are receiving the best rate.

If you are swiping cards manually and entering them after-the-fact into Sage then it’s probably worthwhile for you to review an integrated credit card solution that saves you processing steps.

Sage 100 Work Order vs Production Management

May 22, 2019 by Wayne Schulz

Sage released their Production Management module for Sage 100 on May 14, 2019. This module is the replacement for their Work Order module. It is feature comparable and also includes significant new enhancement ( see PDF below).

During 2019 Sage has committed to also releasing MRP and an updated Sage 100 Manufacturing which will work with Sage Production Management to extend manufacturing capabilities for Sage 100 and Sage 100cloud.

This handy comparison chart has been updated to show the difference in features between Sage 100 Work Order and the new Production Management Module.

Download a PDF copy of the differences between Sage 100 Work Order and Production Management here.

Upgrade Sage 100 Payroll Now – More Complex 2020 W-4 Form Possible

April 9, 2019 by Wayne Schulz

Heads Up: New and potentially more complex W-4 form due by 2020.

This form will seek to eliminate over and underpayments. To do so it may ask for significantly more information from employees, including:

Nonwage income, such as interest and dividends
Itemized and other deductions
Income tax credits expected for the tax year
For employees with multiple jobs, total annual taxable wages for all lower paying jobs in the household

For now, this is still being reviewed with the next draft due around May 2019. The goal is to have an updated W-4 for the 2020 tax season.

From USA Today:

The new form referenced up to 12 other IRS publications to fill it out. It was so complex and different from the previous W-4 form that Ernst & Young worried employees would struggle to fill it out correctly and employers may need to offer training beforehand.

This is a very good reason for payroll users who have not upgraded from older versions to move to Payroll 2.x ASAP since it’s unlikely the older Sage payroll will be updated to manage a more complex federal tax computation.

Sage 100 Payroll 2.19.2 was released on April 2, 2019 and is compatible with Sage 100 2018.1 and higher. For more information on the latest Sage payroll release visit this site.

Sage 100cloud Support for Windows 7 and Windows Server 2008 R2 Ending January 14, 2020

March 27, 2019 by Wayne Schulz

As previously announced, on January 14, 2020, Microsoft will cease support for both Windows 7 on the desktop and Windows Server 2008 – including R2.

After January 2020 Microsoft will no longer issue security updates for either operating system. Once the official Microsoft support ends so will Sage support for Sage 100cloud running on either operating system (server or desktop).

These operating systems are over 10 years old (Both Windows 7 and Server 2008 R2 were released in October 2009) and if your company is using either (or both) the time to upgrade is now.

With the next release of Sage 100cloud due in April 2019, if your operating system is either Windows 7 or Server 2008 R2 then please plan to upgrade your server to become compliant with the latest Microsoft supported operating environments.

Windows 7 users can upgrade to Window 10, provided your workstations meet the Microsoft OS requirements.

Windows Server 2008 R2 users have a slightly different set of options. Many companies have started moving their servers to the cloud. In that case, you typically connect with a hosting company specializing in Sage 100cloud for assistance with the cloud migration.

If you are using Windows Server 2008 R2 and wish to upgrade your server and stay on-premises then Microsoft has this guide to various different options available.

We always advise you adequately plan out your next upgrade so there are no surprises during your next Sage upgrade.

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