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Midyear Sales Tax Update from Avalara

June 24, 2020 by Wayne Schulz Leave a Comment

Join Avalara on Tuesday, June 30, 2020, for a 90-minute update on the latest sales tax trends and regulations. This webinar is free for all users and contains handouts with links to the latest sales tax and marketplace rules by state. ( Register Here )

If you’re worried that you may not be charging the appropriate sales tax or are considering expanding your sales online then this is an educational event you will not want to miss.

Avalara interfaces directly to Sage 100cloud accounting. It automatically computes sales tax based on the ship-to location and the type of product shipped.

While Sage 100cloud allows for creating your own sales tax codes and tracking tax manually the reality is that states are changing their rules so frequently that it might not make sense to manually track sales tax.

As of June 2020, there are only 5 states with no sales tax ( Avalara terms them as NOMAD states after the first letter of each state name ).

States continue to change rules for those who are required to charge tax ( aka Nexus ) for sales made into their states even when a company making the sale doesn’t have a traditional presence/office.

Join Avalara on June 30, 2020 for an update on sales tax for 2020 by registering here.

Sage Extends Support for Sage 100 Version 2017 To September 2020

April 1, 2020 by Wayne Schulz

Sage has officially extended phone support for Sage 100 2017 through September 30, 2020. Previously, official support for this release was slated to end with the release of Sage 100 2020 ( March 18, 2020).

Sage notes extended support is only for phone support.

Phone support only. We may not research newly reported defects in this version of the product

Important Considerations For Payroll Users Still on Sage 100 2017

2019 IRD (released in December, 2019) was the last IRD that will be released for Sage 100 2017, and the 2020Q1 Tax Table Update (released on January 30, 2020) was the last TTU that will be released for Sage 100 2017.

In order to stay compliant with Payoll and AP 1099 form printing, you will need to upgrade to Sage 100 2019.3 or higher and (if using Payroll, upgrade to Sage 100 Payroll 2.20.1 or higher).

Due to substantial changes to the tax code that materially impact the 2020 payroll tax year, the IRS released a new Form W-4.

Sage 100 2017 and earlier will not support the additional fields necessary to correctly calculate federal withholding taxes. If you are unable to upgrade to Payroll 2.20.0 or higher prior to needing to use the new Form W-4, you will need to manually calculate Federal Withholding for every payroll for employees who need to use the new Form W-4.

Sage 100cloud 2020 Released

March 19, 2020 by Wayne Schulz

Sage released their latest version of Sage 100cloud 2020 today, March 18, 2020. The download is available via their customer and partner portal and includes more than 30 enhancements.

A sample of the new features in Sage 100cloud 2020

Expansion of address fields, telephone extensions
Zip code validation to include country codes
Name fields expanded to 50 characters
Multiple POs on a single receipt of goods
Reverse an entire AP check run ( new utility )
Lot / Serial expiration ( no more using a UDF to hold this info )
Encryption as required to meet consumer privacy laws
eInvoicing by Paya – customer payment portal
Classic desktop retired
Sage CRM upgraded to 2020 R1

Sage 100cloud 2020 Literature

What’s new in Sage 100 2020 – Powerpoint – ( PDF )
Sage 100 2020 Datasheet ( PDF )
eInvoicing for Sage 100cloud 2020 ( PDF )
CCPA and Sage 100cloud 2020 ( PDF )

Sage 100cloud 2020 Anytime Learning

Sage has released anytime learning for this new version. This recorded training session lasts 40 minutes and is available here.

The Road Ahead for Sage 100cloud version 2020.0 and Beyond ( March 26, 2020 Webinar )

March 11, 2020 by Wayne Schulz

Sage will host a Road Ahead webinar focused on the new features in Sage 100cloud 2020 as well as certain plans for future releases.

The webinar is on March 26, 2020, from 1 PM to 2 PM and is open to end-users ( customers ) as well as consultants who are using Sage 100cloud.

From the Sage site:

Our level of investment in Sage 100cloud is increasing, and the benefits that our customers are seeing continue to grow. 2019 was a big year for Sage 100cloud, with many features exclusively available to subscription customers. We completed our ‘Journey to Framework’ with the release of Sage Production Management. And Sage 100cloud was recognized as a market leader by G2 Crowd. Tune in to see how this momentum with Sage 100cloud continues to build.

You will learn:

How we are continuing to invest in Sage 100cloud
What’s new with the Sage 100cloud product update
New features, enhancements, and more that will help optimize your solution’s performance

When: Join us on March 26th at 1 PM EST.
Please note a recording of this webinar will be made available shortly after it airs.

The Road Ahead for Sage 100cloud version 2020.0 and Beyond

ScanForce Announces Production Management Automation

January 22, 2020 by Darcy Boerio

The release of Sage Production Management made big headlines in the Sage 100 community in 2019. Replacing several legacy applications – Work Order and MRP – the new module is written in the “framework” essentially meaning that it has more modern technology that is consistent with much of the rest of Sage 100cloud.

Here’s a helpful reference for more about Production Management itself:

Sage 100 Work Order vs Production Management

Manufacturing is a big vertical for Sage 100, with many Sage 100 partners reporting an uptick in adoption of Sage 100 as a whole by manufacturers in 2019. For new Sage 100cloud adopters, this is a no-brainer. They won’t have an option to use the legacy WO and MRP.

But for existing Sage 100cloud customers, they need to decide when the time is right for them to switch over (they’ll all have to make the move eventually). Adoption by this group has been slow by all accounts, which is not uncommon when people are being asked to leave what they know for something new that hasn’t been on the market long enough to garner proven success. Naturally people want others to be the “guinea pigs” and identify holes in the solution that the publisher can repair before they jump into the fray.

One such hole was the lack of an integration to ScanForce’s mobile barcode scanning technology. Users of Work Order and MRP were previously able to use mobile barcode scanning devices by ScanForce to automate actions like capturing material issues and completions as well as Labor Tracking. Only after the release was ScanForce able to access the functionality in order to develop their integration to Production Management.

Another problem that needed to be resolved after the initial release was that it didn’t initially integrate with DSD/ScanForce Multi-Bin, which is included out-of-the box for free with every license of Sage 100cloud. So if you were using the free multi-bin tool that comes with Sage and you wanted to move to Production Management, you would need to adopt a different multi-bin tool or forego multi-bin functionality in the PM process.

Fortunately, both of these issues have been resolved! In December, 2019, ScanForce announced compatibility between Production Management and DSD/ScanForce Multi-Bin. And today they’ve announced the February 1 general availability of the integration of their barcode scanning technology with Production Management.

You can read more about the solution on the ScanForce blog and/or join them for a live webinar:

Keep an eye on Wayne’s blog as things develop – you know he’ll give you the scoop!

Important Considerations For Payroll Users Still on Sage 100 2017

A sample of the new features in Sage 100cloud 2020

Sage 100cloud 2020 Literature

Sage 100cloud 2020 Anytime Learning

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