Sage issued Service Update 17 for MAS 90 and MAS 200 on Christmas Eve. This new update for version 4.3 includes fixes for the 1099 Electronic Reporting module required by IRS Publication 1220.

Service Updates are cumulative fixes which do not rely upon prior updates being installed. Be sure that you consider any existing enhancements that are installed on your system PRIOR to installing these updates (Review our list of MAS90 Extended Solutions that need to be upgraded when you load Service Update 17). In certain instances installing a service update may “break” custom programming so please use caution when installing over any enhancements and  always check with your Sage Business Partner prior to installing updates such as this.

Users of earlier versions of Sage MAS 90 or MAS 200 will need to download the Interim Release Disk (IRD) in order to resolve any last minute payroll issues as there has not been an updated service update for any release earlier than 4.3.

Payroll Updates
New In Service Update 4.30.0.17
New local Aatrix Tax Types have been added.

A Direct Deposit stubs no longer prints when employee is setup for Electronic Delivery.

Employee W2 Box 14 amounts automatically populate when using eFiling & Reporting. Note:
Before printing W-2 forms, ensure that the desired description appears in the Box 14 column in the State/Federal eFiling and Reporting W2/1099 Preparer window.

In W2 Form Printing a new field FLI Private Plan No. has been added and only available when the State Data check box is selected.

A line for the FLI Private Plan No and Description has been added to the W2 Form Detail for W2 Form Types Laser 2 per page, Single Wide and Laser 4 per page.

NOTE: The FLI private plan number prints only for the state of New Jersey.

Note: If the new the new FLI Private Plan No line is not present on the W2 Form Detail select:
File/Run
Type in SYZCON
Type in run “PRWX04”
Click Yes to Prompt to add the Family Leave Insurance to the W2 forms.

2009 W2 and other End of Year changes (2009 IRD) are incorporated into this release.

Bill of Materials Updates

New In Service Update 4.30.0.17
The Inventory Merge Utility will now abort the merge when the items are a parent item for a Bill of Material.

If a item merge has been performed before this service update, there is also included a new utility to remove duplicate components when BM Options Allow Duplicate Components = No.

Before running tne utility, use Library Master Analyze and Relink for the BM Detail table and then Rebuild Sorts for Bill of Materials.

To run the utility, in MAS90/200, choose File/Run and type *Utl. Choose from the list the BM – Duplicate Component Fix.

Note: Once the Utility has been removed the duplicate components, Analyze and Relink and
Rebuild Sorts must run again.

Inventory Management Updates
New In Service Update 4.30.0.17
In Delete/Renumber/Merge, the Extended Description check box can now be selected.

Material Requirements Planning Updates
New In Service Update 4.30.0.17
The Maximum On Hand quantity is now recognized when the Reorder Method is set toMaximum Stock Level.
DE 88148 PER 106412 Resolution ID 509113

The MRP report will now calculate the Projected On Hand column when a work order is created for the component item on a bill instead of the parent item.
DE 89842 PER 107812 Resolution ID 515127

Auto Generate Work Orders no longer creates a Qty Chg Action for Firm Planned Work Orders (created for Sales Order) every time MRP Generation is run.
DE 89464 PER 107508 Resolution ID 513797

Phantom Component with non-integer units of measure no longer round required quantities resulting from yield calculations.

DE 89056 PER 107483

Magnetic Media aka Electronic Reporting Updates
New In Service Update 4.30.0.17
1099 Electronic Reporting has been modified according to the IRS Publication 1220.

Service Update 17 for MAS90 and MAS200 Version 4.30 and List of MAS90 Extended Solutions requiring upgrade prior to applying Service Update 17

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