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Recent Software Changes
- This is the formal Ace Payroll 2012 version, including the tax, student loan, ir-File and other changes taking effect from 1st April 2012.
- This version of Ace Payroll contains the tax, student loan, ir-File and other changes that take effect from 1 April 2012.
- We updated all public holiday documentation for the 2012 year.
- We made minor changes related to ESCT and the management report.
- We added new tax codes SB SL and ML SL, to be used from 01/04/2012.
- We added a KiwiSaver Opt Out Certificate.
- We added a KiwiSaver section to the Miscellaneous Report, so the KiwiSaver and ESCT status of staff can be easily tracked.
- We changed how Casual Holiday Pay is described on the Management Report.
- We changed the KiwiSaver Reversal and Refund routine so introduce more logic as to how and when this routine was used.
- We changed the Allowances / Load Global routine to speed things up with larger sets of data.
- We fixed a glitch we introduced in the last version where new bank account numbers entered for an employee were not saving in certain circumstances.
- We rewrote the ESCT features ready for the 01/04/2011 changes where the ESCT exemption on employer KiwiSaver contributions is removed. This means Ace Payroll automatically calculates ESCT for all employer contributions.
- We made a change to the Options / Extra Pay / Retiring pay type, now including Retiring in the calculation for KiwiSaver contributions.
- We made it harder to accidentally find and enable the Salary Sacrifice features as these schemes are obsolete due to recent legislative changes.
- We added a dedicated Taxation tab to Employee / Modify Employee Details.
- The SLCIR and SLBOR codes introduced by IRD from 01/04/2012 are handled from that date, with transitional handling from today.
- We added a new Student Loan report which is accessed on a per employee basis.
- You can now set a reducing balance for an SLCIR Student Loan deduction.
- We updated our date selector object to make choosing a date range easier.
- We made minor changes to the management report, one off payment and export routines.
- We fixed a glitch relating to how the salary was being adjusted when the higher Average Daily Rate was being used in a holiday pay calculation for a salaried employee paid monthly.
- We made improvements to the Audit File routine.
- We increased the maximum size of the backup and import data file paths to 255 characters.
- You can now email past period payslips by going to Produce Payslips / Past Period / Single Employee. This is useful if WINZ requests a copy, the employee has left the country etc.
- You can now create a direct schedule when doing a one off payment in Employee / Make A One Off Payment. This eliminates the need to ever do manual payments.
- You can now define the colours used for help messages by Setup / User Preferences / Colours.
- We fixed a bug relating to how the salary was being reduced in some situations when holiday pay is paid.
- We changed the Earnings Certificates to show the PAYE and ACC Earner Premium as seperate values. Previously they were combined.
- We made slight modifications to the KiwiSaver KS1 routine.
- We added the ability to create a Management Report for any past period. Up to now it has only been possible to produce one for the current period.
- We added a GST Calculator which is found in Calculate Pays / Options / Wage Calculators.
- We made it easier to purchase Ace Payroll from within the software itself, and activate straight away with a credit card.
- We made it easier for new companies to purchase Ace Payroll without delay by making it possible to convert a demo into a fully registered system and pay by credit card at the time.
- We significantly enhanced our KiwiSaver and Employment Law documentation.
- We added the ability to print the calculation related to the 52 Week Average used for sick pay, public holidays etc.
- We made further improvements to the Wage Calculators found in Calculate Pays / Options.
- We added an export routine that exports data into Accomplish CashManager.
- We wrote numerous tutorials about allowances and deductions, documenting reducing balances and linked deductions and also specifying how to handle requests from WINZ, IRD and the Ministry of Justice.
- We made a small change to the new 52 week average method used for public holidays, sick days etc.
- We fixed a newly introduced glitch with the Management Report related to the Itemised Direct Credits option being ticked.
- The NSW tax rate changed on 01/04/2011 from a flat rate of 15 cents per dollar to a flat rate of 12.54 cents per dollar. This rate includes the ACC Earner Premium.
- We added new methods to handle the calculating of the 52 Week Average which is a new option when calculating the relevant daily pay for sick leave, public holiday taken, bereavement leave and alternative holiday sold.
- We fixed minor glitches related to the Summary Report, loading allowances globally and the tick groups on the front screen.
- An employee can now contribute to KiwiSaver (and receive employer contributions) even if their tax rate is nil.
- We fixed a glitch relating to situations where a large number of allowances (more than 10) were loaded to an employee and the data entry routine responded incorrectly.
- We wrote a tutorial and amended existing ones, improving our documentation relating to casual employees and how to pay them 8% weekly for holiday pay.
- We updated the minimum wage documentation to incorporate the minimum wage increase to $13.00 an hour on 01/04/2011.
- We added a new tutorial explaning how accruals work when doing a termination pay.
- We added context sensitive help to the tax ready reckoner.
- We built in the tax table information for the year commencing 01/04/2011.
- The ACC maximum annual earner premium increases from $2,244.36 to $2,278.04
More on Installation and Registration
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Using The F1 Help Manual The F1 Help Manual contains hundreds of pages of written documentation, all carefully grouped, linked and indexed more.. |
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Timing of Upgrade Installation
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| Transferring Ace Payroll To Another Computer How to transfer Ace Payroll from an old computer to a new one more.. | Version & Serial Numbers Press the F5 key at any time, from anywhere in the program, to find out the currently installed serial number and version more.. |
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Function Keys in Ace Payroll The function keys in Ace Payroll can be used from anywhere in the program, at any time more.. |
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Ace Payroll & Windows 7 We have extensively tested Ace Payroll in a Windows 7 environment and there are no problems or special considerations more.. |
| Ace Payroll & Linux These notes clarify running Ace Payroll under Linux, both on the desktop, and when using a Linux server more.. |
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