Version 8.5.0.3 Purple - February 10, 2011

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JOB COST – CORRECTION

 

•On the Job List Screen (Update Jobs), an error would occur when using the speed buttons to open up the phase master screen, chart of accounts screen etc while editing a job record.  This problem has been corrected.

 

JOB COST - NEW FEATURE

 

•NEW FEATURE - AccuBuild will now log every job number in the User Activity Log that is deleted from the job list for historical audit trail purposes.

 

•NEW FEATURE - The Job List screen now allows a general ledger expense account to be tied to an estimate detail item so that cost reports can be run to compare estimates on expense accounts to actual expenses for those accounts.  Refer to the new Job Cost Mar Report entitled "Job Cost Capsheet - Job / Phase / Account Totals" for details on how this new feature works.

 

MY ACCUBUILD REPORTS

 

•NEW REPORT - A new report titled "Job Cost Capsheet - Job / Phase / Account Totals" has been added to the MAR Report Library.  This report is very similar to the Job / Phase Capsheet report with the addition of a third grouping which shows the capsheet totals for each G/L Account within a phase.  This new report class (506) introduces several new fields that can be using for additional grouping, sorting, or filtering for custom reports:

 

oPhaseDivision – Cost Phase Divided by 1000 and truncated
oPhaseGroup – Integer Portion of Cost Phase (no decimal places)
oPhaseCategory – The decimal portion of the Cost Phase
oGLAccountDivision – GL Account Number Divided by 1000 and truncated
oGLAccountGroup – Integer Portion of the GL Account Number (no decimal places)
oGLAccountCategory – The decimal portion of the GL Account Number

 

•CORRECTION - The Export Option for Excel under MAR was not working under Windows 7 due to some type of format change introduced with the release of Windows 7.  These exported files could be copied to another computer using a different version of Windows and open fine – saved and then passed back to the Windows 7 machine and work fine.  This issue should now be resolved and exports should be able to be carried out directly from a Windows 7 Machine now.

 

•UPDATED - Payroll Form 941 Schedule B - The data calculations for the MAR Schedule B Report have been modified for the tax liability computation in order to be compatible with all payroll quarters for all years as outlined below:

 

•Payroll Prior to 2010 – Handles liability based on employer and employee portions being the same.

 

•2010 Payroll – Exempts employer portion of Social Security for payroll on employees who qualify for the 2010 HIRE Act.

 

•2011 Payroll – Handles liability based on separate rates for employee and employer Social Security Tax (as set up in the Payroll Properties) and matching amounts for the Medicare Portion of FICA.

 

 

PAYROLL

 

•ENHANCEMENT - New settings are available for the Direct Deposit NACHA File format.  

 

oIn the File Header Record Group, a new checkbox entitled "1st Position Blank" can be used to put a blank character as the first character of the Immediate Origin Field which overrides the first digit of this field followed by the remaining 9 digits of the field.

 

oA new Service Class Code setting has been added to override the default class code of "200" in the batch control records.  Setting this field to "220" may be required by some banks to indicate that the file only contains "Credit" entries and NO Debit entries.

 

oThe export format for the employee detail direct deposit records has been changed to remove the dash (-) between the employee number and the check number (direct deposit reference number) and replace it with a zero (0) in order to comply with selected banking institution specifications.

 

•UPDATED -  Payroll Form 941 Schedule B - The data calculations for the MAR Schedule B Report have been modified for the tax liability computation in order to be compatible with all payroll quarters for all years.  See MAR notes above.

 

 

PROJECT MANAGEMENT

 

•ENHANCEMENT – A new setting has been added to the Project Management Properties Screen which allows contacts to be used in the PM Log without being added to the Team List on a project.   When this new setting is enabled you will be able to add contacts from ANY company in your client list, and in addition, you will be able to add and edit the client and contact list "on the fly" without exiting the PM Log Screen.    

 

•CORRECTION - The PM Log had a problem when a blank job existed on the job list.  When this situation existed, the PM Log would not open up and then an exception error was displayed before the system locked up and had to be closed manually by the task manager.  Now whenever the PM Log is opened and a blank job is encountered, you will be prompted to remove the blank job from the job list.