Sage 300 Payroll Enhancements

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Sage has included several enhancements with the 2022 payroll update. It has been a while since Sage has improved payroll. The new features are hopefully a sign that the payroll team will continue to add features. This years new features include: Employee comments tab with follow-up dateOption to include comments in employee reportDefault taxes for...

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Low Code Apps

Budget tracker app formatted for tablet display showing a list of budgets along the left and a pie chart indicating expenses by category for the selected budget

Make Your Own App Power Apps lets you create an app without learning coding or syntax. The concept is called low code or no code. Microsoft's contribution is dubbed Power Apps. I have been waiting for this moment. Anyone with Microsoft 365 can make a simple app. After watching several presentations on Power Apps at...

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Easily Automate Everyday Tasks

I recently took Microsoft Power Automate for a test drive. The introductory group video I watched was full of useful ways to automate everyday tasks. It's simple to create a mobile notification when you receive an important message because you can select from hundreds of scenarios and set it up in a few clicks. If...

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Windows 11 It’s Here

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You may have heard that Windows 11 is now out. October 2015 was the last time a new version of Windows was released. Microsoft will automatically offer the upgrade first to those with newer computers through Windows update. The upgrade is free. You can get it using the upgrade assistant. See below for more info....

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Document Management For Accountants

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I attended a webinar yesterday presented by DocLink, a company the specializes in software for document management. You could digitize a document simply by scanning it. The trick is finding a document a year or more later. What makes DocLink, Beanworks and companies like them different is that their software uses artificial intelligence to capture...

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Security Update – Apple Owners Take Note

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Apple released updates on Monday Citizen Lab reported they had found spyware on the phone of a Saudi dissident that gave the attacker the same control over the phone as its owner. The attacker could turn on the camera or microphone, read messages (even encrypted ones). The researchers traced the spyware to NSO Group, a...

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Two-Step Verification

Two-Step Verification screen requesting the user enter the code which has been sent to their preferred telephone or email.

Two-step verification is a way to protect your online Amazon, bank and other accounts. It's like a digital double lock. I always opt in whenever it is offered. I recently enrolled in two-step verification for one of my accounts. When I signed in on the mobile app it gave me the choice. I went ahead...

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More Than Just Accounting – Sage 300

Sage 300 installtion creen listing Sage 300, Payroll for Sage 300, Tax Reporting modules, Sage CRM and SAP Crystal Reports Designer

Supports Multiple CurrenciesTax JurisdictionsDivisions/Regions/WarehousesCountries/LanguagesDevices Sage 300 is more than just accounting software, it is an enterprise resource planning (ERP) solution. It connects core business operations like accounting, distribution, warehousing, manufacturing and integrates sales, marketing, customer service and business analytics. Sage 300 supports multiple currencies, tax jurisdictions and a massive number of account combinations. This allows...

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Trusted by Accountants – Sage 50

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Sage 50 is trusted by accountants everywhere. Sage 50 is easy to setup. You can choose a business type that matches yours. It will prompt for the name of your business and preload useful accounts which you can edit later. The main screen is organized into sections to make it easy to navigate. That is...

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Powerful But Simple Tools – Xero

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Small business owners need to have their fingers on the pulse of their business. Sales, overdue accounts, expenses and bank balances are vital. They need powerful but simple tools to keep on top of these things. Cloud apps are becoming more common. Many software vendors offer a cloud version. You will always be using the...

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