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March 2020 Update

Upcoming Perryman Series Webinars

LightWork Time
March 12th at 1:30 PM ET Register

Avalara: 2020 Sales Tax Changes
March 17th at 2:00 PM ET Register

LightWork Performance
March 24th at 1:30 PM ET Register

Do these times and dates not work with your schedule?
These webinars are offered several times throughout the month; follow the registration link and find the date and time that works best for you!

FREE One-Hour Webinar with Avalara: 2020 Sales Tax Changes
Tuesday, March 17th, at 2PM EST

2019 brought dramatic changes in sales and use tax rules: 43 states adopted economic nexus laws, requiring out-of-state sellers to collect sales tax, and 36 states enforced marketplace facilitator laws. Businesses of all sizes have had to scramble to keep up with changing tax liabilities, and it’s not expected to slow down.

To help you prepare for 2020’s sales tax changes, we’ve brought in our tax expert partner Avalara for a presentation to cover:

A review of 2019’s state of sales and use tax in the U.S.
The impact of economic nexus laws
New requirements for marketplace sellers (Amazon, Etsy, etc.)
A look at cross-border eCommerce and what international sellers must know about sales tax

Join us here!

2 Quick Tips for Accurate Employee Time Collection

Accurate time punches are a common concern for most organizations, mostly due to budget and payroll correctness. With accurate time punching, businesses optimize their payroll and can discover discrepancies, which can lead to detecting timeclock fraud – a dreadful budget destroyer. When you can better calculate the cost of each job based on their time usage, it can help you measure actual labor costs. This creates improved scheduling, with more awareness of employees nearing overtime. Finally, and perhaps most importantly, accurate punching helps implement a positive workplace environment by ensuring that employees with a strong work ethic shine through.

Read more to find out how to encourage accurate employee time collection!

Learning Spotlight

Check out the latest additions to the video tools available as part of the LightWork Vault! We've added training videos for LightWork Performance Management that cover basic topics, ranging from valuable how-tos to thorough reviews of maintenance configurations. They will serve as awesome refreshers for users more well-versed in the system, but will also be of great value to new users who are trying to gain a better understanding! LightWork Time training videos are slated to become available very soon, so keep an eye out.

Sage 100 Payroll Ending Support for TLS 1.0 and TLS 1.1

For security compliance, Sage 100 Payroll is ending support for TLS 1.0 and TLS 1.1 at the end of March 2020. This is for all *.sage.com public endpoints, which includes the spa.na.sage.com used by Sage 100 Payroll to calculate taxes.

Users are required to be running Sage 100 Payroll versions 2.19.0 or higher after March 2020, and for compliance and security purposes, users are always encouraged to be running the most current version.

Windows 7, Windows Server 2008 R2, and Windows Small Business Server 2011 users: please note that these operating systems are no longer supported by Sage. Windows 10 and newer operating systems natively support TLS 1.2, while Windows 7 does not.

Please contact us if you have any questions, and to upgrade.

U.S. Payroll Tax Update PTUS 20.03

State tax changes included in this update:
• Arkansas (ARSWH) effective March 1, 2020
• Maryland (MDSWH) effective January 3, 2020

For more information about these tax changes, see the Payroll Tax Release Notes.

Please contact us to install this update!

FREE One-Hour Webcast: Top 10 Reasons Your Organization Needs Sage Alerts & Workflow

March 24th at 1PM EST

In this special two-part presentation we will begin by learning about the top 10 most common customer uses for Sage Alerts & Workflow. Examples include:

Reducing bad debt and DSO ("days sales outstanding")
Automating sales processes
Working with Sage Inventory Advisor to identify and respond to potential stock shortages and avoid loss of revenue.
Be alerted when clients stop buying and products stop selling

And — after we review the top 10 uses, we will showcase the eagerly-anticipated release of version 10 of Sage Alerts & Workflow:

See the all-new browser-based interface
Learn how you can leverage the industry's first bi-directional web service API
Integrate with Microsoft SQL Server Reporting Services

Register for this FREE webcast here!

FREE One-Hour Webinar: Customizing Sage HRMS & What's New in Q1 2020 Product Update

March 27th or 30th from 1 PM-2 PM EST

If you would like to learn how to to get the most out of Sage HRMS, this webinar is for you! This webinar is designed for someone that has a cursory knowledge of Sage HRMS.

Customization will include the Logon Page, Employee Find, making new hire steps required, hiding columns, creating a custom detail page and more! We will also discuss any new functionality (if applicable) in the Q1 2020 product update.

Register here to attend this webinar!

Unable to attend? No worries, approximately one week after this webinar airs, you can access an on-demand edition here!

Service Update Available for Sage Fixed Assets 2020.1

This new release pertains to anyone in which the following situations apply:

Have or will place a Property Type T (light truck or van) asset in service during 2019 or in 2020.
Have or will place a Property Type A (automobile) asset in service during 2019 or in 2020.
Have placed a Property Type Q sport utility vehicle (SUV) asset in service during 2019 and have taken Section 179 on it.
Have placed assets in service with a total Acquired Value that puts you near the 179 Threshold Amount for 2019.
Use the CPA Accounting GL Link.

The Tax Cuts and Job Act of 2017 (TCJA) changed the factors and how the calculation of the limits for Autos, Light Trucks, Vans and Section 179 is done for years 2019 and later. Sage Fixed Assets Update 2020.1.1 provides adjustments to address these changes in the limit calculations as well as restoring the CPA Accounting GL Link.

Contact us to schedule an update!

Learning Memberships are Now Available!

Helping employees understand how to best use the software you rely on to run your business is essential. That’s why a Sage University Learning Membership is both a sensible and affordable way to get the most value from your software. By giving every person in your organization access to a library of learning—including the latest features—your organization can take advantage of everything the software has to offer. And, with a predictable annual cost for budgeting and “always available” training for everyone in the company, a Sage University Learning Membership is an easy Return on Investment to justify.

Find out more about the advantages of a Learning Membership!
Want to become a member? Contact us today!

Expand Your Business with New Field Services in Acumatica Cloud ERP

Why does your business exist? To provide a service or product that helps your customers, yes, but you’re also in business to turn a profit. You’re always on the lookout for ways to grow the bottom line, and there’s one thing you may want to consider adding to your offerings: field services.

Field services, such as preventative maintenance, cross-selling, and more, provide you with additional profit-making opportunities. If you already provide field services, but your field technicians don’t have the tools they need to do the job right (FinancesOnline notes that 45% of technicians report that the current tools they use in the field are not fast enough while 38% report they can’t access all the needed information), then your customers will be unhappy, and your profit will be non-existent.

Acumatica’s newest Infographic explains how a well-trained team using a true cloud ERP solution with fully integrated field service software is the winning combination for business expansion.

February Roundup: Sales Tax Laws You Need to Know

While you focus on your business, we stay on top of legislative and policy changes that can affect your sales tax compliance.

February may be the shortest month of the year (even with a leap day), but it wasn’t short of sales tax changes or news.

Learn more about this past month's sales tax changes here!

5 Candidate Nurturing Emails You Need to Steal!

Your Applicant Tracking Software (ATS) can be a gold mine of data or a black hole from a candidate perspective. The number one thing we recommend to all customers is using your communication tools to stay in touch with candidates regularly. We’ve put together a few common emails that our customers might use for communicating with candidates.

New Source for Product Updates

The Sage Intelligence Community is now Sage City! Sage City is a centralized community where you can ask questions, share tips, tricks, and suggestions regarding your Sage product! Additionally, you can find updates and releases there. Visit and subscribe to the Announcements, News, and Alerts forum.

Curious as to how it works?

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