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The latest version of Micropay Professional V11 will be available to download at the end of this month.  The main feature is the ability to enable the JLC (Joint Labour Committee) Module, allowing you to comply with the statutory minimum rates of pay for workers in the RGAT Sector.  Here are more details on the JLC module and features, included in this update:

JLC Module – Joint Labour Committee (JLC) for Retail, Grocery and Allied Trade (RGAT) will assist customers in the RGAT category to manage and comply with JLC payment of wages requirements for employees in this sector. Micropay Professional V11 will have the feature enable the JLC module requirements.

Timesheet Entry Calculations - There is now a pane of the timesheet entry which will provide you with a summary of the values that will appear in the payslip.

Updated P35 File – From the 26^th of March 2010, The Revenue Commissioners require a new form for the P35 return, this version of Micropay Professional will generate a file that meets the new requirement.

Timesheet Entry Warnings & Errors Summary – Information, Error and Warnings messages affecting the timesheet will now appear in the new summary section of the timesheet entry screen.

How I loved my Thursday afternoons nearly the weekend, late night shopping and yes the little brown envelope with my payslip. It is amazing how a small piece of blue and white paper can make you feel as you open the envelope in excitement to see what’s in the bank and if for some mad reason you got paid more.  

The good old days, but things change, no late night shopping, anymore for me, I’m grown up with a mortgage, and I no longer get my envelope.  My payslip is now e-mailed to me. It’s great to know I got paid, and of course it’s better for the environment, but it’s not the same as opening up the small brown envelope and holding my payslip in my hand, seeing in black and white what I got paid, I may not have always like what I saw, but hey what can you do.

Maybe it’s just me but you can’t beat the feeling of tearing opening the brown envelope, so hands down its printed payslips for me.

Just a thought….

As Summer is here, key personnel may be off for up to 2 weeks sunning themselves in the South of Spain. This may have an impact on your business. As their key skills will also be sunning it up in the South of Spain.

Many companies use Sage Accounts and Payroll software - if the usual administrator is away - are employees sufficiently skilled to take over their duties?

An Invoice entered incorrectly, selecting a tick box by mistake on an employees’ timesheet, could end up costing money and time.

Pims Business Systems are running Sage Refresher courses in Waterford and Cork - and anywhere else where there is demand.

Courses Include:
Ø Sage Instant Accounts
Ø Sage Quickpay Payroll
Ø Sage 50 (Line 50) Accounts – Beginners and Advanced
Ø Sage 50 (Line 50) Report Designer & Excel Integration
Ø Sage Micropay Professional Payroll – Beginners and Advanced
Ø Sage Micropay Professional – Advance Report Writer
Ø Stock Management Training
Ø On Site Training Available

If you have any queries, or would like to find out more details - please call me on 051-395900, email sales@pims.ie or visit www.pims.ie

Enjoy any holidays that are coming up - wouldn’t it be great not having to worry about work while you are away!

Gavin

Who uses the Apple Mac these days?

Mostly graphics based businesses like advertising. agencies, Web development, branding, imaging etc. Mac is the de-facto standard in graphics development; however more and more businesses want to run all of their IT from one environment, whereas previously they would have had a PC as well as a MAC.

Now they’re seen in all types of corporate environments where computer security is valued above all else (including the Military/Industrial complex), the most famous user from this sphere is NASA- so for Sage users the sky is now not the limit!

Apple’s strategy seems clear: to use the popularity of the ground breaking iPhone to break back into large corporations, and ultimately have Apple Macs on the desks of large businesses.  Sage will be there with them every step of the way, emphasizing its versatility in this challenging and ever evolving market.

Support is now officially available for Mac users with the following Sage software; Sage 50 Accounts, Sage Instant Accounts and Micro pay Professional payroll software.

Mac users will need to have Microsoft Windows XP running with Boot camp or virtualisation software in order to have their Sage products supported.

Now with support as an option for Sage accounts and payroll software on the Apple Mac’s, it is giving companies more choice when looking for the right software and support package for their business.

When I was talking to a customer a few weeks ago, he explained the importance of sending your staff out with a smile on their face. People always welcome a happy person. This thought has been cycling around in my head for a while, and I think he is right. I know he is right. When somebody is looking for directions, or with a questionnaire on the street, I always stop when they’re smiling. Maybe it is the invitation of the other to share their happiness, or maybe my curiosity of figuring out what’s so funny.

And although the news from the media is not making me smile that much, there is some news that does. I think it is very exciting, and brings a lot of new products. We don’t have any control over it and it could happen at any time. It ends an era of cold and darkness. Everybody enjoys it in their own way. This magical thing makes most of us a just a little happier, and the good news is, it comes back every year. Spring-time!! Flowers coming out, daffodils, new leaves popping up on the fruit trees we planted last year. Blathering lambs, calves in the fields, great! Swallows arriving, and we even spotted a yellow hammer from the kitchen window. This is also the time of the year that Sage launch the latest version of their Sage 200 and Sage CRM software. I am sure this delivers another spring smile.

From the 1^st January 2010 Employers must pay Income levy on PRSA.  If you have a pension link set up and it’s marked as PRSA this will automatically deduct the levy.

To check this you can do the following:

1.       Log in as Admin

2.       Select Tables and Pension Link

3.       Select the Pension you are using

4.       Ensure it is marked as PRSA

5.       Log back into your payroll

6.       Select Company /Payroll and Deductions

7.       Ensure the Pension link you are using is pulled through on the PRSA Deduction.

For more information on the Income Levy you can download the document from http://www.revenue.ie/en/spotlights/income-levy.html  and download the Frequently Asked Questions (Page 13, 2.25).

If you need help with setting this up please do not hesitate to contact us on 051-395900 or email support@pims.ie

Sage have release the latest version of Sage Instant Accounts, with new and improved features such as, Sage pay now option, import quickly and easily from excel with the new import template, improved VIES EC sales and an improved integration with sage Pay.

To see the new and improved features on Sage Instant V16, check out the following Sage link.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DH-uYpoF4W0

What did we do before Facebook, Twitter and linkedin ? Twenty five years ago 15^th March 1985 the first commercial website was put up and the internet as we know it was born and it took two years to hit 100 websites. By 1995 there was 18,000 websites. There is now more than 80 million .com domains.

I thought I was lucky to study computers in school back then if only I had been studying web development!

During the recent big move I come across my timesheet for the first day at work with Pims Business Systems. It was on Thursday 20th May 2004, Oh how things have changed.  It’s gone from a one room office with three of us in Dunhill to a much larger office with a warehouse in Tramore.  I didn’t have any dealings with sage at this stage it was all completely new and daunting.  But 6 years on and a day doesn’t go by where a new challenge arises.   Whether it’s with Sage 50 or Micropay Professional queries in six years I can say I haven’t had two days the same….. Sharon

Micropay Professional V10.2 is now available. To ensure the continued smooth running of your Sage Micropay Professional, we recommend that you run the update.

Please ensure yout take a Full Working Back-up of your data before doing this update. Log onto www.pims.ie/payroll-updates.htm and select Micropay Pro V10.2 to download. You will need a password to install this, please call us on 051-395900 or e-mail support@pims.ie for the password.