FarmBooks 3.0.2 Release Notes
Enforce FICA Limits
Incorporate into the Payroll Module the maximum limit for the
withholding of Social Security tax. This change has been implemented during
paycheck entry and all payroll reports updated to utilize the FICA limit defined
in the tax table for any year. Paycheck entry shows all YTD amounts prior to the
current check being entered or edited.
Form 941 - Employer’s Quarterly Federal Tax Return
Payroll Form 941 (Employer’s Quarterly Federal Tax Return) was
redesigned for the 2005 calendar year, and future calendar years. Additional
lines have been added and other changes incorporated.
Form 940 - Employer’s Annual Federal Unemployment (FUTA)Tax
Return
Payroll Form 940 was redesigned for the 2006 calendar year, and
future calendar years. Additional lines have been added and other changes
incorporated.
Form 943 - Employer’s Annual Federal Tax Return for
Agricultural Employees
Change the 12.4% and 2.9% values on Lines 3 and 5 to the
decimal format of .124 and .029.
Form 944 - Employer’s Annual Federal Tax Return
A new IRS form developed in 2006 for depositing of FICA taxes
and income taxes withheld on employees. Form 944 is used by employers instead of
Form 941 if the employer is notified in writing by the IRS. Tax deposit is done
annually instead of monthly, quarterly, etc.
Paycheck "Other" Withholding Values
After a paycheck has been completed but not recorded, pressing
the Enter (or Tab) key through the address line will cause the program to
automatically reopen the Paycheck Detail Window. If the user had entered a value
in the "Other" withholding box, then this value would have moved to the
"Retirement" box when the Paycheck Detail Window was reopened. (NOTE: The
Paycheck values will be correct because the values for Retirement/Other are
combined on one detail line with the ATIG code of "9414".)
This has been accomplished by back figuring the percentages
from the employee window when showing the detail window. If the employee has no
values defined, the split values will not be maintained. The final solution will
be incorporated with additional payroll changes in the next release.
Payroll Analysis - Single Employee Report
On the report setup screen, the user enters the Employee’s
Number. When the number is entered, the Employee’s Name should be displayed.
Paycheck Detail Grid Changed
The grid was changed to remove columns that were not relevant
to payroll. Hours and Gross Pay columns were added.
Crop Enterprise Analysis Report
Beginning with the Net Sale Grain line, the "$/Unit" values
should be derived by dividing "Dollars" by "# Unit Produced." Currently, the
dollar values are divided by "Pounds/100".
Inventory Analysis Report by Type of Livestock
Do not print this report for a type of livestock if no
inventory, purchase, sale, death, weaning, and birth entries have been entered
for that type of livestock. That is, the report is blank.
Non-Farm and Nonfarm Issue
Standardize all reports and screens on use of either "Non-Farm"
or "Nonfarm", but not the use of both. It was decided to use Non-Farm and the
following changes were made:
- Change ATI = 007: "Nonfarm Utilities" to "Non-Farm Utilities"
- Change ATI = 008: "Nonfarm Auto Expense" to "Non-Farm Auto
Expense"
- Change "Nonfarm" in the Balance Sheet & Support Schedules and
Detail Inventory Listing Reports to "Non-Farm".
Other than the above, the term "Non-Farm" is used throughout
the program.
Balance Sheet Report Dates
Allow the user to enter a specific date to be printed in the
heading of the ending Balance Sheet and Supporting Schedules Reports. This
"date" is especially important for the ending Balance Sheet. For example, an
ending inventory may have been entered on the data of August 15th to obtain a
Balance Sheet report as of that date.
Balance Sheet Supporting Schedules Revisions
In the Supporting Schedules, include the "Qty Code Terms" such
as Bushels, Acres, Head, with the units. Also, change the term "value" to
"Amount".
Report Dates and Page #’s
Move the page #’s as well as the date and time a report was
printed to the bottom of the report.
Balance Sheet Supporting Schedules and Detail Inventory
Listing Reports
Change the following terms:
- Supporting Schedules: Section 16: Change "Account Payable" to
"Accounts Payable".
- Detail Inventory Listing: Change "Account Payable" to "Accounts
Payable".
Vendor Recall Last Transaction
Provide a method of recalling the last check or deposit detail
for a vendor. This feature is only available during new check / deposit entry.
"+ / -" Sign Quick Key for Check Number
Pressing the plus or minus key within the check number field
will increment or decrement the check number by one if the field contains a
number.
Vendor Quick-Fill Mixed Upper-Lower Case Issue
If typing in a name that is not set up as a vendor but starts
with a few of the first letters of a vendor that is set up in upper and lower
case letters, it starts to do the quick-fill of the vendor, but the rest of the
name that is then typed is in all capitals. For example, if a vendor is set up
as "John Deer"" and the user is entering a check for Johnson County, then it
will pick up the "John" part of John Deere but the rest of the name is in all
capitals. Thus, the name will be listed on the check as "JohnSON COUNTY".
Retain Check Amount on Payee Change
The check / deposit amount will be retained if the payee is
changed. It was always reset to zero in prior versions.
Bank Balance Summary Report of Check Register Reports and the
Separate Bank Balance Summary Report
The print screen allows for the entering any range of dates,
but the report does not cross fiscal years. Example: The report for transaction
dates of 7/01/2006 - 12/31/07 will be identical to the report with transaction
dates of 01/01/2007 - 12/31/07. Since you can not cross the fiscal year dates,
then the "YTD Balance" does not make sense and is not needed. Example: A Bank
Balance Summary report for the dates of 01/01/2006 to 12/31/2006 will show a
balance as of 12/31/2007. If the report was processed on 2/9/2007, then the YTD
Balance as of 2/9/2007 will print. But, the balance will be identical to the
12/31/2007 balance. That is, the YTD value printed is not the balance for this
checking account as of 2/9/2007. Also, the **End of Report** term can be
removed.
New and Changed ATIG Codes
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of updated ATIG Codes.
Analyzing an existing farm database will apply the new and
changed code descriptions. Any new farm created will have the new and changed
codes without doing the data analysis.
Access Violation When Changing Fiscal Year from Register Tab
Changing the fiscal year on the register tab could result in an
access violation being reported. The application would continue after closing
the message box. This has been fixed.
Reconciliation New Features and Fixes
Counts added for "cleared" and "un-cleared" checks and
deposits.
Changing the sort view could result in un-reconciled
transactions from other bank accounts to be included with the current bank
account.
Fixes to Register Tab Grid
The new grid with additional features was introduced in Version
3.0, sometimes the grid did not show the data or would show additional fiscal
years.
When setting up a new farm database and entering checks during
the same session, the checks would not be displayed in the grid. It would
require you to close the farm and then reopen it.
Entering new checks and then returning to the register tab grid
would not always display the new checks.
Having the view set to "Show Detail" as unchecked would result
in all fiscal years data to be display on application startup. It would appear
to user that it was showing the wrong fiscal year when comparing the data being
displayed to the fiscal year in the drop down list.
New Fiscal Year - Loan / Receivable Roll-Over Balance
When creating a new fiscal year the loan / receivable beginning
balance for the new fiscal year was not always correct. This was especially true
if the same external code was used on all loan payments or receivables.