If you have employees that live in NJ you MUST read this post. At the start of the year, New Jersey introduced a new tax called Family and Leave Insurance (FLI). This tax has been implemented in version 7.77, patch 7, which is available for download. If you have employees who are New Jersey residents...

Are you trying to print your W-2s through Aatrix and see a watermark that says Demo Do Not File ? Not to worry. This watermark just means that your Aatrix forms have not been registered yet. Follow these simple steps to request your registration code and register your forms: Create a case , including...

Ok you're in the home stretch. You've made your corrections, reconciled your 941s, and verified all employee information. All that's left is to print and eFile your W-2s. In Payroll 7, you print and eFile your W-2s through Aatrix. Remember some employers are required to file their reports...

When you install the end-of-year patch, the federal and state tax table files are updated automatically based on changes submitted to Blackbaud before November 30. Before you calculate payroll for 2009, you must create updated tax tables. When you create the tax table, the rates default based on the...

If your fiscal year or period has ended, you may suddenly start receiving errors such as Period Closed or Period Not Found when posting to General Ledger. These errors happen when transactions post to a hard-closed, soft-closed, or an undefined fiscal year. To resolve the error: Review the Batch Validation...

We all have a list of things we meant to do last year, but didn't because we were too busy or simply forgot. Start this year off right by making a resolution to take care of your database and utilize Support resources. Here are some ideas for your work resolution list: Maintain Your Data Create a...

We have talked a lot lately about preparing to process W-2s, but there are other things you need to do too. One of the most important non-tax end-of-year tasks is to create next year's pay schedule. This quick process will save you lots of headaches calculating Payroll in January and ensure all pay...

If you need a last minute report for specific records, don't waste time creating a query. Instead, select multiple records on the fly as you create the report. Here's how: In Reports, open the appropriate report and select the Filters tab. Change the appropriate Include filter from All to Selected...

In the Verify Employee Information post, we discussed how to verify the information on your W-2s, but what do you do if a box value is incorrect? Well, that's what I wanted to talk to you about today. If you find the error before the employee receives the check, void the check, delete the calculation...

So far, we've talked about several things you can do to help limit tax season stress. Another thing you can do is print test copies of your W-2 to verify the information. If you do anything prior to printing your W-2s, make sure you run test copies first. Compare the information on the W-2 to reports...