Release Notes - 2019

BPF-7507

ACA

ACA – Updated the software to use the ACEM/xxxx common code (where xxxx is the entity being reported) to override the employer name. The long description holds the overridden name. If a ^ is placed in the overridden name, it will place what follows the ^ in the second line of the name in the IRS file. Same functionality applies to the ACGV/xxxx common code for the governmental entity.

BPF-6433

ACA

ACA – The Lookback period can now go back further than the previous calendar year. Use common code ACAR/LOOKBACK, Associated Numeric Values #3 to indicate the number of years for the system to look back. Default is 1.

BPF-16987

Bank Reconciliation

1099 – 1099 processing now includes the use of non-US states or territories using common code CK99/STATExx.

BPF-7337

Bank Reconciliation

BK99CC and BK99CB – New question (BK16) was added to mask SSN/TIN.

BPF-5952

Bank Reconciliation

1099-MISC – Clients now have the option to create a report by Vendors by a State.

BPF-14295

BusinessPlus

BusinessPlus – A new table named yr_addltax has been added to support the new W-4 values for 2020. This table is updated through the Additional Taxes tab on HRPYMD/HREPPR.

BPF-15039

Employee Online

EO – Updated Employee Online Tax Information page to capture additional W-4 inputs for the 2020 tax year. These inputs include the Two Job option, Dependent Amount, Other Income, and Other Deductions.

BPF-18575

Employee Online

EO – Direct Deposit – To address decreased performance when a large number of records existed in the Bank ID table (HRTBBK), the Bank field on the EO Direct Deposit page is now filtered using a "starts with" concept whereby the drop-down requires at least three characters of the bank name (as it exists in HRTBBK) be entered before any drop-down values display.

BPF-18430

Employee Online

EO – Fixed an issue where benefits with future Open Enrollment dates and "NO" in the Mid-Year Changes field were still displayed in the Benefit Enrollment wizard.

BPF-18402

Employee Online

EO – Benefit Enrollment wizard was not displaying an amount error consistently when the amount entered was either below the minimum or above the maximum set up in the Benefit Setup, Forms and Coverage Information, Deduction Info section. Also fixed an issue where entered minimum and maximum amount values were changed upon saving the setup record.

BPF-18391

Employee Online

EO – Benefits – The Read Only functionality was corrected. Now, if an employee already has a benefit assigned that is Read Only, the Benefit Enrollment wizard shows the plan in the existing benefit section, not in the Select Primary Plan section. If the employee does not already have the plan assigned, it is not displayed in the wizard.

BPF-18380

Employee Online

EO – In the Benefit Update wizard, benefits that are set up to use Coverage Amount now require at least three digits be entered into the Coverage Amount field before the drop-down is populated with available options. The change was made due to too many items in the drop-down impacting performance.

BPF-18372

Employee Online

EO – Updated the colors and branding of Employee Online.

BPF-18366

Employee Online

EO – Job Information – The displayed rates were a mixture of pay assignment actual values and total line values. Hourly and Daily values originated from the actual pay assignment, but the Period value came from the totals line which included additional contributions. Now, all three values (Hourly, Daily, Per Period) are derived from the pay assignment Actual values.

BPF-18358

Employee Online

EO – Direct Deposit – To address decreased performance when a large number of records exist in the Bank ID table (HRTBBK), the Bank field on the EO Direct Deposit page is now filtered using a "starts with" concept whereby the drop-down requires at least three characters of the bank name (as it exists in HRTBBK) be entered before any drop-down values display.

BPF-18010

Employee Online

EO – Corrected an issue of multiple ACA forms not displaying in EO. This fix also includes new keywords to formulate custom descriptions for HR attachments using Associated Description 2 of common codes PYW2/EOxxxx and ACAR/EOxxxx. This change is only for 7.11 and 19.x releases. The old method using PYW2EO still works as well, including for older releases. With the new change, BusinessPlus now looks for keyword "W2" for W-2 forms. For 1095-C Affordable Care Act forms, it looks for keywords "ACA," "1095," or "PYW2EO." This way, users can now label HR attachments with identifiable names (e.g., "W2_2019," "1095C_2018"). Note that in EO, the W-2 link still shows the DO Form Definition name like before. However, when the link is selected, the displayed document title is now set to the attachment description as defined in the common code.

BPF-17162

Employee Online

EO – Dependents – Corrected an issue where the end date on HRPYBE dependent records were incorrectly updated after a switch in benefits in EO. This happened on dependent records that had an end date prior to the current pay period.

BPF-15038

Employee Online

EO – Updated Employee Online Tax Information page to capture additional W-4 inputs for the 2020 tax year. These inputs include the Two Job option, Dependent Amount, Other Income, and Other Deductions.

BPF-18557

Human Resources

HRPYPA – The PCN FTE changed when the PCN and Position were changed. Now, if there is a value greater than zero in PCN FTE and the PCN and Position or Calendar are changed, the PCN FTE will remain as originally entered.

BPF-17376

Human Resources

HR – Additional Taxes tab added to HREPPR screen to capture additional W-4 values for the 2020 tax year. These values include Dependent Amount, Other Income, and Other Deductions.

BPF-17374

Human Resources

HR – Additional Taxes tab added to HRPYMD screen to capture additional W-4 values for the 2020 tax year. These values include Dependent Amount, Other Income, and Other Deductions.

BPF-18540

Payroll

HRPYPA/HRPYQP – Corrected an issue where the Lmt field value (Special tab) was not multiplied by each distribution percentage, resulting in incorrect values placed in PYUPEP Budget field.

BPF-17245

Payroll

PYW2UP – Fixed an error on the Copy Report Definition tool.

BPF-17190

Payroll

PYW2EOSE and PYACEOSE – New options to archive W2 forms based on the archive options already existing for ACA. Menu item Options, Documents Online Options select "AR" for Archive Copy. A question will appear titled "Who to include in the Archive". There are three options, the same as those underPYW2EOSE, "AL -All selected employees", "NP - Those who opted out of print", and "PR - Those who wanted printed copy".

BPF-9732

Payroll

PY – New masks PYTXWI and PYTXWE were added to import and export payroll withholding tax table CSV files.

BPF-5915

Payroll

W-2 – To print negative values on a W-2, Associated Descriptions #4 of common code PYFG/PY601C can now be set to "ZERO NEGATIVE OFF."

BPF-1603

Payroll

W-2 Box 12 and 14 – Form definition files for 1x4 and 2x2 Legal forms now have the same overflow functionality as 2X2 Letter forms had in previous years, using new keywords BOX12-x and BOX14-x on the Form Fields Definition tab.