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updates, scheduled releases, or problems and tax updates that may
affect all clients. When updates reported by our clients get
implemented, we'll place a notice here.
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The tree control used to navigate the system has been updated to
improve performance and reduce latency as new nodes are selected
Customer Service
Enhanced login capabilities.
Pressing the plus (+) key on the numeric keypad will no longer
cause Millennium to generate an error when logging into the system.
MPI_0101 "Obscure SSN" options
added to the report. SSN, Company and Employee Security
Messages added.
The following SSN Display Options were added for Additional
Formulas
Employee Lines 1, 2, 3 and all Main Sorts and Sub Sorts.
Employee SSN: nnn-nn-nnnn Where n is a number
Employee SSN Mask: xxx-xx-nnnn Where x is a literal
Employee SSN Last4: nnnn
No Data, SSN, Company and Employee Security Displays added.
MPI_0101 (Labor Distribution
Report) Duplicate Earning Codes have been removed.
MPI_0101 (Labor Distribution Report) Duplicate Earning Codes
have been removed.
In some cases earnings were appearing more than once in the detail
and summary sections of the report causing the totals to be
incorrect.
This report has been modified and earnings will only be listed once.
MPI_0102(Certified Payroll
Report) Has been updated to display the last 4 Social
Security Numbers as well as changes made to the WH347 form.
Certified Payroll Report has been updated to match the latest
revision of the WH347 form. Changes were made to the text within the
form as well as masking employee Social Security Number to show only
the last four numbers ( XXX-XX-0000).
MPI_0301 (Payroll Summary)
Deductions codes matching Cobra Credit Earnings codes are
excluded from the COBRA Payment amount.
Deductions codes that match the earning codes of COBRA Credit
memo earnings will no longer be included in the COBRA payments
amount.
MPI_2001 (Employee Listing)
Security actions and messages have been improved.
SSN Security message will only display if one of the SSN options
are selected in the Employee Line 1 or Line 2 Additional Formulas.
Employee and Company Security will suppress and display security
messages only if they are to be printed on the report.
MPI_3201 (Liability Variance)
'Totals Across All Taxes' group totals has been corrected.
When the report is grouped by company, Fed ID or Tax Service
then the Totals Across All Taxes summaries will reflect only the
current group's values and no longer include prior group amounts.
MPI_3211 (Code Maintenance Audit
Report) Company Default Setting is set to Current Company.
The default company property selection for this report is now
'Current Company'. Users on payentry.com will only see changes made
to the company they launch the report from.
MPI_4301 (Multiple Worksite
Report) has been modified to improve performance .
The Multiple Worksite Report has been modified to improve
performance.
MPI_4403 (COBRA Credit Summary)
Deductions codes matching Cobra Credit Memo Earnings codes
are excluded from the report.
Deductions codes that matches the earning code of COBRA Credit
memo earnings will no longer be included in the Tax Credits Recorded
section of the COBRA Credit Summary report.
MPI_7902 (Register Prior To
Processing) for multiple open payrolls.
The Register Prior to Processing has been modified to report on
the last payroll that 'Batch Totals' was run for.
MPI_8201 (Personal Earnings
Statement) Correction for printing the footnote 3 symbol and
adding SSN masking options.
The symbol for footnote 3 printed at the bottom of the page has
been corrected to match the symbol printed in the body of the check.
New Social Security display options:
The SSN Options Employee SSN: nnn-nn-nnnn,
Employee SSN Mask: xxx-xx-nnnn,
and Employee SSN Last4:nnnn
can be set in the report properties.
Prevent run-time error in the
Check Calculator.
Prevents a run-time error in the Check Calculator when you make
modifications to an employee's taxes after calculating the check.
Miscellaneous
MailClient job updated.
The MailClient job has been updated to better handle and report
error conditions.
Wisconsin SITW Tables have been
updated for 2009.
The Wisconsin SITW Tables have been updated for 2009, effective
10/1/2009.
Memory usage during
log in process has been improved.
The use of memory during the process of logging into M3 has been
improved.
New Password
Security
There is a new password security in Millennium that will have
your current password expire and ask you to enter a new one with our
new password
Complexity. All passwords will have a "Symbol" a
"Upper Case" letter, a "Lower Case" letter and a number! The
password can not be reused for
three password changes! Each password will need to be changed
after 180 days! Each individual will also have the capability of
changing there
password themselves prior to the 180 days.
Changes in 3.27.5.77 Version of Millennium 3
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Critical Tax
Changes
Added support for the
reduction of Tax deposits due to COBRA Payments
Customer Service
Company deduction codes starting
with PPD may not be created.
Users are prevented and warned if attempting to add a company
deduction code starting with "PPD". Existing deduction codes with
PPD will not be affected by this change.
Date fields on Window Vista
machines has been resolved.
Previously, random and invalid dates could appear in the "Start
Date" and "End Date" of pay checks (specifically noticed on
certified payrolls) with computers running the Vista Operating
System. This has been corrected.
MPI_0301 (Payroll Summary) COBRA
Credit Payments section has been added
A new COBRA Payments section has been added to the Payroll
Summary report. This section will report on Credit payments made and
taken.
MPI_0302 (Tax Notice) has been
modified to exclude Cobra Transaction Credit records.
The MPI_0302 (Tax Notice) has been modified to prevent Cobra
Transaction Credit records from being selected.
MPI_4403 (COBRA Credit Summary)
Company code of 'All' will not be included in other
company's data.
This issue is only for companies with a company code of 'All'.
Companies with a company code of 'All' will no longer appear with
other companies unless the report is run for every company.
MPI_4403 (COBRA Credit Summary)
Tax Credit Sections have been added
Additional sections have been added to the COBRA Credit Summary
Report.
Tax Credits Recorded
o In Detail Mode, the report lists the employees and amounts of tax
credits recorded for the selected date range.
o In Summary Mode, the credit amounts are summed up by company and
check date.
o You may include this section on the report by checking the Show
Tax Credits Recorded Section additional formula check box
o The data can be sorted by company, employee id, full name, SSN or
check date
o SSN formats are Hide (suppress the number), Last 4 (XXX-XX-0000)
and Full (000-00-0000). These are determined in the SSN format
options additional formula
Tax Credits Taken
o In Summary Mode all actual credits taken are summed up by company
and check date
o In Detail Mode the credits are further broken down by their tax
code
o You may include this section on the report by checking the Show
Tax Credits Taken Section additional formula check box
FITW Tax Liabilities, Credits and Deposits
o In Summary Mode this section will show total Liabilities, Deposits
and Credits for the company and quarter. The quarter is defined by
the elected check end date. It will also show a balance for the
quarter
o In Detail Mode the report will show total Liabilities, Deposits
and Credits for the company and check date. It will show a check
date balance and a running quarter balance.
o You may include this section on the report by checking the Show
Liability Breakdown Section additional formula check box
Tax Summary
o This section has three sub-sections
1. This Period
This section will show Tax Credits Recorded and Tax Credits Taken
for the period selected
2. Q# YEAR
This section will show Tax Credits Recorded and Tax Credits Taken
for the quarter as defined by the check end date
3. Q# YEAR Liability Breakdown
This section will show Tax Liabilities, Credits and Deposits for the
quarter as defined by the check end date
Tax
Added support for the
reduction of Tax deposits due to COBRA Payments
During Payroll Processing we will gather
all of the earnings with type 'Memo COBRA Cr', and will use them to
generate tax credit records which will be placed in the tax
liability table. If the amount of the credits exceeds the current
liability, we will only take an amount equal to the current
liability.
When determining the amount of the credit, the system will take the
total credits claimed for the quarter (the total amount of Memo
COBRA Cr earnings) and subtract the total amount of existing credits
from the liability table for the quarter. The result is the amount
that will be used for the credits. Using this method, the system
will try to make up for any credits not taken during a previous
period due to lack of liability.
The new credit records that have been placed in the tax liability
table can now be viewed on the Tax Liability screen located under
payroll manager. This screen has been updated to include credits
along with the existing liabilities and deposits.
When transfers are generated, the tax impound amount will be reduced
by the current credit amount. Also, when generating tax deposits,
the deposit amount will be reduced by the current credit amount.
Georgia SITW Frequency Update.
Georgia SITW frequencies have been updated.
Quarterly: Quarterly, due on or before the last day of month
following the quarter
-for amounts under $200.00
Monthly: Monthly, due on or before the 15th of the following month
-for amounts under $50,000.00
Semi-Weekly: Semi Weekly, Sat-Tue due on Fri, Wed-Fri due on Wed
-for amounts under $100,000.00
Next Business Day: Next banking day
-for amounts at or over $100,000.00
Hawaii State Disability
Insurance has been updated.
A limit of $4.39 per week maximum can be taken out of an
employee's paycheck for Hawaii state disability insurance. (Tax code
HISDI-E ) .
Local Tax Changes.
New Local Tax Codes.
PA-CHI5: Chicora B.(Butler)(Karns City ASD)LST
Rate: $52.00
Frequency: Quarterly, Monthly
Effective: 1/1/2008
Local Frequency Changes.
OH-ONT1 & OH-ONT2:
Thresholds have been added. Amounts equaling or over $50.00 are due
monthly, otherwise payment is due quarterly.
Monthly: due on or before the 15th of the following month.
Quarterly: due on or before the last day of month following the
quarter.
PA-MIDA:
Thresholds have been removed, as they had been leftover from a
previous collector. No change made to frequencies.
Monthly: due on or before the 15th of the following month.
Quarterly: due on or before the last day of month following the
quarter.
Local Address/Collector Changes.
OH-FAI7 & OH-FAIC:
Fairfield Income Tax
701 Wessel Drive
Fairfield, OH 45014
PA-HEMD :
Keystone Municipal Collections
118 Wendel Road
Irwin, PA 15642
PA-KAR3:
Diane McGarvey
331 West Slippery Rock Street
Chicora, PA 16025
PA-PITA, PA-PITE, PA-PITH, PA-PITJ, PA-PITK, & PA-PITL:
Don Wilkinson Agency, Inc.
131 West Front Street
Berwick, PA 18603-4701
PA-SAND & PA-SANE:
Central Tax Bureau
P.O. Box 584
Dubois, PA 15801
PA-STR6 & PA-STRA:
Central Tax Bureau
20 Emerson Lane
Suite 908
Bridgeville, PA 15107
New Hampshire Emergency Power
Surcharge Tax.
New Hampshire added the Emergency Power Surcharge Tax effective
4/1/2009. This is a 0.5% tax for all employers. The 0.5% has been
combined into the new employer rate, bringing the NHSUI rate to 3.2%
for the remainder of 2009.
***Experience rated employers will need to manually add the 0.5% to
their assigned UI rate.
The "Balance Due Amt" field in the Z record of New Jersey SUI
E-File has been zero-filled.
North Dakota withholding tables
have been updated.
North Dakota released new withholding tables in mid-May which
are effective for all of 2009. The tax tables have been modified to
incorporate the changes.
June 18th, 2009
Steve Barnett was interviewed by John Criswell of "Business
Update" during the Rush
Limbaugh Show on the benefits of Outsourcing Payroll.
Millennium will no longer take deductions in arrears on
employees when the deduction has been end-dated. Previously the
deduction would be taken. A warning message will now be
displayed at the payroll level and in the job queue on the "ProcessBatch"
job.
The ability to view and edit arrear amounts on individual
deductions has also been added to the employee deduction tab.
Deleting time import memo
earnings.
Memo earnings are now deleted in batches when a time clock
Import job is run and then a delete import is performed.
Employee direct deposit ABA
Routing number error checking has been added.
Entering an employee direct deposit with an ABA Routing
number starting with the number 5 has been prohibited.
Manual Check Calculator will
now display only active tax codes.
The Manual Check Calculator has been updated to only display
active tax codes based on the check date.
MPI_0001 Payroll Register
Report now has SSN masking options as well as Tax Filing
Status and Exemptions.
Social Security masking options have been added to the
employee information lines 1-4. The new SSN choices
are Employee SSN (###-##-####), Employee SSN Last4 (####) and
Employee SSN Masked (xxx-xx-####).
The report may also be grouped and sorted by Employee SSN,
Employee SSN Last4 and Employee SSN Masked.
The Tax section of the report has been expanded to display the
Employees Tax Filing Status and the number of Exemptions
Elected.
MPI_0003 (Payroll Register
with YTD) Department Totals have been corrected. New SSN
masking Options are now available.
The (MPI_0003) Payroll Register with YTD now Displays the
Correct Values in the Department Totals Sections.
New SSN Options have been added:
Employee SSN: nnn-nn-nnnn
Employee SSN Mask: xxx-xx-nnnn Where x is a literal
Employee SSN Last4: nnnn
MPI_0005 MTD QTD YTD Report
has SSN Masking option and SQL Server 2005 (90)
Compatibility.
Report MPI_0005 now has expanded SSN options for reporting
employee data. You can now choose between Employee SSN (the full
SSN 000-00-0000), Masked Employee SSN (xxx-xx-0000) or Last4
Employee SSN (0000).
The report will also function correctly when run on SQL Server
2005 databases with Compatibility Level set to SQL Server 2005
(90)
MPI_0301 Payroll Summary
Report Option To Group By Company.
MPI_0301 Payroll Summary Report now has two options for
multiple company reporting. If you run the report for all
companies or a company set with nothing in the Groups property
field then the report will consolidate all companies into a
single report. By selecting Company in the Groups property each
company will be reported individually.
MPI_0402 Accrual Balance
Report Employee Name Sorting has been updated.
The 'Employee Name' sorting option, found in the
subtotals/breaks report property, has been corrected. With this
option employees can be sorted by last name then first name.
MPI_0501 FICA Tip Credit
Report Minimum Wage Report default minimum wage is
$5.15. SSN format options have been added.
The Minimum Wage additional formula's default value has been
set to $5.15 in compliance with the Small Business Work
Opportunity Act of 2007.
In addition the Social Security format options have been
expanded to include displaying only the last 4 numbers or
masking the first 5 numbers and displaying the last 4
(XXX-XX-#### )
MPI_0601 worker's comp
report can now display large wage amounts without
truncating. Social Security Display Options have been
added.
MPI_0601 worker's comp report can now display large wage
amounts without truncating.
When the Detail Group additional formula is set to Employee,
expanded Social Security display options are available. The new
options are:
Employee SSN: nnn-nn-nnnn
Employee SSN Mask: xxx-xx-nnnn where x is a literal
Employee SSN Last4: nnnn
MPI_1001 Compensation Detail
Report - The Reset Page option has been corrected and
SSN formats have been added.
The Compensation Detail Report lists one employee per page.
At times some employees may have two pages of data. When the
additional formula Reset Page is checked the page number in the
top right hand corner is reset back to 1 when then next employee
is printed. If the additional formula is not checked then the
page number increments with each page.
Options have been added to Mask and sort on Social Security
Numbers. The styles of SSN available are
Employee SSN: nnn-nn-nnnn where n is a number
Employee SSN Mask: XXX-XX-nnnn
Employee SSN Last4: nnnn
MPI_2001 Employee Listing
can now display full Department Names. New Social
Security display and sort options have been added.
MPI_2001 Employee Listing can now display full Department
Names in the Main Sort and individually in the detail and
totaling areas. Employee Line 2 now has an option of none which
will blank that column so that a full Department name selected
for Employee Line 1 can display without overlap.
New Social Security display and sort options have been added.
The new options are:
Employee SSN: nnn-nn-nnnn
Employee SSN Mask: xxx-xx-nnnn where x is a literal
Employee SSN Last4: nnnn
MPI_4201 Millennium Local
Taxes now reports on PA-EMST and PA-LST local taxes.
MPI_4201 Millennium Local Taxes now reports on PA-EMST and
PA-LST local taxes yearly rate.
MPI_4403 COBRA Credit
Summary Company Filter has been updated.
The COBRA Credit Summary has been modified to limit the
companies that are displayed when running the report with "No
Grouping" selected in the groups(totaled) field.
Miscellaneous
Tax
Hazard, KY local calculation
has been corrected.
The calculation for Hazard, KY had been taxing incorrectly.
This has been adjusted.
KY-HAZ1 local tax is set to withhold 1.25% of taxable wages up
to $60,000. Amounts over the $60,000 threshold are then taxed at
a rate of 0.5%.
Local Tax Changes.
New Local Tax Codes.
KY-MUN1: Munfordville, KY
Rate: 0.75%
Frequency: Quarterly
Effective: 7/1/2008
Local Rate Changes.
MD-ANN1:
Rate: 2.56%
Effective: 1/1/2009
MD-BAL2:
Rate: 2.83%
Effective: 1/1/2009
MD-CAR1:
Rate: 2.63%
Effective: 1/1/2009
MD-DOR1:
Rate: 2.62%
Effective: 1/1/2009
MD-FRE1:
Rate: 2.96%
Effective: 1/1/2009
MD-HAR1:
Rate: 3.06%
Effective: 1/1/2009
MD-PRI1:
Rate: 3.20%
Effective: 1/1/2009
OH-HUB2:
Rate: 2.00%
Effective: 1/1/2009
OH-HUB4:
Rate: 2.00%
Effective: 1/1/2009
PA-BET1:
Rate: 1.40%
Effective: 1/1/2009
PA-BLOL:
Rate: $52.00
Effective: 1/1/2009
PA-CO18:
Rate: $52.00
Effective: 1/1/2008
PA-WAS1:
Rate: 1.15%
Effective: 1/1/2009
PA-WHI4:
Rate: 1.30%
Effective: 1/1/2009
Local Frequency Changes.
OH-FRA2 & OH-FRA4:
Monthly, due on or before the 15th of the following month
Quarterly, due on or before the 15th day of month following the
quarter
Effective: 1/1/2009
OH-PIQ2 & OH-PIQ3:
Monthly, due on or before the 15th of the following month
Quarterly, due on or before the 15th day of month following the
quarter
Effective: 1/1/2009
Local Address/Collector Changes.
OH-POR3 & OH-POR6:
City of Portsmouth, Ohio - Income Tax
P.O. Box 1323
Portsmouth, OH 45662
PA-AMB6, PA-IND3, & PA-IND8:
Central Tax Bureau
438 Line Ave
Suite 2
Ellwood City, PA 16117
PA-ALI2, PA-BRIG, PA-CANB, PA-CARH, PA-CARN, PA-CH14, PA-COLK,
PA-EMS2, PA-HOPI, PA-ING3, PA-KIL2, PA-NO2S, PA-ROB8, PA-SO37,
PA-SO3C, PA-TRI8, & PA-WASZ:
Central Tax Bureau
10 Emerson Lane
Suite 804
Bridgeville, PA 15017
PA-ASP1, PA-ASP2, PA-ASP3, PA-BLA1, PA-BLAM, PA-BLAY, PA-FOX1,
PA-FOX4, PA-IND1, PA-INDA, PA-OHA1, PA-OHA2, PA-OHA3, PA-SHA2,
PA-SHAL, PA-SHAP:
JTCA
Indiana Twp Municipal Building
3710 Saxonburg Blvd, 2nd Floor
Pittsburgh, PA 15238
PA-BELC & PA-WAL8:
Leah Burd
816 Nittany Valley Drive
Bellefonte, PA 16823
PA-CENV:
PA Municipal Service
17 North Fifth Street
Indiana, PA 15701
PA-CHAB:
Chartiers Township EIT
2 Buccaneer Drive
Houston, PA 15342
PA-CLAC & PA-CLAJ:
Valerie Dottle
P.O. Box 37
80 Milton Street
Clark, PA 16113
PA-CRE2, PA-CRE5, PA-HEM3, PA-HEMC, PA-MOO1, PA-MOO4, PA-MOO5 &
PA-MOO6:
Keystone Municipal Collections
118 Wendel Road
Irwin, PA 15642
PA-DON6:
Mark Wagner
1051 Koser Road
Mount Joy, PA 17552
PA-FORN:
Bridgette Opalka
1326 4th Avenue
Ford City, PA 16226
PA-KEN9:
Jordan Tax Service, Inc.
102 Rahway Road
McMurray, PA 15317-3349
PA-MCK2 & PA-MCKG:
McKeesport Treasurer
City of McKeesport
500 Fifth Avenue
McKeesport, PA 15132
PA-MO15:
Monroe Township
39 Municipal Drive
Selinsgrove, PA 17870
PA-MOUP:
Pamela J. Mitchell
21 East Main Street
P.O. Box 447
Mountville, PA 17554
PA-NO4T:
JP Harris Associates LLC
Local Services Tax Dept
P.O. Box 266
Mechanicsburg, PA 17055
PA-OHI6:
Ohio Township
1719 Roosevelt Road
Pittsburgh, PA 15237
PA-PIND & PA-PINO:
Grove City Tax Office
Tax Collector
235 South Broad Street
Grove City, PA 16127
PA-STC2:
St. Clair Township Tax Collector
145 North View Heights
New Florence, PA 15944
PA-SWA1 & PA-SWA5:
Berkheimer - Bangor
50 N. 7th St
P.O. Box 900
Bangor, PA 18013
PA-SWA3:
Berkheimer - Bangor
50 N. 7th St
P.O. Box 906
Bangor, PA 18013
PA-TIN3:
Central Tax Bureau
500 West Dutton Mill Road
Suite 105
Aston, PA 19014
PA-UPPE:
Laurie Hanchar
172 Municipal Drive
Connellsville, PA 15425
PA-WAR2:
Earned Income Tax Office
185 Hospital Drive
North Warren, PA 16365
West Virginia SUI Taxable
Wage Base has been updated for 2009.
The Check Register report will exclude COBRA Tax Credit checks
MPI_0301 Payroll Summary Report
includes a new COBRA Payments Section.
The Payroll Summary Report has a new section dedicated to COBRA
Tax Credits. It will display the total amount of COBRA payments
along with a count of employees who received these payments.
MPI_4403 COBRA Credit Summary
Report has been added.
A new COBRA Credit Summary report has been created to list
employees who have earnings with an earn type of Memo COBRA Cr. Part
of the new economic stimulus package recently passed was to require
employers to pay 65% of the COBRA costs for involuntarily terminated
employees. The employer can then reduce their Federal Tax Deposits
by the amount they contributed. This report will track employee
COBRA payments that will be used to receive a credit on their 941.
The COBRA Credit Summary report will be expanding with future
releases. Currently its primary function is to list recorded tax
payments for a specified date range. It will default to the most
recent pay period. The report will only have a single level of
grouping. The grouping choices will be `No Grouping` (the default)
and `Company`. If Company is chosen, report will page break by
company and will produce separate, identical looking reports for
each company. The report will allow sorting by EE ID, Name, Company,
check date, or SSN. The report can have multiple sorting levels. The
report will have a summary and detail mode (detail is default). In
summary mode there will be a line for each company/ check date
summarizing the earnings. In detail the report will show a summary
of earnings for each company/employee/check date combination.
Secured Social Security Numbers The user has three options for
displaying SSN`s. In the additional formula section of the report
properties is the Format SSN formula. The format options are listed
in a drop down menu. Full This will display the whole SSN Last 4
This will display only the last 4 numbers (XXX-XX-1234) Hide This
will blank out the field If the user has Hide SSN selected in report
security then the SSN will be hidden. The Employee Count found at
the end of the report or at the bottom of each company when run as a
company group, will count each employee once. It is not controlled
by how many entries the employee has.
Tax
Federal 941 has been updated.
The 941 has been updated for 2009 to
incorporate the COBRA changes. Note: In the case where line 15 is
greater than zero the `Send a refund.` box will be checked.
New memo earning type added
for tracking ER payments towards EE COBRA.
This is one portion of the changes being
made by PPI to handle the COBRA Continuation Coverage Assistance
portion of the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 2009. A new
earning type `Memo COBRA Cr` was added to the system and can be used
to track employer payments towards employee COBRA. Any amounts
entered with this earning type will be reflected on the 941 as a
COBRA Credit in line 12a. Currently, these amounts will not be used
to reduce tax deposits. Those changes are in the works and will be
included in a future release. In order to track the payment for an
employee, the employer will need to create a Manual check for that
employee. The employer will need to add a single earning to that
check with the amount paid for that employees COBRA
The following issues have been resolved in the recently released
check calculator:
1. Corrected an issue with extra earning code(s) appearing on the
Void/Manual batch`s PreProcess Register report.
2. Added the bank account description to the account drop-down list
control in the submission dialog.
Connecticut SUI Default Rate has
been updated for 2009.
Connecticut SUI Default Rate has been updated to
0.030000 (3.0%) for 2009.
Minnesota SUI Taxable Wage Base
has been updated for 2009.
The MNSUI tax wage base has been updated to $26000 for 2009. The
following tax codes are affected: MNSUI MNAST MNDW
A new check calculator has been released. The new check
calculator will be replacing the original check calculator. The
original check calculator has been renamed `OLD Check
Calculator` and will be removed completely from M3 in Q2 2009.
Multiple Worksite
Report (MPI_4103 ) now contains the options to choose Home CCs in
the `Worksite` Additional Formula.
Multiple Worksite Report (MPI_4103 ) now contains the options to
choose Home CCs as well as Work CCs in the `Worksite` Additional
Formula.
QuickBooks Export
(MPI_6203) will now include employes who have a gross amount not
equal to 0.
The QuickBooks Export (MPI_6203) record selection previously
selected only employees who have either a check or direct deposit
(Net amounts) not equal to zero. The report will now select all
employees with Gross amounts not equal to zero.
IT Development Tags
Reduced memory
used by M3 when navigating through the tree on large databases.
Prior to this release, some bureaus experienced high memory
utilization when moving between companies in extremely large
databases. We have identified the cause of this extra memory
usages and made some internal changes to reduce it.
Fica Tip Credit
report ( MPI_0501) default min wage amount has been updated to 6.55.
The default value for the Fica Tip Credit report additional
formula, Min Wage, has been updated with the current minimum wage
amount of 6.55.
Tax Code
changes.
Description Field Change:
There where ALOT! We will send out E-Mails for the tax changes that will
effect each client directly.
Custom New Hire Screen
has been updated.
Added option to move SSN field next to ID
Fixed Autopay
Hours and None selection reverting to Autopay Salary
Added greyed out background during config dialog
Payroll Register with YTD
(MPI_0003) has been updated to improve performance.
The Payroll Register with YTD has been rewritten
for better performance. The functionality of the report has not
changed
.
Product Summary Report (MPI_5002) -
Grouping by Date.
Product Summary Report has been updated to properly
display dates in ascending order.
Payroll Notes functionality has
been enhanced.
Company payroll notes that will persist from payroll to payroll
have been added
EE01 Employment Data (MPI_1401)
report defaults to 1.1 for "Executive/Senior" and 1.2
"First/Mid Level officials".
The default values for the first two categories have
been changed to reflect the values on the report. 1.1 for
Executive/Senior Level Officials and Managers 1.2 for
First/Mid-Level Officials and Managers
Employee Change Listing (MPI_2005) may now be run
without `Last Date` and `Last AccrueDate` entries.
The Last Date fields in Deductions, Fringe Earnings,
Insurance and Accruals appear on the Employee Change Listing report.
We have added four additional formulas to suppress these recurring
dates. Suppress Accrual LastAccrueDate Suppress Deduction Last Date
Suppress Fringe Earnings Last Date Suppress Insurance Last Date
Labor Distribution report (MPI_0101) Now displays
Earning Code, Tax Code and Deduction Code field names properly.
Labor Distribution report (MPI_0101) Earning Code,
Tax Code and Deduction Code field names now display without wrapping
or overlapping adjacent fields.
Critical Customer
Service Changes
Labor Distribution Report
(MPI_0101) has been updated to improve performance.
Customer
Service
Payroll Summary Report
(MPI_0301) Cash Analysis Account Activity text prints over
two pages.
The Payroll Summary report has been updated to correct the issue
where the Cash Analysis section of the Payroll Summary Report fails
to show Cash Activity when the cash analysis section breaks across
pages.
October 12, 2007
Changes in 3.24.12.252
Version of Millennium 3
Critical Dev Tags will be highlighted here, to view the
details, scroll down to the particular section.
Critical Customer Service
Changes
Accrual History report
(MPI_0401) has been updated.
Updated accrual history report to improve performance and
to resolve issue of report not completing when run on large
companies. Accrual History report (MPI_0401) has been
updated.
401k Report (MPI_0702) has been
updated to include other plan types.
The 401K Report has been
modified to allow the user to select Roth 401K, Roth 403b, and
simple 401K plan types. All plan type amounts will print under the
heading of Pre-Tax with the exception of 401k Over, which will print
under the Post-Tax.
Accrual Balance report
(MPI_0402) accrual code sorting has been updated.
The Accrual Balance report
has been modified to sort by accrual code in the detail section of
the report where more than one code is listed.
Compensation Detail report
(MPI_1001) has been updated to correct a grammar error in
the security message.
The Compensation Detail
report (MPI_1001) has been updated to correct a grammar error in the
security message. Previously the security message read "You're
Security settings Limit the Companies that can be Displayed", it has
been updated to read "Your Security settings limit the Companies
that can be displayed".
Employee Change Listing report
(MPI_2005) has been updated.
The following changes have
been made to the Employee Change Listing report: 1. An additional
formula titled "Block Sync Change" has been added to control the
display of changes made via Sync. 2. User filters based on EInfo may
now be used.
Employee Labels report
(MPI_7302) has a new label field option for adding the
Period End Date on each label.
A new option ('Period End
Date') has been added to the additional 'line on label' formulas.
The Period End Date can be set in one of two ways. 1. The user can
choose to display the period end date that is associated with the
Check Date entered in the Date Selection tab by selecting the
Additional formula "Force Period End Date". 2. With "Force Period
End Date" NOT checked, the report uses both the Check Date and the
Additional formula "Periods Ahead". With "Periods Ahead" = 0 the
date will be the Pay Period End Date for the Ending Date given. With
"Periods Ahead" = N the date will be the Nth Pay Period End Date
past the Ending Date given. The pay periods are calculated in 7 day
increments. Example: Force Period End Date NOT checked for a weekly
period. The Check Date is 10/05/2007 with a Period End Date of
10/02/2007 Ending Date Periods Ahead Pay Period End Date (Check
Date) 10/05/2007 0 10/02/2007 10/05/2007 1 10/09/2007 10/05/2007 2
10/16/2007
September 01, 2007
Changes
in 3.19.12.222 Version of Millennium 3
Critical Customer Service Changes
Enable Object
Model Security for Hard-Coded Reports.
Critical IT Changes
.NET
Framework 2.0 now required with version
3.19.12.222 or greater
Customer Service
Enable Object
Model Security for Hard-Coded Reports.
This updates enables the
enforcement of the M3 object model security features
for ten M3 hard-coded reports. MPI_0103 Job Costing
MPI_0208 Deductions Not Taken MPI_0504 Tip
Allocation MPI_0602 Workers Comp MPI_0702 401k
Report MPI_4402 W2 Edit Report Labor Labor
Distribution Preprocess Preprocess Register Profile
Employee Profile Register Payroll Register
IT
.NET
Framework 2.0 now required with version
3.19.12.222 or greater
With the release of this
version the .NET Framework 2.0 is required. Future
functionality written using .NET requires Millennium
.NET Interop libraries to be installed. These
libraries are now being disturbed and require the
framework for installation.
Updated
Millennium PDF print driver.
The Millennium PDF print driver has been updated
to a version which supports Windows Vista and
Windows Server 2003 using user-mode drivers.
Friday, July 13th 2007
Changes in 3.19.11.207
Version of Millennium 3
Built Tuesday, June 26,
2007 5:22:34 PM
Miscellaneous
EEO1 Report (MPI_1401) will now
use new Job Categories and Ethnic codes
The EEO1 report (MPI_1401) has been modified to follow the new
labor classifications required for 2007.
"In 2007, the EEO-1 report will be modified. The major changes
involve dividing the job category of "Officials and Managers" into
two levels. Revised race/ethnic categories will also be implemented.
The EEOC plans to update the other reports to use the same race and
ethnic categories as the new EEO-1 but, before doing so, will give
respondents a full reporting cycle to change the record keeping. For
example, if the EEO-4 form is modified in 2007, the change will not
be implemented until 2009."
Please review your EEOC and Ethnicity codes and add the new or
revised codes to all companies.
Reassignment to some of the employees may be required.
The Certified Payroll Report
(MPI_0102) now displays the correct form expiration date.
The expiration date on the Certified Payroll Report has been
changed to display the correct form expiration date of 04/30/2009.
Customer Service
Employee Labels (MPI_7301) Print
period ending dates.
MPI_7301 has been modified to accept and print period ending
dates on the time card labels. The period ending date is set in one
of two ways.
1 The user can choose to display the period end date as the Ending
Date entered in the report properties Date Selection by checking the
Additional formula "Force Period End Date".
2. With "Force Period End Date" NOT checked, the report uses both
Ending Date and the Additional formula "Periods Ahead". With
"Periods Ahead" = 0 the date will be the Pay Period End Date for the
Ending Date given. With "Periods Ahead" = N the date will be the Nth
Pay Period End Date past the Ending Date given.
Example: Force Period End Date NOT checked for a weekly period:
Mandatory Update required for Daylights Saving
Time.
The energy bill signed into law in 2005 extends Daylight Saving Time
by about a month, beginning in 2007. Under the new law, "spring forward
2007" will occur earlier than usual - Sunday, March 10th. In order for
Planet Time to function properly and reflect current local time, all
servers and/or desktop computers where the middleware is installed must
receive the following two updates/patches.
This also may effect other programs on your work stations, laptops,
PDA's etc..that are not related to Planet Payroll. Below are two links
for updates.
New Planet Payroll Support website put online! Our new website has
special reports that can be downloaded, Articles on how to answer
questions about our software, programs ,special utilities and much more!
The NM Workers Comp Fee has been added to the system. There are
2 new tax codes, NMWC and NMWC-E: NMWC is the employer portion which
will calculate at $2.30 per employee per quarter, NMWC-E is the
employee portion which will calculate at $2.00 per employee per
quarter.
As per New Mexico's rules this tax applies to any employee that is
actively employed as of the last day of the quarter and recommends
withholding this tax as close to the end of quarter as possible.
Unfortunately, this can lead to instances where the tax may not be
collected at all if that last payroll was never run for some reason.
There could also be cases where different employees are paid on a
different schedule so the last check date for some employees may not
be the same as others so simply programming M3 to use the last check
date of the quarter is not feasible. We have therefore programmed
the tax code to withhold the employee portion and calculate the
employer portion on the first paycheck of the quarter. This includes
existing employees and new hires when they receive their first
paycheck.
The 2 new codes will be payable with the NMWC code on a quarterly
basis (but not with the SUI return).
NOTE: BEFORE USING THESE NEW CODES YOU MUST UPDATE TO THIS VERSION
OF THE SOFTWARE OR THE TAX CODES WILL NOT WORK PROPERLY.
Also, if the employee does not have enough to cover the entire
employee portion in the check it will drop the entire amount until
the employee's next check.
The Add New Employee Wizard will now ignore M3 User / Role
security when determining the next available employee id.
Previously the request to get the id was using internal
functionality that could return the wrong value when security was
setup on the employee.
Updated Deduction
Processing
When a deduction is made up with an amount in arrears, the goal
amount or the Ytd Max amount will be respected.
Previously if you had an employee with a deduction amount in
arrears, and that amount plus the current amount of the deduction
put the amount over the goal/Ytd Max, the arrears makeup would not
respect the goal/Ytd Max balance.
Service
Fixed Company
Agencies and Events report types in M3 Report Writer
Previously the two report types Company Events and Company
Agencies were not working correctly. You were unable to select the
fields in the UI.
Personal Earning
Statement Typo
The exception message for Federal taxable wages has been changed
to read "This code is not included in your Federal taxable wages."
A change has been made to the Accrual History report to correct
an issue with the ending balance amounts for 'hours' based accruals.
On certain occasions, the ending balance would double when more than
one check was processed for an employee.
Thursday, March 16th 2006
Customer Service
Improved the performance of
Employee report writer report types
Improved the performance of Employee type report writer reports
when gathering the current amounts for earnings, deductions, taxes
and code groups.
MPI_1401 (EEO-1) has been
updated
The additional formula for Office&Clerical in the report
properties was misspelled, this has been corrected.
An issue was discovered in the exception processing of the report.
Employees who did not have both ethnicity and job codes(EEOC) were
excluded from the report. These employees are now listed on the
report.
MPI_0301 (Payroll Summary) has
been updated
NYSDI-E and HISDI-E taxes have been removed from the tax
liabilities section of the Payroll Summary Report.
New fields available on Employee
Education Tab
Added "Classes", "Awards" and "Notes" to the UI of the
Employee's Education tab in M3.
MPI_0001 Updated, Dept names
added
Cost center names will now appear in the group heading when the
report is grouped by cost center. We have also made changes to
improve performance.
MPI_0202 (Code Listing) total
column widths have been increased
The Code Listing Report width for the hours, rate and amount
columns have been increased to accommodate larger numbers.
Additional enhancements:
Hours have been added to the grand total section at the bottom of
the report.
Performance enhancements.
Multi Worksite Report (MPI_4103
)- Add company as a Worksite
The Multi Worksite Report (MPI_4103) has been modified to allow
selecting 'Company' as a worksite. You can now run the report across
company sets. The parent company will be used as the employer
company which is displayed in section A of the report.
In the Properties of the report select Company as the Worksite in
the additional formulas. Then select the Company Set or All
Companies in the Data Selection tab.
MPI_0701 (401k Report) has been
updated to report other retirement plans
The 401k report will now have selections for reporting Roth
401k, Roth 403b and Simple 401k deductions. New options have been
added to the current and ytd additional formulas.
Pre Tax (Simple401k)
Roth 401k
Roth 403b
Total Contribution (Simple401k)
Total Contribution (Roth401k)
Total Contribution (Roth403b)
Employee Contribution (Simple401k)
Employee Contribution (Roth401k)
Employee Contribution (Roth403b)
EE Percent of Gross (Simple401k)
EE Percent of Gross (Roth401k)
EE Percent of Gross (Roth403b)
EE Percent of Eligible (Simple401k)
EE Percent of Eligible (Roth401k)
EE Percent of Eligible (Roth403b)
If EE Percent of Eligible or Gross is chosen for any plan, then the
column headings will include an E for Eligible Earnings or a G for
Gross. ex: EE % G 401k = EE Percent of Gross for 401k
MPI_0501 FICA Tip Credit Totals
updated
The FICA Tip Allocation report was calculating total Excess and
Credit amounts at the total section rather than summing up the
detail lines. The report has been modified to sub total the Excess
and Credit amounts so that the total will tie to the sum of the
details.
Iowa SITW Tables Updated for
2006
The Iowa SITW Tables have been updated for the
04/01/2006 changes.
NY Supplemental Tax Rates
updated for 2006
Supplemental Tax Rates for the following NY tax codes have been
updated effective 01/01/2006:
PA-CEC2 Cecil T(Washington)(Canon-Mcmillan SD) has gone EMST
Rate has been changed to $52 effective 01/01/2006
If the $10 OPT has already been taken the updated tax database will
only take the remaining $42
----------------------------------------------
PA-EDG3 Edgewood B(Allegheny)(Woodland Hills SD) has gone EMST
Rate has been changed to $52 effective 01/01/2006
There is a $3600 exemption before the tax will be taken
If the $10 OPT has already been taken the updated tax database will
only take the remaining $42
----------------------------------------------
PA-ERI1 Rate has been changed to 1.18% for 2006
----------------------------------------------
PA-ERI3 Erie C(Erie)(Erie City SD) has raised the EMST to $52 for
2006
Rate has been changed to $52 effective 01/01/2006
If the $30 EMST has already been taken the updated tax database will
only take the remaining $22
----------------------------------------------
PA-WES6 West Whiteland T. (Chester)(West Cheste S.D.) has gone EMST
Rate has been changed to $52 effective 01/01/2006
If the $10 OPT has already been taken the updated tax database will
only take the remaining $42
----------------------------------------------
PA-TOW9 Towamencin T. (Montgomery)(North Penn S.D.) has gone EMST
Rate has been changed to $52 effective 01/01/2006
If the $10 OPT has already been taken the updated tax database will
only take the remaining $42
----------------------------------------------
PA-AMB5 Ambler B. (Montgomery)(Wissahickon S.D.) has gone EMST
Rate has been changed to $52 effective 01/01/2006
There is a $12000 exemption before the tax will be taken
If the $10 OPT has already been taken the updated tax database will
only take the remaining $42
----------------------------------------------
Charleroi Boro and School District have adopted the EMST
The following SD Only codes have had their descriptions changed:
PA-CHAR,PA-CH12,PA-CH13,PA-CHAZ,PA-CHAX,PA-CH11,PA-CHAY
The rate remains $5.00 for the following codes:
PA-CHAR,PA-CH12,PA-CH13,PA-CHAZ,PA-CHAX,PA-CH11
The rate remains $10.00 for the following codes: PA-CHAY
The following Municipal Only codes have had their descriptions
changed: PA-CHAM
The rate is now $47.00
If the $5 OPT has already been taken the updated tax database will
only take the remaining $42
The address has been changed to:
PA Municipal Services
215 Chess Street
Monongahela, PA 15063
The following Combined Code has been added: PA-CH18
The rate is $52
----------------------------------------------
OH-AKR7 Rate change to 2.25% effective 01/01/2006
OH-AKR8 Rate change to 2.25% effective 01/01/2006
2006 Texas
Employement and Training Investment Tax!!
Texas has imposed an Employment and
Training Investment Assessment as part of the SUI tax. This is
essentially the same as the old Smart Jobs tax (including the
rate). Therefore the TXETT tax code description has been changed to
the Employment and Training Investment Assessment and the rate
changed to .1% for 2006
A Roth 401k plan will now be handled for 2006 if combined with a
401k. This deduction is not exempt from any tax code and the limits
are combined with the regular 401k type which is exempt from most
tax codes.
The IRS has not disclosed the procedure for W2 reporting but that
will be dealt with in 2006 once they announce the requirements.
Updated the add new
employee wizard
The add new employee screen was updated to remove all leading
and trailing spaces before adding the employee to Millennium. If the
length of the id is longer than the maximum number of characters
allowed (6), the user will be warned and the employee will not be
added. If the length is less than the maximum number of characters,
the id will be padded with enough spaces to meet the max.
NonResident Alien
Status
In order to comply with the new regulations regarding
NonResident Aliens and Federal Taxes a new filing status has been
added for 2006, NRA, which will use the same brackets as the Single
Filing status with the exception that it will have a add $2650 to
all annualizes wage amounts thereby taxing them properly according
to the new rules.
2006 New Mexico Tax
Tables
NM SITW Tax tables have been updated for 2006
2006 Kentucky Tax
Tables
KY has increased their Standard Deduction to $1970 for 2006. Tax
Tables have been modified accordingly.
DCSUI Taxes
DC has added a new funding surtax of 2% in addition to the SUI
tax so a new DCAST has been added.
2006 CA Tax Tables
CA SITW Tax tables have been updated for 2006
2006 Ohio Tax
Tables
Ohio has issued new tax tables for 2006. Millennium has been
updated accordingly
2006 Rhode Island
SDI Wage Base
The RISDI-E Wage base has been increased to 50,600 for 2006
IDAST Tax Rate
The IDAST tax rate has been set to 0 for 2005 and 2006. This
information has not been published by the state and was obtained via
direct contact with the state.
Added view check
ability to the pay history tab.
Added new "View Check" button to the employee "Pay History"
screen to allow preview of prior checks.
The view check button will run one preview for each check selected
on the pay history screen.
If more than 5 checks are selected the user will be asked if they
actually want to preview all the selected checks because it may take
a while.
More 2006 SUI
Changes
IDSUI Wage Base increase to $29200
IDAST Wage Base increase to $29200
IDWD Wage Base increase to $29200
MNAST Rate is 0 for 2006
MNSUI Rate is .026448 for 2006 (derived as (.0192+.004)*1.14)
MNDW Rate is .001 for 2006
ORSUI Rate is .031 for 2006
OR-TRI1 Rate is .006418
VASUI Rate is .0269 for 2006
Saturday, November 12th 2005
Planet Payroll has made updates to our online software product
which is listed below:
Agency Tab added to company setup.
A new “Agencies” tab has been added under company setup. This tab can
be used to add or modify 3rd party agency information.
Fixed display of totals on employee accrual screen.
The “Total” field located in the balance section of the employee
accrual details tab has been fixed. It will now allow you to display
the total of the used and available balance for the accrual.
Added field for employee work state.
A new field to set the employee work state has been added to the
employee taxes tab.
Add field for EEO class
A new field for EEO class has been added to the employee Dept/Pos.
tab. In addition, a new tab was added under the Misc tab located in
the Company Setup. This new tab will allow users to maintain the list
of EEO class codes.
Updated void check message.
The confirmation box that appears when a user selects to void a check
from the payroll history area has been updated. The message will now
include a warning if the check was from a prior quarter.
New Employee Wizard updated.
The new employee wizard will now allow leading zeros when entering an
employee id.
As a result of some recent clarifications by the state regarding
the Federal Loan Interest Assessment and it's relation to the 940
form the following changes were necessary.
An MNAST tax code has been added. The default rate is set to .000476
which is derived as follows:
Changed spelling of responsibe to responsible for new hires
which are reported by our clients and not Planet Payroll
Fixed
problem with saving data
Corrected issue with saving data reported in version 3.14.1.
Specifically there was an issue report with saving the Experience
Rates on the Works Comp Tab.
A Rehire Wizard has been added to assist in the new hire
reporting process. There is a new button to the right of the Re-Hire
field that must be used. The system will no longer allow to directly
type in a re-hire date.
The Chambersburg Area School District and the Borough of
Chambersburg have adopted the Emergency and Municipal Services Tax.
As a result 2 new tax codes have been created .
PA-CH15 will be the Combined Boro and School District Tax of $52
with a $1000 annual minimum before the employee is assessed the tax.
The old tax code, PA-CHAK, has been set to $0 for 2005
PA-CH16 will be the School District only for $10 with a $1000 annual
minimum before the employee is assessed the tax.
This supersedes the following list of tax codes which have been set
to $0 for 2005:
PA-CHAS
PA-CHAT
PA-CHAU
PA-CHAV
PA-CHAW
NJSUI-E and NJHI-E
As of 01/01/05 the NJSUI-E rate had incorrectly reverted back to
.001825 from .003825. This has been corrected: NJSUI-E rate has been
changed to .003825
As of 01/01/05 the NJHI-E rate had incorrectly reverted back to .002
from 0. This has been corrected: NJHI-E rate has been changed to 0.
The net effect is 0 as the 2 taxes offset each other and the system
will self correct itself on the next payroll run.
PA Local Changes
Robinson Township has adopted the Emergency and Municipal
Services Tax. Therefore PA-ROB4 has been set to $0 for 2005 and a
new tax code, PA-ROB8, has been created. PA-ROB8 will be $52
annually with no low income exemption. It is payable quarterly
unless the amounts withheld by the employer exceed $500, in which
case, payment must be made within 30 days of the month following.
Added a new workflow to Millennium to allow you to copy report
writer reports from one company to one or more other companies. This
workflow can also be used to copy report writer reports to and from
the system > reports, and scratch pad areas.
To run this workflow right click on a report writer report (this
will not work for Crystal and hard coded reports) and select copy.
This workflow can also be run from the System > Management area.
Note: The workflow will copy the report setup and the following
properties; number of copies and date range (other properties such
as output destination will not be copied).
Updated display of employee id
on check stubs.
The text 'Employee Number' on the check stub will be replaced
with 'ID' for non-W2 employees.
Tax Development
Updated PA Local
Taxes
PITTSBURGH OPT CHANGES:
Tax Codes affected: PA-PIT4, PA-PITB
Pittsburgh has repealed the OPT tax for 2005. Thus the tax tables
will reflect 0 for 2005.
They have instituted an Emergency and Municipal Services tax,
however, which is $52 annually. If the employee earns less than
$12000 annually, they will be entitled to a refund. The employer is
still required to withhold the entire $52, however, and it will be
incumbent on the employee to file for the refund.
As a result a new tax code has been added: PA-PITF
PITTSBURGH EMPLOYER EXPENSE TAX:
Pittsburgh has added a new Employer tax based on gross payroll. This
tax is separate from the Earned Income Tax and is in effect for any
employers that were in business for the entire quarter beginning
10/01/2004. Those employers will have to pay the first installment
of this tax by 02/28/2005 based on gross wages for 4th quarter 2004.
Unfortunately, the data, at this point does not exist in Millennium
so you will have to calculate the amounts due manually, impound your
clients and create the deposit records as well for the 10/1/04 -
12/31/04 timeframe. The remaining installments for 2005 will be
quarterly on the last day of the month following the quarter.
The new tax code is PA-PITC and the rate is .0055 of gross
payroll expense.
MT. LEBANON OCCUPATION TAX CHANGES:
PA-MOUK has been updated as follows:
The tax table will reflect $0 for 2005 payrolls and on
PA-MOUQ Added (Mt Lebanon T. Emergency and Municipal Services
Tax)
The tax table for 2005 will have a one time charge of $52 for
employees earning more than $3000 annually.
LOWER MERION OCCUPATION TAX CHANGES:
Lower Merion Township has adopted the Emergency and Municipal
Services Tax.
As a result the old Lower Merion tax code, PA-LOW8, will be
set to calculate $0 for 2005.
A new tax code, PA-LO1O has been added for 2005 which will
calculate at $52 for the year if the employee earns $3500 or more
annually.
Added ORSUI Special
Tax Offset
The ORAST tax code has been added to account for an Oregon
"Special Tax Offset" in effect for 1st quarter 2005. This offset
amount (.3%) is deducted from the employer's normal rate for the
first quarter so the amount paid by the employer is not affected.
However, since the amount is not allowed for the FUTA calculation, a
separate code is needed to account for the amount.
Updated OK SITW for
2005.
OK SITW tax tables have been updated for 2005.
Updated OH Local Taxes.
OH-EVE2 rate changed to 1.2%
OH-EVE3 rate changed to 1.2%
Fixed the display of pay periods to include the full range of
dates based on the check date range selected when the report is run.
Previously the report was only showing the period dates associated
with the first check date displayed on the report.
Increased length of Field
column in MRW Designer.
Increased M3 Report Writer's Field column to allow for formulas
that are up to 2000 characters in length (formerly a 200 character
length limit).
Updated validation performed
when attempting to delete deductions.
A deduction can no longer be deleted from a company if it is in
use by an Insurance Plan.
Fixed display problem on UI
pages with grid on top and fields on bottom.
Prior to this fix, the page heading above the data fields on the
bottom half of the screen would "stick" when moving between
employees. This would happen when you went from an employee with
data to an employee without data.
Title on Edit Employee's Notes
screen updated.
Edit dialog for employee's notes on
Company->Employees->Employee->Rates/Reviews is now titled "Edit
Employee's Notes". Prior to this fix it read "Edit Reviewer's
Notes."
Operations Development Tags
EEO-1 Employer Information
Report (MPI_1401)
EEO-1 Employer Information Report (MPI_1401)
This report will display counts for all employees who have had
Social Security deductions within the specified time period. The
employees will be broken out by gender, ethnicity and eeo class.
The format of this report closely follows the layout of the EEO-1
Employer Information Report section D (Employment Data).
Additional formulas will allow the user to select the ethnicity
codes which correspond to the codes they have created for their
specific companies.
Additionally the user can associate eeo class codes with the 9
classes defined by the EEOC and the OFCCP.
If there are additional classes and or ethnic codes not defined in
the additional formulas, they will fall into the Other category and
an optional exception report can be displayed.
Updated Labor Distribution
Report
Updated report MPI_0101 to display department names in headings.
Company Earning Codes can no
longer be deleted if being used by Employee Labor Allocation
You should not be able to delete an earning in use by employee
labor allocation.
Salary Calculation Updated When
Adding New Pay Rate to Employee.
When adding a new pay rate and or review to an employee, the
hours used will now be correctly determined when the employee does
not have default hours set up. Previously, Millennium was rounding
the company default hours used when the employee default hours are
zero.
Tax Development Tags
Employee Change
State functionality updated.
The change state functionality on an Employee's taxes tab was
updated to include only related taxes that are active on the
company. If you move an employee to a new workstate, the system will
only allow you to select the additional state and unemployment taxes
that are known to be active on the company.
Updated MT SITW
Changes for 2005.
The Montana Tax tables have been updated for 2005.
Updated KY SITW for 2005.
The KY SITW tables have been updated to reflect the change in
the standard deduction of $1910 effective 01/01/2005.
Updated Simple Retirement Plan
Limits for 2005.
Simple plan limits for 2005 have been updated as follows:
CT SITW tables have been reviewed for 2005. The tables are the
same as the 2004 Tables due to Connecticut repealing the new 2005
tables.
CT SITW Tables Remain Unchanged for 2005.
Updated MI SITW for 2005.
The MI SITW tables have been updated for 2005.
Updated MN SITW
Changes for 2005.
The Minnesota Tax Tables have been updated for 2005.
Updated ND SITW for
2005.
The ND SITW tables have been updated for 2005.
Updated FITW for 2005.
The FITW tables have been updated for 2005. This includes the
following tax codes:
FITW
FITW43
FITW45
Added EIC for 2005.
The 2005 EIC code and tables have been added. The new code is
EIC05.
Updated ME SITW for 2005.
The 2005 ME SITW tables have been added
Updated NY Tax Tables for 2005.
The 2005 tax tables have been updated for the following New York
Tax codes:
NY (NY SITW)
NY-NYC1 (New York City)
NY-YON1 (Yonkers Resident)
Updated UT SUI for
2005.
UTSUI Taxable Wage base increase to $23,200 (Source: BNA)
Updated VA SITW for 2005.
The VA SITW tax tables have been updated for 2005.
Updated CA SITW for 2005.
The CA SITW tax tables have been updated for 2005.
Updated VT SITW for 2005.
The VT SITW tables have been update for 2005
Monday, November 22nd 2004
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TEL: (623) 434-3436
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Friday, June 25th 2004
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Changes
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