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This page displays an up-to-date listing of changes to our client support web. We'll also place notices here regarding product 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. 

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:

Ending Date Periods Ahead Pay Period End Date

10/05/2002 0 10/02/2002
10/05/2002 1 10/09/2002
10/05/2002 2 10/16/2002
 

 

 

Wednesday, February 7th 2007

Time Zone Fix Links for Planet Time - 2007

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.

 

#1 - Microsoft:

http://support.microsoft.com/?kbid=928388

#2a - Java upgrade:

http://www.java.com/en/download/index.jsp

or

#2b - Java Patch: http://java.sun.com/developer/technicalArticles/Intl/tzupdatertool.html

 

 

Tuesday, August 1st 2006

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!

 To access our new support site you must go to www.planetpayroll.org and register!

 

Friday, June 26th 2006

Millennium version 3.18.1.82 made available for FTP download.

 
Tax Development Tag
  
   NM Workers Comp Fee
   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.

 

 

Millennium version 3.18.0.68 made available for FTP download.

Friday, June 09th 2006

 
Customer Service Development Tags
 
   Updated the Add New Employee Wizard
   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."

 

 

 

Millennium version 3.17.2.105 made available for FTP download.

Monday, April 23rd 2006
Customer Service
 
MPI_0401 Accrual History
    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:

NY: 7.35%
NY-NYC1: 4%
NY-YON1: .735%
NY-YON2: .50%

 

Monday, January 23rd 2006

Millennium version 3.16.4.131 made available for FTP download.

Miscellaneous Development
 
Updated various PA Local tax codes.
   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
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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
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PA-ERI1 Rate has been changed to 1.18% for 2006
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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OH-AKR7 Rate change to 2.25% effective 01/01/2006
OH-AKR8 Rate change to 2.25% effective 01/01/2006
 

 

 

Thursday, December 29th 2005

Millennium version 3.16.1.104 made available for FTP download.

2006 Vermont Tax Tables
   VT SITW Tax tables have been updated for 2006

 

2006 Missouri Tax Tables
   MO SITW Tax tables have been updated for 2006

 

2006 District of Columbia Tax Tables
   DC SITW Tax tables have been updated for 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
 

Wendnesday, December 21st 2005

Millennium version 3.16.0.102 made available for FTP download.

 
Miscellaneous Development
 
Roth 401k
   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.

Monday, October 3rd 2005

Millennium version 3.15.1.60 made available for FTP download

Tax Development
 
   MNSUI Tax Rates
   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:

(Base Rate + Failing Fund Adjustment Rate)* Fed Loan Assessment Rate

(.019 + .0048) *.02 = .000476
 

 

Monday, July 18th 2005

Millennium version 3.13.4.50 made available for FTP download

Customer Service Development
 
   MPI_7202 New Hire Information
   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.

 

Tuesday, May 10th 2005

 Added new Demo of our PC Product for a sneak peak!

Monday, April 15th 2005

Millennium version 3.13.4.50 made available for FTP download

  PA and KY Local Address Changes 
   

Monday, April 4th 2005

Millennium version 3.13.2.46 made available for FTP download

Re Hire Wizard Added 
  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.  

Monday, January 24th 2005

Millennium version 3.12.4.98 made available for FTP download

Tax
 
PA Local Changes
 
    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.

 

Thursday, December 30th 2004

Millennium version 3.12.2.95 made available for FTP download

Customer Service Development
 
   Added new Report Writer Copy workflow 
   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%

 

Updated DC SITW for 2005
   Updated DC SITW tables for 2005.

 

Saturday, December 18th 2004

Millennium version 3.12.1.88 made available for FTP download

Tax Development Tags
 
   Added new Hawaii Deposit Frequency.
   Added Semi-Weekly filing frequency for HI SITW.
 
 
   PA Local Changes 
   Added $1000 miniumum to the Pittsburgh OPT taxes:

PA-PIT4
PA-PITB
 
 
   2005 KY Local Changes 
   Updated the following KY Locals to use the 2005 SS wage limit:

KY-NEW1
KY-ALE1
KY-CRE2
KY-COV1
KY-FLO1

KY-COL1 (the rate has also been updated to .01)
  
   Updated PA and OH Locals 
   Updated Local Ohio taxes below to use the following address:

OH-COL1,OH-COL7,OH-GRO3,OH-GRO4
OH-OBE4,OH-OBE5,OH-CAN8,OH-CAN9
OH-MARD,OH-MARE,OH-BRI1,OH-BRI2
OH-LIT1,OH-LIT2,OH-HAR7,OH-HAR8

Columbus City Treasurer
Employer Withholding Tax
P.O. Box 182489
Columbus, OH 43218-2489

Added new OH Locals:
OH-ORA3: Orange-Chagrin-Highlands JEDD (EMP) Rate: 2%
OH-ORA4: Orange-Chagrin-Highlands JEDD (RES) Rate: 2%

Updated PA Local Rates:
PA-PAT4: 1.95%

Updated PA Local Addresses:
PA-CORA

PA Municipal Services
1014 Oak Street
Jefferson Hills, PA 15025

Updated PA Local Addresses for following Tax Codes:
PA-CHAE, PA-CHAF, PA-CHAG,
PA-CHA4, PA-CHAH, PA-CHAI,
PA-CHAR, PA-CH12, PA-CH13,
PA-CHAZ, PA-CHAX, PA-CHAY,
PA-CH11

PA Municipal Services
215 Chess Street
Monongahela, PA 15063

Updated PA Local Address:
PA-BRE6

Berkheimer Associates
P.O. Box 900
Bangor, PA 18013-0900

Update PA Local Addresses:
PA-NORD, PA-NFA1, PA-WE2H, PA-NO2R

Earned Income Tax Collector
North Fayette Township
P.O. Box 239
Oakdale, PA 15071

Updated PA Local Address:
PA-BEL6

Robert Orr
143 Spur Road
Avonmore, PA 15618

Updated PA Local Addresses:
PA-KAR2, PA-KAR3

Central Tax Bureau
254 South Jefferson Street
Kittanning, PA 16201

Updated PA Local Address:
PA-SLI4

Slippery Rock Township
Earned Income Tax Collector
P.O. Box 812
Slippery Rock, PA 16057
 
   PA SITW and GTL 
   GTL has been added to the list of exempt dedtypes in PA.
 
   2005 MNSUI Default Rate 
   The MNSUI default rate has been changed to .0276 for 2005.
  
   2005 MA SITW Changes 
   The 2005 MA SITW tables have been updated.
 
   2005 RI SITW Changes 
   The RI SITW tables have been updated
 
   2005 MO SITW Changes 
   The 2005 MO SITW tables have been updated.
 
   2005 NM SITW Changes
   The 2005 NM SITW tables have been updated.
 
   2005 ILSUI Default Rate 
   The default ILSUI rate has been changed to 4.7% for 2005.

 

Friday, December 10th 2004

Millennium version 3.12.0.83 made available for FTP download

Customer Service Development Tags
 
   Updated Crystal worker's comp report (MPI_0601). 
   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:

Deferral Limit: $10,000
Catch-up Limit: $2,000
Annual Comp Limit: $210,000
 
   Updated 403b Limits for 2005. 
   403b limits for 2005 have been updated as follows:

Deferral Limit: $14,000
Catch-up Limit: $4,000
 
   401k Limits Updated for 2005. 
   401k limits have been updated for 2005 as follows:

Elective deferral limit: $14,000
Catch-up contribution limit: $4,000
Annual Compensation Limit: $210,000

 

CT SITW Tables Remain Unchanged for 2005. 
   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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Friday, June 25th 2004

Free Planet Payroll Screen Saver made available for FTP download! Make your payroll days less stressfull! View beautifull scenes from around the world!

 

 

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