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December 2008:

  • The Coming Economic Opportunity
  • Free Period/Tax/Year End Closing Webinars
  • Free AccountMate Vertical Solution Webinars
  • AccountMate SQL 7.5 New Features Webinar
  • 2009 Payroll Tax Subscriptions
  • Tech Notes:
    • Pricing Hierarchy in the Purchase Order Module
    • Period and Year End Closing Procedures
    • W-2/1099 Year-End Closing Procedures
  • Holiday Closings
  • Tech Tips:
    • AR/AP - Proper method to print an AR refund check
    • PO - Printing Inventory Remorks on Purchase Order

September 2008:

  • Surviving Tough Economic Times
  • Tech Notes:
    • How to Make the Most Out of AccountMate's Budget Feature
    • Understanding the AR Import Invoice Function
  • AccountMate Announces Release of LAN 7.1
  • Tech Tips:
    • AP/PR - Fractional Routing Numbers
    • PR - Configure pretax deductions seperatly for local tax codes
    • IC - How to find the total value of variances from Physical Inventory
    • IC/SO/AR - Assigning serial numbers to Average with S/N costing method items
    • AP - Report of details for all electronic payments to vendors
    • IC/KT - Whys is Delete button disabled for Kit items in Physical Inventory
    • PR - Report for pretax deductions on local tax codes
    • SO/AR/PO/AP - Why is sales tax understated?
    • AR/SO - Preventing credit cards numbers from being updated with transactions
    • AP/BR - Why does the check number not show on the Positive Pay Report?
    • AR - Why do some Finance Charge invoices have invoice #'s?
    • PR - TIP:  Generating EEO-4 report
    • PR - Assigning different Withholding Tax Liability GL Accounts to each Local Tax Code
    • AP/PR - Setting up debit entry/blocking factor for ACH files?
    • AP - Checks under maximum allowable amount not printing
    • PR - Linking PR Deductions to AP
    • PR - Report that shows hours worked by employees
    • AP/BR - Specifying differen reference info by GL Account ID
    • PR - Report to show local tax withholding by employee
    • AP - Including memo information on checks

August 2008:

  • Getting Educated
  • August AccountMate Webinars
  • Tech Notes:
    • Common Errors Encountered during Journal Entry Import into AccountMate
    • Understanding the Customer Statement
  • Tech Tips
    • IC - How to correct lost quantities on warehouse transfers
    • AP - How to preview/print AP Invoice Summary/Detail Report when entering AP Invoice
    • IC/SO/AR/PO/MI/RA - Where to find inventory item transaction details without accessing the reports.
    • AP - Tip:  Starting with AM 7.4 you can preview a simulation of the check

June 2008:

  • Executing The Plan!
  • Tech Notes:
    • Tracking Commissionable Sales
    • Repetitive Demand for IC Recalc
    • Transfer Date not Defined Error in GL Transfer/Period End Closing
    • Profit Center Tracking
  • Featured Vertical Solution:  F9 - Financial Reporting and Analytical Tool
  • Tech Tips
    • SO/AR - Adding a message at bottom of invoice.
    • GL - Using Direct & Indirect Methods for Cash Flow Statements
    • PR - Resolving missing value for source or debiting bank in ACH file
    • IC - Changing regular item to be a kit item
    • AR - Tips
    • GL - How to activate recurring journal entry
    • IC/KT - Increasing Pre-Built Kit item on-hand
    • AP/PR - Ammending Fractional Routing Number
    • AP - Electronic Payments
    • AP -Report to show Direct Deposit made to pay AP invoice
    • SO - Amending ship quantities for fully shipped order
    • PR - Using new Earnings Codes for hourly employees
    • AP - Invalidated check due to erroneous Fractional Routing Number
    • AP - Regenerating ACH file

May 7th - AM 7.4 Announcement:

  • AccountMate 7.4 is Shipping
  • AccountMate isMmoving - Literally

May 2008:

  • Time for Your Annual Review?
  • Report Writing for Non-Geeks:  Stonefield Query for AccountMate
  • Tech Notes
    • Differences between Converting Unused Paid Leave to Cash and Adjusting Unused Paid Leave
    • Understanding the Multicurrency Feature in Accounts Payable
    • Understanding the Multicurrency Feature in Accounts Payable
  • Tech Tips
    • SM - Using different languages in the same company
    • BR - Past Bank Reconciliation Reports
    • PR - Granting access to employee records, but not salary info
    • AP - Why terms do not load
    • AR - Determining which invoice is credited by looking at Credit Invoice document
    • GL - Out of Balance for imported journal entries caused by commas
    • SO/AR - How to retrieve attached file for unammendable transactions
    • AP/PO - Reversing Accrued Received Goods when not Posting AP from PO Received Goods
    • SM - Report of user & group access rights
    • AR - Report to determine which invoice an open credit was applied to
    • GL - Updating an existing Budget ID witn new GL Account ID's
    • PR - Why are there two entries with the same check number
    • AP - Invalid PO # message for cancelled PO in AP
    • RA/IC - Tip for serialized item entry
    • PR - Posting beginning balances and deductions for new employees
    • GL - Creating new GL Account ID's using the same segment as an existing Account ID
    • AR/SO/RA/CM - Recalculating YTD Sales Amounts for a range of customers
    • IC - What GL Account ID's get assigned for Inventory & In-Transit in the Mass Copy function
    • SM - Cleaning up User Access Logs

April 2008:

  • AccountMate Test Company
  • Tech Notes
    • Understanding How Open Transactions Affect Past-Due Aging Report
    • Five Tech Notes to Validate GL Account Balances
    • Understanding Positive Pay
  • Tech Tips
    • SO/AR/IC - What report show Serial N0's for shipped SO's
    • PO/IC/KT - Excluding Kit items from Search WIndow
    • AP - Avoiding "no chargeable amount" message on Credit Card Invoice
    • PR - Making Earnings Codes available for time card employee
    • RA/AR - Automatically generating a warranty date in RMA Transaction Line Items
    • SM - How to view attached documents
    • AP - Voiding a non-check transaction
    • AR - Report to identify the invoice the open credit was applied to

March 2008:

  • Period End Closing Checklists
  • AccountMate Top 100 Products
  • Payroll Mag Media Update
  • Out of Office Notification
  • Technical Articles
    • Utilizing the Mass Search and Replace Function to Update Customer Records
    • How to Record Remittance of Non-Tax Deductions from Employee's Payroll
    • Understanding the Worker's Compensation Feature in AM7
  • Tips & Tricks
    • AP - Voiding paid invoice for temporary vendor
    • GL - Best way to set up GL beginning balances
    • AR - Reactivating completed recurring invoice
    • PR/BR/AP - Where to record non-tax deductions from employee's payroll
    • AR - Why some receipts/refunds are automatically marked in Record Bank Deposit function
    • AP - Recording credit card payments made online
    • PR - W-2 Electronic filing Submitters Information screen
    • SM - Expired password did not expire - Why?
    • PO - Converting non-stock item to regular item
    • PR - Associating an AP Vendor to a specific deduction code
    • PR - No records found for Deductions Liability Report
    • SO - Shipment On_time ANalysis Report

February 2008:

  • Two Things to do Right Now
    • Lock Your Fiscal Periods
    • Photocopy the Contents of Your Wallet
  • Tech Notes
    • Understanding the Impact on Inventory Value when Items are Shipped in Excess of Quantity On Hand
    • Amending W-2 Information after the W-2 has been Updated or Confirmed
  • Tips & Tricks:
    1. PR - Printing a check for an employee set up for electronic payment
    2. PR - "Cannot proceed; PR tas Subscription Year does not match ..." message on workstation after PR Tax Update installed
    3. SM - Changing the background color on printed forms
    4. PR - Tax rates still show 2007 rates after PR tax Update
    5. SM - Preventing users from accessing Outlook, Excel, Word, Windows Explorer & Internet Exlporer from AccountMate Power Toolbar
    6. GL - Best way to set up GL beginning balances
    7. SM - Ensuring correct reporting currency for compnaies
    8. IC/SO/AR - Assigning serial numbers to Average Cost with Serial Number cost type items
    9. AR/SO/PO/RA/GL - Saving preferred column grid settings
    10. GL - Searching transactions by description, reference or amount
    11. AR - Serial numbers not printing in invoices after "Inclusde Serial #: checkbox marked

December 2007:

  • Entering the End of Year Season
  • Tech Notes
    • Tips for Optimizing AccountMate
  • Tips & Tricks:
    1. ALL - Using the calandar function to populate date fields
    2. AP - Paid prepayments not showing on AP Prepayment Report
    3. PR - Setting up a deduction as % of net pay
    4. PR - Computing deductions on Other Taxable Amounts
    5. AR - Summarized Customer Transactions Detail Report
    6. SM - Changing the background color of special report forms
    7. AR/SO - Why is the YTD field zero?
    8. PR - Displaying direct deposit info on check stub
    9. IC - Adjusting quantity for a single lot number
    10. AP - Setting up a vendor for electronic payment
    11. IC/AR/SO/PO/MI/RMA - Unarchiving an inventory item
    12. AP - Check won't print even though it doesn't exceed the max amount for vendor
    13. PR - Tax Year Different from Current Period Year
    14. AP - Printing check without an invoice
  • Holiday Scheule

November 2007:

  • LAN604 Shipping
  • Tech Note:
    • Bank Reconciliation Report Differences between AM6.5 & AM7
  • Tips & Tricks:
    1. PR - No longer need ODBC setup
    2. AR/SO - Assigning default Revenue Code for non-stock inventory
    3. AR - Issuing receipts for non-customers
    4. PR - How to resolve "Year does not match tax table current year" message
    5. SM - Removing users from AccountMate
    6. SM - Assigning different laguage for a user
    7. SM - Windows VISTA compatability
    8. PR - Excluding overtime from 401K calculation
    9. SM - Setting the default search criteria
    10. BR - Correcting improperly reconciled transations
    11. ALL - Custom Report feature
    12. IC/SP - Item Specification greyed out
    13. GL - Getting a blank budget template
    14. SO - Preventing customers from exceeding credit limit
    15. AP - Printing one check per invoice
    16. PR - Obtaining Payroll Tax Subscription for LN603

October 2007:

  • Getting Started Guide for AccountMate
  • Tech Note:
    • Return Authorization Module Handles Complex Returns
  • Tips & Tricks:
    1. PO - Creating PO frokkm SO with Drop Ship
    2. PR - Electronic payment, printing paystup only
    3. PR - Changing employee salary status & vacation accrual
    4. PO - Applying tax to all items on PO
    5. AR/AP - Recurring invoices
    6. PR - System ignoring Electronic Payment status
    7. SM - MS Office applications not activated on toolbar
    8. AR/SO - Upsell items for customer part numbers
    9. PR - Printing leave accrual on paystub

September 2007: 

  • Version 7.3 for SQL/Express - shipping
  • End User Wbinar Sep 7th 
  • Tips & Tricks:  
    1. RMA - Moving defective inventory to regular inventory
    2. AP - Ammending one-time vendor invoice
    3. AP - Why is 1st check voided?
    4. SO,AR - Search for invoice using SO #
    5. RA,AR,IC,KT - Returning kit items
    6. AR,SO,PO,IC,MI,RA - Discontinued item with on-hand quantity
    7. AP - Ammending posted vendor beginning balance
    8. SO,PO,RA - Individual request dates for line items
    9. MI,IC - Bin does not display when posting finished WO
    10. SM - Reports in Crystal folder the end in "L"
    11. PO - Why do line items not show in Received Goods function
    12. BR - Whya can I not use receipt transaction code for other receipts?
    13. AR,SO,PO,RA - Why can I not print an invoice from Customer drill down?

August 2007: 

  • Reports, Reports, Everybody likes Reports
  • Tech Notes: 
    1. Track Costs in Inventory Maintenance Record
    2. How AccountMate Handles Shipment of Sample Items
    3. Rename capability in Data Wizard
  • Tips & Tricks: 
    1. Don't remove Sample company
    2. PR - How can I change Salary Rate in version 7?
    3. IC,AR,SO,PO,MI,RA - Why does inventory adjustmenr for a FIFo item use average cost?