Sage 100 Contractor: May 2022 Update
Sage has released version 24.1* of the 100 CON software. Below is a quick reference guide to the changes in the latest update. *Important: The newest version of Sage 100 Contractor does not work with Sage Estimating 20.1 or earlier.. Be sure to update your Sage Estimating to version 21.1 before updating your Sage 100 Contractor.
So what changes are here to stay?
Payroll tax table updates for:
Alabama, Illinois, Maryland & Utah.
General Ledger
GL has added security so that users can be restricted to view only from sources they have permissions to see.
Accounts Receivable
AR now allows contacts to be imported from the client record into the job record.
Accounts Payable now enables users to make changes to the invoice (such as job, ledger account etc.) after the invoice has been paid without having to void and recreate the invoice.
Payroll
Updates include:
- Added security so certain personal records can be hidden from users without permissions.
- A new nickname field so employees can be identified by their preferred name.
- Account distributions for employees paid by direct deposit (those who allocate their pay among several personal accounts) in Pay Stubs.
- A new 8 – Retired status in the 5-2-1 Employees window.
- An option to calculate non-resident state tax withholding and attribute it to the employee’s home state if they have a non-resident state tax withholding calculation.
- The ability to specify how many days after the end of a pay period users can submit time using the Mobile Time app.
Project Management
Updates include:
- A new Set PO Vendor/Job Phase Editing Rules option in the 6-6-1 Purchase Orders window so users can edit the vendor and the job and the phase on existing purchase orders.
- Date selection criteria in the 6-1 Job Reports window so that Job Cost Summary reports can be printed by date.
Utilities
Updates include:
- The new 7-7 User Activity report. Quicky and easily see all entries an employee has made in the accounting and payroll for a specified date range.
- A Standard Entry Class code in the headers of the ACH files.
Miscellaneous enhancement
- A new option on the 11-3 Dispatch Board to distinguish invoiced orders from other work orders.
- An Important Notes option that can provide users with additional important information when a particular record is opened.
- Ability for company administrators to hide system reports
- Save and Print feature to save changes to the record you are working with, and then display information from that record in the report-printing window.
- Warnings if you try to save or post a transaction to a job that has a Completed status.
- Documents can now be scanned directly into Sage 100 Contractor without having to be saved elsewhere first (depending on scanner, driver and connections).
For more information on how to find and use these updates, please see the Sage 100 Contractor Release Notes HERE >>
