What's New in CenterPoint® Payroll Version 20

*Incremental version that is available on demand. Call Red Wing Software Technical Support to request this update.

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Version 20.0/20.1

  • Consolidated Employee Portal – The new consolidated Employee Portal menu allows you easy single-point access to all your payroll web services settings (CenterPoint Time Clock, Publish Pay Advices, and Employee Portal). In addition, a reorganized Portal tab in employee setup simplifies adding employees.
  •  Publish Pay Advices - Employees without direct deposit can now enroll to view their pay advices online.
  • Quick List - The number of tasks in a grouping will now display in the Past Due, Due Today, Due This Week, and Due Later group headers.
  • File
    •  Preferences
      • General > File Attachments - Improved the efficiency of transferring all attachments to a repository from a large database.
      • Added a Search feature which allows users to find preference settings easier.
    • Exports > Generic Retirement Export - Added five additional Fixed Text columns to the report.
  • Setup
    • Employees - Leave balance records for a new year will no longer be created by editing an employee, unless leave data is changed.
    • Employers - Added an Employer menu selection to the main Setup menu.
    • Names > Payment Terms - When the Payment Term Type is Due on Day of Month, new month selections allow you to set up quarterly, annual, or custom payment terms.
    • Employees and Names > Names - The Additional Notes button will now display as a Notes icon at the bottom of the screen. This icon is accessible from any tab, allowing notes to be entered easily no matter where in the setup they occur. The icon will display with a yellow background when notes are added
    • Payroll Details
      • Deductions & Benefits
        • Added a Retirement Plan - Roth deduction Type which is by default taxable (after tax) for the employee deduction and not taxable for the employer benefit.
        • Added a new "The tax setup for this deduction/benefit has been reviewed and verified" check box that must be selected before a deduction can be saved.
      • Earnings, Deductions/Benefits, Worker Compensations Classes, and Local Taxes - When an item is changed and saved, new functionality will allow you to determine if you want to also update your employer(s) with this change.
  • Processes
    • Pay Employees - Frequencies can now be used to control which earnings are included in a payroll, expanding the Deduction & Benefit Frequency functionality to include earnings as well.
    • Pay Invoices Due
      • You can now change the due date of an unpaid payroll liability due date by right-clicking on an a row expanded to the invoice level and selecting Change Due Date.
      • Added a Display All Invoices option that allows you to see all unpaid invoices rather than only those with certain invoice dates or due date. The last used Find By option will display when the Pay Invoices Due screen is opened.
    • Banking > Positive Pay Issue Files - The vendor's Pay To Contact Name will now be included in the positive pay file if the Print Contact on Forms check box is selected for a vendor.
  •  Reports
    • Federal & State Payroll Forms & Reports > Federal Tax Forms - From the Reports box, you can now determine which federal reports are your most often used and add them to a Favorites section at the top of the Report List.
    • When using the Report Selection Filters, the selected report will now display in a blue highlight, and the name will appear above the Report Selection Filters.
    • Preview > Columns tab - Added a Header Override that allows you to change the column heading label for a column generated based on the data represented in the column, for example period column names on Income Statements and Balance Sheets.
  • Fixes
    • Reports > Payroll Setup Lists > Earnings > Earnings - The report will now display the correct information in the Type and Method columns.
    • Payroll Liabilities - When the File > Preferences > Payroll > General > General Ledger Posting preference is set to post in Summary and Medicare and Social Security liabilities are posting to the same account, the liability payments will now be recorded correctly.
    • Setup > Payroll Details > Deductions & Benefits – Deductions/benefits are now added successfully when you choose to update your employer(s).