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Take advantage of the
ABS special promotion, designed to help
you launch the next phase of your process
improvement plan. Save when you order another
module for your Sage MAS 90 or 200!
- 10% off 1 module
- 20% off 2 or more
modules
Contact Mary Jo Geary
today to get a proposal
with these great savings!
This promotion is valid through June 30,
2008. Some restrictions
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Current
Promotions
Promotional pricing is available on a variety
of modules and upgrades for this quarter. All of the
promotions below expire June 30, 2008. Please contact an
account manager for more
details.
- Purchase any one offering from a Sage MAS 90, 200
or 500 module promo pack and save 20% on any of the
other modules within the pack. Four available promo
packs include Manufacturing, Distribution, Services
and Business Productivity. Promotional pack components
vary by product.
- 15% savings or 0% financing on migrations to Sage
MAS 90, 200 or 500
- Buy two or more Sage MAS 90 or 200
modules and save 20%
- Get 10% off a single module for Sage MAS 90 or
200
Restrictions apply, please contact an
account manager for specific promotion details.
Authorized Training
Center
View detailed information about our
Authorized Training Center on our website. Find out
about our authorization and certifications, class
descriptions, fees, prerequisites, information on our
policies, and your CPE credit eligibility.
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We are scheduled to exhibit
soon.
Stop by our booth if you are attending
or feel free to pass on the information to others that
you know may benefit from talking to us about their
business management
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Editor's
Corner
Check out articles of
interest, related industry news, local events and
miscellaneous information the ABS team has to share with
you.
- American Cancer Society - Relay For
Life
Check the listing of
local Relay For Life events coming up in the Twin
Cities area. ABS participated in the
Apple Valley Relay For Life in 2006, raising over
$3,000.00 for the event
- “Intelligence is not always knowing
the answer. It is always asking
the question.“ Maya
Angelou
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Minnesota Sales Tax Changes: How
to Manage and Stay Compliant
New Transit Sales Tax Changes Take Effect July 1,
2008
Starting July 1st 2008, the
Minnesota Department of Revenue is instituting a new
Sales Tax to fund transit improvements, including light
rail, commuter rail and bus rapid transit. Businesses
will need to begin collecting an additional 0.25% sales
tax on applicable transactions. The new tax will be
reported on your Minnesota sales and use tax return,
however the figures will need to be accounted for
separately. Five counties will be affected: Anoka,
Dakota, Hennepin, Ramsey and Washington.
What does this mean for you? More
work! Managing this quarter of one percent sales tax is
more complicated than you think. First you will need to
update all of your tax tables and schedules. Many ZIP
codes in this area overlap the boundaries of the new
tax. This means you will need to be prepared to
spend a good amount of time reviewing your records
thoroughly to determine which tax schedules
need updating and then you need to
actually make the changes.
Webinar:
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Thursday, June 19, 2008
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10:30 - 11:30 am
CST
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Join us for this free one-hour
educational webinar and learn:
- Easily achieve end-to-end
sales tax compliance
- Save time by automating sales
tax calculations on every transaction
- Improve productivity by
eliminating rate research and maintenance
- Reduce exposure to costly
audits
- Have Avalara complete and
submit your tax returns automatically with AvaFile
Managed Returns
A better use of your money and
time is to outsource your sales tax compliance so you
can focus on your business. Sage Sales Tax integrates
directly into Sage MAS 90 ERP and Sage MAS 200 ERP
to automate your sales tax compliance.
Related
Materials:
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Monitor,
Alert and Automate Data Into Actionable
Information
We can help you streamline your business
processes, keep your customers and employees better
informed for better decision-making and improve your
customer service and retention by managing
information across multiple databases, including
Accounting, HR, CRM and more. You can save time,
money, and provide people with timely information
they need by
integrating an application that will
monitor databases, consolidate data entry, automate
tasks and streamline communications with both staff and
clients. For
example, you can:
- Update data entry between your Accounting, HR and
CRM systems with one entry
- Automate delivery of electronic invoices to
customers through email
- Alert employees about changing business
conditions, such as
- Customer's exceeding their credit limit
- Purchase Order approvals
- Job change orders
- Customer buying pattern changes
- New hire/termination
- W4 change notification/verification
- And more...
Learn how this tool works and how it can help
you run your business. Attend any of the free, no
obligation webinars to find out more. Select the
date and time that works best for you!
- July 10, 2008 from 2:00 - 3:00 p.m.
- August 20, 2008 from 10:00 - 11:00 a.m.
To register, contact Mary
Jo Geary. Please indicate person's name, email
address and which session they plan to attend.
Times indicated above are in Central Standard
Time.
Related Information: How
Agile Is Your
Business. | |
Sage MAS 90 and 200, version 4.3
Update
We're excited to announce the release
of Sage MAS 90 and Sage MAS 200 ERP system, version
4.3. You will be thrilled with the many new
enhancements, paperless office capabilities, business
intelligence features, usability improvements, and other
features included in v4.3.
Move up to v4.3 and go green with
Paperless Office functionality.
New Federal and State eFiling and Reporting
provides you with over 250 forms, and enables
functionality that streamlines reporting on:
- W2's
- 1099's
- Unemployment
- Withholding
- New-Hire
- Payment Voucher
With New Business Insights Explorer
views and charting functionality you can:
- Do inquiries and analyze your
business
- Utilize 75 pre-designed views across:
GL, AP, IM, PO, SO, and AR
- Trend activities and results using
new pie, line, bar, or area charts
- Distribute meaningful information
internally to key personnel and externally to
customers and vendors
An improved Business Insights Dashboard
provides quick access to key information right on
your desktop, without having to wait for a report
to be sent.
Now with more integration features,
purchasing agents using v4.3 Fixed Assets will be able
to assign an asset template during Purchase Order Entry
for any item bought as a fixed asset. When receiving
personnel processes that item, v4.3 automatically
creates an asset during Receipt of Goods with Invoice
for the new purchases -- without making any additional
entries.
Sage has also incorporated many
customer-requested enhancements.
- Simplify report selection with
straightforward terms such as yesterday, today,
tomorrow, etc.
- Return to the report selection screen
after previewing and printing.
- Reduce the time spent selecting
report criteria -- view on one screen and utilize
smart selection.
- Print standard reports and forms
automatically on your default printer, regardless of
who saved the report.
For more information about the version
release, contact Kathy
Preston at x 445.
Release Brochure: Sage
MAS 90 and 200, v4.3
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60th Annual SHRM Conference and
Exposition
- June 22–25, 2008
- McCormick Place Convention Center, Chicago,
Illinois
- Registration
The Society For Human Resource Management (SHRM)
is hosting their Annual Conference & Exposition next
week in Chicago, Illinois. This exciting and
educational event offers comprehensive and relevant
professional development programs. Attendance will not
only improve your knowledge, skills and abilities
as an HR professional, but you will earn
recertification hours and have the ability to network
with peers.
The Conference
Brochure has more
detailed information or visit their website. | |
We offer a variety of
high-quality checks, forms, envelopes and products that
are compatible with your business management system. Our
checks and forms are easy to order, allow for flexible
printing and we deliver a fast turn-around.
Be sure to take advantage of the
big savings we're offering on all check orders placed in
the month of June.
- Get FREE checks with your
order:
- Order 500 standard laser checks and get 250
free!
- Order 1000 standard laser checks and get 500
free!
- Order 2000 standard laser checks and get 1000
free!
- Receive an additional
25% discount on new orders
To discuss the promotion or to order, contact Kathy
Preston, x 445. She will also work with you to give
you promotional pricing on orders of larger
quantities.
Visit our website for more information about the checks
and
forms. | |
This
comprehensive class will teach you the fundamentals of
how to implement and use Sage Abra Payroll. Learn how to
save on outsourcing fees, gain control of payroll
schedules and tax payments, and access both current and
historical payroll information when you need it. The
hands-on instruction will show you how to handle
critical payroll demands using the Sage Abra Payroll
system.
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Join
us in class on July 8-11, 2008.
-
Crystal
Reports for Sage Abra PR, offered the following day on
July 12, 2008
Contact
Kathy Preston,
extension 445 to discuss class options and to answer any
questions.
For more information about our classes, please
visit our website www.ABS-MN.com.
There is limited
space available in many of these classes. Please
contact Kathy
Preston with any questions. To register, please
visit www.sagesoftwareuniversity.com. | |
Sage Abra HRMS
Users: General Ledger
Allocations
Is
it possible to have Sage Abra allocate GL expenses for
Taxes and Deductions based upon a distribution of labor
expenses in timesheets? The answer is
yes. Read
full tip now to learn how to make this
allocation. | |
Sage MAS 90 and 200
Users:
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The Modules/My Tasks
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