What's New with FirePayroll

May 3, 2012 - FirePayroll (Program 2.0.0)
bullet Updated PERS employer contribution rates for April 1 & July 1


April 30, 2012 - FirePayroll (Program 1.9.8 & 1.9.9)
bullet Added Daily Roster button with lock & data entry to Manage eTimecards
bullet Removed Daily Roster button from Review eTimecards
bullet Added Lock History button to Manage eTimecards
bullet Fixed totals on Pay Day Summaries to allow for numbers up to 9,999,999.99


March 14, 2012 - FirePayroll (Program 1.9.7 & Database 1.4.1)
bullet Modified ACH Export with new option to define an alternate Immediate Origin Number to be used instead of your EIN


March 11, 2012 - FirePayroll (Program 1.9.6)
bullet Fixed review of eTimecards for modifying entry dates

February 21, 2012 - FirePayroll (Program 1.9.5)
bullet Modified ACH file to not add "fill" rows if number of rows is already an exact multiple of 10

January 27, 2012 - FirePayroll (Program 1.9.4)
bullet Increased width of personnel line on eTimecard printouts
bullet Fixed W2 Worksheet to include PreTax or PostTax Contributions in Box 12 Code G

January 14, 2012 - FirePayroll (Program 1.9.3)
bullet Added W3 Worksheet (and repositioned W2 totals) to the end of the W2 Worksheet
bullet Updated copyrights to 2012

December 23, 2011 - FirePayroll (Program 1.9.2)
bullet Updated IRS rates for 2012 including payroll tax cut extension (bottom of Pay Day window should display "IRS rates updated December 2011...")
bullet Added printing of W2s for 2011

December 18, 2011 - FirePayroll (Program 1.9.1)

bullet Fixes for Manage MyRequests
bullet Fixed display issue for Add Entry button in Review eTimecards
bullet Fixed display issue for Validate button in Define eTimecards

November 28, 2011 - FirePayroll (Program 1.9.0)
bullet Changes to Manage MyRequests
bullet Added option for separate pages & signature line to printing of eTimecards
bullet Added captions “Start/Finish eTimecards” & “Finish Pay Stubs”
bullet Fixed update conflicts

November 28, 2011 - FirePayroll (Program 1.8.9 & Database 1.4.0)
bullet Changes to Manage MyRequests
bullet Renamed “Synch Personnel” tab to “Synchronize”
bullet Renamed “Update Personnel” tab to “Define & Assign” (and changed color of tab captions to green)
bullet Added upload of schedules to Create/Recreate eTimecards
bullet Added preview for eTimecards & Schedules
bullet Added entries to Review eTimecards
bullet Added printing of eTimecards
bullet Added importing of eTimecards
bullet Revised Pay History in Personnel to fix conflict with Manage eTimecards

November 6, 2011 - FirePayroll (Program 1.8.8 & Database 1.3.9)
bullet Added percent of paygrade calculation to Benefit/Tax Codes options
bullet Changes to Manage MyRequests
bullet Manage eTimecards - added start & finish work flow for eTimecards but with no entries
bullet Manage PayRequests - fixed upload of PayStubs to suppress apostrophes in personnel names
bullet Synch Personnel - new page to maintain logins & users
bullet Update Personnel - revised pages to maintain eTimecard definitions & work schedules

October 10, 2011 - WhatcomCountyPayroll (1.0.2)
bullet Fixed advances

September 20, 2011 - ImportSunproRoster (1.0.8)
bullet Fixed index problem

September 6, 2011 - FirePayroll (Program 1.8.7 & Database 1.3.8)
bullet Activated W2 Worksheet for 2011
bullet Added & activated Manage PayRequests
bullet Added but did not activate Manage eTimecards
bullet Added Special Groups to Benefits & Taxes for Special Pay Day options
bullet Added Special Pay Day Options to
bullet Exclude wages
bullet Exclude accruals
bullet Exclude benefits/taxes not in special group
bullet Override FIT Formula with percentage
bullet Minor fixesTo Pay Days
bullet Fixed Include/Exclude Monthly Calculations for Pay Day Adjustments
bullet Fixed recalculation of PreTax entries for Pay Day Adjustments
bullet Added warning to Pay Day Adjustments if any previous adjustments are removed by new adjustment
bullet Slight adjustments to options, print & export of Pay Stubs to work with new PayRequests
bullet Renamed last option to "All By Person" for Print Pay Day Details
bullet Other minor fixes
bullet Added default and special groups to printing of Benefit/Tax Codes
bullet Added default group to printing of Accrual Codes
bullet Removed debit entry from prenote ACH file

September 6, 2011 - ImportExcelData (Program 1.0.6)
bullet Any extra/blank rows not converted

August 8, 2011 - FirePayroll (Program 1.8.6)
bullet Updated PERS rates for September 2011
bullet More development of Manage MyRequests pages

July 27, 2011 - FirePayroll (Program 1.8.5)
bullet Changed PayStubs so that Remarks print below Code column for portrait versions
bullet Added utility to Fix DRS Pay for "Built" Pay Days

July 27, 2011 - ImportExcelData (1.0.5)
bullet Improved printing of Converted Data
bullet Added Preview First checkbox
bullet Modified Print by Person to include subtotals
bullet Added Print by Code

July 10, 2011 – FirePayroll (Program 1.8.4)
bullet Fixed allocation of paychecks when a percent is used by rounding to 2 decimal places

July 6, 2011 - FirePayroll (Program 1.8.3)
bullet Fixed pay day adjustments for changes to monthly calculations for semi-monthly frequency

July 3, 2011 - FirePayroll (Program 1.8.2 & Database 1.3.6)
bullet Added options for when to include monthly calculations for semi-monthly pay frequency (pay date on or before the 15th or pay date after the 15th)
bullet Enhancements to Pay Days
bullet Automatically change pay period dates when pay date is changed
bullet Uses new options to include/exclude monthly calculations for semi-monthly pay frequency
bullet Hides the include/exclude monthly calculations for semi-monthly pay frequency if not applicable and after calculation
bullet Added new page to select special options (disabled for now)
bullet Enhancements to Preview Pay
bullet Uses new options to include/exclude monthly calculations for semi-monthly pay frequency
bullet Hides the include/exclude monthly calculations for semi-monthly pay frequency if not applicable
bullet Added resizing to Entry & Pay Day windows
bullet Manage MyRequests (under construction)
bullet Added connectivity & pages
bullet Added Transfer button to Transfer page for testing connectivity
bullet Added Add/Modify Login page

June 18, 2011 - FirePayroll (Program 1.8.1)
bullet Fixed LEOFF 1 formula


June 7, 2011 - FirePayroll (Program 1.8.0)
bullet Updated DRS rates for July 2011


June 7, 2011 - HoursViewer (1.0.9)
bullet Fixed resizing
bullet Updated copyright

April 23, 2011 - FirePayroll (1.7.9)
bullet Fixed LEOFF 1 calculation & reporting
bullet Updated 941 Worksheet for 2011
bullet Added resizing to all Locate windows
bullet Added pauses between closing and reopening work files when building PayStubs
bullet Added new print option to Pay Day BARS Entries for entry details summarized by account


March 21, 2011 - FirePayroll (1.7.8)
bullet Updated PERS rates for July 2011 & 2012 (bottom of Pay Day window should say "DRS rates updated March 2011")
bullet Updated Paystubs by increasing width of accrual code column & adding accrual limit column
bullet Updated Accrual Balance Reports to include limit info
bullet Updated W2 Worksheet & W2s for Health coverage as Box 12 Code DD
bullet Added personnel number to W2 Worksheet
bullet Added Windows Login & eTimecard fields to Personnel for use with MyRequests
bullet Added Group option to Locate Personnel window
bullet Improved Group selection in Personnel with caption and disabling if no groups defined
bullet Improved Group selection in Pay Days with disabling if no groups defined
bullet Fixed calculation of column 9 in Timecard Summary
bullet Fixed block count & added debit entry option for ACH file
bullet Renamed "Manage Time Requests" page to "Manage MyRequests"


February 26, 2011 - ImportExcelData (1.0.4)
bullet Added option to "get" csv files
bullet Copyright updated


January 30, 2011 - FirePayroll (Program 1.7.7)
bullet Updated copyrights to 2011
bullet Fixed pdf version of paystub for missing column
bullet Fixed opening Reports window when already open


December 28, 2010 - FirePayroll (Program 1.7.6)
bullet Updated Federal Income Tax Withholding for 2011 (bottom of Pay Day window should display "IRS rates updated January 2011...")

December 20, 2010 - FirePayroll (Program 1.7.5 & Database 1.3.4)
bullet Updated Social Security rates for 2011 (employee rate is now 4.2%)
bullet Enhancements & fixes for W2 Worksheet
bullet Added Oregon info (Boxes 15, 16 & 17)
bullet Added health insurance coverage (Box 99), but not printed on W2
bullet Improved Box 14 calculation
bullet Improved editing of W2s
bullet Modified LEOFF1 formula to require Base Pay checkbox
bullet Added Oregon EIN to Agency Info
bullet Activated printing of W2s and
bullet Added Oregon info (Boxes 15, 16 & 17) to W2s
bullet Added deferred comp (Box 12a) and Oregon info (Boxes 15, 16 & 17) to W3

November 22, 2010 - FirePayroll (Program 1.7.4 & Database 1.3.3)
bullet Activated W2 Worksheet for 2010 and
bullet Fixed 941 & W2 logic to include personnel with adjusted gross pay or adjusted taxable pay
bullet Fixed calculation to include PostTax LEOFF/PERS for retirement checkbox
bullet More enhancements & fixes to Pay Stubs
bullet Added option to Year Details for Pay Analysis (DRS Pay, FIT Pay & FICA Pay columns)
bullet Added options to Export to PDF Files for Year Details, Pay Analysis & Accrual Balances
bullet Export to PDF Files automatically creates zip file for each person to attach to an email
bullet Removed "For Period Ending..." from PayStubs
bullet Renamed "Pay" column to "Amount" in Pay Day Details & Year Details
bullet Fixed printing of Year Details when not printing Pay Day Details
bullet Consolidated all "OT" hour codes into one line for Year Details
bullet Remarks for Pay Day Details with subtotals (portrait) are now right justified

November 1, 2010 - FirePayroll (Program 1.7.3)
bullet Fixed YTD paycheck details on paystub (consolidated paychecks #1 & #2)
bullet Fixed 2nd account type on ACH paycheck listing
bullet Added update for Grant 5 custom module (1.0.7)

October 2, 2010 - ImportFirehouse (Program 1.0.3)
bullet Fixed importing to exclude deleted hours
bullet Fixed converting to ignore deleted translation codes
bullet Added option to reload hours for selected person

September 6, 2010 – FirePayroll (Program 1.7.2 & Database 1.3.2)
bullet Enhanced Pay Stubs
bullet Added options to print Pay Day Details, Year Details, Accrual Balances & W2 Info
bullet Added print preview option
bullet Added export to PDF file (does not include Year Details or Accrual Balances)
bullet Other minor/cosmetic changes to Pay Stub & Pay History window
bullet New Personnel Groups
bullet Defined in Codes & applied in Personnel
bullet Added to Personnel Viewer
bullet Added group totals in Pay Days
bullet Added option to select group for calculating Pay Days
bullet Updated 941 Worksheet for 2010 changes
bullet Hourly rates expanded to 3 decimal places
bullet Improved building of Pay Days
bullet Added Hour entries
bullet Added defaults for period ending date and entry date
bullet
Export to BARS supports to new eVoucher transaction for Direct Deposits
bullet Renamed "Settings & Info" page to "Groups, Settings & Info" page
bullet Added utility to Modify Hours in Pay Days
bullet Added record counts to Personnel Viewer
bullet Modified screen layout in Export PayChecks to ACH Files

September 6, 2010 - ImportFirehouse (Program 1.0.2)
bullet New module to import payroll hours from Firehouse

May 13, 2010 – FirePayroll (Program 1.6.9)
bullet Updated HoursViewer (1.0.8) to new look (shortcut, icon & colors)
bullet Updated ImportHours (1.0.6) to new look (shortcut, icon & colors)
bullet Updated ImportExcelData (1.0.3)
bullet Added option to import points
bullet Fixed conversion of numeric columns
bullet New look (shortcut, icon & colors)
bullet Updated ImportSunproRoster (1.0.5) to new look (shortcut, icon & colors)
bullet Updated SnohomishCountyPayroll (1.0.8)
bullet Updated Excel printer driver
bullet New look (shortcut, icon & colors)

May 1, 2010 – FirePayroll (Program 1.6.8)
bullet Modified Options in Tools window to toggle Yes/No with double-click
bullet Replaced shortcut with new logo
bullet Various color changes

April 8, 2010 – FirePayroll (Program 1.6.7)
bullet Color changes
bullet Fixed/improved Pay Day Adjustments
bullet Fixed printing of Timecard Viewer
bullet Renamed PayRequests to TimeRequests

February 28, 2010 – FirePayroll (Program 1.6.6)
bullet Fixed Pay Day Adjustments for new "Calculate monthly for semi-monthly pay frequency"
bullet Fixed creation of new Pay Scale with paygrades of zero hours per week
bullet Fixed repeating of points in Point Entries and improved repeating of hours in Hour Entries
bullet Fixed the excluding of employer contributions from Pay Stubs
bullet Increased width of month, quarter & year fields in Reports window

February 24, 2010 - FirePayroll (Program 1.6.5)
bullet Added Chelan County Payroll Module

February 24, 2010 - Chelan County Payroll (1.0.0)
bullet Creates county file from pay day details

December 27, 2009 – FirePayroll (Program 1.6.4 & Database 1.3.0)
bullet Updated IRS Formulas for 2010 (Federal Withholding, Social Security & Medicare)
bullet Activated W2 printing for 2009 plus option to edit & print Box 12b
bullet Added Birth Date and Driver License to Personal Info
bullet Fixed printing of Personnel Reports (too wide)
bullet Updated copyrights

December 27, 2009 - Snohomish County Payroll (1.0.7)
bullet Entries on earnings worksheet that result in zero hours and dollars are suppressed
bullet Updated copyrights

October 31, 2009 - FirePayroll (Program 1.6.3)
bullet Updated W2 Worksheet for 2009
bullet Reordered entries on Detail of Accrual Balances Report
bullet Fixed display of YTD accrual hours in Pay History

September 28, 2009 - FirePayroll (Program 1.6.2)
bullet Fixed calculation of accrual balances so limitations are applied properly
bullet Removed name/code from continuation pages on Details of Accrual Balances

September 8, 2009 – FirePayroll (Program 1.6.1 & Database 1.2.9)
bullet Fixes & enhancements to Accrual Detail Reports
bullet Print ending balance on total line only
bullet Reprint name & code on continuation pages
bullet Print remarks
bullet Expanded list fields in HoursViewer to 250 characters
bullet Added option to calculate a Benefit/Tax Code monthly if pay frequency is semi-monthly (available for user defined calculations only)

August 30, 2009 - FirePayroll (Program 1.6.0 & Database 1.2.8)
bullet Expanded list fields in HoursViewer to 250 characters

August 30, 2009 - HoursViewer (1.0.7)
bullet Lists used in view definitions expanded to maximum of 250 characters

July 31, 2009 - FirePayroll (Program 1.5.9)
bullet Updated DRS rates effective Sept 1st

June 10, 2009 - FirePayroll (Program 1.5.8)
bullet Updated DRS rates effective July 1st
bullet Fixed calculation of Benefits/Taxes as a percent of Base Pay when combined with other codes involving limits

June 10, 2009 - Snohomish County Payroll (1.0.6)
bullet Improved ordering/summarizing of Earn worksheet ("Regular" entries listed first for each person)

May 26, 2009 – FirePayroll (Program 1.5.7 & Database 1.2.7)
bullet Added Timecard Viewer
bullet Added Timecard Viewer button to Hour Entries page (lower right with magnifying glass)
bullet Added Timecard page under Settings & Info page of Codes window for configuring Timecard Viewer
bullet Changes to Locate Person window
bullet Added option to order by number or name (default is still name)
bullet Added option to show active personnel only if opened from Personnel or Reports window
bullet Modified earnings multiplier used in Accruals to allow for negative multipliers (-2 to 2)
bullet Added utilities to clear hour & point entries

May 26, 2009 - ImportHours (1.0.5)
bullet Added Timecard Viewer button (bottom center with magnifying glass)
bullet Updated copyright

May 26, 2009 - ImportExcelData (1.0.2)
bullet Added Timecard Viewer button (bottom center with magnifying glass)
bullet Updated copyright

May 26, 2009 - ImportSunproRoster (1.0.4)
bullet Added Timecard Viewer button (bottom center with magnifying glass)

May 26, 2009 - Whatcom County Payroll (1.0.1)
bullet Added county pay types ("S", "H" or blank) to Personnel mapping

April 1, 2009 - FirePayroll (Program 1.5.6)
bullet Fixed printing of Accrual Balance Details

March 15, 2009 - FirePayroll (Program 1.5.5)
bullet Minor enhancements
bullet Added text to the Include in LEOFF/PERS Pay checkbox for Employer Contributions to clarify “(LEOFF/PERS calculations must be PreTax)”
bullet Added confirmation & removed double-click from BARS Vendors for turning off BARS Export

March 15, 2009 – FirePayroll (Program 1.5.4 & Database 1.2.6)
bullet New 941 Worksheet
bullet New Personnel Report of Gross Pay & HoursWorked
bullet Added option to include PostTax Employer Contributions in LEOFF/PERS Pay
bullet Added option to calculate Benefits/Taxes as a percent of Base Pay
bullet Changes to Benefit/Tax Reports
bullet Added vendor # to title of Reports
bullet Fixed Additional Report of Pay Day Details to exclude details with no pay or hours worked
bullet Changes to Accruals
bullet Changed date for accrued earnings & beginning balance to period ending date
bullet Changed all calculations to use period ending date (instead of pay date)
bullet Fixed calculation of current earnings & uses in Pay Days
bullet Combined earnings & adjustments on Accrual Balance Details Report
bullet Added option to print ACH PayCheck Listings with or without routing/account numbers
bullet Added Whatcom county tables to Copy at Shutdown

March 15, 2009 - HoursViewer (1.0.6)
bullet Added new checkbox to show active personnel only or uncheck for all personnel
bullet Improved calculations of personnel & hours to eliminate nulls & deleted rows
bullet Updated copyright

March 15, 2009 - ImportSunproRoster (1.0.3)
bullet Improved printing with automatic preview & labels for subtotals & totals
bullet Resized hours total
bullet Updated copyright

March 15, 2009 - WhatcomCountyPayroll (1.0.0)
bullet New custom pay day module

March 2, 2009 - IRS Formulas
bullet Revised IRS Withholding Tables effective March 2009 (image above not updated, but will say "IRS Formulas updated March 2009")

February 13, 2009 - FirePayroll (Program 1.5.3)
bullet Unlocking type & definition for Benefit/Tax Codes now allowed after confirmation
bullet Added option to print hourly pay by person in PayDay Details
bullet Changes to Accrual Balance Details
bullet Fixed dates for entered hours to show entry date rather than pay date (accrued hours still show pay date)
bullet Improved printouts to suppress beginning balances & fix alignment of pay code

February 8, 2009 - FirePayroll (Program 1.5.2, Database 1.2.5)
bullet New option to exclude Vendors from exporting to BARS
bullet Added More ACH Info button on Tools window for all optional ACH info plus new options to use Account Number in Batch Header & Batch Control records
bullet Added W2 count on W2 worksheet
bullet Improved “self-healing” of work files that are used to control the opening of the Codes & Personnel windows

February 8, 2009 - SnohomishCountyPayroll (1.0.5)
bullet Fixed Unmap button on Benefits/Taxes page
bullet Added alert (red exclamation mark) for Not Mapped Benefits/Taxes on Summary page

January 25, 2009 - SnohomishCountyPayroll (1.0.4)
bullet Fixes per county request (suppress all zero amounts and add dates to all entries)

January 11, 2009 - FirePayroll (Program 1.5.1)
bullet Activated printing of W2s & W3 for 2008

January 8, 2009 - FirePayroll (Program 1.5.0 & Database 1.2.4)
bullet Changes to ACH Processing
bullet Option to define Origin Prefix (blank or “1” at position 14 of header)
bullet Option to Prenote pending & prenoted personnel
bullet Fixes & minor enhancements
bullet Added new 941s page to Reports but disabled for now
bullet Fixed viewing of points in Personnel Viewer
bullet Fixed pay day issues to identify incomplete hour entries vs. incomplete accrual entries
bullet Disabled the adding/deleting of pay grades to “old” pay scales
bullet Added & modified text on New Pay Scale window to clarify action
bullet Modified text on Print Paycheck Listings

January 8, 2009 - SnohomishCountyPayroll (1.0.3)
bullet Added hour entries with no dollars for Earn sheet

January 4, 2009 - SnohomishCountyPayroll (1.0.2)
bullet Pay date added to “REGULAR ($ AMT)" rows for Earn Sheet
bullet Deleted pay days are ignored
bullet Copyright updated

January 2, 2009 - FirePayroll (Program 1.4.9)
bullet Calculate & review 2008 W2s (printing to be added soon)
bullet Fixed Adjusted Gross Pay & Adjusted Taxable Pay in Benefit/Tax (Vendor) Reports
bullet Disabled tabstops for checkboxes in Benefits/Taxes
bullet Copyright updated

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