2020 Release notes

Devon from Wagepoint
Devon from Wagepoint
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January 2020

We released the following features and bug fixes in Wagepoint on January 30, 2020.

Features/enhancements

  1. Administrators tab in the Accountant dashboard – we identify the account owner and display the access type associated with each user.
  2. Workers' compensation rates – we added an effective date to record changes to the WSIB/WCB account number and rates.
  3. Custom income code requests – we added Box 36 and Box L to the year-end reporting dropdown menus.

Bug fixes

  1. We refactored and optimized the code used in our referral program to prevent time outs and ensure that we are applying the referral codes to the customer's account.
  2. We updated the net-to-gross calculator to handle calculations when the provincial tax uses claim Code 0.
  3. We fixed the functionality to account for limits on the garnishment deduction code.
  4. We updated the paygroup and cycle selector dropdown menus to display the pay cycles associated with the selected paygroup.
  5. We fixed the issue affecting custom income types that prevented the user from saving the GL expense number.

We released the following features in Track on January 30, 2020.

Features/enhancements

  1. Updated the Cycles Total report to show all clock punches in/out for an employee for the whole pay cycle.

 

April 2020

We released the following features and bug fixes in Wagepoint on April 16, 2020.

Features & enhancements

  • Added functionality to the accountant dashboard to allow users to update their password directly through the dashboard

  • Added validation to prevent a user from disabling/enabling direct deposit payments while payroll is pending finalization

  • Updated the Quarterly WCB report to show the amount that the WCB was calculated on, not the total gross payroll (as not all earnings or taxable benefits should be included).

  • Updated the custom income/deduction modal to add box 40 for the T4 options, box J for the RL1 options, added BC Employer Health Tax as an option and an input field for notes

  • Users can now see current vacation balances for employees that accrue vacation while completing the payroll process (on Hourly and Salary screens) as well as when the employer is paying out vacation using the Vacation pay income code in the employee's Income tab
  • Clients who use salary components will now have the ability to view all their available components, disable them (if needed) and make rate adjustments
  • Added new cheque stocks – QBO voucher stock (new default print option) and QBO standard stock. We've also added functionality to allow customers to print multiple cheques with a single click.

Bug fixes

  • Updated the ROE Earnings report to include taxable benefits
  • Updated the Payroll by cycles report to include employee contributions toward deductions/taxable benefits
  • Fixed the bug that was using the wrong company name on the email invites triggered through the Accountant dashboard
  • Updated the Bill export to QBO to exclude workers' compensation amounts if the WSIB/WCB remittance toggle is disabled

  • Fixed the bug that logs an administrator out of the accountant dashboard after they set up their new password to complete the signup process

  • Fixed the bug that prevented the 10% subsidy from calculating for new customers who disabled their tax remittances and then enabled it again

  • Updated the logic used in our referral program to properly apply the discounts for referred and referring customers

  • The holiday pay will now calculate for all holidays in the pay period if more than one stat holiday falls into the pay period.

 

June 2020

We released the following features and bug fixes in Wagepoint on June 3, 2020.

Features and enhancements

  • Garnishment deduction code enhancements – added functionality to allow a user to set a priority for garnishments
  • Negative net pay validation – added validation to prevent a user from approving payroll if an individual employee's net pay is negative
  • 10% Temporary Wage Subsidy available balance – we provide a detailed breakdown per payroll in the invoice, but we've added an alert to let the customer know how much of their total subsidy is left to use for the company as a whole. We also added validation to prevent the subsidy from being calculated on payrolls with a pay date of June 20, 2020, or later.

Bug fixes and miscellaneous

  • Updated the QPP calculation to prevent employees 70 years or older from being QPP exempt. The regulations state that if a QC employee is working and is over 70, QPP must be assessed.
  • QBO is updating the new maximum lengths for authorization codes, access tokens, and refresh tokens as a part of the OAuth 2.0 protocol. We've updated these maximum lengths to support your QBO integration with Wagepoint. 
  • Fixed a bug that prevented the year-to-date values from showing the right total on the Payroll register report
  • Fixed a bug in the Accountant dashboard Payroll Tasks Past due section to ensure that a company is listed in the *Past due* section until the payroll is approved, for up to a maximum of 5 days. 
  • Fixed a bug that prevented a company with multiple accounts from seeing all their accounts in the Client switcher dropdown in the top navigation bar
  • Fixed a bug that prevented a customer from selecting a pay date if they were running payroll after hours, even if they were processing the payroll within the deadline.

Track updates

  • The Track app uses the holidays loaded in Wagepoint, so if an employee records time on the holiday, it now imports the hours as Time worked on a holiday instead of regular hours.

 

July 2020

We released the following features and bug fixes in Wagepoint on July 30, 2020.

Features/enhancements

  1. Remittance report – we've updated this report to include a filter that will allow a user to view the taxes we've calculated for each payroll based on the specific tax agency. Note: the remittance report does NOT reflect any invoice adjustments that were done in the scope of the 10% Temporary Wage Subsidy program. 
  2. Added a new SEP IRA deduction 
  3. Maximum wage – The maximum wages subject to the WCB/WSIB calculation is defined for each province and stored in the database. Currently, we treat the field as an open field, and even though it is an optional field, the user can enter a value in this field. We've adjusted it to a read-only field, and we display the provincial maximum wage based on the user's provincial selection. This read-only value will update dynamically based on the user's provincial selection. 
  4. If an employer sets up a Business contractor, and the user has entered a Business name, we now display both the contractor's name and the name of their business on the paystub report.
  5. We've updated the Receiver General report to include taxable benefits in the gross payroll amounts. Note: this update affects prior reports as well. 
  6. Income and deduction codes will now be displayed alphabetically in the table view if accessed from the company or employee's income and deduction tabs.

Bug fixes

  1. Fixed a bug that prevented client administrators from seeing their full list of clients in the accountant dashboard. We've also fixed the issue that prevented a partner administrator from getting access to all the clients of an accounting or bookkeeping firm in the accountant dashboard. If an accounting or bookkeeping firm adds a new partner administrator, this user will now automatically get added to all the associated client accounts as expected.
  2. Fixed a bug in the mass deduction update functionality that prevented users from updating employer amounts for the taxable benefit and taxable benefits non-insurable deduction codes. We've also fixed the issue that prevented a user from entering 0.00 in the mass update screens.
  3. Users can now delete a paygroup if it has not been used in payroll.
  4. Fixed the issue so that the alert notifying employers that they need to print, sign and mail their RL1 summary is now displayed on the RL1 Files tab for the 2019 year-end reports.
  5. Adjusted the functionality in the payroll processing screens so that clicking the Pay? toggle options work correctly if you click the label or the toggle setting.
  6. Updated the QBO integration disconnection process to ensure that the company is fully disconnected from QBO in addition to removing the linked vendor and chart of accounts mapping data. 
  7. Fixed the issue that prevented data from being displayed correctly in an employee's paystub if they had multiple job assignments and one of those jobs were no longer active.

Miscellaneous

  1. We've removed the P.O. Box warning on the Company info tab to minimize confusion. Note: you still need to enter a physical address for your company location. 

 

September 2020

We released the following features and bug fixes in Wagepoint on September 17, 2020.

Features/Enhancements

  1. We've redesigned our Add-ons and Integrations experience in product to make it easier for you to find new apps that will improve your payroll workflows. 
  2. Intuit Single Sign-On (SSO) – use your Intuit login credentials to sign up or sign in to your Wagepoint account. Note: if you are an existing Wagepoint customer, you will be prompted to enter your Wagepoint credentials after clicking [Sign in with Intuit] for the first time. After you've done it once, you'll be able to access your Wagepoint account using your Intuit or Wagepoint credentials. 
  3. Automatic journal entries for QuickBooks Online (QBO) integration – we've redesigned the QuickBooks Online Chart of Accounts mapping process and added functionality that will allow you to set up automatic journal entries in QBO. Learn more

Bug fixes

  1. Xero integration – we've updated how tax accounts are handled in the Xero integration to allow the system to better handle System Accounts. We've changed bills from being tax-inclusive to tax-exclusive, and we've added a new section to the Chart of Accounts mapping that will allow a customer to customize the mapping for their fees. 

 

 

October 2020 

We released the following features and bug fixes in Wagepoint on October 1, 2020.

Bug fixes

  • Fixed the PDF version of the Payroll register to print the report as a single document instead of an individual page per employee.
  • Fixed the bug that was excluding the employer's contributions toward AD&D and Life insurance deductions in the gross current total on the Payroll register report. The gross current total on the Payroll Register report now matches the gross total on the Receiver General report.
  • Fixed the issue that prevented customers from accessing the EHT breakdown in the Remittance report. 

 

November 2020

We released the following features and bug fixes in Wagepoint on November 12, 2020.

Features/enhancements

  • View opening balances (CSV) – added a new report that will let a company signing up mid-year to view the opening balances they entered for an employee or contractor. This CSV file will be displayed in the Employees tab in the year it is applicable. After the year passes, the customer will be able to access this CSV from the Year-to-date Report tab. 

  • Disable/enable Workers’ Compensation rates – once a WCB rate has been assigned to an employee and used in payroll, the user cannot delete the rate anymore. This new Disable function will prevent an employer from selecting and assigning this rate to an employee. Additionally, once a rate is disabled, any employees who have that rate assigned to them will no longer have WCB calculated until the user changes the selection to an active rate. A disabled rate is the same as “Not applicable” in functionality. Note: Disabling a rate prevents it from being selected by a user, but it should not affect any of the reports or prior payrolls where this rate was used on an employee.

  • Change report (CSV) – added a CSV export function to let users to download the change data to a spreadsheet.

  • Additional tax on pre- payroll register view – updated the view to display additional tax in the payroll preview report. 

  • SwipeClock integration – To activate the Swipeclock integration, new users need to add and save the SiteID in the Add-ons page to ensure that you can connect the app without any errors. 

Bug fixes

  • Added validation on the date field in the termination modal to prevent the user from keying in an invalid date that triggers a system error. 

  • Updated the Last logins column in the Accounting/bookkeeping team section of the User Accounts tab to show when the specific user last logged into that specific client’s account. Previously, the data displayed when the user logged into Wagepoint as a whole, irrespective of whether they accessed that client’s account specifically. 

  • Fixed the Paystubs to breakdown the assignment details at a department level to handle cases when the job assignment is created/added after the cycle end date. 

  • Fixed the save issue that would prevent a user from saving their cycle start date selection if it was different from the date suggested by the system. 

  • Fixed the auto-submit tax forms toggle to let customers to enable/disable the setting as needed. 

  • Fixed the issue that caused the [Back to list] button to redirect to the Employees list instead of Contractor’s if the button was clicked inside a contractor’s profile. 

  • Fixed the password validation rules to be consistent on the sign up and restore password pages. 

  • Updated the mass deduction logic to ensure that the user is only editing the first priority garnishment. 

  • Fixed the Change report > Employment filter so that it displays the applicable data. 

  • Fixed the Payroll register PDF so that it doesn’t paginate to display one employee per page. 

  • Fixed the Bank Account tab to ensure that the PAD confirmation checkbox is saved correctly. 

  • Xero integration fixes

    • Fixed the negative total issue that caused a mismatch between the Export AP invoice and the Wagepoint Posting Journal. We’ve also fixed the issue to ensure that processing fees are reflected in the exported invoice. 

    • The Xero integration will only export an invoice once. 

    • PDFs of the selected reports are now included in the export. 

  • Fixed the SwipeClock integration to handle the disconnection process correctly.

  • Updated tax calculation process to handle additional taxes for employees in Québec for edge cases where the annualized income tax is negative. 

  • Updated the time-tracking integration logic to ensure that a customer cannot activate the CSV (Hours) import if your company has another time-tracking app active at the time. 

  • Updates to the accountant dashboard

    • Administrators who are also designated as a “manager” to the master company are now able to access their assigned clients via the dashboard.

    • Account owners/partner administrators can add clients through the accountant dashboard and assign a client administrator.

    • Fixed error code 08173577F05 – users can now access the accountant dashboard without an error even if the paydate value is NULL in the database. 

 

December 2020

We released the following feature enhancements and bug fixes in Wagepoint on December 18, 2020.

Bug fixes

  • Removed the case sensitivity from client search results in the accountant dashboard so that partners can find their clients easily.

  • Added a validation message to notify accountant/bookkeepers if an email address already exists for an admin user.

  • Updated the Xero integration to create a CR entry for liability due to non-payable income (i.e. the non-payable income shows up as a negative amount) in the bill in Xero.

  • Updated the subsidy calculation in the finalization process to handle cases where a client has reached their maximum and undoing a payroll doesn’t trigger an available subsidy balance.

We released the following feature enhancements and bug fixes in Wagepoint on December 24, 2020.

Bug fixes

  • New BPA formula for Federal Exemption, Nova Scotia and Yukon.

  • Updates to the micro-service to handle the taxability of car allowance code.

  • Updates to ensure that YTD amounts are included in payroll reports if cycle end of first payroll is before beginning of the new year.

 

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