iShip Still Down - Sage Researching Fix

iShip package tracking is still not working within Sage 100. Apparently Sage is resarching options for replacing the functionality. The iShip website appears to have stopped accepting requests on or about 12/31/2022 though it did briefly work for a few days in 2023.

Sage KB 117888 is tracking this ongoing issue

Sage 100 Premium to Premium Upgrades Problematic For Some

Some consultants are noting problems when upgrading or migrating Sage 100 Premium to another Premium version ( upgrade ) or server location.

The issues seem glitches with either user rights or file locking.

The big problem:

When migrations fail with an error similar to the one noted in this Sage City post (and pasted below ) - your only option might be a complete reinstallation of the Sage 100 version you are migrating to.

So far the primary workaround that I’ve heard is as follows:

After you first install the updated Sage 100 Premium and convert data - MAKE A BACKUP OF THAT CLEAN VERSION BEFORE ATTEMPTING TO MIGRATE.

Here’s what I’ve been backin up:

1. Make a copy of \MAS90 (and all subfolders) after you first install the upgraded Premium version

2. Make a SQL backup of MAS_SYSTEM ( this is key )

If your migration fails you may have no choice but to restore Sage 100 from a backup which means renaming the Sage 100 folder to old.mas90 and restoring the two backups ( #1 and #2 above ) and restarting migration.

This seems to be a known issue that isn’t documented very well except to suggest that most migration errors can only be resolved by reinstallation (or using your backup files to start again ).

Backups are you friends. Also test an initial migration and a re-migration just to be sure that you have no surprises on the day you are going live.

Read more about this in Sage City.

MA (Massachusetts) State Withholding Tax for 2023 Does Not Include 4% Surcharge if Income is Over $1 Million.

At this time, Massachusetts DOR does NOT intend to update the Income Tax Withdrawal Table (Circular M) to reflect the surtax (and neither does Sage).

• Employers should independently calculate the 4% surtax due on income above $1 million and add it to their withholding tax.

• However, to ease compliance with the new law, for withholding tax returns and payments due by or before January 31, 2024, the surtax will not be taken into account in determining whether an employer withheld sufficient tax to avoid penalties.

• Sage will not implement this tax change in the SPA so Payroll Tax Calculation will not include this 4% surcharge. For any employees that exceed MA Withholding Income of $1 million/year, employers will need to adjust the MA withholding tax.

  • Select Employee Maintenance, Taxes Tab, MA Tax Group, Additional Tax Column.

  • Select either Add % of Taxable or Add an Amount.

  • Enter amount or rate in the appropriate column.

• Manual tax calculation of taxes is out of the scope of support for Sage analysts. See your accountant or tax advisor for assistance if needed.

Sage KB 118419

Here’s How To Update 1099 Amounts

In some cases, you can make 1099 dollar edits directly in Aatrix. However, any edits made in Aatrix do not flow back into Sage 100. Therefore to preserve history, you may wish to make edits to your 1099 totals within Sage 100 first and then export them to Aatrix.

Kill Selected Task button in Master Console does not work in Sage 100 2022

I was surprised to stumble upon KB 116539 dealing with an inability to kill certain tasks that are displayed in Sage 100 Master Console.

My experience with manually closing other user tasks has been hit-or-miss at best. Hopefully there will be a fix that allows for reliably closing tasks from Master Console.

1099 Misc Box Not Populated - Hotfix Coming

Some 1099 Misc boxes are not populated in Aatrix grid or on the form.

Box 16 State Income Tax on 1099 Misc isn't populating when printing the form via Aatrix. However, the field is populated in AP_1099VendorPayments. m4t

Expect a hotfix for Sage 100 2020, 2021 and 2022 which you’ll need to install AFTER applying the IRD for 2022

Sage KB 118401

Sage Data & Analytics USA - Down For The Count?

Is Sage Data & Analytics (aka Zap Data) still being actively marketed to North America Sage 100 users?

There was a brief period of marketing webinars on this - and now things seem eerily quiet.

I’ve been asking consultants if anyone has heard news. One consultant tells me Zap Data is no longer staffing North America. Another sees sporadic activity though it’s been on other Sage products.

Of the two people listed in Sage Partner Hub as contacts:

Katherine Hirsch - Regional Marketing Manage Americas - LinkedIn shows that she has moved on as of January 2023
https://www.linkedin.com/in/katbhirsch/

Trey Johnson - Chief Evangelis & Senior Vice President Americas - Linkedin shows that he has moved on as of September 2022
https://www.linkedin.com/in/treyjohnson/