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What's New Archive 1999
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HomeDecember 1999
Friday 24th December - New tax rates announced.
Tuesday 21st December - New minimum wage rates announced.
Saturday 18th December - An article by Alan Cressey on changes to employment law that are expected with our new government.
Monday 6th December - FAQ added on direct crediting multiple accounts.
November 1999
Saturday 27th November - Case law articles added on cousins and bereavement leave.
Friday 19th November - FAQ's added on Windows NT4, rebooting a laptop.
Tuesday 16th November - Link to the election results during counting on election day.
Saturday 13th November - FAQ's added on tax code entry and timing of backups.
Wednesday 10th November - Version 3.05S released today.
Saturday 6th November - FAQ's added on resuming a terminated employee and hours worked report.
Wednesday 3rd November - FAQ's added on defining pay rates and data entered during evaluation.
October 1999
Tuesday 26th October - FAQ's added on multiple companies, changing from casual holiday pay and sick pay accumulation.
Sunday 24th October - FAQ added on DirectLink account number entry.
Tuesday 19th October - Case law articles added on dismissing disqualified drivers.
Friday 15th October - Matters arising from the October 99 issue of IRD Payroll News about school students and employer monthly schedules.
Monday 11th October - Version 3.05R released today.
Sunday 10th October - FAQ's added on forgotten passwords, cash rounding repayments and locating the Ace Payroll program folder.
September 1999
Wednesday 29th September - FAQ's added on one off payments, ASB Fastnet and transferring Ace Payroll to another computer.
Saturday 25th September - Case law article added re changing employee's pay frequency and FAQ added showing how to do this in Ace Payroll.
Wednesday 22nd September - FAQ's added on extra emoluments, entry of pay clerk details for the employers monthly schedule and installing a Microsoft Service Pack. Link added to the new Government discussion document on tax improvements for business.
Tuesday 21st September - Links added to full instructions for reinstalling Win95/98 to a clean disk or reinstalling a Win95 upgrade to a clean machine both on Joe's Fairly Useful Tips site.
Monday 20th September - Have you seen our Caption Contest?
Saturday 18th September - Version 3.05Q released today.
Tuesday 14th September - FAQ's added on cash rounding logic and ir-file amalgamation.
Friday 10th September - FAQ's added on accessing employee maintenance, correcting ir-file errors and pay dates and multiple pay frequencies.
Monday 6th September - FAQ's added on program registration and checking prior period filed.
Saturday 4th September - FAQ's added on finishing dates entered prior to filing payroll and assigning pays to departments.
Thursday 2nd September - FAQ's added on electronic banking batch numbers, overwriting extra emolument tax and termination holiday pay calculation.
August 1999
Tuesday 31st August - FAQ added explaining documentation for terminated employee.
Sunday 29th August - Holiday Pay FAQ's added about salaried staff.
Sunday 15th August - Case Law section added providing interpretations of employment law.
Thursday 5th August - Version 3.05P released and FAQ added on printed IR348 employer monthly schedules rejected by the IRD.
July 1999
Thursday 29th July - Version 3.05N released today.
Tuesday 27th July - FAQ added on miscellaneous report.
Saturday 24th July - FAQ added on corrupted setup file.
Sunday 18th July - FAQ added withholding tax at zero percent.
Thursday 15th July - Version 3.05M released today.
Monday 12th July - Another new look for the web site and FAQ's added about student loans and one off payments.
May/June 1999
Thursday 3rd June - Special upgrade offer to Kwikpay users announced.
The New Zealand distributor of Kwikpay no longer supports their product and we
have negotiated to upgrade any user to Ace Payroll at no cost. For full details click here.
We have received IRD written approval of our employer monthly schedule printout routines. They are included in version 3.05L released today. Download a copy from this site or alternatively call if you are more comfortable with the latest version on disk.
Select Committee SubmissionThe Select Committee inquiring into the powers and operations of the Inland Revenue Department resumes on Wednesday 2nd June to start hearing submissions from the public. We suspect our submission had some impact because we have been asked to appear before the committee at 4.50pm that very same day. Read our submission if interested.
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