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CASPER Payroll - LATEST RELEASE - Version 5.0 (May 2011)
Installation/Setup
-      The setup has been updated to include files not included in new Windows 7 and MS Office 2007 systems.
-    Tested payroll to run under 2010 on a virtual machine.
-     Check why Office 2010 causes SQL server to go very slow - permission set on SQL Server.
-     Help file has been updated with all current features.
Menus and Grids
-     All grids have the group by columns turned on.
-     Setup Reports has been reworded to Report Maintenance.
-     Archive data on period end menu has been reworded to Backup/Archive Data.
-     Automatically grids include subtotals on various fields for analysis by group. These will appear on employee timesheets,
       employee history and employee leave history.
-     Removed feature/support from help menu.
-     Quick super menu has been added as an option in the security sections.
Company Login
-     Company login has been revamped to allow access to Help, Backup, Restore and Repair before logging in.
      .  Backup function defaults to Payroll/Backup and adds today's date to the file.
      .  Extra details have been added to the message on fail.
      .  Restore function asks a from file and a to file. The To File must exist for the file to work.
      .  Restore also allows a restore to an existing or new database.
-     Version number will appear on the login now.
-     New warning in logging in if failed 4 times will warn the operator the next will be disabled.
-     New warning if over 150 days on a password it is about to expire should reset password.
-     New warning if over 180 days the password shows as expired.
Employee
-     Balances screen now shows the days for Accrued Holidays/LSL/Accrued Sick and Other Leave.
-     Changed E-Mail to read E-Mail(s). Also added user tip for use of multiple addresses. To use multiple addresses separate by semi colon(;).
-     Employee note screen updated email address to read email addresses. Added user tip for use of multiple addresses.
-     Email sent has been changed to be enabled permanently so the box can be ticked or unticked.
-     Employee ETP details screen added a user tip for the Tax Instalments Deduction question.
-    Adding a new employee account now defaults to 100 percent.
-    An update has been done to the employee screen to ask a reason for a change once an operator has made a change to an employee and
     a save is done. This is only activated by an INI setting. The audit reports have been updated to allow for the new reason field.
-    Corrected using residential flag not refreshing the postal address when the residential address has been edited. It showed correct on the
     screen but not behind the screnes. This was only for existing employees.
-    New employee export option to allow selection by entering a paypoint or leave the default as all employees.
-    Deductions amount on employees is now appearing with 4 decimals.
Payrun
-    On options screen Select Special Payrun has been reworded to Select Special / Reversal Payrun.
-    Special Pay Tab has been reworded to Special / Reversal Pay.
-    On the Special / Reversal Pay screen the Special Pay Details heading has been changed to read Special / Reversal Pay Details.
-    Process as Reversal Payrun question has been changed to be the first prompt.
-   The Date for prompt will change depending on whether you have selected the reversal and a User tip will appear for this question.
-   Payrun EFT popup window has been updated to show the user that when you choose No to update the payrun the EFT files are still saved.
    Also the paygroup lookup message has been updated with EFT files availability.
-   A check has been done for invalid timesheet pay types and it deletes these from the employee timesheets.
-   Employee timesheets grid shows extra column for standard timesheets and heading changes to standard timesheets when applicable. Standard
    only shows if there are no active timesheets.
-   Updated ETP warning on payrun to be more meaningful and process for corrections.
-   Payrun enquiry has been updated with the special payrun options.
Timesheets
-    Added Pay Type and Status to the employee dropdown on Timesheets/Standard Timesheets/Termination Timesheets and Reversal Timesheets.
-    Delete auto timesheets has been updated to include more selection criterias. You can now select employee types to exclude Casual, Timesheet,
     Wage and Salary. Also timesheets from and to dates has been added. The button OK has been changed to Delete and an exit button has bee
     added to the screen.
-   Termination timesheets now sends the custom rate if loading is calculated.
-   Deleting timesheets has been changed to allow more than 5 timesheets at a time.
-   Import timesheets on the data entry menu now allows for excel import files as well as text files.
Pay Types
-    All grids have the group by columns turned on.
-    Added Allowance, Deduction, On Cost Description to appear in the Pay Types - Timesheets - Link to Type prompt.
-    Added timesheet comment field which can be attached automatically to the timesheet screen to appear in the comment field.
-    Warning has been added with regards to inclusions/exclusions for pay types oncost screen.
-    A force has been added to new allowance to have 1 of 3 options with regards to tax ticked on save.
-    Copy pay types code and description field sizes that are too small now has a warning.
-    Warning has been added on the deduction pay types if an operator ticks print on payment summaries and employer reportable
     superannuation as both should not be allowed.
-    Pay Types - On Costs screen for Allowances, Timesheets, On Costs tabs have been reworded to have Include/Exclude for operator wareness.
-    Pay Types - Deductions screen the rate on the Calculation Method has been removed.
Setup Reports
-    Setup reports has been reworded to Report Maintenance.
-    View button has been changed to Preview.
-    User tip explaining report type options.
Report Options
-    Screen size has been increased in size.
-    Report Type prompt has been reworded to appear as Print Summary or Detailed. A tool tip has been added to this question.
-    History Types now appears automatically.
-    Selections dates label has been reworded to read Employee Date Selection.
-    Selections Use label has been reworded to read Date to Use.
-    Selections have been changed to be more readable as whether they are activated or not.
EOY/Payment Summaries
-    Added User tip for Print Option Explanations.
-    Changed Datafile Options default to be Production not Test.
-    Updated Lump Sum C Tax message on the payment summary to be more meaningful.
-    End of Year delete employees has been corrected under SQL version. Also more details has been added to the message if problems occur.
-    An audit log is written if delete employee is done.
-    Special case has been added in the payment summaries where the Lump Sum amount is less than a $1 gets rounded down to zero for tax purposes.
     The Lump Sum type in the Empdupe file is set accordingly.
Data Entry
-    Removed RDO's from Change Codes.
-    Corrected problem on change codes screen. Screen is now resetting correctly once a change has been made.
Maintenance
-   Status and Pay Groups - Account code lookup has been changed to use grid format.
-   Changed Maintenance menu - Banks, Accounts and EFT Types to read Account Codes, EFT Types and BSB's. The account codes has been changed to
    default as the first screen to appear.
-   Account Code screen has had Cost Type and Division funds renamed to Account and SubAccounts. These will be available for linking with Accounting
    Software.
-   Fix problems with Chargeout Rates form error 9 subscript on Copy.
System Admin
-    Awards - Award standard hours has been changed to not allow zero hours entered.
Tax Tables
-    Tax tables have been updated to include the new tax tables for Flood Levy Exemptions and the tax tables have been updated for 2011/2012.
     (These will be available as a separate email ready for importing at the end of the financial year).
Reports
-    Updated Award Table List report to have new fields e.g. std pay, standard leave options, data entry options and notes field.
-    Updated Allowance Type List report to include new fields e.g. include loading, add to other income, amount type and shift type.
-    Updated Award Leave Schedule to group by award code.
-    Updated Deduction Types List report to have new fields e.g. before tax, salary sacrifice, reportable employer super contribution, fringe benefit
     deduction, fbt rate, foreign tax.
-    Updated Employee Allowances by Type report to have new fields remaining, charge amount, ytd amount and account code description.
-    Updated Employee Allowances by Employee report to have new fields remaining, charge amount and account code description.
-    Updated Employee Allocations by Employee report to include new fields account description and last modified.
-    Updated Employee Deductions by Employee report to include the type and last modified fields.
-    Updated Employee Deductions by Type report to include account code and amount remaining fields.
-    Updated Employee EFT Deductions Checklist report to include amount remaining and eft reference fields.
-    Updated Employee FBT Reconciliation report to include salary sacrifice field.
-    Update Employee Enquiry to include new fields mobile, email and special hourly rate.
       -  Added remaining field and YTD amount to the deductions section.
       -  Added remaining total, YTD amount and From/To dates to allowances section.
       -  Added Std hours to Rate History section.
-    Updated Employee Oncosts by Employee report to include charge rate field.
-    Update Employee Oncosts by Type report to include Account Code, charge rate, approved and basis for calculation field.
-    Update Employee Standard Timesheets report to include expiry date, fixed rate and comment fields.
-    Fixed EmpSumByPayType.rpt to print details information correctly.
-    Updated Employee Tax File Numbers report to include use TFN for Super, Issue Payment Summary and Declaration Signed Fields.
-    New report Employee Leave Notes by Due Date has been added to the reports library.
-    New report Oncosts Types List Report has been added to the reports library.
-    New report Oncosts Inclusions/Exclusions has been added to the reports library.
-    New report Leave Taken Hours and Days By Type has been added to the reports library.
-    Updated History by Type to group by type and increased the paycycle description column.
-    Updated HistoryYTDWithHrsByEmp to show totals on Hours more visible.


CASPER Payroll - PREVIOUS RELEASED - Version 4.5
-       GroupCertReportPNG has been updated to fix the date in the report heading.
-     Payrun now includes loading on an allowance where the pay period is 1 pay or less.
-     Payment Summary Report changes as per ATO Version 10 Specifications.
-     EOY Payment Summary changes for ATO Version 10 Specifications.
-     Help Context ID's have been updated in Casper which allows F1 (Help) to go direct to the screen currently
      displayed.
-     Date boxes expanded to allow year to show in full YYYY.
-     New options added to salary sacrifice/superannuation levelling utility.
-     Job 75969 - Superannuation Income Stream records have been included in the arrears figures for the EMPDUPE
      payment summary files.
-     Job 74325 - Delete Auto Timesheets updated.
-     Job 67421 - SQL timeout during payroll processing has been updated.
-     Job 78377 - Change to identify State and Police members retired on grounds of ill health turning age 55 eligible to
      receive 15% tax rebate.
-     Job 78491 - Change to members turning 60 and who commenced after 1/7/2007 to pay nil tax on pension. 

CASPER Payroll - PREVIOUS RELEASED - Version 4.3

-      A warning has been added to the archive backup option to warn the user that payroll is in use by another user and
      it will exit the payroll.
-     Adding new awards now allows you to select the "Pay by Shift" option.
-     Option to pay standard pays in a special payrun has been added to the special pay details in the payrun. It has also
      been included in the pay enquiry screen.
-     EFT file path & Filename have been moved from the INI section and is now situated in Status and Paygroups under
      the Status - Options tab.
-     Employee history and leave history now provides grid filtering and searching via right click.
-     Reminders now opens the new employee form.
-     Employee E-Mail field has been added to the export employees option under File - Export.
-     Employee leave history grid hours appears as a negative figure instead of a positive figure. It also appears as a
      different colour. Uses will have to do a View-Grid-Use default layout for this to take effect.
-     Saving payslips location has been modified to work with full paths, UNC paths and a subfolder name, This allows
      more flexibility in saving payslips.
-     SMTP emails have been changed to over ride the default 25 port for a non standard port.
-     Changes have been made to the setting the SMTP parameters in the INI maintenance to make sure the reply
      address is written in the INI file.
-     Added an option to allow for a subject to be entered when emailing payment summaries.
-     Positions grid now sorts in position no order.
-     Leave calculated on some salary employee did not calculate when they took leave in the current pay period.
-     Changes have been done to stop end of year claimable YTD going out of sync.
-     For SQL Databases, an option has been added to determine CPU timing for efficiency.
-     A payrun for an employee can now be reversed by selecting a pay cycle for the employee rather than entering
      manual timesheets.
-     Option to export to excel has been added to the employee and history grids.
-     Payment summary print options have been updated with extra wording to be more user friendly.
-     Ability to reverse a pay based on an employee's pay cycle from the employee history.
-     Timesheets allow for automatic pay rate update to be suspended for selected timesheets.
-     Change to Awards Rates and Position Screen:
      .   Changed force wording on award - allowance, oncosts and deductions to be more meaningful to read "Always
          Update Employees".
      .  Type code has been extended for larger codes.
      .  The attach button has been reworded to say "Attach/Update Lines".
      .  The attach/update lines button now only updates the screen that is highlighted.
 

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