We released version 2022.4.0 on December 19, 2022 with the following changes.
After July 12, 2022, Microsoft will no longer support SQL Server 2012 or earlier. Therefore, as of the v.2022.2.0
Accounting CS
release, scheduled for late June 2022, your firm must have SQL Server 2014 or higher installed on the servers that run
Accounting CS
. See Discontinued support for Microsoft SQL Server 2012 for details and steps you can take to continue using
Accounting CS
without interruption.
note
This change doesn't affect firms using
Accounting CS
on Virtual Office or Software as a Service (SaaS).
General
We've addressed an issue that caused an error to occur during attempts to retrieve transactions in the Bank Feeds portlet of the Bank Feeds Dashboard.
Accounting
We've updated the tax codes that are available for selection in the Chart of Accounts screen adn the Enter Trial Balance screen for integration with the 2022 version of UltraTax CS and GoSystem Tax RS.
We've updated the Tax Code Listing PDF for the 2022 tax year.
Import of client data from QuickBooks Online
We've updated the import of the Check Purchase transactions and Credit Card Purchase transactions to include transaction descriptions based on the memo text when the payee is blank in QuickBooks Online. (Idea Incubator #738)
Reports
We've updated the Tax Code Worksheet accounting report for the 2022 tax year.
note
If your firm has modified the predefined version of a report,
Accounting CS
will not overwrite your existing report with an updated version. If this is the case, you will need to make the necessary changes to your customized report manually, or you will need to restore the latest predefined version using the Report Designer. To do the latter, select the report from the Reports List pane in the Report Designer and then choose
File > Restore Default
.
General - Payroll
Arizona. We've updated the Gross taxable wages field in the State Withholding section of the Payroll Taxes tab in the Employees screen to include the new 2023 rates. For 2023 payroll checks, the application will use the default rate of 2.0% for the state withholding calculation if an employee still has an old 2022 (and prior) rate selected.
Indiana. The Indiana Department of Revenue has released Form WH-4, effective October 1, 2022. This form offers an additional exemption for adopted qualifying dependents. If an employee elects to claim this exemption, you'll need to increase the value in the Dependent exemptions field (on the Payroll Taxes tab of the Employees screen) by 2 for each exemption being claimed.
Colorado. We've added the Colorado Family and Medical Leave Insurance tax that becomes effective January 1, 2023. The accompanying payment and reconciliation forms will be available in a future release, in time to meet the forms' respective deadlines.
Oregon. We've added the Oregon Paid Leave tax that becomes effective January 1, 2023. The accompanying payment and reconciliation forms will be available on a future release, in time to meet the forms' respective deadlines.
Washington. We've updated the application to accept either the 9-digit or the new 12-digit Unemployment ID being issued by the Washington Employment Security Department.
Payroll compliance
Kentucky. The Kentucky State Treasurer now requires all employers to file Form K-3 electronically and will no longer accept paper copies of the form. Therefore, we have removed the Paper filing method for the form and added the Web fill-in method. You can still file the form using the Electronic filing method.
Montana. We've removed the Internet filing method from Form UI-5/UI-5G. You can still file the form using the Electronic filing method.
Oregon locals. We've updated the descriptions used in Form W-2 Box 20 for the following local taxes.
Eugene Community Safety Payroll Tax = EUG
Metro Supportive Housing Services Income Tax = METRO
Multnomah County Preschool for All Income Tax = MULT
Pennsylvania. We now separate the recipient's name into the first, middle, and last name fields of the 1099-MISC, 1099-NEC, and 1099-R internet files when the recipient has an SSN. ( Idea Incubator #2055)
Pennsylvania locals. We have combined the W-2 Copy 1 and transmittal forms into a single available selection in the Form filter options in the Process Payroll Tax Forms screen and the Edit Payroll Tax Forms screen for the following local tax agents and forms.
Danville Area EIT Office – Copy 1/Danville_A_EIT
Franklin County Area Wage Bureau - EIT – Copy 1/Franklin_A_EIT
Washington. We've removed the Preprinted and Preprinted with labels filing methods from Form 5208A/5208B and updated it to a worksheet format. You can still file the form using the Internet filing method.
Payroll tax forms added
State
Iowa - Forms 1099-C internet file
Local
Ohio
Village of Chickasaw – Form W-3
Oregon
MCPFA - City of Portland – Form WPFA-AR
MSHS - City of Portland – Form WSHS-AR
Pennsylvania
City of Philadelphia – Form Philadel_Q internet file
Danville Area EIT Office – Forms W-2 Copy 1 and Danville_A_EIT internet file
Franklin County Area Wage Bureau - EIT – Forms W-2 Copy 1 and Franklin_A_EIT internet file
Payroll tax forms updated
Federal
Form 940 and electronic file
noteFor tax year 2022, the following states/territories are credit reduction states that are reportable on Form 940 Schedule A.
California
Connecticut
Illinois
New York
Virgin Islands
Form 943 and electronic file
Form 944 and electronic file
Form 945 and electronic file
Forms W-2 Copy A and W-3 facsimile copies for 2022
Form W-2 internet file
Forms 1099 and 1099 Corrected internet files
Forms 1094-C and 1095-C
Forms 1094-C and 1095-C internet files
Forms 1094-C and 1095-C Corrected internet files
Forms 1094-C and 1095-C Replacement internet files
State
Connecticut – Form CT-W3
Delaware – Form W3-9801 is now obsolete and has been removed from the application.
Florida – Form RT-6
Georgia – Form G-1003
Hawaii – Forms HW-13, HW-30, and VP-1
Indiana – Form WH-1U
Iowa – Form 44-007(VSP) is now obsolete and has been removed from the application.
Kentucky
Form K-1. We've updated the form to no longer display for the last filing period of the year as the information is already reported on Form K-3.
Form K-3. We've removed the Paper filing method and added the Web fill-in method.
Form K-5
Louisiana – Form L-3
Mississippi – Form 89-140
Montana
Form MW-3
Form UI-5/UI-5G. We've removed the Internet filing method. You can still file the form using the Electronic filing method.
North Carolina – Forms 1099-MISC and 1099-NEC internet files
Ohio – Form IT-3
Pennsylvania
Form REV-1667
Forms 1099-MISC, 1099-NEC, and 1099-R internet files
Rhode Island – Form RI-W3
Washington – Form 5208A/5208B worksheet and internet file. We now include the SOC information for each employee in both the worksheet and file.
Washington, D.C. – Form 1099 internet files
West Virginia – Form WVUC-A-154 internet file. We now include the Job title for each employee in the file.
Wisconsin – Forms 1099-MISC and 1099-NEC internet files
City of Eugene – Form W-2 Copy 1 is now obsolete and has been removed from the application.
Tax agents added
Colorado
Colorado Department of Labor and Employment – We have added a new tax agent for the Colorado FLI and Colorado ERFLI taxes that become effective January 1, 2023.
Tax agents updated
State
Delaware – We have updated the form filing address for the State of Delaware tax agent.
Florida – We have updated the form filing address for the Florida UC Fund tax agent.
Hawaii – We have updated the form filing address for the HISIT - Hawaii State Tax Collector tax agent.
Oregon – We have updated the Oregon Department of Revenue tax agent to include the new Oregon FLI and Oregon ERFLI taxes that become effective January 1, 2023.
Local
Ohio
We've added the following taxes to the Regional Income Tax Agency (RITA) tax agent.
Walton Hills City Tax
We've removed the following taxes from the Village of Walton Hills tax agent.
Walton Hills City Tax
Forms pending approval
The following forms are pending approval. Once the forms have been approved, we'll make them available in a subsequent software update.
Forms that are approved after the current update (and before the next update) will be made available immediate. We'll infomr you of the approval via an alert message that displays when you open the application and in the Payroll alerts section of the Notices portlet on the Home or Firm dashboard.
Alabama – Form A-3
Delaware – Form WTH-REC (replaces Form W3-9801)
Indiana – Forms WH-3 and Schedule IN-WH3
Forms not yet released
The following forms haven't been released yet. Once the forms have been released and approved, we'll make the availalbe in a subsequent software update.
Kentucky locals
Fayette County Public Schools – Form 222-S
Lexington-Fayette Urban County Government – Form 222
Missouri locals
Gregory F.X. Daly, Collector of Revenue – St. Louis Form W-3