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2008 Issues

December
Things You Must Do Before Your First Payroll in January • Service and Assistance • When Should You Perform w2, 1099 and 1098 Activities • Deadlines to Remember • First Year Magnetic Media Filers

November
Tax Form Season Is Upon Us • RLSS Five Year Projections • Service Policy During Staff Meeting • Letter from the CEO • Watch for Next Month's Email and Mailings • Balance Sheet Reconciliation • Reuse of Projects and Elements

October
Getting Ready for W2's What You Can Do Now • What's New With RLSS • Have You Installed The Latest Accounting Revisions • Tricks with List Boxes • Using the GMS FTP Site • Do you Need To Stock Up on Forms • GMS Software and Your Computer

September
Time to Order W2, 1099 and 1098 Forms • GMS Off-Site Services Available • Applying Penalties or "Late Fees" in GMS-RLSS • Join Us In Louisville • Split Bi-Weekly Payrolls and Using Ask For Hours • Supplement #412 R&E Report Designer

August
Producing Reports From Your Old Fiscal Year • Welcome Beth Guzman! • ftp Address Changeed • RLSS Supplement #808 - Year-to-Date Activity • Schedules Your Should Have Ready for Your Auditor • Hints for Calendar Dates

July
You Can Now Prepare Your Bank Reconciliation In GMS Software • Accounting Revisions • Don't Forget to Back Up Your Database • RLSS Supplement #825 - Confirmation Letters • Invoice Checking Can Elimintate Duplicate Payments

June
Q&A From Conference Suggestion Box • Kaye Palmer Retires • Setting Up and Retrieving Data from RLSS Optional Fields • YE Leave Accrual Reminder • Using Shortcut Keys in GMS Accounting

May
GMS Releases New Updated Website • New Look for Chat Room • GMS Staff Assistance with Year End • #816 RLSS Direct Deposit • Using Drill Downs on R&E Reports

April
How Will GMS Operate During Annual Conference? • Inactive or Terminated??? • RLSS -Frequently Asked Questions • Dear Friends Letter • New Supplement #418 Journal Entry Import Released

March
Information on Annual Conference • Field Staff Opening • Weeks Worked Reminder • Important Reminder Regarding Backing Up Your Database • For Clients with Multiple Companies

February
Annual Conference-Which Sessions Will Your Attend? • Have You Installed Your Tax Changes Yet? • Field Staff Opening Year End Proceeduress/Preparing for Audit • RLSS: Writing Off Loans

January
23rd Annual GMs Financial Management Conference • GMS Off-Site Hourly Rate Change • Training on RLSS • Training on the Accounting Software • 2008 Tax Changer • Client Information Updates • Prepaid Maintenance

2007 Issues

December
Things You Must Do Before Your First Payroll in January • Service and Assistance • When Should You Perform w2, 1099 and 1098 Activities • Deadlines to Remember • First Year Magnetic Media Filers

November
Tax Form Season is Upon Us • Watch for Next Months Emails and Mailings • RLSS - Loan Catchup Feature and Calculations • Electronic Filing Requirements to States • Balance Sheet Reconciliations • Service Policy During GMS Staff Meeting

October
Getting Ready for W2s-What You Can Do Now • Have You Installed the Latest Revisions • RLSS - Printing and Interpreting Reports • Supplement #416 Check Signatures • Can You Zip and Unzip Files? • Using the GMS FTP Site

September
Time to Order W2, 1099 and 1098 Forms • Off-site GMS Services Available • New Service Hours •Two Great RLSS-Windows Features • Entering Cash Receipts in GMS Windows • New RLSS Director

August
Producing Reports From Your Old Fiscal Year • Security Menu Changes • Tricks with List Boxes • RLSS - How to Handle Deferred Loans • Schedules for Your Auditor • Hints for Calendar Date Fields

July
Using Optional Fields in Employee Master Files • RLSS Supplement #831 Credit Bureau Reporting • Dont Forget to Backup Your Databaase • Reconciling Active Fixed Asets Totals to the General Ledger • Change in Staff?

June
New Downloads Available on the GMS Website • GMS Offers Additional Off-site Services • RLSS Escrow Analysis Released • Year End Leave Accural • RLSS Backups and Compact & Repair Utility

May
Q&A from the Suggestion Box at the Annual Conference • Using the Backup and Compact/Repair Database Utility called BackupDB.exe • Using RLSS Master Query • GMS Import Features

April
How Will GMS Operate During the Annual Conference • Laptop Training with Windows Report Writer • Letter to Clients • DOS Contracts Termination Date • Cost Allocation Detail for Prior Year

March
Important - Windows Conversions in 2007 • July FY DOS Accounting Clients • Drill Downs Revised for Oersonnel Codes • RLSS Database Maintenance Recommendations • Supplement #412 R&E Report Designer

February
Annual Conference-Which Sessions Will You Attend? • Release of New RLSS Supplements • Year End Assistance Available • Year End Procedures/Preparing for Audit Conference Intensive

January
22nd Annual GMS Financial Management Conference • New Chat Room Hours and Log In Policy • Order Supplements Online • RLSS-IRS Form 1099-C for Cancellation of Debt • Annual Conference Intensives - Windows Accounting Software and Training on RLSS

2006 Issues

December
Things You Must Do Before Your First Payroll in January • Service and Assistance • When Should You Perform w2, 1099 and 1098 Activities • Deadlines to Remember • First Year Magnetic Media Filers

November
Tax Form Season is Upon Us • Service Policy During GMS Staff Meeting • Filing Requirements for S2 Magnetic Media to States • RLSS and Handling Bankruptcies • Dual Indirect Pool

October
Getting Ready for W2s-What You Can Do Now • January Fiscal Year DOS Accounting Clients • RLSS Supplement #833 EDA Semi-Annual Reporting • Tracking Overpayments in Accounts Receivable

September
Time to Order W2, 1099 and 1098 Forms • Field Staff Opening • A Client's Success Story with Timesheet Import • RLSS Calculation Methods: How They Work and How to Edit

August
Preparing Reports from Your Old Fiscal Year • GMS Service Chat Celebrates Second Anniversary • RLSS Master Query: It's Easier than You Think • Tricks with List Boxes • Schedules You Should Have Ready for Your Auditor

July
SQL Server Format Soon to be Released for Accounting • Accounting Questions from the Suggestion Box at Conference • RLSS Feature: Loan Payoff • Year End Leave Accrual • 50% Supplement Credit

June
Windows Upgrades for July 1 Fiscal Year Accounting Clients • New Version of Report Writer to be Released Later This Month • Invoice Checking Can Eliminate Duplicate Payments • Year End Leave Accrual • Release of RLSS Windows Supplement 813 Write-off Analysis

May
Windows Accounting Upgrades • Preparing Journal Entries in RLSS Windows • Understanding Dates in Organizaitonal Info and Year End • Training on Windows RLSS

April
#416 Check Signatures Released in March Revisions • Drill Downs Now Available in R&E Reports • RLSS Windows: The Very Important Difference between Activity Date and Paid-through Date • DOS Clients with a July 1 Fiscal Year

March
Can You Zip and Unzip Files • Annual Conference - Which Sessions Will You Attend • Laptop Hands-On With Windows Report Writer • Attend the GMS Conference and Get A 50% Supplement Credit

February
Have Your Installed Your 2006 Tax Changes Yet? • Windows 98, 98 Second Edition, and Millenium Support Extended • W2 Corrections • DOS Program Backup Request • Writing Off Loans

January
21st Annual GMS Financial Management Conference • Order Supplements On-line • 2006 Tax Changes • New Windows Supplements • RLSS IRS Form 1099-C for Cancellation of Debt

2005 Issues

December
Things You Must Do Before Your First Payroll in January • Elimination of Magnetic Media as a filing Method • Service and Assistance • Deadlines to Remember • When Should You perform W2, 1099 and 1098 Activities?

November
Tax Form Season is Upon Us • Filing Requirements for W2 Magnetic Media to States • Service Policy during GMS Staff Meeting • Shortcut to Finding Codes when Using Combo Boxes • How is the Interest Portion of RLSS Repayments Calculated

October
Getting Ready for W2s—What You Can Do Now • January Fiscal Year DOS Accounting Clients • Is Your Agency Located in a Possible High Threat Area? • Verifying Reconciling Items on Your Balance Sheet • RLSS Supplement #833 EDA Semi-Annual Reporting

September
Time to Order W2, 1099 and 1098 Forms • RLSS Windows: Reports Retroactive to Pre-conversion Date • How Do Deduction Maximums Work in the Windows Accounting System? • Supplement #412 R & E Report Designer • DOS Revised 2005 FICA Change—Downloading and Installation Instructions Only

August
GMS Service Chat Room Celebrates First Anniversary! • Two Great RLSS-Windows Features • Part II—Accounting Questions, Suggestions and Comments from Conference • Send DOS Program Backups In Please • Split Bi-Weekly Payrolls and Using Ask For Hours

July
Notice About All GMS DOS Software Applications • Windows Replacement Installation CD's • RLSS Windows Upgrade Reminder • Part I—Accounting Questions, Suggestions and Comments from Conference • When Does Your Fiscal Year End?s

June
Windows Report Writer Exercise • Announcing the Release of RLSS Windows Supplement 831 Credit Bureau Report Metro Status Code II • We Need Your Conference Evaluations Please! • Don't Forget Your 50% Supplement Credit! • How the Leave Pool Works

May
GMS will be Discontinuing Support and Service on the DOS Systems as of December 31, 2007 • How Will GMS Operate During the Annual Conference? • Windows RLSS Upgrades • RLSS Loan Activity "Period", Monthly Activity Report, and Journal Entry • Windows Accounting Upgrades • What Other GMS Staff Assistance is Available for Year End Closing?

April
Producing Reports from Your Old Fiscal Year • Have You Installed the Windows Accounting Revisions Yet? • #402 FASB 117 Worksheets Released in the March Revisions • Announcing the Release of RLSS Windows Supplement 821 Loan Fund Financials • Year End Procedures/Preparing for Audit • RLSS Loan Catch-Up Feature and Calculations • Using the Windows Report Writer

March
GMS General Ledger and Financial Reporting System Released • Laptop Hands-On With Windows Report Writer • Annual Conference—Which Sessions Will You Atttend?

February
Have You Installed Your 2005 Tax Changes Yet? • RLSS Windows Supplement 805 Loan Invoicing Is Now Available • Training on Windows RLSS • Level II Windows Sessions at Conference • Things to Do Now to Prevent Errors on 2005 W2s • DOS Software Program Backup Request • Need Assistance in Preparing Your Indirect Cost Plan? • How to Handle W2 Corrections

January
20th Annual GMS Financial Management Conference • 2005 FICA Maximum Wage Base, EIC & State Taxes Revised • RLSS-IRS Form 1099-C For 'Cancellation of Debt' • Training on the Windows Accounting Software • Windows Accounting Supplements Released

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