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Kensington, MD 20895
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Recent Newsletters

February 
Annual Conferene - Which Sessions Will You Attend? • RLSS Announcement • GMS Bonus Bucks • Last Call for "Early Bird" Conference Registration • Off Site Accounting Services Available

January 
December 2011 Revisions Released • 27th Annual GMS Financial Management Conference • RLSS Revisions • Training on Accounting Software • Training on RLSS

December
Things You Must Do Before Your First Payroll In January • Service and Assistance • Deadlines to Remember • Special Issues • Submitting W2 Files to SSA

November
Coming Soon...PDF Reports • Tax Form Season • Service Policy during GMS Staff Meeting • RLSS Five-year Projections

October
September 2011 Accounting Revisions Released • Getting Ready for W2's • Writing Off Loans (Bad Debts) • PDF Printing and File Conversion Software

September
Time to Order W2, 1099, and 1098 Forms • e-Form 941 Supplement To Be Released in September Revisions • New Hire Supplement to be Released • RLSS Loan Activity "Perios", Monthly Activity Report, and Journal Entry • Backup Utility

 

 

Archived Newsletters

2011 Issues

August
Suggestions and Comments From the GMS Annual Conference • Supplement #384 Audit Check/Invoice Sampler • RLSS Software Suggestions • Off-site Accounting Services Available • Available Report Writer Exercises • Discount for Agencies New to GMS!!

July
June 2011 Accounting Revisions Released!! • Helping Your Clients Build A crecit History • Are You Receiving Our Emails? • Are you Password Protecting Your Zipped Files? • 50% Supplement Credit Expires End of Month!! • Uploading and Downloading Files From the GMS Website    

June
New ROMA Reporting Requirements • Letter from the CEO • How Will GMS Operate During the Annual Conference? • RLSS Books has been Enhanced • Voiding AP Checks and Vouchers


May
GMS Website Launch!! • RLSS Revision Coming in May • Are You Using Payroll Direct Deposit Yet? • Laptop Hands on With Report Writer • What are Behind the Salary Costs on Your Revenue and Expenditure Report? • Off-site Accounting Services AvailableMarch 2011 Revisions Released!! • Are You Importing the Bank File Yet? • Setting Up and Retrieving Data from RLSS Optional Fields • Is your computer up to date?

April
March 2011 Revisions Released!! • Are You Importing the Bank File Yet? • Setting Up and Retrieving Data from RLSS Optional Fields • Is your computer up to date?

March
Annual Conference - Which Sessions Will You Attend? • GMS Coordinates Efforts with the MSDHS • Procedures at a Glance - A Great Tool! • GMS Bonus Bucks • Conference site Lake Buena Vista, FL

February
26th Annual GMS Financial Management Conference • Employer Sponsored Health Insurance Reporting • Training on The Accounting Software • Two Great RLSS Features • Training on RLSS • Off Site Accounting Services Available

January
December 2010 Revisions Released • Off-Site Accounting Services Available • RLSS Supplement #825 Confirmation Letter • EFTPS Payment Information Added • Updating Multiple Databases • Prepaid Maintenance Saves You Money

2010 Issues

December
Things You Must Do Before Your First Payroll in January • Common W2 Errors • Deadlines to Remember • Special Issues • First Year Magnetic Media Filers of 1099's and 1098's • Submitting W2 Files to SSA

November
Special Pay Code 1000 has new meaning • Electronic W2 Filing Requirements to States • Reporting Employer-Sponsored Health In-surance on 2011 W2's • Letter from the President • Tax Form Season

October
September Accounting Revisions Released • Getting Ready for W2's - What you can do now • Audit Preparation Tools Supplement Released • End of Summer Puzzle Fun

September
Do you need to stock up on office forms? • Off Site Accounting Services Available • Supplement #833 EDA Semi-annual Reporting • Import Files Available to Download

August
Opening More than One Database at a Time • Year End Supplements Can Be a Real Time Saver • Bonus Bucks and Discounts for Agencies New to GMS • Database Backup Recommendations • Selected Questions and Comments Received at Annual Conference • #313 Leave History Detail

July
June Accounting Revisions Released • Off Site Accounting Services Available • RLSS Activity, Paid-Thru and Next Payment Due Date • Producing Reports from Your Old Fiscal Year • 50% Supplement Credit Expires • 10% Discount on Supplies

June
Paperless Documentation to be Available This Fall • Audit Preparation Tools Supplement to be Released this Month! • Letter from the CEO • Attaching Documents in RLSS • Sending Reports to Other Staff • How Will GMS Operate During The Annual Conference? • HIRE Act Incentive

May
Laptop Hands On with Report Writer-Conference Intensive • What are Behind Salary Costs on Your Revenue & Expenditure Report • Opening More than One Database at a Time • RLSS-How Interest Is Calculated on Repayments • Accounts Payable Direct Deposit • Copy and Paste in GMS • More About Charleston, SC

April
Many New Changes Included in the March 2010 Release • 2010 A Special Year for GMS • Annual Conference-Don't Forget to Register! • RLSS Interest Only Loans • How Does Your Office Define Maximum Hours? • Are You Importing the Bank Rec Yet? • Off Site Accounting Services Availabler

March
25th Annual GMS Financial Management Conference-Which Sessions Will You Attend? • Audit Check Sampler for Invoices • Annual Conference Intensive-Fine Tuning Personnel Matters for Finance Managers • Need to Remove A Selection in a List Box? • Payroll Direct Deposit to Pay Cards • Charleston, South Carolina • Register Now!r

February
25th Annual GMS Financial Management Conference • GMS Bonus Bucks • Is It Time to Change the Status of Your Revolving Loans? • Good Things Come to Those Who Wait • Client Backups on the GMS Ftp Site • Training on the GMS Accounting System • Training on the GMS RLSS Software • Job Opportunityr

January
RLSS-IRS Form 1099-C for Cancellation of Debt • Producing Reports From Your Old Fiscal Year • Correcting Forms W-2 and 1099 • Protecting Prior Month Information• Dates in RLSS • Prepaid Maintenance Saves You Money • Microsoft Access Version

2009 Issues

December
Things You Must Do Before Your First Payroll In January • Service and Assistance • Deadlines to Remember • If You Are Submitting W2 Files To SSA • When Should you Perform W2, 1099 and 1098 Activities? • W2, 1099 and 1098 Activity Summary • Electronic Filing Information

November
Tax Form Season Is Upon Us • Filing Requirements for W2 Magnetic Media to States • Letter from the CEO • Service Policy During GMS Staff Meeting •Leave Issue: Maximum Available Balance or Maximum Carryover • List Views in GMS-RLSS

October
New RLSS Release • September 2009 Accounting Revisions Released • Getting Ready for W2's • GMS Software and Your Computer • What is a Pay Cycle • Handling Multiple Advances

September
Change in GMS Service and Support Plolicy • Time to Order W2, 1099 and 1098 Forms and Services • Davis-Bacon Act Reporting Issue • GMS Off-Site Services Available • Two Great RLSS Features • Join Us in Charleston, SC - June 2010

August
How Are You Handling The Stimulus Reporting Requirements? • Master Query - It's Easier Than You Think • Producing Reports From Your Old Fiscal Year • What are Annual Leave and Sick Leave Termination Pay Codes? • Schedules For Your Auditor • Supplement #385 • Hints for Calendar Date Fields

July
June 2009 Accounting Revisions Released • What Exactly Does the Active Box Do? • Printing and Interpreting RLSS Reports 50% Supplement Credit Expires this Month • 10% Discount on Supplies • Books of Entry Imports Available • Report Writer-Multiple Links Between Tables

June
New NACHA Requirements • Selected Questions and Comments Received at Recent Annual Conference • Year End Leave Accrual • RLSS USDA Semi Annual Report • Using Optional Personnel Master Fields • Using Shortcut Keys in GMS Accounting

May
Discounted On-Site Rates Available for A Limited Time • Interested in "Mini" Training Sessions? • Using Drill Downs on R&E Report • RLSS and Handling Bankruptcies • File Maintenance of Terminated Employees • We Need Your Conference Evaluations Please!

April
Letter from the President/CEO • Have You Installed the March Revisions? • How Will GMS Operate During Annual Conference? • Line of Credit Loans • Examples for Using GMS Import Features • Producing Reports From Your Old Fiscal Year

March
Laptop Hands-On with Report Writer Annual Conference Intensive • Stimulus Bill-Watch for Upcoming Tax Changes • Helping Your Clients Build a Credit History • Backing Up Your Database • Buying New Computers? • Opening More than One Database at a Time

February
Annual Conference - Which Sessions Will You Attend? • Have You Installed Your 2009 Tax Changes Yet? • Exciting RLSS Changes are Forthcoming • Intensive Session - Human Resources Leadership Update for Financial Managers • Are You Importing the Bank File Yet?

January
24th Annual GMS Financial Management Conference • Retreive A List of All GJ Entries for a FY • Changing Loan Funds In RLSS • Intensive Sessions - Training on Accounting Software and Hands On Training on RLSS • GMS Is Going Green!

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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