05/20/2016 - Quarterly Newsletter
The Spring 2016 issue of the PowerChurch Software newsletter was published today. If you aren't on the list, visit www.powerchurch.com/email to sign up now!
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05/18/2016 - Version 11.5 Maintenance Release
A new Maintenance Release dated 05/18/2016 has been released for PowerChurch Plus Version 11.5.
The program will automatically download and install this update by going to Help > Download Maintenance Release, or you can manually download and install the Maintenance Release installer by visiting http://www.powerchurch.com/mr in your web browser.
PowerChurch Online servers will updated automatically overnight, so PowerChurch Online users need not take any action to receive this update.
This Maintenance Release resolves the following issues:
Personal Profiles
- All references to Olan Mills pictorial directories removed from the program and help documentation.
Attendance
- Activity Attendance report now has option to exclude people who were absent across the selected date range.
Constant Contact Sync
- After sync report now shows a list of people who were excluded because of e-mail validation errors.
Contributions
- Data Entry Only users cannot run reports from the Quick Tasks window
- Mailing labels in Contributions should use the same name formatting routine as other "envelope name" functionality.
- Help buttons in Import From Vanco do not link to the correct help topics.
- Vanco import does not allow fees expense account to be used in a contribution fund (if you have a fund that people can contribute to, offsetting Vanco fees).
- Vanco import should not allow a sub-account of the checking account to be used as transit account.
- When posting multiple dates of Contributions into a single transaction in Fund Accounting, a note is now added to the transaction that shows the list of contribution dates.
Fund Accounting
- Recall Repeating Transaction can select wrong account in specific scenario.
- Budget Entry screen should show a warning if no accounts are set to be budgeted.
- Income & Expense by Year report now has "Year ending 2016" column header labels for clarification.
- Income & Expense by Year refresh report options does not properly select same month/year range.
Accounts Payable
- Memo field on printed checks is now included on the Selected Paid Items report if you include notes.
- Show a warning message if you mark an invoice to be included on 1099 if the vendor is not set to be included on 1099.
Payroll
- 941/W2/1099-MISC forms all store tax IDs separately. If one is in place, should be shared across all.
- New option to include employer name and address on pay stubs to meet some state requirements.
- New option to include hourly pay rate on pay stubs to meet some state requirements.
- Employee Social Security Number on pay stubs is now masked (XXX-XX-1234) for security and to meet some state requirements.
- Show age calculation next to birth date field on Maintain List of Employees
- Duplicate employee records are now combined on W2 forms.
Education Library
- Reference is now listed in the Locate list on Maintain Education Library.
- Duplicate e-mail logic is improved. Partial matches no longer trigger duplicate handling.
Events
- Printed monthly calendar does not list event times.
General
- New font installed (PowerChurch Mono) to replace Courier New as default font on mailing labels, computer checks, tax forms, custom reports, and Rolodex/3x5 cards.
- Export to Access errors if you try to run a second instance of the export utility.
- Date lookup tool should not show *bad date*, default back to today if selected year goes beyond 9999.
- Add default options to Quick Tasks menu when adding new users.
03/30/2016 - Version 11 Maintenance Release
A new Maintenance Release dated 03/30/2016 has been released for PowerChurch Plus Version 11.
The program will automatically download and install this update by going to Help > Download Maintenance Release, or you can manually download and install the Maintenance Release installer by visiting http://www.powerchurch.com/mr in your web browser.
This Maintenance Release resolves the following issues:
Personal Profiles
- E-mail Directory report does not distinguish between unlisted family or personal e-mails
Payroll
- Add Quarter number and year (when appropriate) to subtitle of 941 Tax Deposit Report
Events
- Cannot add new events if previous attempts had failed
03/30/2016 - Version 11.5 Maintenance Release
A new Maintenance Release dated 03/30/2016 has been released for PowerChurch Plus Version 11.5.
The program will automatically download and install this update by going to Help > Download Maintenance Release, or you can manually download and install the Maintenance Release installer by visiting http://www.powerchurch.com/mr in your web browser.
PowerChurch Online servers will updated automatically overnight, so PowerChurch Online users need not take any action to receive this update.
This Maintenance Release resolves the following issues:
Personal Profiles
- E-mail Directory report does not distinguish between unlisted family or personal e-mails
Contributions
- Vanco import can miss a day's contributions in certain scenarios
Payroll
- Add Quarter number and year (when appropriate) to subtitle of 941 Tax Deposit Report
Events
- Cannot add new events if previous attempts had failed
- Socket connect timeout increased from 3 to 30 seconds
03/23/2016 - Version 11.5 Maintenance Release
A new Maintenance Release dated 03/23/2016 has been released for PowerChurch Plus Version 11.5.
The program will automatically download and install this update by going to Help > Download Maintenance Release, or you can manually download and install the Maintenance Release installer by visiting http://www.powerchurch.com/mr in your web browser.
PowerChurch Online servers will updated automatically overnight, so PowerChurch Online users need not take any action to receive this update.
This Maintenance Release resolves the following issues:
Family Mailing List & Personal Profiles
- Church Directory does not properly sort by "last name, first name" when using preferred name
- Attendance Summary graphs steal keyboard input
Activities & Skills
- Select first person in list after adding people to activity
- Class Family Directory report cuts off long e-mail addresses
- Class Family Directory report ignores alternate addresses
Contributions
- Funds Report by Date includes funds with zero balance because of reversals
- Pledge to Actual Comparison does not properly calculate prepaid pledges
- Contribution Statements page numbers 2+ are cut off
- Year End Pledge Processing does not record the Added By and Added Date fields
- Vanco Import should not validate accounts if accounting info is not set up on funds
- Yearly Totals by Envelope report does not include 99999
Fund Accounting
- Graphs do not disply properly for accounts in multiple funds
Accounts Payable
- Improved error handling
- Last Buy and Payment date fields on vendors should be read only
Accounts Receivable
- Allow posting process to clear zero balance invoices with no payment applied
Payroll
- 941 Form and E-file updated for 2016
- 941 Report menu item changed to 941 Quarterly Tax Return
- 941 Tax Deposit Report menu item added under Tax Reporting
- CT state tax table Recapture tab needs 40 brackets
- CT state tax table Wittholding tab needs 7 brackets
- Modify employee last name on W2 does not change alphabetical order of saved form info
- Post to Payroll Module Only should not validate accounts
- Unable to post transactions if net effect on account is zero
Events
- Google Sync process may crash if user does not have permissions to write log file
- Aggressive antivirus scanning can cause data problems when adding new events
03/21/2016 - Version 11 Maintenance Release
A new Maintenance Release dated 03/21/2016 has been released for PowerChurch Plus Version 11.
The program will automatically download and install this update by going to Help > Download Maintenance Release, or you can manually download and install the Maintenance Release installer by visiting http://www.powerchurch.com/mr in your web browser.
This release fixes the following issues:
Family Mailing List & Personal Profiles
- All Families Alphabetical report has extra spacing in between families
- Church Directory does not properly sort by "last name, first name" when using preferred name
- Onebody Sync should not allow multiple sync processes to be requested at the same time
Contributions
- Funds Report by Date includes funds with zero balance because of reversals
- Pledge to Actual Comparison does not properly calculate prepaid pledges
- Contribution Statements page numbers 2+ are cut off
- Contribution Statements by e-mail not properly validating e-mail addresses
- Year End Pledge Processing does not record the Added By and Added Date fields
Fund Accounting
- Widen Reference/Check No field on Check Register by Fund report
- Repeated Line Descriptions are not properly displayed on Unposted Transactions report
- Graphs do not disply properly for accounts in multiple funds
Accounts Payable
- Improved error handling
- 3rd decimal place is not saved in HST setup
Accounts Receivable
- Allow posting process to clear zero balance invoices with no payment applied
Payroll
- 941 Form updated for 2016
- 941 Report menu item changed to 941 Quarterly Tax Return
- 941 Tax Deposit Report menu item added under Tax Reporting
- CT state tax table - Recapture tab needs 40 brackets
- CT state tax table - Wittholding tab needs 7 brackets
- Modify employee last name on W2 does not change alphabetical order of saved form info
Events
- Google Sync process may crash if user does not have permissions to write log file
- Aggressive antivirus scanning can cause data problems when adding new events
02/24/2016 - Version 11.5 Maintenance Release
A new Maintenance Release dated 02/24/2016 has been released for PowerChurch Plus Version 11.5.
The program will automatically download and install this update by going to Help > Download Maintenance Release, or you can manually download and install the Maintenance Release installer by visiting http://www.powerchurch.com/mr in your web browser.
PowerChurch Online servers will updated automatically overnight, so PowerChurch Online users need not take any action to receive this update.
This Maintenance Release resolves the following issues:
Membership
- Absentee Report doesn't flag unlisted phones
- OneBody Sync error handling and log file added
- Extra spacing in All Families Alphabetical report
- Export Data to CSV has TXT file extension
- End of File error on 3x5 and Rolodex cards
- Church Directory sorts by first name, not preferred name
Contributions
- "Location" not included on e-mailed tax receipts (Canada)
- Import from Vanco - Can now have multiple accounts with Vanco and save credentials
- Custom Reports - "Include Fund on Statements" field is not available
Accounting
- Unposted Transactions report does not show repeated line descriptions
- Error might be reported after printing checks (moved error handling)
Events
- Calendar does not remember size and position of last opened
- Calendar does not show start times of events (display size dependent)
- PCTask115.exe (e-mail task reminders) is not distributed in the Maintenance Release installer
General
- Calculator does not always open in Windows 10
01/13/2016 - Version 11.5 Maintenance Release
A new Maintenance Release dated 01/13/2016 has been released for PowerChurch Plus Version 11.5.
The program will automatically download and install this update by going to Help > Download Maintenance Release, or you can manually download and install the Maintenance Release installer by visiting http://www.powerchurch.com/mr in your web browser.
PowerChurch Online servers will updated automatically overnight, so PowerChurch Online users need not take any action to receive this update.
This Maintenance Release resolves the following issues:
Accounting
- Accounts Payable - Setup for Canadian HST does not properly store third decimal place (1.234 becomes 1.230)
- Payroll - Connecticut State Tax table for 2016 requires ten additional Recapture amount fields
- Fund Accounting - Imported Vanco contribution deposits can be incorrectly grouped together
Contributions
- Send statements by e-mail does not properly recognize comma or semicolon as separating multiple addresses
01/05/2016 - Version 11 Maintenance Release
A new Maintenance Release dated 01/05/2016 has been released for PowerChurch Plus Version 11.
The program will automatically download and install this update by going to Help > Download Maintenance Release, or you can manually download and install the Maintenance Release installer by visiting http://www.powerchurch.com/mr in your web browser.
This Maintenance Release resolves a very serious issue where Contribution Statements could, in certain circumstances, be e-mailed to the wrong contributor.
12/30/2015 - Version 11 Maintenance Release
A new Maintenance Release dated 12/30/2015 has been released for PowerChurch Plus Version 11.
The program will automatically download and install this update by going to Help > Download Maintenance Release, or you can manually download and install the Maintenance Release installer by visiting http://www.powerchurch.com/mr in your web browser.
This Maintenance Release resolves the following issues:
Contributions
- Check Reader screen does not always apply to pledge
- Envelope name field can still show "Not Found" after changing contributor
- Add account button on Maintain List of Contribution Funds screen should be disabled when no funds exist
- Edit Profile button on the Check Reader screen does not link to correct person in Membership
Accounting
- Adjust W3 and 1099 forms for 2015
- Display unposted flag on Maintain List of Employees - Check History tab
- Account Name should be required on Maintain Chart of Accounts
- Remember selected month(s) on Advanced posting in Fund Accounting
Custom Reports
- Error on sort button when no field selected
- Error when field contains " "+m.variablename
- Error when expression contains more than 1 period
General
- Don't initialize a DVD control for backup in Windows 7 and newer
- Remove Yahoo maps, now defunct
- Adjust Equipment Values in Equipment Inventory form not large enough to display dropdown list