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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.

E-mail

  • 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

E-mail

  • 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


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