NEW version Job Tracking 6 now available!

A totally new version of MacBusiness Job Tracking is now available, with a new look, and host of new features including:

Go to our Job Tracking page to see the new interface, and system requirements.

An upgrade path from existing versions of Job Tracking is still under development. Contact us if you would like to be notified when this becomes available.

PAYROLL: changes for April 2013

There are three tax rate changes this year: an increase in the maximum income for ACC earners levy, an increase to the Student Loan repayment rate, and an increase to the minimum KiwiSaver contribution rates.

In addition, the ML and ML SL tax codes are no longer to be used for any pays with payment dates from 1 April 2013.

Employees on these tax codes should be changed to M and M SL respectively, unless they advise you of a different tax code by giving you a new IR330 form.

Finally, the tax credit for school children has been dropped. If you are putting school children through Payroll using a tax free allowance code this should be changed to a taxable allowance code as for any other employee.

If you have Payroll 4, the tax rates will be updated automatically at the appropriate time. No action is required.

If you have Payroll 3, no software update is required but you need to adjust tax rates yourself at the appropriate time.

Click here to download details of how to make these changes in Payroll 3.

PAYROLL 4 Upgrade now available!

An upgrade from MacBusiness Payroll version 3.10 to Payroll version 4 is now available. Significant new features include:

plus many more minor improvements customers have requested.

Go to our Payroll page to see the new interface, and system requirements.

The price of the upgrade is $299 + GST.

Please contact us to arrange a suitable time for your upgrade. We need to access your existing Payroll data to convert it to the new version, and so will need to schedule this to be done between your pay runs.

Note for Mountain Lion Users

MacBusiness packages do not yet support the new security feature, Gatekeeper, in Mountain Lion (OSX10.8). The first time you launch one of our packages you may see a message that the application is from an unidentified developer and can't be opened.

Right-click (or Control-click) on the application, select Open from the pop-up menu. You will get the same message, but you can now click an Open button to bypass this restriction. The application will launch the normal way from now on.

Mountain Lion Compatibility

Recently Apple released a new version of OSX for Macintosh, version 10.8 named "Mountain Lion".

MacBusiness PAYROLL version 3.x is NOT compatible with Mountain Lion, or it's predecessor Lion (OSX 10.7).

The recently released MacBusiness PAYROLL version 4 is compatible with Mountain Lion, and an upgrade from version 3.10 is available for $299 + GST.

MacBusiness POS from version 3.2 onwards, MacBusiness Job Tracking from version 4 onwards, and MoneyWorks from version 6.1.1 onwards are all compatible with Mountain Lion.

Payroll: changes for April 2012

Inland Revenue have made significant changes to Student Loan deductions and KiwiSaver, taking effect from 1 April this year. As a result of these changes a software update is required.

There are two new tax codes for employees with student loans, two new options for taking additional student loan deductions, and a new way to clarify whether an STC tax code is for primary or secondary employment.

For employer contributions to KiwiSaver, the 2% exemption from Employer Superannuation Contribution Tax (ESCT) has been dropped, i.e. from 1 April all employer contributions will be taxed.

Click here to download more details of these changes.

The update will be available from 5 March for $99 + GST, and can be installed at any time. You can purchase it directly via our website using a credit card, or you can email or phone your order to us.