This is our first year end with Sage 2019

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I have already printed our all quarterly payroll reports and quarterly government reports.

I am waiting for tonight's backup before closing the quarter and year end.

I have heard that we should install the IRD before closing the quarter and year end.  Is that recommended?

Also, with the new version 2019, I have heard that we do not need to copy our payroll info into another company in order to print our W-2's and 1099's because we can print them out of the main company even after the year has been closed.  Is that true?

We have a payroll to process in a couple of days and so need to move on to our next steps.

Any advice?