Sage BusinessWorks Version 2021 service pack 7 is now available for download at www.sagekb.com. Logon is required to download the product.
Important items to note:
Year-end is quickly approaching. Now is the time to order your forms to make sure you get the correct forms before year-end processing.
New to 2021 1099-NEC - The Federal 1099-NEC (Copy A) is printed on the preprinted red forms (Sage Forms L99NECA) and will print three per (3-up) page.
Below you will find the W-2 and 1099 form requirements for 2021. W-2 and 1099 forms are printed using Enhanced Tax Reporting. The following…
We often hear that you are not receiving notifications when new releases are available, or it is going to the wrong person. We have made it easier for you to sign up and ensure that the right people get the news in a timely manner. All product releases, release notes, alerts, announcements and news will be posted in the Sage BusinessWorks Announcements, News and Alerts forum in Sage City.
To start receiving email notifications…
October is Cyber Security Month and as the month comes to the end I would like to share with you some important information regarding how to keep yourself protected and prepared.
The federal (red) Form 1099-NEC now prints three forms per page (3-up) compared to two forms per page last year.
Read Sage Knowledgebase article ID 52613 for more information about year-end forms, and visit Sage Checks and Forms to order your forms.
A recent Windows update seems to be restarting the Windows Firewall if it had previously been turned off. If after installing a Windows update your client workstations receive one of the following errors after installing a Windows update you will need to set exceptions in your Windows Firewall to prevent the issue. The errors you may see include:
As year-end approaches, now is a good time to get familiar with the various support options that are available to you. Some options are even available 24/7.
Plan ahead as the last week of the year and the first week of January tend to be the busiest times of the year.
If you are on a version prior to 2020 plan time to upgrade now prior to year-end. Currently only versions 2020 and 2021 are supported and will be the only…
W-2 and 1099 forms are printed using Enhanced Tax Reporting. The following forms are required for printing:
W-2 forms
That’s right! Sage BusinessWorks Version 2020 service pack 7 is now available for download at www.sagekb.com. Logon is required to download the product.
Important items to note:
That’s right! Sage BusinessWorks Version 2021 service pack 6 is now available for download at www.sagekb.com. Logon is required to download the product.
Important items to note:
There are a number of resources available to you on the Sage BusinessWorks Sage City Resource page.
Tip - When visiting www.sage.com/resources please ensure you select Untied States for your Country or Region and Sage BusinessWorks for your product
Below you will find a break down of what options are available to you on our resource page.
Special notes:
If you are on Sage BusinessWorks 2020 or higher you can access Chat from the Live Chat button on your menu bar
If you are on an older version of Sage BusinessWorks you can access Chat by going to Chat, Sage Live Chat
Both options allow you to easily connect to a support representative Monday - Friday 6 AM - 5 PM Pacific time.
If you have any issues launching chat from within the program please go to our Resources page…
If you are on an active support plan you are entitled to any product update that is released while your plan is active.
Please note that we only support and provide tax updates for the current version and one version back (Sage BusinessWorks 2020 and Sage BusinessWorks 2021) so now would be a great time to get updated before year end.
All products updates can be downloaded from www.sagekb.com and do require a login to…
No, you should never skip making a backup when closing the month. Yes, even if you have a backup of your server or if your IT company is making a backup, YOU should always make a Sage BusinessWorks backup before closing. When closing the month you will get the prompt asking you to back up your company data files before closing and you may ask yourself "Do I really need to backup?" The answer is yes! Selecting…
To create the ODBC connection needed to link to Microsoft Excel:
Notes:
Only 32 bit Office products are supported (see article #69007 "Companies are not showing when trying to do Excel queries" in Related Resouces below)
The following instructions…
We often receive calls from customers who receive connection errors after rebooting their server and are unsure of how to resolve them. There are many possible connection errors (listed below) but they all can have the same cause, a blocked port in the Windows Firewall.
The System backup is a backup that is separate from your individual company backups.
The System backup includes:
If any of these items are missing after moving to a new server or location please make a backup of the System files from the old location and restore to the new.
To back up system or company…
Report groups that include reports that were designed with both the new and old report generator may trigger the error. Reports that…
If you run into an error trying to access account inquiry or chart of accounts on Sage BusinessWorks 2021 SP4 it is likely that SP4 has not yet been installed on the computer receiving the error.
Due to fixes to issues with the Sage BusinessWorks 2021 program it is necessary to install SP4 on the server and each workstation. If you receive the error " [Task1009: (8,1)……." Error reading FrmMain.OnReturnKey: Invalid property…
If you receive an error when attempting to download the product or a service pack it usually indicates an issue with the browser/PC which is preventing the system from running the Sage Download manager. To resolve this issue download the program or service pack again using the direct download option. Note: It may be necessary to disable your anti-virus to download.
Did you know that there is a configuration file that is used to change specific settings in Sage BusinessWorks?
These settings can be specific to each user and workstation. Double spacing the check register on workstation does not affect another workstation. You can personalize these defaults for each user. To change any of these settings and make BusinessWorks work for you, complete the following steps at each workstation…
If you have employees in the State of New Mexico and are using Sage BusinessWorks 2021 there is a new version of 2021 SP4 available that includes the payroll tax table update for New Mexico.
The new download of SP4 also includes an important fix for customers importing from third party developers that are using BWGAccess to import Sales Orders.
Please download and install the current version of SP4 (build 40) from www…
The 2021 SDI limit and rate increased. To account for this increase you need to make the adjustment in Maintain Tax Tables and Activate States
IMPORTANT: Make sure the rate is updated in both Maintain Tax Tables and Activate States
For further information…
The 2021 941 Enhanced Tax Reporting update is now available
To install the Mandatory update:
