• Using Sage BusinessWorks 2021 or 2023, check your versions to make sure you are up to date

    To verify your version access Help, About and the first full line should state Sage BusinessWorks Accounting (Version 202x SPx). For Sage BusinessWorks 2021 it should be SP19 and for 2023 it will be SP5. It is recommended that all users download and…
  • Sage BusinessWorks 2023 SP5 and 2021 SP19 are now available!

    We're excited to share the release of Sage BusinessWorks 2023 SP5 and 2021 SP19! For detailed information about this release see: Sage BusinessWorks 2023 Release Notes Sage BusinessWorks Accounting 2021 Release Notes Download Sage BusinessWorks…
  • Sage BusinessWorks 2023.0.4 and 2021.0.18 are now available - these updates include the 2024 payroll tax update.

    We're excited to share the release of Sage BusinessWorks 2021.0.18 and Sage BusinessWorks 2023.0.4! These are the new payroll tax updates and are replacing Sage BusinessWorks 2023.0.3 and Sage BusinessWorks 2021.0.17 What's new: This release includes…
  • Announcing Sage BusinessWorks 2021.0.17 and Sage BusinessWorks 2023.0.3 - 2024 Payroll Tax Update

    ***Service pack update*** The tax table updates are now available as Sage BusinessWorks 2021.0.18 and Sage BusinessWorks 2023.0.4. We will be positing a new announcement shortly with further details. We're excited to share the release of Sage BusinessWorks…
  • Does anyone know how/when employee withholding for the new Oregon Paid Leave will be addressed?

    Will it be similar to the Oregon STT withholding? I missed the Oregon STT announcement. I'm just hoping to be prepared for this one.
  • How can I get Other Pay taxes to hit the GL correctly?

    We have had to add new Other Pay additions for the 2020 year and we are having an issue with the fact that the taxes on these Other Pays are not breaking out departmentally, even though the Other Pay is set up to break out departmentally. Is there another…
  • Business Works 2019 Federal/State Withholding Wrong

    We use a payroll service as part of our Nonprofit requirement. I match our Sage Business Works Number to their numbers. Ever since January 2020 none of the numbers for federal or California withholding match. The Sage numbers are all lower than the Payroll…
  • Business Works 2020 Federal Tax withholding changes did not change amount on pay check

    We re-installed the corrected BW2020 to fix the state tax issue. After we re-installed we changed 2 employees Federal Tax Withholding (extra withholding). We made the changes and then processed payroll (for this week). The check totals were the same as…
  • Terminated employee with no payroll history in 2019 did not automatically delete

    I just finished processing W-2's and closing payroll for 2019. I checked the box for all terminated employees with no history to be deleted. All were deleted except one. The last transaction I posted for him was in June 2018. His record was marked terminated…
  • Deceased Employee's Final Check

    Can someone give me step by step instructions for paying a deceased employee's final check? We need to divide her final pay between three children. Thanks!
  • Actual Payroll Overhead in Job Cost calculation?

    How is the Actual Payroll Overhead calculated for the Phase Overhead cost in Job Cost, does anyone know? Thank you, Teri
  • Payroll 2018 Question --- NEED HELP

    Help!!! We just received a report from our third party insurance company showing a STD check was issued to one of our employees in December 2018. We have already closed out our 2018 Payroll. Is there anyway, other than having to restore prior backup,…
  • Payroll Deduction not showing up on reports

    So we had a fringe benefit that we needed to calculate on the last payroll of the year, which happens to be today's payroll day, and the entered the deduction according to the Sage Support pdf document titled How To Set Up and Process Fringe Benefits…
  • Global Change Question

    We are getting ready to process our EOY bonuses for our staff and wanted to know if there was an easier, more efficient way of processing this in Business Works. First let me tell you that we usually run our payroll on a bi-weekly basis. We have been…
  • Different Hourly Rates for the Same Employee

    Is it possible to set up multiple hourly rates for the same employee? We are implementing a new system whereby employees will be paid a different hourly rate based on the type of work performed. I'm not seeing a way to set this up through Maintain Employees…
  • BW2018 phantom payroll entry?

    We recently upgraded from BW2012 to BW2018 & run PR in house. Haven't had any problems until this week. I have one employee with 2 entries-one is phantom and one is what I entered. I can delete the one I entered but cannot delete the phantom. ???????…
  • how to post a corrective Prior Year Journal Entry clarification

    In 2016 we made a payroll check with a deduction of $21.33 for a loan repayment. But we neglected to make a journal entry to debit the account and because it is in a prior year we are unable to make any new entries. I viewed knowledge base article #18022…
  • OASDI taxes

    A clerk made a manual calculation of OASDI taxes and overwithheld $7000+ from the owner's bonus check. I found it while preparing the 941. How do I fix that through payroll? Thanks!
  • How to I print the instruction to set up Direct Deposit in Business Works?

    Where can I go to print the instructions for setting up and using Direct Deposit? I tried to print the instructions via Business Works in Payroll but the pop up appears on top of the list so this is useless. The list is great but I need the detail printed…
  • Illinois SUI rate is 3 decimal places and gets rounded to 2 for calculations in Enhanced Tax Reporting

    Our current Illinois SUI is now 3 decimal places, 0.525%, but the Enhanced Tax Reporting feature rounds this off to 0.53% for calculations, resulting in extra tax... Can this be fixed or is there a work-around?
  • Problems with Payroll Tax Calculations

    My CA SDI tax percentage is correct in the tax tables. However, the calculation is not matching/correct? Does anyone know a fix?
  • Setting up a Payroll deduction for Roth contributions.

    I need to set up a payroll deduction for Roth contributions. The only suggestion I can find in the Knowledge base is for Sage 100 which recommends setting the deduction type to pension and deselecting all taxes. Is this the same for Businessworks?
  • HELP-Can we run our first 2017 payroll prior to closing 2016 (December and the year)?

    We have had a delay in closing December and 2016 because of my accountants unexpected absence from work. We have payroll tomorrow. Can we run January payroll without closing the month AND or year (2016). thanks for fast answers here.
  • Can I run my 2017 payroll before w-2's are complete?

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    Do I just need to close my current month (December) first and download the service pack? Will the service pack change my w-2 numbers because of the new 2017 tax tables even if December is closed before it is downloaded? Can I still make changes to…
  • Deferred Compensation

    Does anyone do deferred compensation through payroll? We have some employees who do on call work, and have the option of deferring compensation. We have to pay the FICA on the compensation when it is funded, but other taxes are paid upon distribution…