NDS INVISION Payroll Release Notes
December 21, 2024 Release
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The Release Notes in this document encompass changes and
enhancements included in the software version
24.12.21 release
for the INVISION
Notes:
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Version 24.12.21 Payroll
Program / Function | Description | Software Version |
New! PR Tax Tables 2025 Upload |
Added an automated PR Tax Tables update that will install the 2025 PR tax tables. A PR Tax Tables Update prompt displays when Payroll is opened. Answer Yes after you have processed the last Payroll of the year and after also processing all your December 31st Quarterly reports and completed the Year End steps. | 24.12.21 |
Employee Master List | Improved readability by changing Sex to Gender, adding gender descriptions and moving Status information to allow more space. WI 5237 | 24.12.21 |
Previous Versions 24.12.01 - 20.02.01 Payroll
Program / Function | Description | Software Version |
New! | ||
W-2s | Added a new Box 12 code, 11 - Income from exclusion of Medicaid waiver payments. WI 5217 | 24.12.01 |
WI State Withholding Calculations | Updated calculations to match specifications. Tables should be updated as below for anyone using WI state withholding tax. WI 5222 | 24.12.01 |
Repair Check History Register |
Repaired so that the correct detail is reported with the checks. WI 5223 | 24.12.01 |
New! | ||
Payroll Post | Repaired the Interfund post to update GL accounts correctly. WI 5081 | 24.08.01 |
Employee Maintenance | Added to the Extended Fields button so that you can quickly identify if the fields are set or not and if there is data. If there are no fields set up the buttons shows with no image, if there are fields but no data, the button shows an empty dot and if there are fields and data the button shows with a filled dot. WI 5038 | 24.06.21 |
Employee Maintenance | Added the ability to edit the user definable field definitions from Employee Maintenance. To edit use the User Defined Extended Fields button . WI 5038 | 24.06.01 |
New! | ||
Employee Maintenance | Repaired an issue with additional income, deductions and w/h fields being cleared out. WI 4964 | 24.04.01 |
Check Register | Added a Tax Deposits Report option. This report will print the totals for Federal and FICA/Medicare withheld so that you can easily determine the necessary deposit leading up to the 941 report for the quarter. WI 4920 | 24.03.01 |
Repairs | ||
Check History Detail Report | Repaired an issue that was causing the report to not report the same check # for the same employee on the same properly. WI 4941 | 24.03.01 |
Employee Credit Messages | Repaired an issue causing an exception. WI 4932 | 24.03.01 |
History Check Report | Repaired an issue with combining checks with the same number from the same day for the same employee. WI 4931 | 24.03.01 |
.NET Payroll Verification | Repaired to distinguish between overtime and double-time pay rates. WI 4858 & 4884 | 24.02.01 |
Payroll Check Entry - .NET | Changed to default all subsequent pay detail lines to be hourly pay. WI 4858 | 24.02.01 |
Check Register |
Repaired issue that was causing the warrant to print across multiple pages.
WI 4879 Repaired issue that was causing the department number to display incorrectly. WI 4878 |
24.02.01 |
Payroll Check Entry Other Federal Tax Information Table |
Added additional Medicare withholding rates / limits to the Other Federal Tax
Table Information table. Changed Check Entry to now look to this table for the Medicare calculations. |
24.02.01 |
Check Print Enhanced | Repaired an issue that was causing the XML check print totals to be zero when printing for all run codes. WI 4889 | 24.02.01 |
Federal Tax Summary Report (941 Report) |
Added the report to the Government Reports menu. WI
4544 Updated the report to match the current form from the IRS. WI 4873 |
24.02.01 |
Employee Maintenance - Human Resources | Repaired an issue that was causing an error when accessing Human Resources. WI 4867 | 24.02.01 |
Payroll Check Entry MA State Tax Table |
Modified state withholding to include new MA Fair Share Amendment tax surcharge
%. Added new MA Fair Share Amendment tax surcharge % and Threshold fields to table. WI 4826 |
23.12.21 |
New! | ||
Payroll AP Check Processing | Added new routine that allows Payroll AP checks to be processed from one screen. WI 4796 | 23.12.01 |
Repairs | ||
Payroll Check Entry (.NET) | Repaired an issue causing an exception error when an invalid pay date is entered and saved. WI 4789 | 23.12.01 |
Payroll Post | Added more information to posting error messages to facilitate resolving issue. WI 4780 | 23.12.01 |
Employee Retirement | Expanded the Retirement Payback MTD/YTD field to be 5.2 format. WI 4778 | 23.12.01 |
MSR Plan Code Maintenance | Re-designed the screen to use a grid to make it easier to view codes and easier to enter codes. WI 4768 | 23.12.01 |
Check Edit Register Check Register Permanent Pay Register Check History Master/Totals |
Added an export capability to the registers and reports. WI 4755 | 23.11.01 |
Employee Rate History | Added an enhanced employee rate history. WI 4745 | 23.11.01 |
Payroll Check Entry | Repaired an issue that was causing other pay to be included in the retirement calculations. WI 4756 | 23.11.01 |
New! Email Paychecks Employee Maintenance Credit Messages |
Added the ability to email paychecks to individuals or as a group employees. WI 4486 | 23.10.01 |
Check History Master/Totals Report | Repaired an issue that was causing incorrect information to be reported in some circumstances. WI 4665 | 23.09.01 |
Printing and Print Preview screens |
Modernized the icons on the Printing and Print Preview screens.
WI 4624 |
23.08.01 |
Rate History Report | Added options for selecting run codes (defaults to all) and including terminated employees. Also added sort options for next review and location WI 4664 | 23.08.01 |
Department Summary Report | Repaired to only report an employee summary once for each department/check date. WI 4640 | 23.08.01 |
Check Register Report | Repaired to show all paychecks for the selected time period. WI 4639 | 23.08.01 |
Department Report Check Register Report Direct Deposit Report Employee Deduction Report MESC Report MERS Report |
The following changes were made:
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23.08.01 |
Payroll Check Entry | Repaired the .NET version of Payroll Check Entry to calculate retirement correctly when other pay is included on the check. WI 4606 | 23.06.21 |
Employee Credit Messages | Repaired display issues and minor cosmetic improvements. WI 4616 | 23.06.21 |
Scheduled Deductions Deduction Maintenance Deduction Edit List Employee Deduction Report |
New! Expanded the standard amount and the deduction amount in Deduction Maintenance to a 6.6 format. Expanded the the standard deduction to a format of 6.6 on the Deduction Edit List. Expanded the deduction amount to a format of 6.6 on the Employee Deduction report. WI 1011 |
23.06.01 |
Deduction Edit List | Changed how items are selected for the report. WI 1011 | 23.06.01 |
Other Pay Edit List | Changed how items are selected for the report. Selection works in the same manner as the Deduction Edit list. WI 4568 | 23.06.01 |
Retirement Tables | Expanded the retirement rates to a format of 6.6. WI 3929 | 23.06.01 |
Payroll Post |
New! Added the ability to post by G/L Account Fund. Note: Please contact NDS Support to activate this feature. WI 4532 |
23.05.01 |
941 Federal tax Summary Report | Added this report back on the Government Reporting menu. WI 4544 | 23.05.01 |
NHRS Build Work File | Repaired to use the pay period end date from which to select check history. WI 4558 | 23.05.01 |
Banknn Maintenance |
New! Added a new feature called Show Unused Bank #s to show the available bank codes. WI 4476 |
23.04.01 |
Period End Clear |
New! Added an option called Period Ending Month, which will automatically determine whether the period end will be a monthly, quarterly or yearly clear. WI 4462 |
23.04.01 |
Enhanced Print Payroll Check | Repaired an issue errant checks to print with $0.00 amounts. WI 4496 | 23.04.01 |
Employee Maintenance | Repaired an issue causing an error if you are setting up a new employee and using the Employee Rate History. WI 4495 | 23.04.01 |
Retirement Tax Table Payroll Check Entry |
Repaired an issue with NH retirement. Repaired the calculation for NH retirement in Payroll Check Entry. WI 4481 |
23.03.01 |
Employee Maintenance PR Edit Check Register PR Check Register History Check Register Summary page |
Expanded the employee gender field to provide more gender choices. Added a count for each gender to the these reports - PR Edit Check Register, PR Check Register, History Check Register summary page. WI 4470 |
23.03.01 |
Other Federal Tax Information Maintenance Payroll Check Entry |
Changed Added fields to the Other Federal Tax Information to accommodate 2020 W4
box 2 not checked information. Changed Payroll Check Entry Federal withholding calculation to reduce Federal taxable income by the appropriate box 2 adjustment amount if 2020 or later W4 is active and box 3 is not checked. WI 4454 |
23.02.01 |
W-2 Print Forms | Changed to provide a message if an employee doesn't exist and then continue on to finish other employees. WI 4442 | 23.02.01 |
W-2 Create Forms | Repaired to include employee other pay amounts. WI 4434 | 23.02.01 |
Check History Master Report | Repaired issues with the range and sort options so that the report generates as expected. WI 4430 | 23.02.01 |
Period End Clear | Repaired an issue that was causing a VCX error. WI 4428 | 23.02.01 |
Employee Maintenance | Changed the prompts to be easier to understand when the employee name or pay rate is changed. WI 4419 | 22.12.21 |
Check History Master Report | Repaired an issue that was causing an exception error when trying to run the report. WI 4418 | 22.12.21 |
Check History Master Report - Totals | Repaired an exception error that occurred when sorting by period end date. WI 4411 | 22.12.21 |
Payroll Check Entry | Repaired an issue with entering a check if direct deposit is not set up. WI 4413 | 22.12.21 |
Payroll Merge Checks | Repaired an issue that was causing pay detail to be merged into one check even when there are multiple unique departments. WI 4408 | 22.12.21 |
Edit Register & Check Register - Expense Account Totals Report |
Repaired an issue that was causing the report to stop processing. WI 4407 | 22.12.21 |
Edit Register & Check Register - ME State Insurance Deduction Report |
Repaired an issue that was preventing the report from being omitted when running the edit register and the check register. WI 4406 | 22.12.21 |
AP Check Positive Paycheck Maintenance | Repaired an issue that was causing an exception error when entering a check. WI 4402 | 22.12.21 |
MSR Magnetic File - Detail Maintenance | Repaired an issue causing a row index error when editing details. WI 4392 | 22.12.21 |
Employee Maintenance Notes | Repaired an issue that was causing exception errors when using notes. WI 4205 | 22.12.01 |
Department Maintenance | Repaired issue that was causing GL account department numbers not being found in Payroll Check Entry. WI 4390 | 22.12.01 |
Payroll Check Print | Repaired an issue that was causing an error when printing checks. WI 4205 | 22.12.01 |
Merge Checks |
Repaired an issue that was causing scheduled deductions to accumulate incorrectly when the employee has multiple checks. WI 4328 |
22.11.01 |
Payroll Check Entry | Repaired an issue that would occur when saving before a check was entered. WI 4346 | 22.11.01 |
Payroll Short Check Register |
Several changes: Added print of warrant statement to short register. Repaired summary report to start on its own page. Cosmetic improvements for handling employee negative pay and terminated employees. WI 4335 |
22.11.01 |
Payroll Reporting Toolbar |
Modernized the icons on Payroll Reporting toolbars.
WI 4351 |
22.11.01 |
Payroll Post |
Repaired an issue that was causing an exception error during the post. WI 4288 |
22.10.01 |
MSR Build Monthly Work File | Repaired an issue that was causing an exception error when entering the parameters and then trying to delete. WI 4238 | 22.10.01 |
Payroll Check History Report | Improved the speed of generating the report. WI 4228 |
Payroll Check Entry |
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22.09.01 |
Retirement Fringe Post |
Repaired an issue that was causing the post to fail when an employee is issued a check with a gross pay amount of zero. WI 4226 |
22.09.01 |
Edit Register Check Register |
Repaired an issue that would occur when running the register for all run codes. WI 4162 | 22.08.01 |
Department Pay Entry |
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22.08.01 |
Payroll Check Entry | Updated messaging to better describe the issues when encountering invalid data. WI 4134 | 22.08.01 |
Employee Totals | Repaired an issue that was causing an exception error when saving. WI 4126 | 22.08.01 |
Quarterly UCI Report | Repaired an issue that was causing an exception error when running the report for all run codes. WI 4125 | 22.08.01 |
Employee List | Repaired issues when running the report for ranges and lists of locations. WI 4111 | 22.08.01 |
Employee Extended Labels Table | Repaired an issue that would occur when renaming an existing field, where the field and associated data was being incorrectly removed. WI 2586 | 22.08.01 |
Print View Report Viewer | Now the Report Viewer window state, size and position for reports is saved and the settings are restored when a report is displayed. WI 3523 | 22.06.21 |
Executive Console Report History | The Entered Date column will now group by the month and year only. However, the time that is part of the Entered Date can still be used to sort the list of reports. WI 3215 | 22.06.21 |
Payroll Import |
Changed to display a warning if an employee is in the import file but their
employee information is not set to allow import. Select the employee for import if the employee number is missing from the import file. The user will have to make a decision about how to handle it. WI 4084 & 4085 |
22.06.21 |
Payroll Import | Reworked how to determine if the employee in the import file is terminated or not. WI 4095 | 22.06.21 |
Fringe Distribution Entry |
Repaired an issue that was causing an error. Added a warning if a selected
employee is terminated.
WI 4017 |
22.06.01 |
Run Code Maintenance | Repaired an issue that was causing an error when information was added for a new run code. WI 3996 | 22.06.01 |
Edit Payroll Check Dates | Repaired an issue that was causing an error when editing the payroll run dates and scheduled periods. WI 3995 | 22.06.01 |
Payroll Check Entry |
Repaired an issue that was causing Federal withholding amounts to calculate
incorrectly for FICA exempt employees setup with a W-4 prior to 2020.
WI 3910 |
22.05.01 |
W-2 Edit Forms | Repaired an issue that was causing employer data to not populate correctly when entering a new W-2. WI 3904 | 22.05.01 |
Employee Other Earnings Report | Repaired an issue that prevented a report from generating when a list of employees was selected. WI 3881 | 22.05.01 |
Check History Register | Improved the speed at which the report generates. WI 3697 | 22.05.01 |
Employee Weekly Totals Maintenance |
Repaired an issue that caused exception errors when loading subsequent
employees.
WI 3967 Changed to require an employee to be loaded when opening the screen. WI 3951 |
22.05.01 |
W-2 Create Forms | Repaired to always set and display the primary department. WI 3802 | 22.05.01 |
Department Title Maintenance | Workflow and cosmetic improvements to the screen. WI 2581 | 22.05.01 |
Permanent Pay Transfer |
Changed to use the same logic as Check Entry when determining whether an
employee is terminated.
WI 3839 Added the message "Permanent Pay check deleted" when an employee is terminated. WI 3839 |
22.04.01 |
Executive Console Report History |
The Executive Console has been replaced with a new, more robust version called
Report History. The Report History displays in a grid view, all the
reports run within the last 120 days. Double-click a report to view it.
Right-click functions are available. In addition, each report that has a reporting toolbar will now include a Report History tool that will show the historical reports for just that report. WI 3215 |
22.04.01 |
Employee Weekly Totals Employee Monthly Totals Employee Quarterly Totals Employee Yearly Totals |
Updated to clear the screen when you press [Ctrl+x]. WI 2877 | 22.04.01 |
Menus | Removed the repetitive wording on menu selections to improve reading. WI 3877 | 22.04.01 |
Employee Maintenance Employee Totals Maintenance Employee Scheduled Deductions Scheduled Deductions Other Pay Maintenance Payroll Check Entry Labor Distribution Maintenance Fringe Maintenance W-2 Forms |
Added a right-click menu for the Employee and Department fields that allows
copying, pasting and selecting the most recently used employees or departments.
WI 1552 |
22.03.01 |
Create W-2 Forms | Repaired to correctly set the primary department. WI 3802 | 22.03.01 |
W-2 Print Forms | Repaired issues with sorting and printing the forms. WI 3617 | 22.03.01 |
User Parameters | Repaired to use the correct table. WI 3119 | 22.03.01 |
Employee Totals Maintenance | Repaired so that when you press [Ctrl + x] the information is cleared from the screen. WI 2877 | 22.03.01 |
State Withholding Tax Maintenance |
Updated to allow entry of other states if your state code is NH.
WI
3739 |
22.02.01 |
Employee User Defined Fields Maintenance | Implemented a new, easy to use maintenance for maintaining both alpha-numeric and numeric employee user defined fields and field names. WI 3653 | 22.02.01 |
W-2 Box Tables | Repaired issues that were causing an exception when tabbing through the fields. WI 3702 | 22.02.01 |
Employee Maintenance | Made cosmetic improvements and added a search capability for Department. WI 3066 | 22.02.01 |
Employee Scheduled Deductions | Added a Deduction Method - type 9 - % of FICA taxable wages for calculating FICA taxable wages for calculating CT state withholding amounts. WI 2878 | 22.02.01 |
Check Entry | Repaired an issue that was causing an exception error. WI 3723 | 22.02.01 |
Department Report |
Improved the report options screen display.
WI
3675 Updated to properly display the department number. WI 3629 |
21.12.21 |
Payroll Import Hours |
The following changes:
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21.12.21 |
Employee Maintenance |
Added a Department right-click menu to search by either department,
appropriation account or GL account when appropriate. Expanded the screen to fully accommodate all information. WI 3066 |
21.12.21 |
Validating PTO Payroll Import Hours Payroll Check Entry Payroll Parameters |
Added an option to customize the handling of attempt to exceed available sick and vacation accruals when creating check detail. Added the Vacation Available Handling option to Payroll Parameters. Choices are: None, notify when taken exceeds available, prevent when taken exceeds available. Defaults to none, which is the way it currently works. WI 3020 | 21.12.21 |
Payroll Import Hours | Repaired an issue that was causing errors if an employee was missing. WI 3604 | 21.12.01 |
Print W-2 Forms | Reworked screen to improve workflow. WI 3592 | 21.12.01 |
Payroll Check Entry | Repaired issues with salary and other pay amounts on additional checks. WI 3415 | 21.12.01 |
Vacation/Sick Report |
Repaired issues with the ranges and sorting.
WI
3312 TS Note: Reports will show with different sort/range options depending on whether or not they are a municipal site and whether or not they are an expanded accounts site. |
21.12.01 |
Deduction Maintenance Other Pay Maintenance |
Made cosmetic improvements to screens. Added the name for the vendor, GL account number and department where appropriate. WI 2580 | 21.12.01 |
Employee Scheduled Deductions Employee Other Pay |
Repaired an issue with screen resizing. WI 3618 | 21.12.01 |
Department Titles Maintenance | Improved the workflow of the screen by adding a grid and made several other improvements WI 2581 | 21.12.01 |
Employee Maintenance | Changed the message if changes are made to the employee and they have a paycheck in progress. The message will now say "Employee has a check in progress. No changes made here will affect the check." This is informational to let the user know that changes made to the employee will not automatically update the check with the changes. WI 3256 | 21.11.01 |
Vacation/Sick Report | Added options to export the report information to Microsoft Word, Excel or text file. WI 3316 | 21.11.01 |
Payroll Import Hours | Changed to now show data and results grouped in most cases by employee number. This ensures that all data for an employee will be marked with the same import flag. WI 3228 | 21.11.01 |
Employee Other Earnings Report | Repaired an issue that was causing errors that prevented the report from generating. WI 3297 | 21.10.01 |
PR Check Register | Changed error messages to provide appropriate information and guidance. WI 3261 | 21.10.01 |
Employee Rate History Report | Added Next Review and Last Changed fields for sorting and ranging on the report. WI 3259 | 21.10.01 |
Payroll Parameters Payroll Import Check Entry |
Added new options to Payroll Parameters to customize handling of attempt to
exceed available PTO. New options include continue as before (no check),
notify or prevent exceeding available PTO. If set to notify, in the Import
any employee that exceeds their PTO will appear in the warnings. In Check
Entry, notification will prompt the user. If set to Prevent, a message will alert the user that the employee is exceeding and require re-entry. In the Import, the exceed notifications are listed in the errors and must be resolved before continuing. WI 3020 |
21.10.01 |
Payroll Import Hours |
Implemented the following changes:
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21.09.01 |
Direct Deposit Setup | Repaired an issue that was causing an exception error. WI 3163 | 21.09.01 |
Employee Accruals |
Added a new option to the Sick Accrual module to function in accordance with the Maine Earned
Paid Leave Law. Sick accruals now include the ME Paid Leave option.
WI 2632 |
21.08.01 |
File Maintenance | Repaired an issue that was causing invalid row index errors in file maintenance routines. WI 3034 | 21.08.01 |
Fringe Distribution Edit List |
Repaired issues with sorting and page breaks.
WI 2938 |
21.06.21 |
Check Reconciliation | Repaired an issue that caused invalid RowIndex errors. WI 2907 | 21.06.21 |
Financials Account Report | Repaired to properly report the department/account name in the Account column. WI 2623 | 21.06.21 |
Paycheck Entry |
Repaired an error that would occur when an employee used all 12 deduction fields
available on a check.
WI 2853 |
21.06.01 |
Department Master Maintenance | Repaired an issue that caused incorrect labels to display for the Appropriate Account and G/L Account fields when clearing the screen. WI 2836 | 21.06.01 |
Direct Deposit Checks |
Repaired to omit calculating deductions for direct deposit checks when they are
in a pre-note status.
WI 2731 |
21.05.01 |
Payroll Financial Account Report | Repaired an issue that caused the report to not work properly for non-expanded accounts. WI 2762 | 21.05.01 |
Payroll Import Hours |
Repaired to delete all associated paycheck details when the Import is set to
Replace Existing/Add New.
WI 2746 Repaired to properly close the import file if there is an error and allow the import to be run again. WI 2717 |
21.04.01 |
Local Tax Codes Table Maintenance | Changed the delete message to let the user know what is going to happen. Changed the clear function to omit reloading the record. WI 2592 | 21.04.01 |
Pay Check Entry | Repaired to correctly display the scheduled deductions, when a scheduled deduction line is deleted and the deduction amount is no longer calculated. WI 2622 | 21.03.01 |
Quarterly Health Insurance Contribution Report |
Repaired to prevent a null exception error that would occur when running version
2 of the report. Changed the menu selection to fully spell the report title. WI 2588 |
21.03.01 |
User Feedback |
New! Added a User Feedback button to the menu. The Feedback routine allows any user to enter suggestions for adding/changing functionality, improvements or comments about any function within the application. All information is emailed directly to NDS Software Development for their review and future consideration. Important: Please do not use User Feedback to report a problem that you are currently having or a question on how to use a function. Rather please call NDS Support at 800-649-7754. WI 2431 |
21.02.01 |
Payroll Import |
New! Added a Payroll Import module that allows employee hours from an outside source to be imported to INVISION Payroll and paychecks to be generated. Note: To activate this option, please contact NDS Support at 800-649-7754. WI 1741 |
21.02.01 |
MSR Magnetic Filing MSR Build Monthly Work File MSR Build Export Work File |
Changed error messages to clarify and assist users in determining why employees are not included in the MSR filing. WI 2479 | 21.02.01 |
Build W-2 Master Record | Repaired the format of the W2Transmitter contact fax number field to fit larger numbers. WI 2476 | 21.02.01 |
W-2 Employer Master Maintenance | Repaired to allow the removal of the Delivery address after it is entered. WI 2585 | 21.02.01 |
Employee Earnings & W/H Report | Repaired to use the correct year on the report header when running the report for the 4th quarter of the previous year (in a system year January and quarter 4 is selected). WI 2479 | 21.02.01 |
PR/AP Check Post | Repaired an issue where the period being verified was not the selected the GL Period. WI 2449 | 21.02.01 |
Local Tax Codes Table | Repaired so that the delete and clear functions properly clear the entries from the screen. WI 2592 | 21.02.01 |
Build Direct Deposit File | Repaired to include employees with direct deposit deductions even if they do not have their net pay direct deposited as well. WI 2547 | 21.02.01 |
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