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Summary of changes made to the program.

Version 5.06.23 - 17/07/2011
Made changes to the Tax Scales to allow for Flood Levy Exemption.
Uploaded this version to www.rockvalleysoftware.com.au for all customers to download.

Version 5.06.22 - 27/06/2011
Updated the tax rates to comply with the ATO's rates for pays on or after the 01/07/2011.
Updated the Pay as you go (PAYG) withholding Payment Summary Annual Report to V10.1.0.
Updated both self-print Plain Paper Payment Summaries to ATO's V5.1.1.
Uploaded this version to www.rockvalleysoftware.com.au for all customers to download.

Version 5.06.21 - 14/07/2010
Made a change to the Printed Business & Personal Services Income Payment Summary so the Notice To Payee is always in compressed print.
Made a formatting change to the Amended Payment Summary for both Payment Summary types.
Uploaded this version to www.rockvalleysoftware.com.au for all customers to download.

Version 5.06.20 - 05.07.2010
Modified the Earnings Definitions so that a Lump Sum D definition can not be setup to be taxed.
Corrected an occasional rounding of the tax amount from down by one dollar to up by one dollar when processing a fortnightly pay.
Modified the calculating of tax when there are rebates selected for Tax Scales of 9, 11, 12 & 13.
Removed the Bold printing for all headings on the Payment Summaries.
Uploaded this version to www.rockvalleysoftware.com.au for all customers to download.

Version 5.06.19 - 27.06.2010
Modified the version format in PayMate to include leading zeros in 2nd & 3rd digits.
Moved the YTD Totals from the Payee Details main screen to the History Side Menu under 'Totals To Date'.
Moved the calculated Taxation Scale up with the Taxation heading.
Modified the Process Pays screen and removed the characters from the corners of the frame.
Added Reportable Employer Super Contributions to the Maintain Payee Details Screen for amounts that have not been paid through a Salary Sacrifice arrangement.
Modified the Earnings Definition screen to allow a definition to be defined as a Reportable Employer Superannuation Contribution.
Provision has not been made for details of any Lump Sum E Payments on Payments Summaries.
Removed the option to create & copy the Annual Payment Summary report to a floppy disk.
Added a new field to the Payee screen called ABN for recording of the Payee's ABN if they have one.
The Annual Payment Suammary File (Empdupe) it is now stored in the current PayMate data folder.
Updated both self-print Plain Paper Payment Summaries to ATO's V4.0.
Updated both self-print Plain Paper Payment Summaries to ATO's V5.1.
Added the Pay as you go (PAYG) withholding Payment Summary Annual Report V9.0.
Added relevant components from the Pay as you go (PAYG) withholding Payment Summary Annual Report V10.0.
Updated the tax rates to comply with the ATO's rates for pays on or after the 01/07/2010.
Uploaded this version to www.rockvalleysoftware.com.au for all customers to download.

Version 5.06.18 - 30.06.2009
Changed the name of this file to 'paymate.txt'.
Implemented the ATO's Version 3.1 changes to the self-printing of PAYG payment summaries.
Added a new question to the 'Print Payment Summaries' called 'Is This An Amended Payment Summary Print Run?'
Added new tax scales for the 2009/2010 financial year & uploaded to Rock Valley Software's website.
Corrected the alignment of the 'Day/Month/Year' text on the printed Payment Summary for Individuals.
Uploaded this version to www.rockvalleysoftware.com.au for all customers to download.
 
Version 5.06.17 - 02.07.2007
Fixed printing creeping problem with payment summaries.
 
Version 5.06.16 - 17.06.2007
Added new tax scales for the 2006/2007 financial year & uploaded to VERSACOM's website.
Added the Payment Summary Annual Report V8.
 
Version 5.06.15 - 27.06.2006
Added new tax scales for the 2005/2006 financial year & uploaded to VERSACOM's website.
 
Version 5.06.14 - 21.07.2005
Modified the Hour Collection Sheet so the letters for each day are printed in correct order.
 
Version 5.06.13 - 20.07.2005
Corrected spelling mistake 'holdiday' in text of the Notice To Payee.
Added new field PMSETUP->EXPORTABA which allows contol of exporting a self-balancing
.aba file.
Added new question under Utilities->Setup Information->Customise to allow the export
of a self-balancing or non self-balancing .aba file.
Added a warning message to the floppy drive backup stating that the backup does not
work with operating system greater than windows 2000.
 
Version 5.06.12 - 29.06.2005
Updated tax rates for the 2006 financial year.
 
Version 5.6.11 - 25.06.2004
Changed 'Employee' to 'Payee' and 'Employer' to 'Payer'.
Added new tax scales for the 2004/2005 financial year.
Displayed the payee's tax scale (TS) on the pay processing screen.
 
Version 5.6.10 - 17.03.2004
Made further enhancements to the Employer Superannuation Report.
 
Version 5.6.9 - 26.02.2004
Added new field to the payee file, PMEMPL->EMPSUPCODE C 20. This field holds
the Payees superannuation member code.
Corrected the use of the Next & Previous options on the Payee Maintenance screen
when the 'Do You Wish To Update Standards' question was taken after modifing the
'Other' payee details.
Increased the length of the superannuation organisation name from 20 to 40
characters, PMSUPA->SUPNAME.
Corrected a display problem when processing pays, the payee browse sometimes was
duplicating records.
Enhanced the Employer Superannuation Report under Miscellaneous reports to include
the member code, base earnings, rate & full superannuation organisation name.
Corrected the letter 'E' not being displayed sometimes in the business name.
 
Version 5.6.8 - 25.06.2003
Added new tax scales for the 2003/2004 financial year.
 
Version 5.6.8 - 04.04.2002
Removed the electronic payment summary reporting of cents for all dollar amounts.
 
Version 5.67 - 24.02.2002
Added the Payment Summary Annual Report V7.4.
Changed the Fortnightly Attendance Sheet under Miscellaneous Reports to start
the report on a Monday.
While processing pays the same slip message is now carried forward to the next
pay.
 
Version 5.66 - 06.09.2001
Added a Fortnightly Attendance Sheet under Miscellaneous Reports.
 
Version 5.65 - 19.07.2001
Modified the transferring of Labour Hire payment summary information to floppy.
 
Version 5.64 - 09.07.2001
Added the provision to change the default Payment Summary type from Individuals
to Labour Hire. Added 'LAB' & 'IND' as (P)ayment (S)ummary codes.
Added new field to employee file, PMEMPL->EMPPSTYPE C 5, which holds the Payment
Summary Type.
 
Version 5.63 - 22.06.2001
Modified the EOM super calculation option so that if super had been already
calculated it would be re-calculated and set to zero if required.
Corrected the Gross Payment amount on the PAYG payment summary for the Payee's
Personal Records & the Payer's copies when there where allowances listed.
Sent update to all customers.
 
Version 5.62 - 01.05.2001
Allowed an Earning Definition factor to be zero.
Maintaining bank details can now be accessed from the employee screen under
the banking option.
Added Westpac Bank (WBC) as a bank which is suitable for direct banking, but
not fully tested.
Activated the Community Development Employment Project (CDEP) system.
Added the Pay As You Go Payment Summary version 7.3.
Sent update to all customers.
 
Version 5.61 - 01.10.2000
Removed the option to create a self balancing file when exporting a pay to
banking software.
Corrected the default filename when exporting to say ddmm01.aba not ddmm00.aba.
 
Version 5.60 - 21.09.2000
Corrected the End Of Month calculations for employer based super.
Sent update to all customers.
 
Version 5.59 - 27.08.2000
Corrected the error with preparing the Version 6 Group Certificate floppy disk
regarding the Group Number length, which should be 8 not 9 digits.
Added Suncorp Metway (MET) as a bank which is suitable for direct banking, but
not fully tested.
Changed the default employee code when processing a pay to blank & when the
employee browse is activated the employee just processed is hi-lighted.
Added the ability to create a self-balancing file when creating a file for
exporting, this is required for Suncorp Metway customers.
 
Version 5.58 - 31.07.2000
Removed the records with a zero gross amount on the Pay Run Summary when a
Cost Centre was selected.
When processing pays the next employee to be processed is the default.
 
Version 5.57 - 10.07.2000
Removed available disk space & replaced it with the processing date on the
main screen and centered the current directory information.
Added the ability to print the Group Certificates for a range of employees.
 
Version 5.56 - 20.06.2000
Added the ability to include a reportable fringe benefits amount on the employee
screen and to be printed on the Group Certificate.
Added a new option to Utilities which optimises and re-builds/updates all data
files based on specifications found in the data dictionary (DATADICT).
Added the new tax rates for the 2001 year.
Added the Group Certificate magnetic media version 6 plain paper Group Certificate.
Added the Group Certificate magnetic media version 6 floppy disk format.
Allowed Group Certificates to be sent to a file or displayed on the screen.
Increased the Group/PAYE Account number to 9.
Reversed the order of the Banking options on the Employee Maintenance screen.
Increased the length of the total hours on the monthly summary.
Now when the Change Data Files option under Utilities is taken the DATADICT.DBF
is copied to the new data folder so the Update & Optimise option can be taken.
Sent update to all users.
 
Version 5.55 - 25.02.00
Activated the option on the Transaction menu which allows super to be calculated
at the end of month.
If an employee is selected to have their super calculated at the of the month
only the YTD super is printed on the pay slip.
Added the ability to include an authorised signature & date on the printed Group
Certificate.
Corrected the printing of a blank page between group certificates on some laser
printers.
Changed the 'NOTICE TO EMPLOYEE' for Group Certificate printing which now can
only be printed either on the back of the Group Certificate or as a seperate sheet.
Changed the Group Tax Number to the PAYE account number.
Modified the Earnings Definition Maintenance screen to allow for CDEP and
Salary Sacrifice. The CDEP is not activated.
Added an option to allowed the Pay Slips to be printed without a page title.
Added additional details to the Earning and Deduction browse when processing a
pay.
 
Version 5.54 - 31.08.99
Corrected the Pay Run Summary super amount when printing for the employee's
non-default cost centre.
Added two new fields, PMPAYS->PAYSUPAMT,N,9,2 & PMPAYS->PAYTYPE,C,5,0.
Started to store the pay payment type for each pay in case the pay type is
changed in the future.
Added new tax co-efficients which adjusts HECS calculations.
Started to store the amount of fixed employer super separately for each pay.
Displayed the full calculation type description for deductions when selecting
from the process pays screen.
Added an option to the Transaction Menu to adjust employer based super based
on a gross monthly wage, presently $450 per month. (Option not Activated)
 
Version 5.53 - 02.08.99
Corrected the YTD Allowance report.
Corrected the scrolling problem when processing a pay when the first employee is
marked as Terminated or Inactive.
Now pays can not be processed for Terminated or Inactive employees.
Removed the Licence Fee reminder at start up if it was due.
Lump Sum E can now be setup as an earning definition.
Added two new fields to allow employer super to be calculated at end of each month
if the employee earns more than $450. PMEMPL->EMPSUPMTH & PMSETUP->MTHLYSUPER.
Set the default century when a 2 digit date is entered or calculated to 1900 if
the 2 digits are greater than 30 and 2000 if the 2 digits are less than 31.
Corrected the problem where the century part of the date defaulted to YY after
printing or displaying the Employee Leave Report.
 
Version 5.52 - 30.07.99
Enhanced the 'Change Data Files' option under Utilities to allow the user to
select a sub-folder one layer deeper.
 
Version 5.51 - 17.06.99
Totaled the super on the Transaction Listing report on Earnings.
Corrected the  key not allowing transations to be added while processing a
pay and when the NotePAD () had been used.
When exporting a pay the export file name now defaults to the last pay processed
in the format of "ddmmyy.aba".
Added a working box while the Group Certificates are being transfered to floppy.
 
Version 5.50 - 23.05.99
Added an option under backup to perform a quick backup, which copies all data
files to a folder called BACKUP under the current folder.
Linked PayMate with Blinker V5.1.
The end of year ageing now automatically creates a summary of the group
certificate information for each employee.
The end of year ageing option now allows the user to make a copy of the data
before ageing in a folder called YearYY where 'YY' is the current year.
Added the first full employee given name instead of initial to the pay run summary.
Cleared previous YTD figures for an employee when adding a new employee.
Added the full employee name to the Employer Superannuation report instead of
first name initial and surname.
Changed the YTD Allowance report under Miscellaneous reports so it works on
dates rather then pay period dates.
Changed the YTD Wages report under Miscellaneous reports so it works on dates
rather then pay period dates.
Corrected the YTD figures on the pay slip when re-printing old pay slips.
Stopped a zero entry transation from being exported for direct bank processing.
Made changes to the direct banking amount calculations to correct a rounding
problem when the pay had to be split by a percent with decimals (eg 66.5% & 33.5%).
Removed the option under utilities to Change Processing Date.
Added an option under Utilities called 'Change Data Files' which allows the
user to change to a different set of data files.
 
Version 5.49 - 14.04.99
Removed printer codes and EOF marker from reports that are viewed on the screen
or sent to a file.
Changed default file name when sending a report to a file to REPORT.TXT.
The default folder for reports that are sent to a file is now REPORTS and is
created under the current working folder.
Corrected the shape of the cursor when editing a record or text.
Added a Licence Fee reminder at start up if it was due.
 
Version 5.48 - 04.03.99
Added START to PMSETUP.
Corrected freezing problem when updating leave accruals with the YEAR as the
frequency for the leave definition and the next year being 2000.
Removed employees from the Pay Run summary with zero amounts which corrected
negative figures in the NET PAY column of the report.
Added the ability to print the Hour Collection Sheet by cost centre and an
option to not print employee rates.
 
Version 5.47 - 03.02.99
Added the employee's super code to the Employer Superauation Report under Misc reports.
Added 'Temporary' as a new employee status.
 
Version 5.46 - 26.10.98
Corrected the rate on pay slips for deductions.
Added NotePAD V2.71.
 
Version 5.45 - 04.08.98
The rate printed on the pay advice slip is now the actual rate rather than the
normal rate.
Included new tax rates for HECS effective 1.07.98.
Attached a warning message when the termination date is entered and it is
greater than the current date.
InfoTRACE is now available at no extra cost, and is included with this update.
Sent updates to all customers.
 
Version 5.44 - 23.07.98
Corrected the year end ageing for the employee salary sacrifice.
The employee date of birth is now compulsory.
 
Version 5.43 - 29.06.98
Added an option under Group Certificate printing to print the NOTICE TO EMPLOYEE
information on a seperate sheet, to allow for printers which could not fit it at
the bottom of the Group Certificate.
Removed the Lump sum C amount from the Gross Wage on Group Certificates.
 
Version 5.42 - 01.06.98
Right justified and left padded the supplier number with zeros when transfering
group certificate data to a floppy disk.
Only numbers can now be entered into the ACN/ARBN field under employer details
in setup information.
Added the option to change the employee and employer bank statement reference
before exporting pay run data to bank software.
Changed the Pay Run Summary so it can be printed for a particular pay type.
 
Version 5.41 - 03.04.98
The Employer Superannuation Report now allows to and from superannuation codes.
Added salary sacrifice details to the pay slip.
The employee's position can now be printed on the pay advice.
When entering the employer's ACN or ARB number the text "ACN" or "ARB" is no
longer required.
Introduced Version 5 of the ATO's Group Certificate format.
Increased the field PMEMPL->EMPTAXNUM from 9 to 11 characters.
Increased the field PMSETUP->ATOCODE from 5 to 11 characters, this field is now
known as the supplier number.
Added Version 2.70 of NotePAD.
Changed all dates to include the century, except for some extra wide reports.
Added more information to the Earnings & Deductions lookup when processing a pay.
PayMate no longer supports pre-printed pay slips.
Added a option under Utilities to optimise the NotePAD.
Moved the mouse pointer to the top left hand corner of the screen at start up.
Corrected the "Unable To Access Drive" error when exporting a pay run to the
current drive.
Made changes to the plain paper group certificate format.
Corrected date century problem when exporting pay run information.
Changed the statement reference date format to yyyymmdd from dd/mm/yy for
exporting.
 
Version 5.40 - 09.02.98
Linked with Blinker V3.3
Reduced the amount exported for direct banking by the salary sacrifice amount,
that is if there was a salary sacrifice made.
Corrected the individual totals for the Cost Centres on the Cost Centre listing.
Corrected the problem when splitting a pay between two accounts for directly
banked pays if the pay is an odd amount.
The total super is now displayed correctly when adjusting the super while
processing a pay.
Added employer super to the Wages YTD listing.
 
Version 5.39 - 28.07.97
Started storing the employee's fixed super amount in PAYS->PAYSUPA
Changed super reports to include the employee's fixed super amounts except the
cost centre listing.
 
Version 5.38 - 13.07.97
Changed PayMate back to use expanded memory because of problems running under
windows 95.
Shortened the Transation listing for Earnings by one character.
Added mouse support.
Added 2 new fields PMEMPL->EMPSALSAC,9,2 & PMPAYS->PAYSALSAC,9,2 to handle
salary sacrifice correctly.
Fixed salary sacrifice problem with incorrect net pay.
Added salary sacrifice to the Receipt Of Pays listing.
Added the display of a warning message before pays are processed if the pay date
is less than the begining of the financial year.
Added YTD salary sacrifice to the employee maintenance screen.
Added the display of the salary sacrifice amount on the pay processing screen.
Added more detail to the error message generated if the user tried to delete an
employee that has pay or historical data transactions stored.
Added the ability to the 'Create Pays From Standards' option to define the pay
period frequency to create.
A pay with a negative tax is now not allowed.
Added new tax rates effective 01.07.97.
 
Version 5.37 - 24.06.97
PayMate.exe is now created as a read only file.
Changed PayMate to use extended memory rather than expanded.
 
Version 5.36 - 23.05.97
Made changes to the Daily Attendance Sheet.
 
Version 5.35 - 15.05.97
Either the employee Status can be 'TERM' or the employee Finish date can have a
date in it now to stop leave accruals.
After the Wage Rates & Positions option has been taken the ability to update the
rates for standard pays is now available.
Corrected the alignment of the figures on the Leave Listing & added a total on
the Units column under Transaction Listings on the Report Menu.
Added Salary Sacrifice components to PayMate.
Added a Daily Attendance Sheet under reports for employees to sign on & off.
 
Version 5.34 - 28.04.97
Corrected the total for the 'count' column on the Wages YTD Listing.
Added the Employer's name to the top of the Employee Maintenance screen.
When printing pay slips the cost centre code may be left blank to print all
slips for the selected pay run date.
 
Version 5.33 - 21.04.97
Corrected the problem when a deduction was calculated on the employees NET pay.
 
Version 5.32 - 17.10.96
The help files are now opened only if required.
Removed the CHKOUT file on networks.
Reduced the width of the pay slip to 77 characters.
Reduced the top line of all non-condensed reports to 77 characters.
The pay slips are now printed in employee code order.
Added a warning message to the start if there are not enough file handles available.
Corrected the Tax Total on the Pay Run summary when the summary is printed for a
cost centre.
The Payrun Summary now includes any Fixed Super Amounts.
 
Version 5.31 - 9.8.96
Corrected the banking sheet when a pay had to be split between different banks.
Stopped the 'Create Pays From Standards' option from creating a pay for employees
who are terminated or inactive.
Added the ability to view this file.
 
Version 5.30 - 26.07.96
Corrected the Pay Run summary & cost centre listing.
Sent PM Update to all users.
 
Version 5.29 - 25.07.96
Corrected argument error when doing a backup.
 
Version 5.28 - 19.07.96
Added new tax rates effective 01.07.96.
Added new printer fuction to handle up to three printers.
Added a warning when a pay period end date is greater than the financial year
end date.
Stopped the printing of group certificates for employees who's gross wage is zero.
Corrected the top line on the pay run summary from wraping onto two lines.
The Pay Run Summary when printed for a Cost Centre now uses the cost centre code
assigned to each pay transaction rather then the employees default Cost Centre code.
When the 'Adjust Tax' amount on the employee screen is greater than the calculated
tax the 'Adjust Tax' amount is now deducted.
Added the time to the pay processing screen.
Stopped users from trying to edit non-existent standard pays & leave accruals
for employees.
Added Tax & Net to the Cost Centre Listing.
Sent PM Update to all users.
 
Version 5.27 - 11.06.96
Corrected the Data Width Error after processing a pay with the demo version.
Added Backup version 1.05 with file compression.
 
Version 5.26 - 07.06.96
Corrected the 'Total Percentage Exceeds 100%' error message when adding or
editing direct banking details for an employee.
 
Version 5.25 - 31.05.96
Changed the format of plain paper group certificates.
Sent PM update to all users.
 
Version 5.24 - 04.04.96
Changed the YTD Deduction summary so it includes deduction reversals ie negative
amounts.
Changed the YTD Allowanace summary so it includes allowance reversals ie negative
amounts.
 
Version 5.23 - 10.03.96
Removed QUOTES.DBF from PMFILES.
Changed the reference on the employees bank statement when peforming a directly
banked pay from EMPLOYEE CODE to 'PAY'.
Stopped more than one super scheme per employee being stored in the employee
super file.
Added the provision to print a payrun summary by Cost Centre.
Improved the performance of the YTD Deductions report under Miscellaneous reports.
Improved the performance of the YTD Allowances report under Miscellaneous reports.
The Calculator  & Calendar  now work correctly while processing a pay.
Added standard pay run details to the employee summary.
Added the ability to print the employee summaries by employee status or cost
centre.
Leave Taken Details & Leave Accruals are now able to be viewed with the  key
when processing a pay and also from the employee maintenance screen under History.
Added a new report to the miscellaneous reports called Leave Accrual Summary.
 
Version 5.22 - 04.03.96
Corrected the calculating of tax when the taxable weekly earnings exceeds the
upper limit for the employees tax scale.
Increased PMCOST->COSTGROSS & PMCOST->COSTSUPA from 8,2 to 10,2.
Increased PMTRANS->TRANSRATE from 9,4 to 10,4
Added NAB to the list of export banks, record added to PMCODES.
Incremented the leave accrual carried forward date by 12 months when required.
Added a display box with leave accrual information when the update leave accruals
option is activated with the option to pause the process.
Updated the codes browse after the index files option is taken.
 
Version 5.21 - 25.01.96
Added a check when adding banking details on the employee maintenance screen
to ensure that no more than 100% of the net pay is allocated.
Corrected the banking sheet to allow for the net pay to be split to different
bank accounts using percentages of the net pay.
Updated the export option to reflect the changes above.
Changed code for StateLine to SBN instead of SBA.
Added the ability to alter the bank statement reference when exporting.
Added the ability to add a statement reference to export facility, with a default
of "PAYS-dd/mm/yy".
 
Version 5.2 - 20.11.95
Sent PM update to all customers.
 
Version 5.17 - 01.11.95
When a pay is removed the MTD super for the employee is reduced by the amount of
super for the pay regardless of the pay date.
The employee super field PMEMPSUP->ESTODATE is updated with the processing date
at the time of the pay instead of the pay period end date.
The MTD employee super is now zeroed at the begining of each month.
The employee total for the employee super report for a pay run now includes any
fixed amount of super setup on the employee screen.
Added the ability to set a range of employees for the transaction listings.
This pay deductions and YTD deductions is now printed on the pay slip.
Added the ability to print pay slips for a range of cost centres.
Added the ability to produce the name & address listing by status range.
Added the Post Code to the name & address listing.
Added a pay date range to the leave history on the employee leave report.
Added the ability to remove earning and deduction definitions if there are no
pays on file.
Corrected the rounding of net pays for whole dollars and changed the rounding
so it always rounds down.
When processing a pay the cursor bar will be positioned at the QTY field.
Added a superannuation report under miscellanous reports.
Added the ability for the export function to interface with the commonwealth bank.
 
Version 5.16 - 25.10.95
Removed version 4 conversion option.
Complied used clipper V5.3.
 
Version 5.15 - 10.10.95
Added the ability to change the file name for exporting payroll data.
 
Version 5.14 - 04.09.95
Changed the Cost Centre Listing under Miscellaneous Reports so it could be printed
between two pay run dates.
Added a new index on PMTRANS for cost centre code.
Modified the alert colour for mono systems to be the same as the box colour.
 
Version 5.13 - 21.08.95
PayMate will now store and print on pay slips pay transactions where the
number of units equals zero, even though the extended pay transaction
equals zero. This is a modification of work peformed on this area in V5.10. This
has been done so pays can be processing for leave without pay.
Corrected the Data Width Error when processing a pay and the total transaction
exceeds 99999.99.
 
Version 5.12 - 4.08.95
Added Copyright message before printing group certificates on plain paper.
 
Version 5.11 - 27.07.95
When using the employee lookup while processing pays, the first letter of the
employees surname can be pressed and the first employee which matches will be
located.
Pay advice slips can now be printed for indvidual employees or a range.
There is now a filter on Terminated and Inactive employees when using the
employee lookup while processing pays.
After adding a pay transaction, when processing a pay the cursor bar will be
positioned on the QTY.
Corrected the leave accrual where the frequency is a year.
Corrected the rounding problem for superannuation.
 
Version 5.10 - 18.07.95
Added a new field to PMSTAND, STUSENORM is a character field which can be "Y" or
"N". A (Y)es means that the normal rate set up for the employee will always be
used when processing a pay for the employee.
Corrected the calculation of accrual of leave for monthly frequency.
Added a quarterly leave accrual frequency.
Added hash totals for the BSB code and Account Number on the banking sheet.
PayMate will now not store or print on pay slips zero pay transactions.
When amending, the opportunity to abort the amend process is now available.
 
Version 5.04 - 12.07.95
Fixed A/L Loading tax calculating problem when the loading is greater than
$320 or what ever was entered in customise.
Corrected the year end date when storing historical data at end of year ageing.
Added totals for each employee on the pay run super report.
Stopped PayMate from auto detecting network status.
Changed the banking sheet so that the report can combine all banks or print for
one bank only.
Changed the pay run summary so that the report can combine all pay types or
print for a seperate pay type.
Added a warning message when amending a pay to say that super & tax will be
re-calculated.
Added a Process? box at the end of processing a pay as well as added getting
the slip message automatically, this was removed in V5.02.
Also changed the use of  to process a pay to .
Redesigned the employee leave report.
Leave will now not accrue for an employee with a status of terminated.
Added option to end of year ageing to remove log on records for multi-user systems.
When using  to add a pay transaction to a pay the cursor bar will now be
positioned at the last pay transaction added.
Added the ability to change the year end date through customise.
 
Version 5.03 - 05.07.95
Fixed YTD report.
Rounding of pays now works correctly.
The Data Width error while Updating Leave Accruals has been corrected.
Added the ability to access InfoTRACE by pressing the  key and typing in
a password. (This can only be performed under VersaCom's supervsion)
 
Version 5.02 - 29.06.95
New tax coefficients and rebates added which are effective from 01.07.95.
Added a description to the tax coefficients browse under enquiries.
Removed a Process? box from the end of processing a pay as well as not getting
the slip message automatically.
 
Version 5.01 - 26.06.95
Some reports didn't print correctly on second printing in same session.
Corrected auto formatting of employee code when adding an employee.
 
Version 5.0 - 24.06.95
General overhaul & new manual
 
19.06.95 - Version 4.16
Formatted the employer group number on the group certificates.
Added provision to print group certificates for active employees only.
 
19.12.94 - Version 4.15
Added InfoTrace to the PayMate utilities, removed the 'Exit To DOS' option and
changed the 'Delete A Pay' option to 'Erase A Pay'.
 
22.11.94 - Version 4.14
Made more internal changes to browses, lookups and several other functions.
 
25.10.94 - Version 4.13
Made various changes to the way browses operate, this was needed for the future
multi-user version.
 
14.06.94 - Version 4.12
Opened all PayMate data files in non-sharing mode, for use on networks
 
18.05.94 - Version 4.11
Reduced reports and payslip to a max of 130 columns
Switched the positions of employee name and employer name on the payslip
Added the ability to move the calculator & calendar on screen ( Arrow)
 
26.04.94 - Version 4.10
Added YTD reports for Allowances and Deductions
 
22.04.94 - Version 4.09
Fixed problem with F4-Browse when used while processing pays, and made it not
possible to hit  when answering "Yes" or "No" to a question.
 
11.04.94 - Version 4.08
Added changes for the 1994 group certificate
 
28.03.94 - Version 4.07
Fixed problem with adding YTD figures when allowances are involved.
 
23.03.94 - Version 4.06
Fixed problem with adding YTD figures for pay amounts, problem occurred when
updating the cost centre.
 
25.02.94 - Version 4.04
Bug fix, when using the 'delete a pay' option the super for that pay was not
being deducted from the employee's cost centre.
 
18.02.94 - Version 4.02
Made changes to report printing to try and fix printing problems on the IBM
4029 Laser printers in PCL4 mode.
 
04.02.94 - Version 4.01
Fixed problems with reports that are for a single employee, ie where a second
report was printed for an employee in the same session, errors where occurring
in the amounts.
 
21.01.94 - Version 4
General overhaul. New manual available @ $30, Disk only $10 for existing users
 
17.12.93 - Version 3.72
Fixed problem with "Pay Periods List" report, report hung sometimes depending
on what start date was entered.
Bug fix, when adding sick leave for an employee, in the 1st year of employment
the default hours was being calculated as though it was the 2nd year.
 
14.12.93 - Version 3.71
Increased the length of the printer code string from 30 characters to 56
 
13.12.93 - Version 3.7
PaySlip printing modified to suit IBM Laser Printer using PCL4 emulation.
 
4.11.93 - Version 3.6
Closed off the ability for the user to edit the taxation co-efficients.
This was done because of liability problems.
Added new taxation scales and rules, effective 15th November 1993.
Page 17 of the manual (Ver 3) for valid entries for Medicare Levy needs to
be changed to (F)ull, (H)alf or (N)one.
The Taxation scale is now displayed for each employee.
Provision was made to include zone rebates. But not active.
 
07.09.93 - Version 3.59
Bug fix, entering finish date when terminating an employee. The finish
date was being copied to the rest of the employees in that pay
processing session. Also fixed a minor rounding problem with super.
 
01.09.93 - Version 3.58
Better printer setup option added, allows selecting of printer from a
modifiable list. When adding a new printer, the codes are to be entered in
decimal format, not as stated in the version 3 manual, page 56.
 
08.08.93 - Version 3.57
A pop up calculator has been added, use  to activate
A pop up calendar has been added, use  to activate
 
20.07.93 - Version 3.55
FILES=50 - Page 3 of the version 3 manual. The 'FILES' command in your
config.sys now needs to be set at 50 NOT 40 as stated in the manual.
PMSTART which is the batch file that runs PayMate - Page 3 of the
Version 3 manual (if you have installed the default configuration)
should read :-
C:\PAYMATE\PAYMATE //F:45
 
29.06.93 - Version 3.5
MTD & YTD Employer Super now printed on pay slips, Super calculation
screen enhanced, Super displayed on screen when pay being processed,
Super calculated before pay is processed
Provision added to terminate employee and enter finish date from the
process pays screen
Editing of historical data now permitted, means previous years
information (before PayMate) can be stored.
The year end option gives the choice of saving the previous years
summarised data or not.
 
15.05.93 - Version 3.4
The Pay Period Summary described in the manual on page 33 (Ver 3) has
been divided into two seperate reports. One for the hour type break up
and one for the wage break up.
The YTD Summary described in the manual on page 44 (Ver 3) has been
divided into two seperate reports. One for the hour type break up and
one for the wage break up.
BACKUP DATA FILES - Page 51 (Ver 3) in the manual. This option which is
found under utilities now uses a diferent backup program, not the DOS
backup program.
RESTORE DATA FILES - Page 54 (Ver 3) in the manual. This option which is
found under utilities now uses a diferent retsore program, not the DOS
restore program.