Microsoft Releases Dynamics GP 2013, 2015 Year-End Updates

Microsoft Releases Dynamics GP 2013, 2015 Year-End Updates – MSDynamicsWorld.com

The 2015 Year-End Updates have been released for both Microsoft Dynamics GP 2013 and Dynamics GP 2015. The 2015 Canadian Payroll Year-End Update is targeted for early/mid-December 2015.

The Year-End Updates makes changes to program code and database tables, according to Lisa Shechter, Dynamics GP Practice Manager. They includes cumulative service packs for both versions. Customers currently on GP 2013 will automatically get updated to GP 2013 R2; and customers on GP 2015 will receive the GP 2015 R2 update. A test update is recommended for all environments where customizations and/or integrations are present because of the table changes, she said.

Since there is no Year-End Update for Dynamics GP 2010, customers that need the changes in this update, should upgrade to Dynamics GP 2013 or Dynamics GP 2015, according to Terry Heley, an escalation engineer who supports the Dynamics GP product.

Payroll customers have to apply the Year-End Update any time before the Year-End Wage files are generated. Additionally, 2016 Payroll tax tables will have to be applied after the Year-End Wage file is generated and before the first payroll of 2016.

For customers without payroll, the Year-End Update will have to be applied before the 1099s are printed.

The updates for Microsoft Dynamics GP 2015 (version 14.00.0898, including GP 2015 R2 and all prior patches) include:

U.S. Payroll

There are a number of changes in this update for Affordable Care Act for Dynamics GP 2015, click here for a list of detailed ACA changes.
Added to W3 Kind of Payer option (not required for reporting in 2015 year).
Employee Self Service added option to make W-2s available to employees.
When you create the payroll year-end wage file for a company that has many employees, you may receive an TCP Provider error, buffer space is full, or notice many SQL connections are created.

Advanced Human Resource 

You may see a beneficiary save at 100% with an incorrect sequence number.

Project Time and Expense

You may receive the following error “account index errors exist for PTE” when posting accounts are sourced to “None” for Employee Expense and Timesheet transactions.
Approve Timesheet, Approve Expense Reports, and Status tiles were not available on the Home Page for users other than Power user role.
Blank batches may be created when submitting Timesheets or Employee Expenses thru Project Time and Expense.
A line may be created with zero quantity when hours do not exist while utilizing Project Time and Expense Timesheet Templates. This may also happen when you span multiple weeks with pay periods.
Employee Expense Report Tile on the Home Page is displaying all expenses for all users.
Payment Method for Employee Expense Entry was defaulting incorrectly.

Payables – click here

Encumbrance

Encumbrance options for Requisitions are not available for Limited or Self Service Users types.

Fixed Assets

Luxury Auto Depreciation changes

Web Client

Ability to add domain accounts to Workflow Managers and Workflow Approvers in separate domain/forest.
Employee timecard information viewing of detail may be cut off with web client.
If you are using Web Client, remember to patch it as well, click here.

Microsoft Dynamics GP 2013 (version 12.00.2038) – MicrosoftDynamics GP12-KB3102154-ENU.msp

U.S. Payroll

There are many changes in this update for Affordable Care Act, click here for a list of detailed ACA changes.
Added to W3 Kind of Payer option (not required for reporting in 2015 year).
When you create the payroll year-end wage file for a company that has many employees, you may receive an TCP Provider error, buffer space is full, or notice many SQL connections are created.

Advanced Human Resource

You may see a beneficiary save at 100% with an incorrect sequence number.

Payables – click here

Fixed Assets

Luxury Auto Depreciation changes
If you are using Web Client, remember to patch it as well, click here.

The new Microsoft Dynamics GP Directory is a one-stop shop that can help users find information related to the Dynamics GP Year-End Updates.

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