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What's New - Reckon Accounts 2020 R2


New Features/Enhancements (AU only)

Reckon Accounts 2020 R2 contains exciting new features, enhancements and the latest PAYG Tax Scales for the 2020/21 Financial Year.


Special tags

Special tags can be used in emails which will be replaced by the relevant information when the email is sent.

Available tags are:

  • <Due-Date> - Due date of the transaction
  • <Transaction-Number> - Transaction Number
  • <Transaction-Total> - Transaction total
  • <Company-Name> - Company file’s Company Name
  • <Company-Telephone> - Company file’s Telephone Number
  • <Company-Fax> - Company file’s Fax Number
  • <Company-Email> - Company file’s Email address
  • <Company-Tax-Rego-Id> - Company file’s Tax Rego Id
  • <Company-Secondary-Id> - Company file’s Secondary Id
  • <Name-First-Last> - Customer/Supplier/Employee First and Last name separated by space
  • <Name-Last-First> - Customer/Supplier/Employee Last and First name separated by space
  • <Name-First> - Customer/Supplier/Employee First name
  • <Name-Last> - Customer/Supplier/Employee Last name
  • <Name-Company> - Customer/Supplier Company name
  • <Name-Contact> - Customer/Supplier Contact name
  • <Name-Email> - Customer/Supplier/Employee Email address
  • <PO-Number> - the PO text field from the Invoice screen. It’s not a dynamic field but a free text field available in an Invoice template
  • <Project> - The Job Name of Customer:Job

Tag

Invoice

Estimate

Statements

Sales Order

Sales Receipt

Adjustment Note

Purchase Order

Reports

Pay Slips

Payment Summary

Remittance Advice

Super Report Email

Payment Receipt

<Due-Date>

Y

Y

N

Y

Y

Y

Y

N

N

N

N

N

N

<Transaction-Number>

Y

Y

N

Y

Y

Y

Y

N

N

N

N

N

Y - Ref No.

<Transaction-Total>

Y

Y

Y

Y

Y

Y

Y

N

Y

Y

N

N

Y

<Company-Name>

Y

Y

Y

Y

Y

Y

Y

N

Y

Y

Y

N

Y

<Company-Telephone>

Y

Y

Y

Y

Y

Y

Y

N

Y

Y

Y

N

Y

<Company-Fax>

Y

Y

Y

Y

Y

Y

Y

N

Y

Y

Y

N

Y

<Company-Email>

Y

Y

Y

Y

Y

Y

Y

N

Y

Y

Y

N

Y

<Company-Tax-Rego-Id>

Y

Y

Y

Y

Y

Y

Y

N

Y

Y

Y

N

Y

<Company-Secondary-Id>

Y

Y

Y

Y

Y

Y

Y

N

Y

Y

Y

N

Y

<Name-First-Last>

Y

Y

Y

Y

Y

Y

Y

N

Y

Y

Y

N

Y

<Name-Last-First>

Y

Y

Y

Y

Y

Y

Y

N

Y

Y

Y

N

Y

<Name-First>

Y

Y

Y

Y

Y

Y

Y

N

Y

Y

Y

N

Y

<Name-Last>

Y

Y

Y

Y

Y

Y

Y

N

Y

Y

Y

N

Y

<Name-Company>

Y

Y

Y

Y

Y

Y

Y

N

N

N

Y

N

Y

<Name-Contact>

Y

Y

Y

Y

Y

Y

Y

N

N

N

Y

N

Y

<Name-Email>

Y

Y

Y

Y

Y

Y

Y

N

Y

Y

Y

N

Y

<PO-Number>

Y

Y

N

Y

N

Y

N

N

N

N

N

N

N

<Project>

 Y

Y

Y

Y

Y

Y

N

N

N

N

N

N

N

Example

  • Template: Invoice
  • Subject: Invoice # <Transction-Number> from <Company-Name>
  • Body:
    Your tax invoice is attached. 

    Invoice details:

    PO Number: <PO-Number>
    Due: <Transaction-Total>
    Due Date: <Due-Date>

    Please remit payment at your earliest convenience.


    Regards,
    <Company-Name>
    ABN: <Company-Tax-Rego-Id>
    Email: <Company-Email> 
    Phone: <Company-Telephone>


Tax window enhancement

We have made some enhancements to the Employee's Taxes window:

  1. Study and training support loans (STSL): Help Debt and SFSS have moved to a new section called "STSL"
  2. CDEP adjustment continues to stay under the Subject to section
  3. For better user experience, we have re-positioned the fields


Current Availability option for the Retail edition

Current Availability option is now available for the supported Item types in the Retail edition of Reckon Accounts Premier and Enterprise.

Compliance update - AU

Applies to the Australian versions only

PAYG Tax Scale update for FY 2020/21

Reckon Accounts 2020 R2 contains the latest Tax Scales for the FY 2020/21. Due to the economic impact of COVID-19, the Government delayed the Federal Budget until October 2020. However, Study and Training Support Loans rates and thresholds have been updated. As a result, HELP and SFSS rates and thresholds have been adjusted and new PAYG tax tables apply to Reckon Accounts.

You can find the instructions to install the tax update patch by clicking here.


New South Wales State Payroll Threshold update

Reckon Accounts 2020 R2 includes the latest New South Wales State Payroll threshold that has been increased from $900,000 to $1 million, effective from 1 July 2020.

You can find out more from Business.gov.au.


SDK Changes (AU & NZ)

Applies to third party software providers who integrate with Reckon Accounts Desktop and Hosted

Reckon Accounts 2020 R2 contains some SDK enhancements. If you use a third party application that works with Reckon Accounts, please consult with the provider prior to upgrading to Reckon Accounts 2020 R2 to ensure the integration continues to work seamlessly.

Click here to learn more.


Resolved Bug

Below is the bug addressed in Reckon Accounts 2020 R2.

  1. Amount changes if transferring fund using an account that uses different currency


Need more help?

Ask the Reckon Community at: https://community.reckon.com/categories/reckonaccounts

Or Log a Support Ticket: https://www.reckon.com/au/support/

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