ÿþ <html> <head><script language="JavaScript" type="text/javascript"> function updateStatusBar() { window.status = " "; timerID= setTimeout("updateStatusBar()", 250); } </script> <title>directupdates News Page</title> <meta content="text/html; charset=unicode" http-equiv="Content-Type"/> <meta content="en-us" http-equiv="Content-Language"/> <meta name="generator" content="Microsoft FrontPage 5.0"/> <meta name="ProgId" content="FrontPage.Editor.Document"/> <meta name="Microsoft Theme" content="none"/> <meta name="Microsoft Border" content="tlb, default"/> </head> <body bgcolor="#ffffff" text="#666666"> <p> <font face="Trebuchet MS"> <img class="c2" src="http://www3.telus.net/DUS/2012DU/files/circular arrow with logo.PNG" width="1024" height="279"/> </font> </p> <p></p> <hr/> <p></p> <h2 align="center"> <b> <font color="#666666" face="Trebuchet MS"> <img border="0" src="http://www3.telus.net/DUS/2012DU/files/News.png" width="550" height="150"/> </font> </b> </h2> <p align="center"> <a href="http://www3.telus.net/DUS/2012DU/index.html"> <img border="0" align="left" src="http://www3.telus.net/DUS/2012DU/files/IMG_70.jpg" width="105" height="40"/></a> </p> <p align="center"></p> <table style="BORDER-COLLAPSE: collapse" id="AutoNumber1" border="0" cellspacing="0" bordercolor="#111111" cellpadding="0" width="73%" height="1498"> <tbody> <tr> <td width="100%" height="12" colspan="6"> <h2> <b> <font color="#666666" face="Trebuchet MS">What's up?</font> </b> </h2> <p> <font face="Trebuchet MS">This is where we'll announce the most recent additions to our web site. If you've visited us before and want to know what's changed, take a look here first. </font> </p> </td> </tr> <tr> <td width="100%" height="12" colspan="6"> <font color="#FF0000" face="Trebuchet MS"> <i><b><span style="background-color: #FFFF00">BREAKING NEWS</span></b></i></font></td> </tr> <tr> <td width="100%" height="12" colspan="6"> <font face="Trebuchet MS">2012 AccountEdge for Windows and Mac (Canadian edition) will be available for purchase around July.</font></td> </tr> <tr> <td width="100%" height="12" colspan="6"> <font face="Trebuchet MS">Payroll Tax Table Updates for MYOB V11 and AccountEdge v.2 are ready and can be ordered any time.&nbsp; Given the economy, we have not increased the price for 2012</font></td> </tr> <tr> <td width="100%" height="12" colspan="6"> <font face="Trebuchet MS">There have been changes to the 2012 Federal Tax rates as well as CPP and EI.&nbsp; Most Provinces have also made changes.&nbsp; Either to their rates or exemption levels</font></td> </tr> <tr> <td width="100%" height="11" colspan="6"> </td> </tr> <tr> <td width="100%" height="3" colspan="6"> Bells and Whistles - AccountEdge, Quickbooks and Simply Accounting have bells and whistles.&nbsp; The thing you have to decide is:&nbsp; &quot; Do I really need them or do I just want them?&quot;&nbsp;&nbsp; </td> </tr> <tr> <td width="100%" height="3" colspan="6"> &nbsp;The 'HOT&quot; feature in accounting software these days is integrated online payment systems.&nbsp; While they are convenient they also cost more.&nbsp; Do you want the extra expense?&nbsp;&nbsp; </td> </tr> <tr> <td width="100%" height="3" colspan="6"> Accept or make online payments.&nbsp; Interac e-Transfer is a simple, convenient, and secure way to send and receive money directly from one bank account to another. All you need is access to online or mobile banking through a participating financial institution, and you can send money to anyone with an email address or mobile phone number and a bank account in Canada  without sharing any personal or financial information. It's a great alternative to cheques and cash</td> </tr> <tr> <td width="100%" height="2" colspan="6"> </td> </tr> <tr> <td width="100%" height="463" style="line-height: 100%" colspan="6"> <font face="Trebuchet MS" size="4"> <span style="letter-spacing: -1pt; font-weight:700">If you are interested in comparing the cost of AccountEdge with Simply Accounting and Quickbooks, here are a few specifics</span></font><p> <font face="Trebuchet MS"><span style="letter-spacing: -1pt"> Transcript of my chat with Mike at Simply Accounting (Sage)<br> Me : What if I were to choose the Premium Edition? Can I add users as I need them? What would each cost? How much extra would priority support cost?<br> <br> Mike: Ok, Premium 2012 is a 2 user license, you can add up to 4 users max ( which means you have to buy 2 Premium 2012). To do payroll, means you have to buy Premium 4 users with Gold plan ( includes payroll , support, tax table, and next edition) ( we don't sell Premium with payroll plan anymore, its only Gold plan). The cost for Premium 4 users with Gold plan is $1169.99.&nbsp; Add taxes to that.</span></font></p> <p><font face="Trebuchet MS"><span style="letter-spacing: -1pt">Me: What if I only wanted the 5 user package for the Enterprise version?&nbsp; Mike: Enterprise 5 users is $ 2699.99<br> <br> Simply Accounting Enterprise comes as 5 users- 10 users -15 users... so if you need 6 users you should be looking for Enterprise 10 users. Its a full edition/ package includes payroll, support, 2012 edition and 2013 edition by end of next year. The price is $4199.99.&nbsp; Compare AccountEdge basic with 2- 5 packs of Workstations (total of 11 Workstations) and full Customer support at just $1,766.00 plus tax</span></font></p> <p><font face="Trebuchet MS"><span style="letter-spacing: -1pt">I moved on to Jane at Intuit.&nbsp; Here is what she had to say:&nbsp; Quickbooks Premier with payroll 5 users and Full Support (they come in increments of 1, 3 or 5) base cost will be 198.67 per month or 2384.04 plus tax for the first year and 215.00 per month 2580.00 plus tax each year thereafter.&nbsp; It is not available as a one time charge if you use payroll.</span></font></p> <p><font face="Trebuchet MS">AccountEdge with Payroll and Full Support<span style="letter-spacing: -1pt"> plus a 5 pack of Workstations is $1,267.00 plus tax.&nbsp; That's a total of 6 Workstations.&nbsp; If you purchase theme individually, the cost for a total of 4 Workstations would make the total cost would be $1,245.00 plus tax.&nbsp; So for $22.00 more you will get 2 more workstations if the 5 pack is chosen.&nbsp; To keep payroll up to date, you will have to pay (either monthly or once a year to update Payroll) $299.00.&nbsp; Upgrades to the next year's product are usually around $199.00</span></font></p> <p><font face="Trebuchet MS"><span style="letter-spacing: -1pt"><br> Based on the numbers alone, AccountEdge is more economical than either Simply Accounting or Quickbooks and there <i>may </i>be a direct deposit solution in the near future<br> &nbsp;</span></font></p> <p><font face="Trebuchet MS"><span style="letter-spacing: -1pt">Lets get as close to comparing apples to apples as we can. </span></font> </p> <p>&nbsp;</p> </td> </tr> <tr> <td width="17%" height="30" style="line-height: 100%"> <font face="Trebuchet MS"> <span style="letter-spacing: -1pt; font-weight: 700">Program<br> &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; </span></font> </td> <td width="15%" height="30" style="line-height: 100%"> <font face="Trebuchet MS"><b>Plan</b></font></td> <td width="10%" height="30" style="line-height: 100%"> <font face="Trebuchet MS"><b>Cost</b></font></td> <td width="38%" height="30" style="line-height: 100%"> <font face="Trebuchet MS"><b>Extras - Payroll, Support, Upgrades</b></font></td> <td width="20%" height="30" style="line-height: 100%" colspan="2"> <p align="center"><font face="Trebuchet MS"><b>5 year Cost ex org costs&nbsp; w/o upgrades </b></font> </td> </tr> <tr> <td width="17%" height="8" style="line-height: 100%"> <font face="Trebuchet MS"><span style="letter-spacing: -1pt">Simply Accounting Enterprise</span></font></td> <td width="15%" height="8" style="line-height: 100%"> <font face="Trebuchet MS"><span style="letter-spacing: -1pt">5 users, Payroll and Support</span></font></td> <td width="10%" height="8" style="line-height: 100%"> <font face="Trebuchet MS"><span style="letter-spacing: -1pt">$2,699.00</span></font></td> <td width="38%" height="8" style="line-height: 100%"> <font face="Trebuchet MS"><span style="letter-spacing: -1pt"> Enterprise Gold Payroll, Updates &amp;Support @ 2,699.00 per year</span></font></td> <td width="14%" height="8" style="line-height: 100%"> <span style="letter-spacing: -1pt"><font face="Trebuchet MS">=&nbsp; 2,699.99 x 4 = </font></span></td> <td width="6%" height="8" style="line-height: 100%" align="right"> <span style="letter-spacing: -1pt"><font face="Trebuchet MS">10,196.00</font></span></td> </tr> <tr> <td width="17%" height="15" style="line-height: 100%" rowspan="2"> Simply Accounting Premier</td> <td width="15%" height="7" style="line-height: 100%"> <span style="letter-spacing: -1pt"><font face="Trebuchet MS">4 users, Payroll and Support</font></span></td> <td width="10%" height="7" style="line-height: 100%"> <span style="letter-spacing: -1pt"><font face="Trebuchet MS">$1,169.00</font></span></td> <td width="38%" height="7" style="line-height: 100%"> <span style="letter-spacing: -1pt"><font face="Trebuchet MS">Premier Gold Payroll, Updates &amp; Support @ 769.99 per year</font></span></td> <td width="14%" height="7" style="line-height: 100%"> <span style="letter-spacing: -1pt"><font face="Trebuchet MS">=&nbsp;&nbsp;1169.00+&nbsp;(769.99 x 4) =&nbsp;&nbsp; </font></span></td> <td width="6%" height="7" style="line-height: 100%" align="right"> <span style="letter-spacing: -1pt"><font face="Trebuchet MS">4,248.96</font></span></td> </tr> <tr> <td width="15%" height="15" style="line-height: 100%" rowspan="2"> <font face="Trebuchet MS"><span style="letter-spacing: -1pt">5 users, Payroll and Support </span></font></td> <td width="10%" height="15" style="line-height: 100%" rowspan="2"> <font face="Trebuchet MS"><span style="letter-spacing: -1pt">Year 1- $2,384.00 </span></font> </td> <td width="38%" height="15" style="line-height: 100%" rowspan="2"> <span style="letter-spacing: -1pt"><font face="Trebuchet MS">$ 2,580.00 - Year 2 and on</font></span></td> <td width="10%" height="15" style="line-height: 100%" rowspan="2"> <font face="Trebuchet MS"><span style="letter-spacing: -1pt">=&nbsp; 2,580.00 x 4 = </span></font></td> <td width="10%" height="15" style="line-height: 100%" rowspan="2" align="right"> <font face="Trebuchet MS"><span style="letter-spacing: -1pt">10,320.00</span></font></td> </tr> <tr> <td width="17%" height="7" style="line-height: 100%"> <font face="Trebuchet MS"><span style="letter-spacing: -1pt"> Quickbooks Premier </span></font> </td> </tr> <tr> <td width="17%" height="15" style="line-height: 100%"> <font face="Trebuchet MS"><span style="letter-spacing: -1pt"> AccountEdge - Multi User</span></font></td> <td width="15%" height="15" style="line-height: 100%"> <font face="Trebuchet MS"><span style="letter-spacing: -1pt">5 users, Payroll and Support </span></font> </td> <td width="10%" height="15" style="line-height: 100%"> <font face="Trebuchet MS"><span style="letter-spacing: -1pt">$1,404.00 </span></font> </td> <td width="38%" height="15" style="line-height: 100%"> <font face="Trebuchet MS"><span style="letter-spacing: -1pt">Annual Payroll Update at $369.00 per year &amp; Program Upgrades at 199.00 </span> </font> </td> <td width="10%" height="15" style="line-height: 100%"> <font face="Trebuchet MS"><span style="letter-spacing: -1pt">=&nbsp; 1404.00+ (568.00 x 4) =&nbsp;&nbsp; </span></font></td> <td width="10%" height="15" style="line-height: 100%" align="right"> <font face="Trebuchet MS"><span style="letter-spacing: -1pt">3,676.00</span></font></td> </tr> <tr> <td width="17%" height="15" style="line-height: 100%"> <font face="Trebuchet MS"><span style="letter-spacing: -1pt"> AccountEdge -&nbsp;Multi User</span></font></td> <td width="15%" height="15" style="line-height: 100%"> <font face="Trebuchet MS"><span style="letter-spacing: -1pt">6 users, Payroll and Support</span></font></td> <td width="10%" height="15" style="line-height: 100%"> <font face="Trebuchet MS"><span style="letter-spacing: -1pt">$1,267.00 </span></font> </td> <td width="38%" height="15" style="line-height: 100%"> <font face="Trebuchet MS"><span style="letter-spacing: -1pt">Annual Payroll Update at $369.00 per year &amp; Program Upgrades at 199.00 </span> </font> </td> <td width="10%" height="15" style="line-height: 100%"> <font face="Trebuchet MS"><span style="letter-spacing: -1pt">=&nbsp;1267.00+&nbsp;(568.00 x 4) =&nbsp;&nbsp; </span></font></td> <td width="10%" height="15" style="line-height: 100%" align="right"> <font face="Trebuchet MS"><span style="letter-spacing: -1pt">3,539.00</span></font></td> </tr> <tr> <td width="100%" height="63" colspan="6"><p>&nbsp;</p> <p>&nbsp;</td> </tr> <tr> <td width="100%" height="44" colspan="6"><i><b>August 26, 2011</b></i> - <font color="#000000"><b>HST defeated in BC</b></font> - whether you agree with the decision or not, British Columbian businesses will have to change their sales tax codes come the new year</td> </tr> <tr> <td width="100%" height="23" colspan="6"><font face="Trebuchet MS"><i><b>July 1, 2011 </b></i>&nbsp; <i><font color="#FF0000" size="4"><b>AccountEdge 2011 for Canada is released.&nbsp; It's better than ever.&nbsp; </b></font></i></font></td> </tr> <tr> <td width="100%" height="22" colspan="6"><font face="Trebuchet MS"><b><i>July 1, 2011</i></b>&nbsp; Payroll announcements for MYOB and AccountEdge.&nbsp; </font></td> </tr> <tr> <td width="100%" height="22" colspan="6"><font face="Trebuchet MS"><b><i>Manitob</i>a</b> - Personal provincial tax exemptions for individuals have changed from $8,164.00 to $8634.00 and from $8,134.00 to $8634.00 for spouses</font></td> </tr> <tr> <td width="100%" height="44" colspan="6"><font face="Trebuchet MS"><i><b>New Brunswick</b></i> - Employees in the fourth tax bracket (income greater than $120,796.00 will now be taxed at 15.9% (formerly 12.7%.&nbsp; There are no changes to the other tax brackets</font></td> </tr> <tr> <td width="100%" height="44" colspan="6"><font face="Trebuchet MS"><b><i>Saskatchewan</i></b> - Basic personal tax exemptions have been revised to $14,535 (formerly $13,535.&nbsp; Spousal or common-law amount has been revised to $14,535.00 (formerly $13,535.00) and lastly the child amount is revised to $5,514.00 (formerly $5,014.00)</font></td> </tr> <tr> <td width="100%" height="22" colspan="6"><font face="Trebuchet MS"><i><b>Nova Scotia</b></i> - the basic personal amount has been increased to $8,481.00 from $8,231.00 and the spousal or common-law amount is revised to $7,413.00 from $6,989.00</font></td> </tr> <tr> <td width="100%" height="22" colspan="6">&nbsp;</td> </tr> <tr> <td width="100%" height="22" colspan="6"> <font face="Trebuchet MS"> <b>November 15, 2010</b> </font></td> </tr> <tr> <td width="100%" height="22" colspan="6"> <font face="Trebuchet MS">If you have upgraded to AccountEdge 2010, you will still need to customize the date on your cheque forms. </font> </td> </tr> <tr> <td width="100%" height="22" colspan="6"> <font face="Trebuchet MS">For those of you who need the Cheque font update just click <a style="FONT-STYLE: italic; COLOR: #ff0000; FONT-WEIGHT: bold; TEXT-DECORATION: none" href="http://www3.telus.net/DUS/2010DU/MYOB date font.sit">Mac</a> or <a style="FONT-STYLE: italic; COLOR: #ff0000; FONT-WEIGHT: bold; TEXT-DECORATION: none" href="http://www3.telus.net/DUS/2010DU/New Font for MYOB.zip">PC</a> and it will download.&nbsp; Installation instructions are inside. </font> </td> </tr> <tr> <td width="100%" height="22" colspan="6">&nbsp;</td> </tr> <tr> <td width="100%" height="22" colspan="6"> &nbsp;</td> </tr> <tr> <td width="100%" height="22" colspan="6"> <font face="Trebuchet MS"> <b>October 26, 2010</b> </font> </td> </tr> <tr> <td width="100%" height="44" colspan="6"> <font face="Trebuchet MS">Just back and unpacked from the conference in TO. Two very intense days.&nbsp; All I can say is WOW.&nbsp; Has MYOB ever grown up - no wonder there is a new name. It's kind of like Clark Kent and Superman. </font> </td> </tr> <tr> <td width="100%" height="44" colspan="6"> <font face="Trebuchet MS">The Canadian 2011 version is set to launch mid year. For those of you on Mac, there are a few more features than the Windows folks get but, it's still a great improvement on the classic MYOB.&nbsp;&nbsp; </font> </td> </tr> <tr> <td width="100%" height="22" colspan="6"> <font face="Trebuchet MS">We have been getting lots of inquires about AccountEdge 2010 and we are pleased to announce the rebate offer has been extended to the end of 2010. </font> </td> </tr> <tr> <td width="100%" height="22" colspan="6"> <font face="Trebuchet MS">A good move on management's part.&nbsp; Many of the items requested by you, our customers, have been sent to management and they are working to implement them.&nbsp; </font> </td> </tr> <tr> <td width="100%" height="239" colspan="6"> <div style="WIDTH: 1167px; HEIGHT: 22px"> <font face="Trebuchet MS">Just to give everyone a tease, here is a brief list of some of the things to look forward to in AccountEdge 2011; &nbsp;&nbsp;</font> </div> <div> <font face="Trebuchet MS">- Progress Billing</font> </div> <div> <font face="Trebuchet MS">- Retainers</font> </div> <div> <font face="Trebuchet MS">- Create Invoice from Purchase</font> </div> <div> <font face="Trebuchet MS">- Larger description, note, email message field sizes</font> </div> <div> <font face="Trebuchet MS">- Read only file setting</font> </div> <div> <font face="Trebuchet MS">- Improved image handling on forms</font> </div> <div> <font face="Trebuchet MS">- Updated search on select from lists</font> </div> <div> <font face="Trebuchet MS">- Easier setup</font> </div> <div> <font face="Trebuchet MS">- And much, much, more...</font> </div> <p></p> </td> </tr> <tr> <td width="100%" height="22" colspan="6">&nbsp;</td> </tr> <tr> <td width="100%" height="22" colspan="6">&nbsp;</td> </tr> <tr> <td width="100%" height="22" colspan="6">&nbsp;</td> </tr> </tbody> </table> <p> <font face="Trebuchet MS">October 22 &amp; 23, 2010&nbsp; </font> </p> <p> <font face="Trebuchet MS">Acclivity Partner Conference - Toronto, Ontario - Acclivity will be debuting AccountEdge 2011.&nbsp; It's two days of Consultants learning about the new features, tips and ways to make AccountEdge more productive and useable so we can pass the details on to our clients.&nbsp; This is also when we bring Client &quot;want lists&quot; to the Development Team.&nbsp; If you have an idea or something you feel the software needs, now is the time to let us know so we can bring it up</font> </p> <p> <font face="Trebuchet MS">July 1st, 2010:&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; We have a new look and a new product line.&nbsp; MYOB has returned to Canada as AccountEdge by acclivity.&nbsp; The look is a little different but it's still MYOB.&nbsp; More powerful than ever, new features abound.&nbsp; For those thinking about switching to the &quot;other guys&quot; we encourage you to take a look at AccountEdge.&nbsp; </font> </p> <dl> <dd></dd> </dl> <p></p> <p></p> <p></p> <p></p> </body> </html>