Happy Holidays from NextLevel

All of us at NextLevel Information Solutions would like to take this opportunity to wish all of you a safe & happy holiday season. Thank you to all our customers and partners for your business over the past year. We look forward to growing with you in 2009!

NextLevel holiday hours:

• Wednesday 12/24 – Open from 8:30 to 1:00
• Thursday 12/25 – closed
• Wednesday 12/31 – Open from 8:30 to 1:00
• Thursday 1/1 – closed

Year End Procedures

Year-end procedures with Sage Accpac ERP are simple and straightforward. We’ve included an overview of the steps required, but as always, please contact our helpdesk at 800-247-4298 if you need assistance. As your software and technology partner, we’re always here to help.

Be sure to perform a backup of your data before proceeding with year-end procedures.

1. In Inventory Control – I/C Periodic Processing
1. Clear History (Optional)
2. Delete Inactive Records (Optional)
3. Process Adjustments
2. In Purchase Orders – P/O Periodic Processing
1. Perform Day-End
2. Create a G/L Batch
3. Clear History (Optional)
4. Delete Inactive Records (Optional)
3. In General Ledger – G/L Periodic Processing
1. Create G/L Batch, print & post
2. Create Allocation Batches, print & post
3. Create Recurring Entries Batch, print & post
4. Create Revaluation Batches (for multi-currency sites)
4. In Common Services
1. Fiscal Calendar – Create New Year
5. In General Ledger – G/L Periodic Processing
1. Create new Year
6. In General Ledger – Reports
1. Print Posting Journals
2. Print Trial Balance

Please send me an email if you’d like a free manual with detailed instructions. John Foster

Avalara Sales Tax Support

Are you having trouble managing your sales and use tax in multiple U.S. jurisdictions? Sales and use taxes are constantly changing. It is difficult to keep up with every increase and decrease across more than 12,500 North American regions. NextLevel Information Solutions, in partnership with Avalara, is offering an integrated solution to remove your sales tax compliance challenges.

AvaTax® is a web-based sales and use tax automation solution that eliminates the hassle of compliance processes and reduces audit risk for small and medium businesses. It integrates with Sage Accpac ERP to fully automate sales tax collection, calculation, reporting and remittance. Avalara is focused on providing the most convenient, accurate and affordable way for businesses to address all their statutory sales and use tax requirements.

To learn more, mark your calendars now for our 1-hour webinar, and choose the date that works best for you: January 20th, 21st or 22nd, 2009. Watch your email inbox for your invitation, or contact us today for more information.

For more information contact John Foster

Get Lean and Go Green with Document Management

In today’s uncertain economic climate, companies are looking for new ways to cut costs and streamline business processes. At the same time, a new age of social responsibility has shifted public awareness toward preservation of the environment and call for companies to “go green”. Both trends have created a compelling business case for going paperless using a document management system, like doc-link TM by Altec, that’s integrated with your Sage Accpac ERP system.

Altec’s doc-link integrated document management solution for Sage Accpac ERP streamlines your business processes, reduces costs, and increases efficiency. Doc-link electronically captures, routes, and archives business documents and reports to reduce handling costs and improve communications. Combining best practices, state-of-the-art technology and sound implementation methods into an affordable package has made doc-link the document management choice among Sage Accpac users.

For more information contact John Foster

Sage Accpac ERP Demos - On Demand

Whether you’re considering a new module, curious about new features of Version 5.5, want to brush up on financial reporting tools, or anything in between, Sage offers recorded demos that are available on-demand… anytime. Here are some of the topics covered:

• Sage Accpac V5.5 Financials
• Sage Accpac V5.5 Operations
• SageCRM for Sage Accpac ERP Customers
• Sage Accpac Extended Enterprise Suite
• Sage Accpac Alerts Server