ASCENDER Business Release Notes

ASCENDER Release 8

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ASCENDER 8.0900

Release Date: 5/22/2024 ASCENDER Update: 8.0900

Payroll > Maintenance > Staff Job/Pay

❏ Added a new feature to protect employee data. The employee will now receive an email if any changes are saved to their bank information. The email will be sent to the employee's Work and/or Home E-mail address(es) listed on the Personnel > Maintenance > Staff Demo > Demographic Information page.

If both email addresses are populated, the email will be sent to both emails.
If the employee does not have an email address listed, the employee will not receive an email.

Position Management > Maintenance > PMIS Change In Position > Change In Compensation

❏ Corrected the issue that caused a program error to occur when processing a CIP and performing a Payroll Rejection Rollback.

Prior Release Notes for ASCENDER 8

Update: 8.0600

Update: 8.0400

ASCENDER 8.0400

Release Date: 12/15/23 ASCENDER Update: 8.0400

Accounts Receivable > Maintenance > Invoice Payments > Payments

❏ Corrected the Cash Receipts lookup to only include cash receipt transactions from the current Accounts Receivable accounting period and current Finance GL file ID.

Finance

❏ Per Frontline requirements, created a standard extract for Frontline Analytics Finance reporting for all ASCENDER clients. Refer to Technical Documentation > Third Party Extracts for setup information.

Finance > Tables > TSDS Crosswalks

❏ Modified the program to prevent duplicate values from being saved in the From column.

Finance > Reports > Finance Reports > Vendor/Purchase Order Reports > FIN2100 - 1099 Forms

❏ Per IRS requirements, updated the 1099-MISC/1099-NEC forms/instructions and all 1099-MISC/1099-NEC functionality to support the 2023 tax year.

Payroll > Reports > Quarterly/Annual Reports > HRS5100 - W-2 Forms

❏ Per IRS requirements, updated the W-2 form/instructions and all W-2 functionality to support the 2023 tax year.

Personnel > Maintenance > Staff Demo > Demographic Information

❏ Added the TSDS Unique ID button. This functionality works in conjunction with the Texas Student Data System (TSDS). TSDS uses web services for Unique ID and for the Data Transmission Utility (DTU) allowing ASCENDER to interact directly with their Unique ID application to assign Unique IDs.

Before the TSDS Unique ID button can be used in ASCENDER, the LEA's designated TEAL user must obtain web service access.

Personnel > Reports > Payroll Information Reports > HRS5250 - 1095-B Forms

❏ Per IRS requirements, updated the 1095-B form/instructions and all 1095-B functionality to support the 2023 tax year.

Personnel > Reports > Payroll Information Reports > HRS5255 - 1095-C Forms

❏ Per IRS requirements, updated the 1095-C form/instructions and all 1095-C functionality to support the 2023 tax year.

Position Management > Maintenance > PMIS Change In Position > Separation

❏ Modified the program to correctly calculate the pay rate for pay type 3 employees when processing a separation and display the correct pay rate on the CIP report.

EmployeePortal

EmployeePortal > Inquiry > W-2 Information

❏ Per IRS requirements, updated the W-2 form/instructions and all W-2 functionality to support the 2023 tax year.

EmployeePortal > Inquiry > 1095 Information

❏ Per IRS requirements, updated the 1095-B/1095-C forms/instructions and all 1095-B/1095-C functionality to support the 2023 tax year.

Update: 8.0200

Update: 8.0100

ASCENDER Business Release Notes

ASCENDER Release 8

ASCENDER 8.0900

ASCENDER 8.0600

ASCENDER 8.0400

EmployeePortal

ASCENDER 8.0200

ASCENDER 8.0100