BCS ProSoft services businesses located in Texas, Colorado, New Mexico, and throughout North America. We specialize in Sage Software products including: Sage MAS 90, Sage MAS 200, Sage MAS 500, Sage Abra HRMS, Sage SalesLogix, Sage CRM, JobOps, and Automated Rental Management.
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| Sage Abra Payroll is a complete, flexible, cost-effective in-house payroll processing system tightly integrated with the entire Sage Abra HRMS solution. With accurate tax compliance reporting, superior tracking of employees’ hours and accruals, and convenient historical data access Sage Abra Payroll is a complete solution for payroll management. | |||
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| Screen Shots | Actions | Processes | Analysis |
| Reports | Rules | Details | Query |
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Navigation within the Sage Abra HRMS is simplified by dividing tasks into Actions, Processes, Analysis, Reports, Rules, Details, and Query.
Actions: Actions guide you through the steps necessary to accomplish a task, and make entering information easy. Adding a new employee, Assigning a leave of absence, Creating an on demand check, Deleting a requisition, Recording a Pay Change are all examples of Actions. Processes: Processes within Sage Abra refer to the procedures you follow to accomplish a given task. Accrue Time, Change Attendance Plans, Print Checks, Import Calculations, Run Trial Payroll are all examples of Processes. Analysis: Analyses within Sage Abra offer methods to examine your data critically. The Absences by Hour Analysis, Turnover Analysis, and Performance to Longevity Analysis are all examples. Reports: Reports are the printed or on screen results of your data queries. Sage Abra HRMS literally provides hundreds of standard reports and the capability for an unlimited number of custom reports. Rules: Sage Abra Rules encompass the setup options and tables which enable you to optimize Sage Abra HRMS for your organization. Deduction Codes, Earnings Code, Attendance Plan Setup, and Absence Reason Codes are all examples of Sage Abra Rules. Details: When you perform an action, Sage Abra HRMS provides one or more details pages so you can enter or view information on those pages and complete your task. Each step in an action corresponds to a details page. Some actions require many steps and, therefore, many details pages. For example, when you perform the Record New Hire action, you are presented with several steps with corresponding details pages. Query: Sage Abra Secure Query is a desktop query and reporting tool that enables you to quickly and easily generate or modify requests for specific information. For example, sometimes you just need answers in a hurry to prepare for a meeting or to help make projections. |
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| Gross Up Calculator |
Use the Gross Up Calculator to calculate the gross amount of money you need to pay in order for an employee to receive a predetermined net amount.
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Void Checks
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Void and reissue checks as necessary. |
| On Demand Checks |
Use the On Demand Check feature when you need to issue employee checks outside of your normal payroll processing cycle. When you enter employee earnings for the check, Sage Abra Payroll calculates the appropriate deductions and taxes.
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Automatic Time Sheets
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The Create Automatic Time Sheet process lets you generate time sheets automatically for salaried and hourly employees who work a predictable schedule. Establishing an automatic time sheet saves you the time and effort of manually entering time sheet data for a large section of your employer’s payroll.
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Direct Deposit
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Built in direct deposit processing to NACHA standards
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Electronic Federal Tax Payments
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Comply with IRS filing requirements for the Electronic Federal Tax Payment System (EFTPS). Sage Abra Payroll accommodates both the ACH Credit and ACH Debit filing methods.
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Trial Payrolls
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Easily run trial payrolls at the click of a button.
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Mass Update Pay Rates
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The Mass Update Pay Rate process allows you to change the pay rate for an entire group of employees at one time.
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Child Support EFT
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Support electronic file transfer to the State Disbursement Unit.
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Instant Analysis Tools
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Obtain up-to-the minute facts and instant analyses, including a gross-to-net, 941 audits, and an employer tax liability.
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Accruals
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Establish rates by which vacation, illness and personal leave are accumulated.
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Electronic Signatures
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Choose to print either one or two signatures on your checks and direct deposit advices. |
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Up To Date Tax Tables
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Federal, state and local taxes are updated each quarter.
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Attendance Integration
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Automatically post attendance transactions from Sage Abra Payroll to Sage Abra Attendance. |
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Integration With Accounting Packages
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Using established links, you can integrate your payroll data to leading financial accounting packages including MAS 90 and MIP.
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Flexible Deduction Processing
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Assign an unlimited number of deductions to each employee, set maximum withholding amounts, and start/stop dates.
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Track Jobs And Projects
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Utilizing multiple earnings codes and workers’ compensation codes you may associate an employee's hours with jobs and projects.
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Payroll History
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The Payroll History page lets you see an employee’s history of earnings, tax withholdings and deductions for the month, quarter and year-to-date.
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Employee Attachments
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Attach files such as scanned resumes, photographs, signatures, charts and faxes to the employee record.
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Payroll Status
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The Payroll Status page includes such information as the unit pay rate, hours or units worked during a pay period, the employee’s pay group, and which earnings codes to charge for regular pay as well as leave pay.
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Prioritize Deductions
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Prioritize withholding deductions to handle levies or garnishments to employees’ wages.
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Custom Pages
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Design a completely custom page, including your own custom fields as well as existing fields from Sage Abra databases. You can also create custom code tables and reference them on your custom pages.
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Secure Query
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Abra’s Secure Query lets you answer ad hoc questions without having to create a complex report. An easy to use tool to quickly uncover the data you need.
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Add A New Employee | ![]() |
Add A New Employee – Job and Pay |
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Add A New Employee – Payroll Information | ![]() |
Add A New Employee – Payroll Processing |
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On Demand Check | ![]() |
Time Entry Employee Selection |
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Time Entry | ![]() |
Time Entry Other Earnings |
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Time Entry Labor Allocation | ![]() |
Time Entry Deductions and Taxes |
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Record & Tax Deposit Liability | ![]() |
Payroll Setup – Payroll and ACH Options |
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Payroll Setup – Accruals | ![]() |
Payroll Setup – Check Signatures |
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Workers’ Comp Codes | ![]() |
Demographics – Address and Phone |
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Demographics – Personal
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Demographics – Photo
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Payroll Status 1
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Payroll Status 2
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Current Job
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Other Earnings
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Deductions
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Tax Withholdings
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Accrual
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Payroll History
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Check History
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Custom Details Page
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Retroactive Pay Increase
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Gross Up Calculator
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| A comprehensive collection of over 50 standard and pre-formatted Crystal reports gives you unmatched insight into the database for in-depth analysis of the hiring process. Easily send reports in Adobe PDF format via Email. | |||
| A summary of all the hours or other time sheet units reported for the current pay period as well as month, quarter and year-to-date totals for each employee. | Use this worksheet for collecting handwritten payroll data from your departments. | ||
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This report identifies irregularities in time sheet entries by providing hours or unit totals for each employee.
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The 401(k) report lists the employees, their contributions to the 401(k) plan and any matching or partial matching of contributions by their employer.
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This report shows the employer’s workers compensation risk exposure and premiums.
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| Direct Labor Distribution | Leave Status | ||
| Gross To Net Detail | Payroll Allocations Report | ||
| Payroll Deposit Requirements | Tax Withholdings By Tax Code | ||
| Direct Deposit Register | Employee Earnings Report | ||