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Rev 2.8.005 - June 2011
- New User Manual. Current with all new features
- New feature to export Budgets to spreadsheets
- New user-defined margins for custom documents
- Improved 1099 operating procedures
- 7 other improvements
Rev 2.8.000 - September 2010
- Upgraded database to SQL Server 2008.net
- Disbursal Pro is now compatible with all versions of Windows from Windows 2000 to Windows 7
- (Must use Microsoft MSDE database for Windows 2000)
- Improved Inspection reports
- New ability to use Job Budget Categories as Inspection Categories
- Increased the maximum number of Inspection Categories from 40 to 120
- 13 other improvements
Rev 2.7.005 - April 2010
- New multiple Lien Waiver types
- Automatic selection capability
- User can manually override the automatic selection
- Improved Inspection reports
- Max. report pages increased to 15 per Inspection
- Max. photos increased to 120 per Inspection
- Misc. operational improvements
- New direct Budget editing
- 5 other improvements
Rev 2.7.000 - January 2009
- New multiple Source Funds
- Increased the number of sources for construction funds from two to five:
- Three separate Bank loans
- Two separate Personal funds
(can be used as Bank loans) - "Live" totals for:
- Total funds
- Interest
- Retainage
- Draws
- Remaining balance
- All itemized amounts are easily edited
- Smart Source Bank selection when making deposits
- New Two Payee Names on checks
- New Builder Retainage on disbursements
- Retainage defaults to a percentage setup by user
- Retained amount can be changed during check entry
- Job Retainage History with "Release" checkbox
- New "Builder Retainage" report
- New automatic IRS check garnishing
- Initiated by checking a box in Vendor record
- Defaults to 100% of check, but amount can be changed by user
- Garnishments are listed in the "Backup Withholding" report
- New automatic linking of Budget items to related Invoices during check entry
- 8 other improvements
Rev 2.6 - December 2007
- Overhauled all 3-way Reconciling reports
- Overhauled the Job Budgets
- User operation procedures have been greatly simplified
- Now has total flexibility in how codes are used
- Budget codes from a one Job can be "merged" into another Job's budget
- Added ability to print the Lien Waiver to the second check stub
- Added a warning when making a Deposit into Escrow and there is more than $30 already in the Job's Escrow balance
- Added a warning when printing checks and there is still a balance remaining in Escrow
- Added displaying the previous Bank code in the Jobs Transactions History, (whenever Escrow Banks have changed)
- Added identifying the "Property Type" to Job entry screen
- Tied manually entered 1099's directly to the Disbursal Pro database
- 16 other improvements
Rev 2.5 - August 2007
- New 1099 Production module
- Includes 1099 printing
- Includes merging for multiple branch offices
- Includes merging with manually entered 1099's
- Includes IRS electronic filing
- Includes 1099 corrections printing and filing
- New Remote office identification setup (for printing on reports)
- New ability to print non-MICR checks using MICR Security font
- New IRS Bulk TIN name matching
- 21 other improvements
Rev 2.4 - April 2007
- New MICR check printing
- Includes custom MICR calibration program
- Includes assortment of MICR fonts
- Includes assortment of special Security fonts to print $ amounts
- New ability to "re-deposit" an amount back into Escrow
- New alert when entering checks and there are multiple vendors that have the same name
- New ability for Lien Waiver Returns to handle checks that have the same check number, but are issued from different Escrow banks
- New ability to globally rename an Escrow Bank code
- New "Multi-Escrow banks Jobs" report
- New "Job Source funds" report
- 11 other improvements
Rev 2.3 - December 2006
- New Inspections progress/reporting module
- Fully customizable
- Construction categories percentages of completion
- Inspection History recall
- Worksheet printing-single and batch
- Photo management with thumbnails selection
- History and photos managed by data archiving and purging
- Added a {PageBreak} code for multi-page merge documents
- Added tooltip to display Bank Statement date when the mouse is over the Reconciling checkmark
- Added ability to export data to .CSV file for importing into an Excel spreadsheet
- New "Escrow Trial Balance" report
- 26 other improvements
Rev 2.2 - September 2005
- New automatic Federal Income Tax Backup Withholding
- New recording archiving and purging utility
- Easy switching between current and archived data
- Archived transactions are viewable in Vendors Transaction History
- One button "unarchiving" for a selected Job and all related transactions
- New discrepency log to show differences in 1099 data between different offices
- New feature to verify backups by doing a Test restore
- Added a selection list for common reasons to Void a check
- Added ability to Transfer a Jobs unused Escrow Balance to an Escrow Adjusting account
- Added ability to save all reports to a .PDF file
- Added ability to edit a check in the Check Register from Reconciling
- Enhanced user control over Budget codes and Templates
- New "Potential 1099 Penalities" report
- New "Jobs Inactivity" report
- New "Transferred Orphaned Balances" report
- New "Tax Withholding" report
- 45 other improvements
Rev 2.1 - October 2004
- New "Request for Disbursement" form printing from within Job
- New automatic Differential backups of live data
- Backup process is totally invisible to user
- New backups are made houry
- New "Blank Lien Waiver" form printing within Job
- New "Quicken style" Check register search
- New hyperlinking to items that are clicked on in grids
- New feature to globally change a Job ID#
- New Documents creation/merging program
- Multiple documents can be "chained" together
- New feature to allow selected records recovery from backups
- New Jobs selection via user-setup Hotkeys
- New Spelling corrections utility
- New "Jobs Current Escrow" report
- New "Disbursal Fees" report
- New "Jobs Master List" report
- 26 other improvements
Rev 2.0 - March 2004
- Changed database from MS Access to MS SQL Server
- Changed installation program to InstallShield
- Changed all memos to be unlimited size and multi-line
- New feature to allow for Vendor Aliases (D.B.A)
- New feature to allow off-site reconciling
- New feature to edit Checks and Deposits from within Check Register
- New feature to provide Adjusting accounts for Escrow Banks
- New feature to merge 1099 data from separate offices
- New feature for adjusting Budgets
- New setup option to allow for automatic Budget creation
- New Nag screen reminders for 1099 processing
- New Bank Statement Unreconciling for a given month
- New single button Lien Waiver "reprinting"
- New button to transfer an entire draw from one Job to another
- New option to shut off printing Lien Waivers issued to yourself
- New option to allow user to overdraft Source funds
- New "Voided checks report"
- New "Missing checks report"
- New "Job Funds Available report"
- 44 other improvements