Medlin Software

Update History

We welcome your suggestions and ideas any time. Changes can be made at any time, not just when a new version is released.

Payroll (Always/Continuous)

• Current calculations, reports, and eFile data creation for the current year, and the four prior years (as available)
• Handling of tip and OT W2 reporting
• Includes Qualified Overtime Compensation on pay stubs
• Additional PFML/PSL deductions
• Option to efile W2, 940, and 941 data using NELCO's Web Reporting Center (additional cost). The W2 process has an option to handle employee copies as well, via mail or email, and allows employees to reprint their own W2 copies.

2024 Payroll

• Export Paycheck Data to CSV (Professional Edition)
• PTO calculations on a per employee basis, in addition to the common calculations.

2023 Payroll

• A built in (no way to ignore other than to make the backup) reminder to make a backup of your data at least once a month.

2023 Accounting, Accounts Receivables

• For those who order or update on or after Sep 1, 2022, changed to a permanent/perpetual license
• A built in (no way to ignore other than to make the backup) reminder to make a backup of your data at least once a month.

2020 Payroll, Accounting, Accounts Receivable

• Encrypted online backup and restore

2020 Payroll - Professional Edition

• Set a fixed amount, per employee, for expense reimbursements

2019 Payroll

• Direct Deposit using KotaPay - great for those with a hard to work with bank
• Payroll Tax Summary includes the total cost for the report period.
• IL 941 worksheet

2018 Payroll

• Employee Data Report can exclude ex-employees

2018 Payroll - Professional Edition

• Direct Deposit - Optionally split a paycheck into two employee bank accounts
• Paycheck Printing - Include a printed signature
• Support for employee contributions to an IRS Section 132 plan

2018 Accounting

• Includes the ability to print on MICR check stock. A separate payment for MICR printing ability is no longer needed.

2017 Payroll

• Three editions of Medlin Payroll Software. The Classic Edition is the continuation of the Payroll Software we have been offering since 1984. The MICR Edition adds the ability to print paychecks on blank check stock, including printing your company and banking information. The new Professional Edition includes all functions of the Classic and MICR Editions, plus features designed with the payroll professional in mind.
• Payroll Check Listing, Custom Report, Employee History (and as before, Worker's Compensation) can be printed for a specific date range.
• Pay Stubs, if an item is not used (such as no overtime on a particular check), it is not printed on the stub.

2017 Payroll - Professional Edition

• The Backup Function will backup all Medlin data in all folders from your "last used list" (the list of folders you see when you click the Medlin Accounting shortcut on your desktop).
• Import data from time clock software, or from a template file.
• Form 940: Create zero wage forms, manually fill in forms, or forms using the paycheck data.
• Form 941: Create zero wage forms, manually fill in forms, or forms using the paycheck data.
• Form 943: Create zero wage forms, manually fill in forms, or forms using the paycheck data.
• Form 944: Create zero wage forms, manually fill in forms, or forms using the paycheck data.
• Form W2 and W3: You have the option to manually add or edit data.
• Export paycheck information to CSV.
• Employees can be paid using two pay rates. This includes entering hours worked at each rate, assigning a different department to each pay rate, and the ability to calculate separate hour based deductions (such as WA L&I) for each Pay Rate.
• Two additional Adjustment to Income fields (total of 7).
• Three additional user set Paycheck Deduction fields (total of 10).

2017 Accounts Receivable

• Invoice Printing - If a detail line has a zero amount, it is considered a "descriptive" line, and the zero amount is not printed.
• Statement Printing - If a detail line has a zero amount, it is considered a "descriptive" line, and the zero amount is not printed.
• Statement Printing - If an invoice detail line was created with no description and a zero amount, it is not printed on the statement.
• Statement Printing - If an invoice has zero for the sales tax amount, the sales tax entry is not printed on the statement.

2016 Payroll

• Reports - Added the option to print an image as a background watermark.
• Backup and Restore use the data folder name as part of the file name.
• Added support for reporting ROTH 401k contributions on Form W-2 and Form W-3.
• Last used list stores up to 500 data folders.
• Added support for Alabama, Arizona, Colorado, Georgia, Indiana, Iowa, Kansas, Kentucky, Louisiana, Maryland, Michigan, Minnesota, Missouri, Nebraska, New Jersey, North Carolina, Ohio, Oklahoma, Oregon, Pennsylvania, Tennessee, Virginia, Washington State, and Wisconsin Quarterly Wage Reporting via eFile.
• An additional automatic backup is copied to the Windows Common Application folder. This should help those who have a third party make their backups.

2016 Accounting

• 1099-MISC Reporting - Prints a complete form, on plain paper, to mail to payees
• Reports - Added the option to print an image as a background watermark.
• Backup and Restore use the data folder name as part of the file name.
• Last used list stores up to 500 data folders.
• An additional automatic backup is copied to the Windows Common Application folder. This should help those who have a third party make their backups.

2016 Accounts Receivable

• Reports - Added the option to print an image as a background watermark.
• Backup and Restore use the data folder name as part of the file name.
• Last used list stores up to 500 data folders.
• An additional automatic backup is copied to the Windows Common Application folder. This should help those who have a third party make their backups.

2015 Payroll

• Paid Time Off - track and pay both sick and vacation hours.
• Select print orientation for reports. The exceptions are tax forms, which have to print portrait.
• New Report - Employee Data Report - Used to verify employee data before printing tax forms. This is now the only non-tax form which shows the employee's entire SSN.
• Revised Report - Payroll Worksheet - Replaces the former Employee Listing. Used exclusively as an input sheet for creating paychecks. Can be set to not show the employee's calculation information.
• Revised Report - Payroll Ledger - Masks employee SSNs, only the last four numbers are shown.
• Revised Report - NYS-45 - Select apply or credit for overpayments, enter and print the signer, preparer, and contact information.
• Redesigned Screens - Paychecks, Employees, and Reports
• Federal and State Unemployment Setup - FUTA and SUTA are now in fixed positions on the Setup screen. Where possible, we set the correct calculations.
• State Specific Setup - AZ, IN, MD, OR, and WA - Additional employee options for certain calculations, instead of having to use the employee's memo field.
• Quarterly Listing / Payroll Tax Summary - Via an option on the Setup / Program Options tab, you can tell the software to include employee Cafeteria and Section 125 contributions as part of your state unemployment taxable wages. This applies only to a few states, and may vary within a single state, depending on your plan options.
• Federal and State Unemployment - The employer settings are in fixed locations.
• State Quarterly Reporting - eFile options for several states. CA DE9, Florida RT6, Illinois IDES, Massachusetts Unemployment, South Carolina Unemployment, and Texas Workforce Commission.
• EFW2 - eFile Annual Wage Reports - No longer a separate program. EFW2 has been added directly into Medlin Payroll.

2015 Accounting

• New Report - Activity Comparison - Compares totals for each account against the same time frame one year prior.
• Report Printing - When information is too long to fit, uses a smaller font to show as much information as possible.
• Revised Report - Check and Deposit Listing - Shows one line per check/reference number, instead of showing each specific entry.
• On program start, checks for, and offers to import new entries from Accounts Receivable Version 4.7.
• Redesigned Report Screen

2015 Accounts Receivable - MAJOR Redesign

• Emailed Invoices and Statements are sent in PDF format.
• Charges and Payments - Customer selection via a list, or by typing any part of the customer's name or code. The balance for the currently selected customer is displayed.
• Bill All, Auto Bill, Calculate Late Charges - Can Print / Email invoices for newly created entries. Can View / Print a report showing the newly created entries. If the sales code and customer are set as taxable, calculates and adds sales tax for the newly created entries.
• Calculate Sales Tax - Can Print / Email invoices for newly created entries. Can View / Print a report showing the newly created entries.
• Invoice Entry - Customer selection via a list, or by typing any part of the customer's name or code. Emailed invoices are sent as a PDF attachment for better formatting and printing. Invoices prepared using Plain Paper and Form 421L: a "ship to" address can be used and includes customer phone and memo fields.
• Reports - Statement and Report printing will warn if any entries need to be taxed, and if the Auto Bill entries for the month have not been created. Preview and Email are always in PDF format. Select print orientation for reports. Can include shading bars on reports.
• Customers - Can be set as inactive. Separate phone, fax, and memo fields. Auto Bill can be set to a special sales code. Auto Bill will then use the sales code's price and description. Allows a common Auto Bill item, without having to edit each customer when the item changes price or description.
• Sales Codes - Default price allows up to four decimal places
• Setup - Doubled the number of Sales Tax Types (now up to ten)
• Lengthened many of the data fields.

2015 Common to All

• Report Screens - Buttons in common locations in each program - Report printing options are shown on the Report Screens - Selected reports and options are shown in bold.
• Package Pricing - Discounts when ordering more than one program at the same time.

2014 Payroll

• MAJOR redesign
• Stores up to five years of data - On the Report screen, select the Tax Year to review.
• Added annual IRS Forms 943 and 944.
• Direct deposit can optionally include the debit (reversing) entry to make a "balanced" file.
• E-Mail pay stubs to employees.
• Save/Send as PDF.
• Optionally include shading bars on reports.
• Washington State L&I employee deduction can be calculated with separate rates for each employee, and to more than four decimal places.

2014 Accounting

• Completely new program. Incorporates most of the functions of our previous general ledger and accounts payable programs.
• Import from Medlin Payroll with or without the deduction details.
• Built in "transfer" method for exporting/importing data between client and accountant.
• Stores up to five years of data.

2014 Accounts Receivable

• Added support for sending statements and invoices using secure email accounts.
• Includes Label printing

2013 Payroll

• Two additional "Fixed" Deduction fields (total of four).
• Wage Garnishment calculation and report.
• Print employee mailing labels.

2013 was the last year of the "separate" General Ledger, Accounts Payable, Label Printing, and Budgeting programs.

2005

• Last year for Medlin Payroll for DOS

2003 Payroll

• Print California quarterly reports on plain paper.

2001 Payroll

• Plain Paper W-2 and W-3 printing.
• Plain Paper 941, 941B, and 940 forms.
• MICR (Magnetic Ink Character Recognition) check printing.

1999

• Last year of Medlin General Ledger, Accounts Payable, and Accounts Receivable for DOS.

1995

• Medlin Software programs were redesigned for Windows.

1984

• The first copy of Medlin Accounting Software was licensed.

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