some notes and thoughts on 6.0

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I look every day on the Qtech website, but haven't seen anything regarding problems, issues and the like, so here are a few i have encountered:

1. Undocumented change. At least I couldn't find it anywhere.

Plan limitation table - all data after the year 2000 has been eliminated. There is now an 'add' button, and you are able to add the info for 2001. Once added, it is across the network, so you only need to update one machine.

sorry, it still does not look like you can have system use 35,000 as an annual addition (or 40,000 if the bill passes Congress) for plan year begin 2000 and end in 2001 at this time.

2. Print out of Database tables - a few of them are missing from the report (RPTEE and RPTEEACCT)[There may be more]. this does not effect processing, because they do exist, they simply do not print at this time. I mention this because I threw out my stuff from 5.0 after I printed the 6.0 reports - it just makes looking up fields for Crystal reports a little more difficult. They are working on this one.

3. 15% report. While the 15% calculation appears to be okay, the report includes ineligbles and does not cap comp at the dollar limit on the report. Unknown sort order. Again, I would emphasize the 15% calc appears to be ok, it is just that the employee listing at this time doesn't help much. I was told the fix is plan for service pack 2.

4. printing crystal reports- some reports, such as Distributions (whether custom or Quantech crystal) will print no employee data. you have to first select 'additional selections', don't need to do anything else on the next screen, simply click 'ok' and then the report works fine. Again, a fix is supposed to be available soon - probably service pack 2.

5. Undocumented change - employees includabe and not benefiting do not appear on the nondiscrim reports. they are included in the calculations (e.g. your avg benefits % test might show 6 NHCEs, but if you have 2 more NHCEs that are includable and not benefitng, then the system correctly includes 8 NHCEs in the calculation) The reports used to show the with E-Bar= 0.

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Things seem to be running smoothly. Certainly a lot better than what we encountered at 5.0. certainly worth switching over as soon as possible in my opinion. Its a lot easier to find/choose a particular plan or employee.

I'd be curious to hear what others thinks or if someone has encountered other problems I should be looking out for!