DDMS 8.22.20 Adds Harmonized Sales Tax
To Canadian A/P Postings In Time for July

Dear DDMS Customers in Canada:

June 8, 2010 — We are releasing an enhancement to assist you in compliance with impending tax changes that affect your Accounts Payable.

Effective July 1, British Columbia and Ontario have adopted Harmonized Sales Tax (HST) at 12 percent and 13 percent respectively.

Prior to this change, affected dealers were required to pay only the GST (Goods and Service) tax when paying vendor invoices.  Beginning July 1 they are required to pay both the GST and the PST (Provincial Sales Tax) for their store location.

In the DDMS 8.22.20 software update — to be announced soon but available now for download — a new graphical parameter will allow you to specify the PST District rate to be used to calculate HST in graphical Accounts Payable Posting. In Accounts Payable Posting, the AP Invoice tab has a new button to Add HST. This button adds a line item that automatically combines the value of the PST code specified in the new graphical A/P parameter with the GST value specified in the (L0) Global Master parameters. (QC#56944)

Note: This enhancement is only for graphical A/P Posting and A/P Post P/O. Text-based works as previously designed.

If these British Columbia and Ontario tax changes affect your location, follow the steps below. You can load the software update at any time, and just activate the new parameter in time for July 1.

1. Log in to the ECi Customer Support Portal (https://support.ecisolutions.com) to get your DDMS 8.22.20 software download.
2. Install your software update.
3. Open the Tax District database (select it from the Databases menu or click in the Customer window).
4. Identify the the PST code for the province where your store is located and note the District value (up to 4 alphanumeric characters).
5. Activate this PST district for use in HST calculations in Accounts Payable Posting.
   1. In the Main Menu, double-click Keyop, then double-click Parameters.
   2. Double-click the Accounts Payable folder to display its contents.
   3. Click General Configuration to display its parameter fields.
   4. In the HST District field, enter the PST Nbr code identified in step 4.

Accounts Payable Posting's AP Invoice tab has a new button to Add HST, as shown below. It automatically combines the value of the PST code specified in graphical general configuration parameters for Accounts Payable with the GST value specified in the (L0) Global Master parameters.

These steps assume you are using the PST feature released in DDMS 8.10, and have already:

• defined the HST General Ledger account in your (L2) G/L Master Numbers screen.
• defined HST Districts in your (L4) Federal Payroll Tables screen.

See the older GST, PST, and HST Setup Procedures (pdf) from 2005.

Join Us June 17, 1 pm CDT
For a How-To Virtual Class

We're offering a free virtual class to go over these setup procedures for implementing Harmonized Sales Tax in DDMS and to answer the questions of affected dealers in Canada in time for the effective date of July 1, 2010.

• Date: Thursday, June 17, 2010
• Time: 1:00-1:30 pm CDT

On the Virtual Class page, click When Is This Class Held, and click any available link to register. Connection details will be sent via confirmation email. Please check your Inbox. Check your Spam or Junk folder as needed. If you have any questions about the Virtual Classes, please write us at training@eci2.com.

More Info on Recent DDMS Version 8 Releases

• What's New in Version 8
  (www.ddms.com/Resources/Doc/version8/whatsnew_ver8.pdf)
• Other Version 8 Documentation
  (www.ddms.com/support/doc/ver8doc.htm)

Sincerely,

ECi DDMS Product Management & Technical Support
http://support.ecisolutions.com