Patriot Updates

Accounting Setup Improvements

OK—we admit it. We’re obsessed with saving our customers time. Part of the obsession is getting new customers “up and running” in our software as efficiently as possible. That’s why we’re over the moon about our latest accounting onboarding improvements. New Patriot Accounting customers can import a trial balance, optimizing their accounting setup with record-breaking speed.

Payroll Tax Credit Report

We can all agree, the COVID-19 pandemic was not without its challenges. Part of those challenges was remembering all of the payroll tax credits you may have taken as an employer. Cue the Payroll Tax Credit Report.🙌 Insert applause here! 🙌 

Account Trial Balances Report Improvements

 We kept it simple to start with just ‘balances’, but we know you accountants out there love your debits and credits. So, we’ve added our credit/debit toggle to give you the choice on how to view the report, either with credit/debits or by balances.

One-Click Accounting Settings

Getting started sometimes is the hardest thing to do. That’s why we’ve simplified the process for new accounting software customers. Our accounting settings wizard gives new users the option to have the most popular settings and chart of accounts pre-selected for them. Magic, you ask? Nah, just really smart software.

Add Accounts “On-the-fly” When Managing Transactions

Accounting customers, did you realize you forgot to add a new account in your chart of accounts when importing your bank transactions? If so, you’re going to love our new feature to add a new account to your chart of accounts “on the fly.”

Edit, Void, or Delete Beginning Balances

Accounting software customers, this one’s for you. We’ve followed your comments and requests and appreciate that you might want a “do-over” with your beginning balances in the accounting software. Whether you made a mistake or just want to go back a little further, you have the ability to edit, void, or delete your beginning balances in the accounting software. It’s not jumping in a time machine, but it is close.

Form W-3 for Employer Records

Payroll customers, this one’s for you! Although Full Service customers don’t need to file W-3s (Patriot handles it for you), and Basic customers file Form W-3 electronically, we heard you. You want to see what the actual Form W-3 looks like for your records, so we’ve given you the ability to download and print an employer copy of Form W-3 in the software. 

PPP Forgiveness Report

At Patriot, we pride ourselves on making complex tasks easy. That’s why when the Paycheck Protection Program (PPP) forgiveness applications came out, we knew we could help. Our PPP Forgiveness Report easily calculates complex numbers to help simplify the PPP forgiveness application. Just fill in three simple questions, and Patriot does the heavy lifting.  

Update 1099 Type Tool

It’s easy to make mistakes in accounting. Correcting them? Not always easy … until now. When Accounting customers make a vendor/contractor payment with an incorrect “1099 Type” selected, nobody needs to know … because it’s easy to fix! 

Patriot’s new “Update 1099 Type” tool gives Accounting customers the flexibility to update 1099 types for contractor payments, all from within their accounts. Just one more way we help customers get in, get out, and get on with their day.

Multi-Factor Athentication

We care about the security and confidentiality of your data in Patriot Software. In fact, we care so much that we’ve ensured there’s an extra layer of protection for your data by introducing multi-factor authentication.

Custom Overtime Rules

Benjamin Franklin said, “Time is money” … and when it comes to overtime,  this couldn’t be more true! 

It’s important to get overtime right! That’s why we’re pleased to announce a new feature to customize overtime rules in Patriot’s Time & Attendance software to meet your state or company-specific overtime requirements. 

TSheets Integration

Attention Patriot payroll customers: the moment you’ve all been waiting for is here (drum roll, please). Patriot’s Basic and Full Service Payroll software now integrates with TSheets.

Payroll customers can now integrate their TSheets account directly in Patriot Software in a few easy steps, making tracking and managing employees’ time a breeze. With Patriot’s TSheets integration, you can kick manual time entries to the curb and get back to your business.

Invoice List Improvements

We’re all about making our software more convenient and user-friendly to help our customers save their oh-so-precious time. Our newest invoice list improvements focus on just that. Accounting customers will see a big overhaul that consists of many handy changes to make information that is needed upfront and more visible.

Employee Social Security Tax Deferrals

Eligible employees can defer their portion of Social Security tax through the end of 2020. But here’s the catch: employers are the ones who have to opt-in (because they’re the ones on the hook for any unpaid taxes).

That’s why Patriot has given employers full control over whether they want to opt into the employee Social Security tax deferral and—if they do—which employees will have the deferrals.

New 941 for 2020 Q3 Released

Form 941 once again got a makeover—this time to accommodate employee Social Security tax deferrals. 

Sound scary? Don’t worry—Patriot has handled the hard part for you. We’ve updated our software to include the IRS’s newly released 2020 Quarter 3 941.

Streamlined Invoice Improvements

You’ve asked for it, and we delivered! We are always listening to improve our accounting product to make it more user-friendly and meet our accounting customers’ needs.

Accounting Premium customers can now add default notes to all customer invoices allowing for terms and conditions or other important information to display on each invoice. And, all accounting customers can now select how they want their business name displayed on invoices, and print or email invoices again after customer payments have been applied.

Time-saving Journal Entry Improvements

We’ve made some improvements to the Journal Entry screen! These make recording your accounting transactions even faster because we value your time as much as you do.

“Smart Suggestion” Feature

Accounting software customers, buckle up because the future is here. Machine learning has come to Patriot through our new Smart Suggestion feature! Now when you import bank transactions, you’ll get automatic expense account suggestions … and more time to go about your day. 

E-sign Vendor and 1099 Contractor Checks

Put down that pen! It’s time to save yourself another step when paying your 1099 contractors and vendors. You can now digitally sign checks, so you’ll never need to write out your name on checks one-by-one again. 

Reconcile Liability and Equity Accounts

If crunching numbers is your cardio, you’re going to love our new reconciliation feature for liability and equity accounts. This feature helps accounting customers spot errors, or missing transactions.

Departments in Payroll

Get ready to take your payroll’s organization to the next level. We’re excited to announce “departments in payroll,” a feature that has been highly requested by our payroll customers, is now available!

Bulk Import 1099 Contractors in Payroll

We’re happy to announce another new feature that can give you back precious time in your day. You can now upload a file to bulk import 1099 contractors in the payroll software!

Manager Settings

You asked, we listened! Patriot’s HR software customers can now designate managers, assign managers’ direct reports, and view manager and employee information all on one easy-to-digest page (and who doesn’t like it when things are that easy?)! 

Sign up or Sign in Using Google SSO

We’re thrilled to announce you can now conveniently use your Google account to sign up and sign in to Patriot Software. It’s a nifty little feature. In fact, we think it ranks right up there with other big time-savers, like the wheel, sliced bread, and, well…Patriot (of course).

Check Register Report

Patriot’s Accounting Customers now have an easy way to view bank activity details and balances with our new Check Register Report. Just one more way Patriot simplifies your accounting for you.

Rules for Imported Transactions

We are excited to announce a huge time-saver for Patriot Accounting Customers who import banking transactions. We’ve added a new feature that allows accounting software customers to add customized rules to streamline their imported banking transactions by automatically assigning them to the correct account and department. 

Comparison Reporting for Accounting Financial Reports

We’re thrilled to announce comparison reporting for Accounting Basic and Accounting Premium customers for Account Balances, Balance Sheet, and Profit and Loss Statements. Comparison reporting allows views of data broken down by date range for easy analyzing!

Split Imported Bank Transactions

Accounting software customers can split single bank transactions imported into the software. That way, transactions can be allocated to different accounts and departments (if applicable).

New 941 for 2020 Q2 Released

Our software has been updated with the new 2020 941 released by the IRS on June 26, 2020. The IRS requires the new 941 be used for Quarter 2 tax filing due July 31, 2020. The IRS revamped Form 941 to accommodate the new IRS tax laws.

New HR Fields and Demographic Report

HR customers can get important information from our new Demographic Report for a quick snapshot of employee information for EEO-1 and VETS-4212 reporting.

COVID Payroll Enhancements

We are very pleased to announce some COVID-related payroll software enhancements!

Bank Transactions Can Now Be Imported From Up to Two Years Ago

Accounting customers who connect their bank accounts to Patriot’s Accounting Software can now choose to begin importing transactions as far back as two years.

Patriot Software Updated Terms of Use

We at Patriot have redesigned our Customer Service Agreement to make it easy to access and comprehensive for our Accounting and Payroll software customers.

Patriot Announces New Referral Program

Patriot Software is pleased to introduce a new customer referral program.

Enhanced Password Strength

Patriot Software has added new password standards to increase the security of our customer login credentials.

Verify your Employee or Contractor Bank Account

As a Payroll Customer, there are times when you may want to confirm an employee or contractor’s full bank account number that was entered for direct deposit.

Accounting Receipts and Documents

Accounting Premium customers can now upload and manage all of their receipts and other documentation, and attach these electronic files to accounting transactions.

COVID-19 Paid Leave Software Updates

Patriot payroll customers who are required to comply with paid leave requirements of the Families First Coronavirus Response Act (FFCRA) can now pay employees for time off with special hour types.

Automatic Bank Import Improvements

Accounting customers who automatically connect their bank accounts or credit card accounts and import transactions into Patriot will see some enhancements to this process:

Accounting Drill Down Reporting

We are pleased to announce that Accounting customers will be able to see more detail in three of their financial reports:

Saving Manually Imported Bank Transactions

Accounting customers who manually import bank transactions into Patriot’s Accounting software now have the option to save their work and come back later.

Chart of Accounts Enhancements

Accounting customers now have the option to add account numbers to their Chart of Accounts.

Time Off Accrual Limits and Carryovers

When setting up time off accrual rules, payroll customers can now add a maximum accrual earnings limit for the year.

Patriot Software Announces 1099 Contractors in Payroll

We are excited to announce a new payroll feature! Both Basic and Full-Service Payroll customers can now manage 1099 contractors in payroll, and pay them with either paper checks or direct deposit, along with your employees.

New Brand, New Look!

Patriot Software has a new logo and new brand! The software colors have been updated to match the branding on our public website.

Journal Entry Improvements

Accounting customers are now able to choose how they want to make a journal entry.

Repeating Dollar Payments in Payroll

Payroll customers can now set up repeating dollar amounts for employees who are paid the same additional dollar amount each payroll.

Software Menu Updates

We are pleased to announce we have simplified our Accounting and Payroll software menus.

Multiple Pay Rates for Employees

Payroll customers can now add multiple pay rates for each hourly employee.

Duplicate Transaction Warning When Importing Bank Transactions

We have added an enhancement to our bank transaction import feature in our Accounting Software.

Manually Import Bank Transactions in Patriot Software

Accounting customers can now manually import bank or credit card transactions by exporting a file from their bank and importing the file into Patriot Software.

Patriot Software Announces Time-Off Accruals

Patriot Software Payroll customers can now set up time-off accrual rules, for example earning 1 vacation hour for every 40 hours worked.

Entering Salary or Salary Non-exempt Employee Pay Rate

When adding a new salary or salary non-exempt employee, payroll customers can now choose between an annual pay rate or rate per pay period.

Discounts to Invoices

Accounting software customers can now add discounts to specific products or services, invoice totals, or both.

Accounting Departments

Beginning February 20, 2019, accounting customers can now set up and manage departments in the software.

Patriot Software Announces Accounting Premium

Patriot Software is excited to announce a new Accounting product option for customers who need enhanced features for their business.

Adding E-Signature to Paychecks

Payroll customers can now upload an e-signature image file to their check print settings to save the time of manually signing each paycheck.

Accepting Customer Credit Card Payments

Accounting customers can now accept customer credit card payments for invoices.

Electronic Filing for Form 1099-MISC

Beginning January 1, 2019, Patriot Software offers an optional e-File service for 1099-MISC forms for our 1099 Only and Accounting customers. The cost to have Patriot e-File your 1099s will depend on the number of 1099s issued to your vendors.

Enter Your Accounting Beginning Balances

New Accounting customers can now enter their beginning balances and outstanding invoices from their former accounting software into Patriot Software, so they can begin using Patriot right where they left off.

Printing Vendor Checks After Payment

When Accounting customers pay vendors either by Quick Pay or paying a vendor invoice, they now have the option to print checks at a later time.

Sales Tax Report

Accounting customers can now view the sales tax they have invoiced and collected from their own customers, in order to assist with paying and filing state and/or local sales tax.

Importing Bank Account Transactions

Accounting customers can now connect their bank accounts or credit card accounts and import transactions into Patriot’s Accounting general ledger.

Voiding a Journal Entry

Accounting customers can now void miscellaneous journal entries they enter in Patriot Software. You can do this on the Activity By Account Report.

Importing Accounting Vendors and Customers

New Accounting customers coming to Patriot Software from another accounting software package can now import their existing vendors (the suppliers you pay) and customers (who pay you) into Patriot Software.

Customer Invoice Improvements

We have made improvements to our customer invoices for Accounting customers.

Managing Your Sales Tax Rates

Accounting customers can now create and track multiple sales tax rates for customer invoices. This is useful if you are required to charge different sales tax rates based on your or your customer locations.

Print Vendor Checks with Blank Check Stock

Accounting customers now have a choice for printing checks to pay their vendors: use pre-printed check stock or blank check stock.

W-2 Box and Label Guidance for Deductions

Payroll customers will now see more guidance when adding company-level employee deductions and company-paid contributions.

Frequently Used Hours and Money in Payroll

Payroll customers can now filter their frequently used hours and money codes on their payroll entry page. If you need to use more hour or money codes, you can flip a switch to view all of your codes.

Pay As You Go Workers’ Compensation Insurance

Patriot Software, LLC has partnered with AP Intego to offer pay as you go workers’ compensation insurance to our payroll customers, among other types of property and casualty insurance.

S Corp Shareholder Employee Health Premium Tracking

Employees who are greater than 2% shareholders of S Corporations must report company-paid health insurance premiums as taxable wages for federal and state income tax purposes. Patriot now offers two ways to update shareholder taxable wages.

Close Your Accounting Periods

Customers of Patriot’s Accounting Software can now close out a period frequency of their choosing (monthly, quarterly, annually) in order to keep their books clean.

Change Your Own Username in Patriot Software

If you want to change your username you use to log in to Patriot Software, you can now do this yourself. Previously, you would have needed to contact our Support Department to request a username change.

Adding Multiple Company Locations in Patriot Software

If your business has more than one physical location, even in different states, you can now add multiple company work locations, for the same company under the same federal tax ID number.

Print Employee Addresses on Paychecks for Mailing

As a Patriot Software Payroll customer, you now have the option to print the employee name and address directly on the paychecks, so the address displays through a window envelope for mailing.

Patriot Software Has a New Look!

We at Patriot Software are constantly looking for ways to improve your software experience, and make you payroll and accounting tasks faster and better. We will be making some improvements to our page layouts very soon. Here’s a summary of the changes you will see.