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2 CenterPoint Payroll for Agriculture Thousands of producers and growers use Red Wing Software's payroll software to efficiently manage both simple and complex payrolls. The software is also recommended and used by many Farm Credit Associations and better farm management consultants throughout the US. Red Wing Software's latest Payroll system is built on the newest technology with a focus on ease of use, ease of set up, and constant advancement. Choose How to Use your Payroll Software: Fully integrated with CenterPoint Accounting for Agriculture Standalone software used with your General Ledger Exceeds Standards: 941/943 wage tracking and reporting H2-A requirements Piecework pay Project and work group tracking Shift differential pay Minimum wage verification Unlimited earnings codes Bilingual check stub option Integrations to time collection systems Automated State and Federal forms with efiling CenterPoint Payroll is ideal for employers who need to pay employees in a variety of ways at different rates during the day, or during the season, or from one job to the next. Each paycheck can have a combination of multiple piecework and hourly rates, with work group and project tracking. Whatever data collection device you use, CenterPoint Payroll can pull information into the system with an integrated time import process. CenterPoint Payroll meets H2-A government requirements by tracking hours offered and hours worked so employers can verify that they meet the Three-Fourths Guarantee. It also allows employers to verify that they are meeting the required average hourly piece rate earning during the pay period. CenterPoint Payroll prints detailed pay stubs that provide a statement of hours worked and related earnings on each payday. W-2 and other Federal and State reporting is streamlined with built-in reports using the integrated Aatrix State and Federal reports software. Data from within Payroll is automatically added into your required forms for fast efiling or printing on plain paper. Choose a full-service W-2 and 1099 fulfillment option as an added resource.

3 Your Payroll, Your Way. Red Wing Software - Experience and Expertise Red Wing Software, Inc. has been developing payroll and accounting software since Our experience in developing software and supporting our payroll customers has provided us the expertise necessary to create software that is easy to use for a beginner, and elaborate enough to handle the widest variety of needs. Versatile, Easy Setup Payroll software can drastically reduce your processing time, saving your company money. CenterPoint Payroll comes standard with tools and Wizards to help you set up your payroll software correctly and easily, right from the start. For more complex needs, fields and codes are designed to be easily changed. New Technology Built with the newest technology, CenterPoint Payroll is a Microsoft.NET Framework-based application. It ensures the data security and reliability crucial for payroll software. Screens are intuitive, and the menu structure follows standard Microsoft formats. Personalized menus and shortcuts can be set up and modified to suit your needs, so you can quickly get the information you need. Customer Care is our Top Priority Red Wing Software staff is known as both professional and personable. When you call for help or to suggest a new product feature, you receive our personal attention. We never outsource your questions to an off-shore call center. We offer Customer Care Memberships with guaranteed response times, so you get your questions answered quickly and get your payroll done on time. We offer a variety of training options, including sessions at our facility in Red Wing, Minnesota. Web training is also available, or you can choose to have a trainer come to your site to help with training and/or implementation. What customers have to say about Red Wing Software. Judy from Hollar Seeds, Rocky Ford, CO writes... The Red Wing Software support staff is always there to help me. I love the unlimited support! With my previous software, I was only allowed five issues each year. Now, I have so many options including a simple request for help. Erin from Arctic Printing & Graphics, Inc. in Mountlake Terrace, Washington writes... I want to acknowledge your company for being so supportive. I think you're doing a great job and I know I can count on you if I have questions or technical issues. Thank you.

4 Designed to be Second Nature CenterPoint Payroll software makes it easy for users to understand how to set up employees, enter time, and run reports. Time-saving features allow you to spend less time processing payroll. Paying Employees Has Never Been So Easy! Paying your employees becomes an easy process in CenterPoint Payroll. Choose to enter detailed timesheets, or easily enter details by using pay defaults or pull hours from a time clock. Select salaried employees separate from hourly employees or select only employees with time clock entries or select only those employees paid bi-weekly versus weekly. Save time by copying a previous pay run and using it as a starting point for a current pay run. You can even have more than one pay run in process at the same time. For example, pay runs for separate departments. With CenterPoint Payroll, paying employees becomes a simplified process, making pay day a lot less stressful for you! Powerful Payroll Options Included Each company's payroll is different. We have included powerful payroll options standard in the system for you to choose from. You can make the most of your payroll system by using these options right away, or add them down the line whenever you choose. All State and Federal forms are included, along with flexible efiling options. Direct deposit can be done through your own bank, potentially saving your company thousands of dollars per year. Time entry can be done via hours worked or start/stop time, or you can import time from almost any time clock. You can set up unlimited companies or employers within a database, save unlimited history, have unlimited users, and set up an unlimited number of userdefined fields, giving you the flexibility your company needs. Automated Generation of State and Federal Tax Forms Remember the days of filling in your tax forms by hand? CenterPoint Payroll makes that a thing of the past! Commonly used forms are included in the system. When you are ready to generate your forms, the system will fill in all the necessary information for you. You can then choose to print them on blank paper, or efile the forms directly from the system. Streamline your tax filing processes even further by choosing the complete fulfillment option also directly from the system!

5 Go Beyond Basic Payroll CenterPoint Payroll offers a wide range of additional tools that can help your company increase efficiency, reduce costs, and access the information you need at your fingertips! 1 Project Tracking Keep track of individual employee payroll expenses by tracking them to projects. Tracking projects can quickly help you see how much labor expense you have by project, keeping projects on budget. You can set up as many projects as you like. 2 Reminders Set up reminders in the system to remind you when processes need to be done, or when taxes are due. For example, set up a reminder to pay your Federal Tax Liability account when it is greater than zero. This tool can help ensure timely payments and avoid costly penalty fees. Multiple Screen Viewing Save processing time by being able to have multiple screens open at the same time. For example, if you are in the middle of time entry and need to run a report right away, just open another screen and run the report! No need to exit the current screen and start over. Bilingual Check Stubs You have the option of setting up pay stubs in an unlimited number of languages, helpful for companies with employees that speak foreign languages. 1. Customizable User Interface Save valuable time and keep on task by setting up your user interface showing only those menu selections you use most often in a "Quick List". 2. Store Employee Documents Keep all of your employee information at your fingertips by setting up links to employee photos, and an unlimited number of documents, such as their resume, application, W4, etc.

6 Take Control of Reports With easy report modification, powerful filters, and custom report creation, CenterPoint can fill virtually any payroll reporting need. You choose the information you want, so the information on the report is just what you require. Payroll Data Reports A wide variety of Payroll Data reports are available to easily answer any questions you may have about what you have paid your employees, what was withheld from their checks, what tax liability was incurred, and much more. If there is a question about employee pay, there is a report that allows you to see the answer with minimal effort. Tax Reports There are over 200 State and Federal reports included with the system. Not only can you print the common Federal reports like W-2, 941, 940, 943 but also 1099's, 945, W-3 and more. Regardless of which state you may need to report to, there are built in reports which can be used to report State Unemployment, State Tax Liability or Deposits, New Hire Reports, etc. The system also includes several worksheets that include the details that support the numbers on the Federal Reports. Your Reports, Your Way CenterPoint Payroll contains all the reports you need to run payroll for your company. You have the ability to easily modify a report by adding or removing columns of information, to make it look just the way you want. You can also filter information when running reports to view only the data and time frame you choose to see. Reports can be viewed on the screen, printed, ed, or exported to a variety of formats including.pdf,.xls,.html, and more. Deductions/Liability Reports CenterPoint Payroll lets you quickly see the deduction amounts withheld on one or more pay runs, sorted in the order you choose. A tax liability report shows the paid or unpaid taxes for any tax authority for selected pay periods. Pay Checks The most important report in your payroll system, as far as your employees are concerned, is your payroll check. There are several different check styles that can be used depending on your specific needs. Do you need to show piece work details, meet the H2A hours reporting requirements, print your information in a language other than English, or just show the standard earnings and deductions information? The check style you need can be found among the choices included with the system.

7 General Users Unlimited Companies/databases Unlimited History Unlimited Standalone system Yes, with capability of producing a Journal Entry for use with an external General Ledger system. General Ledger Interface Available but not required. Project Tracking Security Track individual employee payroll expense to various projects. Company level and menu-level security. Data Reliability Uses latest client/server technology from Microsoft, ensuring data security and reliability. Product Feature List Reminders Automatically receive product updates Online support services Built in data backup processes All 50 States tax calculations included System reminders can be set up to alert you when certain processes need to be done or when taxes are due. (For example, pay your employee medical insurance bills on the 15th of the month or pay your taxes when your Federal Tax Liability account is greater than zero.) Option to have system automatically check for product updates on a regular basis and alert you to their availability. Contact the Red Wing Software support department directly from your system or use the online Support Forum or the Red Wing Software Website for help using your system. Easily back up your data and keep multiple copies of the backups available in case you need to restore your data. All 50 State tax calculations are included as well as Unemployment, Disability, and some Local Tax calculations. If your local tax is not included, you can easily add it using the supplied examples. System Setup and Use System Setup Wizard Set up the system quickly and easily using the system s New Database Wizard. Customizable User Interface Easily set up user interface to show those menu selections that you use most often in a "quick list". General Ledger Setup Detail or summary Post check detail to the General Ledger or summarize by account number. Split expenses Option to automatically split employer paid tax expense to those profit centers where the employee worked.

8 Employee Setup Copy existing employee information Mass update Add, edit, delete Employee picture Employment forms User-defined fields For quick setup of new employees, copy existing employee information. Update all employees at the same time using the mass update function for quick employee maintenance. Add, edit, delete and list employee information all from one menu. Link to an employee photo stored at a location of your choosing (separate from your payroll database). Link to various employment forms (resume, application, W4, I9, etc.) at a location of your choosing (separate from your payroll database). Unlimited number of user-definable fields available for tracking any information you decide is needed for each of your employees. Employee Forms Setup Product Feature List Properly tracks and reports Agricultural Employees wages separate from non-agricultural employee wages. Properly tracks and reports Agricultural Employees Federal Tax payments separate from nonagricultural employee Federal Tax payments Third-party sick pay Retirement pay / pretax deductions Employee Pay Setup Deduction Codes Earnings Codes Setup of employees lets you specify which of your employees are agricultural employees (their wages must be reported on Form 943) and which are non-agricultural (their wages are reported on Form 941). Payment of Federal taxes for agricultural employees are kept separate from non-agricultural employees so they can be properly reported on Form 943 (agricultural) or Form 941 (non-agricultural). Employees receiving 3rd party sick pay can be properly reported on their W-2 forms. Easily set up any retirement plan deduction and properly report amounts on W-2 forms. System comes with pre-defined deduction codes that can be used with no user setup required. Unlimited user-defined deduction codes can be added to the system supplied list. Modify pre-defined codes to fit your company, or define your own. Add, edit, delete, and list deductions from one menu. Deductions can be scheduled to be taken at specific times. For example, a deduction that is taken only on the first and third checks of each month. Multiple calculation capabilities: one time, percentage, flat amount, etc. Deductions limits can be set by check, month, quarter, annual or lifetime. Retirement plans can handle both employee deduction limits and employer deduction limits. Effective dates (date when the deduction will start to be used) are available so deductions can be set up in advance and take effect at a specified date. System comes with pre-defined earning codes that can be used with no user setup required. Unlimited user-defined earning codes can be added to the system-supplied list. Modify pre-defined codes to fit your company, or define your own. Add, edit, delete, and list deductions from one menu. Effective dates (date when the earning will start to be used) are available so earnings can be set up in advance and be available for use at a specified date.

9 Paying Employees Time Entry Time clocks Time formats Work group time sheets Minimum wage calculations Shift differential pay Any time clock that can create an export file can be used to gather employee pay information and import it into the payroll system. You can enter the actual hours worked or you can enter a start and stop time and let the system calculate the actual hours worked based on those times. If you have several employees who are paid for the same work (common in agricultural situations where several employees work as a "group" doing piecework labor), you can easily select the employees in the group and enter time sheets once and let the system copy the time entries to all selected employees. If you have piecework employees, you have a need to verify you are paying at least minimum hourly wage to those employees. This system has the processes you need to calculate and adjust pay, if necessary, to meet those requirements. System has unlimited capability to handle various employee shifts and the differential pay associated with those shifts. Employee selection / processing Product Feature List Entry methods Quick selection of specific employees to pay Checks Multiple check runs active at once Copy previous pay runs Salary time allocation Vacation / Sick Time calculations Preview Check formats Bilingual check stubs Liability checks After-the-fact checks Check message Direct Deposit Bank accounts Direct deposit stubs One-time paper check Bank options Employee pay can be entered as totals for the pay period (the most common method) or daily time entries can be made and the system will summarize them for the pay period. Easily select salaried employees separate from hourly employees or select only employees with time clock entries or select only those employees paid bi-weekly versus weekly. Multiple selection criteria available. You can have more than one pay run in process at the same time. For example, create pay runs for separate departments. Easily copy a previous pay run and use it as a starting point for a new pay run. This allows you, for example, to very quickly select the same employees paid the previous week. If you have salaried people whose pay you want to allocate to several departments or projects, you can easily do so with the Salary Time Allocation feature. Very powerful vacation and sick time calculation and tracking is included in the system. Award vacation on a pay period or other basis using years worked or actual hours worked as a criteria for awarding vacation and sick time. Preview pay before printing checks. Several different check formats are available for your use including a full size 8.5" x 11" check that uses a longer stub letting you see more details regarding your earnings, deductions, and taxes. Check stubs can be changed from English to any language that meets the needs of your workforce. Print liability checks for insurance, 401K plans, taxes, etc. Easily enter manual checks. Enter or change messages that print on the check stub. Deposit to unlimited bank accounts per employee. Print stubs for direct deposit advice to give employees. Easily issue a one-time paper check, instead of a direct deposit check, for bonus or profit sharing purposes. You have the flexibility of choosing the bank you wish to work with.

10 Tax Filing & Forms Federal Forms Print Federal forms on plain paper or efile Annual 940 Form Quarterly Federal Tax (941) Form Annual Federal Ag Tax (943) Form W-2 Form All of the major Federal Tax forms can be printed on plain white paper or efiled from a single payroll menu selection. Payroll data easily transfers to the annual 940 Form (Employer's Annual Federal Unemployment FUTA Tax Return) where it can be reviewed, edited, and then either printed on plain paper or efiled. Payroll data easily transfers to the quarterly 941 Form (Employer's Quarterly Federal Tax Return) where it can be reviewed, edited, and then either printed on plain paper or efiled. System transfers only the non-agricultural employees wages to the form, making it possible to keep both agricultural and non-agricultural employees in the same database. Payroll data easily transfers to the annual 943 Form (Employer's Annual Federal Tax Return for Agricultural Employees) where it can be reviewed, edited, and then either printed on plain paper or efiled. System transfers only the agricultural employees wages to the form, making it possible to keep both agricultural and non-agricultural employees in the same database. Payroll data easily transfers to the W-2 forms where it can be reviewed, edited, and then either printed or efiled. A complete fulfillment option is available that includes the printing and mailing of the W-2 to your employees. Product Feature List State Forms Over 250 State Forms available Electronic Filing Complete State and Federal Fulfillment Federal Forms available for efiling W-2, W-3, 1099, 940, 941, 943, 944, 945, I9. State Forms available for efiling Recommended System Requirements Over 200 State Forms (tax deposit, unemployment and new hire reports) are available for printing or efiling. The data for these reports is easily transferred from payroll to the form where it can be reviewed, modified as needed, and then printed on plain white paper ready to submit or efile. Options available for W-2s and 1099's- An option is available for both W-2 and 1099 printing that allows you to efile the State and Federal information and then have the employee copy of the form printed and mailed to the employee by the same process used for efiling. State Unemployment Report, State Wage Report, New Hire Report. Processor type: Processor speed: Memory (RAM): Hard Drive space: Operating System: Monitor: Printers Requirements: Pentium 4 - compatible processor or higher 2.5 GHz or higher 512 MB+ 1+ GB free Windows XP Professional or Home Edition or higher Monitor with at least 800X600 screen resolution Laser or Inkjet Microsoft Windows.NET Framework 2.0, Microsoft Data Access Components (MDAC) 2.8 SP1, Microsoft Internet Explorer 6 (all Included with CenterPoint CD)

11 Support & Service Customer Care Membership Phone Support support Online User Forums Tax Table Updates Software Enhancements and Version Updates Customer Care is our Number One Priority. Unlimited phone support with guaranteed response times. support submission available 24 hours per day. (Responses are limited to normal support hours.) A forum to communicate with other CenterPoint Payroll users. Tax table updates can be downloaded from our web site at any time and are updated on a monthly basis or more frequently. Enhancements and updates are sent automatically as long as your Customer Care Membership is current. Training and Professional Service Discounts Extensive Online Help Depending on the level of service chosen, customers can receive up to 50% discounts on training and professional services. Included throughout the system are detailed reference information, a glossary, and helpful how-to tips. Product Feature List