Greetings!
2008 is in full swing. The word of the year appears to be 'change'; and we at Red Moon Solutions are a changin', too. We have updated FAM to include the tax law changes per the Recovery Rebates and Economic Stimulus for the American People Act, as well as, Canadian tax law. Further, we have formed yet another valuable alliance to assist you in optimizing your assets. The alliance is with Paris Technologies Inc., bringing a best of breed OLAP tool, with superior business intelligence performance at a cost you can afford! We are also excited to announce that we have added a valuable new VP of Sales to our team. And these are just a few of the changes to increase the value of your relationship with Red Moon Solutions!
And as the adage states, "the more things change, the more they stay the same." In 2008, we continue to provide you outstanding products and services. Additionally, we offer the very popular Webex training sessions and the client referral rewards program.
Please take a few minutes to explore the details on the changes, as well as "more of the same".
Regards,
Jim Shedivy
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Product News
 FAM Updates
The first release for tax year 2007 was shipped January 18th, 2008. The second release is scheduled to ship March 17th. See below for release highlights and for complete details see the release documents sent with your release CD.
Aside from the 2007 fileable tax forms, the greatest new feature of this release is that Canadian Capital Cost Allowance deduction calculations have been incorporated into Fixed Assets Manager. Over 40 pre-defined CCA classes are available to calculate Canadian tax depreciation values for business assets.
Release 2007.02
The major enhancement included in this release is the tax law changes regarding asset depreciation for the Economic Stimulus for the American People Act. Specifically, the Section 179 annual expensing and investment limitations will be dramatically increased from their current amounts. In addition, all businesses will be entitled to an additional 'Bonus' depreciation amount for most assets acquired after January 1, 2008. See 2008 Economic Stimulus Act Provides Tax Benefits to Businesses for more info OR contact Paul R. Pavich at 941.379.7103. |
 Integrated: FAM and Vertex Income Tax
Red Moon Solutions and the Vertex Income Tax development team completed the certified integration from Fixed Assets Manager™ to the Vertex Income Tax product suite. This collaboration allows FAM and Vertex clients to easily move asset data from their fixed asset system for use in Federal and state returns. This partnership is just one facet of the Red Moon Solutions overall strategy in which we plan to continue to enhance and extend our applications and value to you.
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 FAM Feature of the Quarter:
Easy Asset Retirements and Transfers
To edit or delete a transaction (retirement or transfer), select the asset, double-click it to open it, and in the Asset Input dialog, go to the Transactions tab. From here you can edit or delete the current transaction by using the respective button on the bottom right of the tab.
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Client Corner
 Growing FAM ily
We are thrilled to welcome five new members to the FAMily; including three SAP Business One clients. The industries covered range from solar power solutions to yachting to high-quality innovative medical devices for the treatment of spinal disorders.
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RMS News
 Red Moon Solutions partners with PARIS Technologies to deliver BI Red Moon Solutions partnered with PARIS Technologies to deliver PowerOLAP™, a cost effective business intelligence solution, to corporate accounting and tax departments. PowerOLAP™ is an enterprise-wide planning, analysis and reporting information system that connects directly to relational databases and other OLAP sources, and delivers data dynamically into Excel. Get the Business Intelligence you need now! To learn more, register for a complimentary 45 minute demonstration.
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 New VP Sales Lead
We are pleased to introduce Bryan Ahrens, our new VP of Sales. Bryan is responsible for developing relationships with current and future FAM clients. Specifically, he will be promoting FAM via SAP Business One resellers and working with our clients to ensure their fixed assets needs are being met. "I look forward to working with RMS clients, demonstrating the quality and value of FAM," states Bryan. Look for him at upcoming events or contact him with any questions you have about our offerings 941.379.7114 or Bryan.Ahrens@redmoonsolutions.com.
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Upcoming Events |
Red Moon Solutions will be attending the following event. If you are also attending, please visit us!
 2008 ACT Winter Conference
Anaheim, CA
February 25 - 28
Please join us at the Vendor Expo on Monday, February 25th to learn more about "Cost Effective Business Intelligence for the Tax Department". For additional information visit www.taxACT.org.
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2008 Client Referral Program
Send us your referrals by March 31st for your chance to win a $75 American Express gift certificate.
Take five minutes to submit a referral form or call Greg at
800.224.1260.
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PowerOLAP is a business intelligence tool that allows you to connect to any data source and use that data to report, do consolidations, predictive analysis, budgeting, forecasting, modeling, and more using a tool you already know....Microsoft Excel!
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