The next year end updates for Microsoft Dynamics GP 2013, along with the upcoming GP 2015, will include support for the generation of two new forms mandated by the US government as part of the Affordable Care Act (ACA).
But experts say GP payroll’s standard capabilities won’t get organizations into full compliance with reporting or allow them to determine full-time eligibility status of some employees. The forms in question, Form 1095-C and Form 1094-C, document the availability of health coverage to employees.
Microsoft will not be supporting the creation of these forms for GP 2010, a company employee advised in an email to customers.
Microsoft has not yet committed to a delivery date on these enhancements. In the same email, a Microsoft employee wrote that US updates will arrive first, followed by other changes for Canadian Payroll. The email states: “Release date, I’m not even sure yet, but probably November if possible and then Canadian Payroll in December, we do not know those changes yet.”
The decision by Microsoft to fulfill the tracking of this data but not the more complex filing requirements will come as welcome news to ISVs that have built their practices on specialized ACA needs.