1. NYC Renewal Lease: Added missing wording in Part B of the new Renewal Lease Form – “**No rent increase in
first year (RGB Order #52).”
Version 20.0047 June 24, 2020
1. NYC Renewal Lease & Guidelines: Added a new Renewal Percentage Category “Year to Year” to calculate the Rent Guidelines for the period October 1, 2020 to September 30, 2021. Also updated the Renewal Lease Form.
2. Audit
Program: Fixed an issue
with the Vendor name display.
Version 20.0035 April 10, 2020
1. Checkbook Detail Report: Added a new report. This report is similar to the
Checkbook Register Reports, but it sorts the data into certain categories. For
more information, see our RIS Help – Checkbook Reports.
Version 20.0030 March 24, 2020
1. Plain Paper/Receipt Tenant Bill: Adjusted the position of the return
address to better fit return window envelope.
2. Deposit Program Manual Apply: Fixed an issue to autofill manual
apply payment when the checkbox is checked.
3. Monthly Detail & Rent Roll Columns Reports: Upgraded the Excel export to include
additional fields designated in the report.
4. Budget Reports: Changed the heading of the difference percentage column from
“percent difference” to “percent actual/budget.”
5. Subsidy Bill Feature: Fixed an issue with the feature “Hide from Subsidy Bill.”
6. Deposit Ticket: Added a feature to allow the deposit ticket to print the
apartment and check number in addition to the other printing options.
Version 20.0024 March 13, 2020
1. Investor Checks and Reports: Added a new program to calculate and
print investor checks and reports for investor activity. Made necessary changes
to the Property P&L Capital Distribute and Zero to Account programs.
2. Monthly Detail Report - Rental: Added two options
for the report. One option is to exclude moved out tenants with balances, and
the other option is to add payment details to show the billing code to which
the current month’s payment is applied.
3. Rent Receipt Program: Fixed an issue where the
rent receipt was not showing manually applied amounts in some circumstances.
4. ADP Payroll Import: Added a feature to combine all
tax deposits into one amount. Made changes to the interface to simplify the
mapping process.
5. Late Charge Program: Added a feature to allow a
maximum dollar amount to be set where there is a percentage late charge
entered.
6. GSB Bill: Revised the GSB bill export to eliminate
the : in the address line to comply with post office requirements.
Version 19.0081 December 31, 2019
1. Vendor Activity Report: Added a new report –
Vendor Activity-All – for a list of activity for all vendors in a company. This
report may be useful for workers compensation information.
2. Importing New Properties: Added user defined
fields to the Excel import.
3. NYC Annual Notice: Added the new NYC Annual Notice
for 2020.
4. Duplicate Check Numbers: Added a utility to
prevent entering duplicate check numbers. This may be helpful for customers
using banking positive pay programs. There is a setting in More Utilities –
Duplicate Check Numbers.
5. ADP Payroll Import: Added an import for payroll
for ADP.
6. AvidXchange: Added a message box to the Batch
Processing Menu to capture user errors between customer pay and Avid pay check
breakouts.
7. Inject Multiple Files: Added a feature to inject
multiple files at one time into the tenant letters and other letter programs.
Version 19.0073 December 4, 2019
1. Rent Roll Columns Report: Fixed a printing error
in the Rent Roll-Columns Report for certain additional fields.
2. Rent Receipt Program: Fixed a printing error in
the Rent Receipt Program showing the wrong tenant name in some cases.
Version 19.0067 October 28, 2019
1. Rent Stabilization Rider: Added an additional Rent Stabilization Rider RA-LRT-19 (9/19). This additional rider is coded for use at the tenant letters area. The other Rider RA-LR1 is for use at the Tenant Application area. (NOTE: To print on letter size paper, you must be sure to set the printer settings to scale to letter size (or for some printers, set to "fit").
2. Posting Rent Issue: Fixed an issue that was reported to us during the posting rent program. Some computers are corrupting the "eapply.dbf" file. We added a processing delay factor to avoid this problem. If you get this error, you must contact tech support to repair the damage and set the delay factor. Email to techsupport@rissoft.com
3. ETPA Forms: The ETPA Rent Stabilization Addenda was added as a template letter. (Note: There are two templates – one designed for the Tenant Application program[ET-LR1-19] and one designed for the Tenant Letters program [ET-LRT-19])
4. Rent Stabilization Rider: Added the new Rent Stabilization Rider template [RA-LRT-19] designed for the Tenant Letters Program.
5. Error Messages: Added a program to collect error messages. This will enable RIS Tech Support to better analyze error issues.
Version 19.0064 October 21, 2019
1. Report Utility: Enhanced this utility that, when
enabled, will track which network station is using which report. This is especially
useful when a report is locked by a crashed computer.
2. Deposits: Fixed an issue with the new feature
that repeats previous apartment upon deposit input where a moved out tenant is
selected. Also removed an unnecessary error message when editing a non-tenant
deposit.
3. Tenant Application: Complete overhaul of
Registration Info interface in the Tenant Application to comply with the new
RSA Rider. Also fixed the Registered Rent import to the tenant when moving the
applicant into the apartment.
Version 19.0059 October 8, 2019
1. Modify PDF Program: Restored the Modify PDF
program to more places in RIS.
2. Checkbook Totals Utility: Fixed a printing issue.
3. Tenant Charges: Added a function that allows
posting a tenant charge from a work order or a repair.
Version 19.0055 September 27, 2019
1. Renewal Lease Form: Added the new RTP-8 (9/19)
form for Rent Stabilized Tenants.
2. Rent Stabilization Rider: Added the new Rent
Stabilization Rider RA-LR1 (9/19). NOTE: To print on letter size paper, you
must be sure to set the printer settings to scale to letter size (or for
some printers, set to “fit”).
3. Modify PDF Program: Restored the Modify PDF
program.
4. Accountant Lock Date: Fixed the Automatic
Accountant Lock Date program to lock editing two months prior to the computer
date.
Version 19.0051 August 29, 2019
1. Rent Receipt Program: Added a comprehensive
program to generate rent receipts to comply with the new NYS law passed June
14, 2019.
2. Open Invoice Detail Report: Fixed an issue so the
report can be filtered by property.
3. Deposit Options: Added an option during the
tenant rent deposit program to repeat the previously entered apartment on the
next deposit instead of reverting to the first apartment in the property. This
simplifies adding multiple payments by the same tenant. This option is in More
Utilities – Deposit Ticket Print Options.
4. Tenant Overview Window: Added a color selector
for the pending legal status in the tenant overview window.
5. Income & Expense 12 months report: Added the
option to select only certain months for the report.
6. Cash Flow Analysis Report: Fixed an issue with
the report reporting the totals of certain asset accounts.
Version 19.0041 July 1, 2019
1. Vacancy List Report: Added prior tenant status
code to the report.
2. Post Office Proof of Mailing: Added Lease
Expiration Date to filters to enable printing Post Office form for lease
renewals.
3. Tenant Overview Window: Changed the screen display
when a legal case is pending.
4. Add a Check Program: Tab key order was changed.
Version 19.040 July 12, 2019
1. NY 2019 Law - 5 day Certified Mail Notice: Added
a new template letter for the 5 day notice – certified. Included in the letter
template are two new field codes. One field code lists open invoices for column
1 rents only (base rent codes designated to appear in column 1 in the company
charge code setup) and one field code for the total due for column 1 rents.
2. Online Payment Portal Import: Added a feature that tenant portal payments can be redirected
from the default checkbook to a specifically limited checkbook in the company.
To set individual checkbooks, go to Company-More Information-Payment Portal Redirector
and read information in RIS online help.
3 AvidXchange: Password
protected paying AvidXchange invoices via the checkbook.
4. Scanning Invoices: Enabled
scanning invoices immediately upon saving a new entry in accounts payable, checks
and deposits.
5. Importing Charge Codes: Fixed
an issue importing charge codes from one company to another. Program now shows
all codes.
6. Importing Account Codes: Fixed
an issue importing account codes from one company to another. Program now shows
all codes.
7. Exporting Account Codes: Added
a feature to export account codes from one company to all other companies.
8. Recurring Payments: Added
a new selection – semi-monthly (every other month) for recurring payments.
9. Journal Entry Report: Added
choice for more than one month.
10. Combined Menu: Added
Cash Disbursements Report and Cash Flow Reports to the combined menu.
11. Current Legal Case Link: Added a button on the
deposit screen to view current legal case.
12. Checkbook/Property Limitation: Where a company has
more than one checkbook and you want to limit payments from these checkbooks to
specific properties, the RIS program has enhanced all areas of the check
payment program interfaces with accounts payable and recurring charges.
13. Batch Processing with Checkbook Limitations: If
you use the Checkbook Limitation program, you can apply the restrictions to the
Batch Processing Select and Pay Accounts Payable Program. This setting is in
Company-More Information-Batch Processing A/P Redirector.
Version 19.024 April 23, 2019
1. Report Vendor Invoices: Fixed
an issue with Excel export and filter settings.
2. Deposit Slip Printing: Add
a setting to allow total number of items to print in the Total Items Box.
3. Avid Exchange: Add
error report to diagnose internal errors during the batch process.
4. Ristimer.exe: Shut
down exe if open upon starting the RIS program.
5. View Invoices under Vendor in Company Menu: Added viewing invoices for invoices
saved under legacy program.
6. Create New Year Program: Fixed
an issue in the revised Create Next Year program for fiscal year companies.
7. View Documents in Repairs Program: Fixed an issue locating documents
when there are multiple checkbooks in prior years.
8. Work Order Reports: Added
the ability to add company logo to Work Orders.
9. Cash Disbursements Report: Added
a new One Line Report.
Version 19.014 March 5, 2019
1. Accrual Accounting: Accrual
accounting is now enabled.
2. Tenant 1098 Program: Real
Estate Tax information is now available to both the Property Menu->Real
Estate Tax button as well as the Tenant Manu 1098 Program Real Estate Tax
button. Previously the two were not in sync.
3. Close Year Program: This
program has been renamed Create Next Year in order to avoid any
misunderstanding that the year is “closed” and cannot be accessed. Program also
enhanced to allow simultaneous processing for multiple companies.
4. Bring Forward Programs: This program is revised to
allow simultaneous processing for multiple companies.
5. Cover Letter - Company: Additional
functions added to include financial overview information on the cover letter.
6. Invoice Scanning/Injecting: New
file storage for scanned and injected images now saves all items for invoices
and checks in one location. This avoids document duplication, and consolidates
the program so you can scan/inject to either the invoice or check. Program is
backwards compatible.
7. Accountant Lock Date: Fixed
issues found.
8. AvidXchage: Fixed
issue with importing invoices from prior year and importing invoices with
missing vendors.
9. Management Fee Report: Fixed issue with grand
total line.
Version 18.099 December 21, 2018
1. Track Report Printing: Added
a new utility to track report printing. This is intended to be used only for tech
support issues where network files are locked.
2. Company, Property, Checkbook Sorts: Option to allow restoring original alpha sort for all entities.
3. Accountant Lock Date: Fixed
issues found.
4. Avid Exchange: Fixed
issues with export for checks with multiple line items.
5. Combined Reports: Continue
adding additional reports to the combined reports menu.
6. Templates for NY Customers: Added
templates for Bedbug Annual Questionnaire and Annual Notice for Stove Knob
Covers.
Version 18.0083 October 30, 2018
1. Cover Page Function: Added
a new template letter function Company:Snap1. This can be added to the Company
Cover Page and will give a snapshot of the checking account for the month
selected.
2. Persons Report: Fixed
an issue with the excel export where there are commas in the data.
3. Microsoft Word 2016: Fixed
an issue where Word does not close, and fixed and posted instructions on
risassist.com where Word does not open older files.
Version 18.0079 October 15, 2018
1. Audit Program: Fixed
an issue with the data in the auditing program.
2. Persons Report: Added
the tenant internal number to the excel export.
3. Monthly Columns Report: Added
three more columns to the report and enhanced the excel export to include
column headings.
Version 18.0076 October 7, 2018
1. AvidXchange: Made
some corrections to the export algorithm, and enhance the export report with
titles and additional information.
2. Bixby Export: Add
selected other persons to the export file; add a utility to select other
persons across all properties; and add a select all button to the property
selector.
3. Ris on the Go: Made
some revisions to the internal functioning of the program and created a window
to show activity.
4. Graphic Services Export: Added
a function to allow limiting the export to tenants not marked for email
billing.