Delivering the next set of 2015 tax, legal, and regulatory updates, Rimini Street has made significant changes required for companies operating in Australia, the United States, Canada, Argentina, France, Israel, Mexico and the United Kingdom.
The updates include SAP and Oracle E-Business Suite releases, as well as the 2015-C update for PeopleSoft clients.
In Australia, these updates included Start of Year changes affecting payroll, as well as updates related to the new Australian SuperStream standard, including superannuation processing and the Tax File Number (TFN) Declaration update as required by the Australian Taxation Office.
For customers in the United States, Rimini Street delivered tax updates at the state and local government levels, including changes to the Employer Medical Assistance Contribution in Massachusetts, a minimum wage increase in Minnesota, and quarterly wage reporting changes for Colorado, Maine, Massachusetts, and the District of Columbia. In the United Kingdom, updates included rate changes to beneficial loans, as well as updates to the P11D(b) form used by employers to report end-to-year expenses and benefits for employees.
Meanwhile, a new report from analyst firm Gartner says that recent changes in roadmaps for vendors such as Oracle and SAP, with the launch of their Fusion and S/4 HANA products respectively, have made cancelling software maintenance contracts a “hot topic”.
The report, ‘What to Consider Before Cancelling Your ERP Vendor’s Maintenance Agreement and Switching to Third-Party Support’, authored by Gartner analyst Pat Phelan, said, while cancelling ERP vendor maintenance is not for everyone and should be considered carefully, it can play an important role in enabling an enterprise to run current mature application releases more cost-effectively, shift funds to business growth initiatives, and flexibly position for the best-fit future application platform.
The report can be downloaded here.
