What's new in Version 2016.01
Jul 1, 2016
- Version:
- This release is available for use with CaseWare Working Papers 2015 and later.
- This release includes CPA Canada Public Practice Manual (“CPA-PPM”) revisions up to and including the May 2016 CPA-PPM updates.
- Revisions:
- All templates:
- Financial Statements:
- Created a checkbox on the Balance Sheet to show extended detail for Property, Plant and Equipment.
- Changed default order of financial statements to show the Balance Sheet before the Income Statement.
- Width of cells have been changed to prevent certain words and percentages being cut-off.
- “Sort long-term debt” has been removed from being printed with notes to financial statements.
- Title page (TP) – New document for an optional financial statement title page.
- Management Letter:
- Added a ‘radio’ button under adjusting entries to include an import file.
- Fixed spelling of “installments” to “instalments” for consistency throughout.
- Added fully customizable freeform paragraphs.
- Engagement Letter – Fixed spelling of “repesentatives” to “representatives”.
- Prepaid expense analysis (L.2):
- Expanded to include a fourth expense account.
- Updated to hide some unused rows.
- Due to/from related party analysis (MM.3):
- New document for a 2nd related party
- Updated to hide unused rows.
- Shareholder loan (RR.4):
- New document for a 3rd shareholder’s loan.
- Updated to hide unused rows.
- Query sheets (4B.1) – Transferred from Microsoft Word into Caseview.
- Updated GIFI codes for vehicle expenses and freight & delivery expenses.
- Financial Statements:
- Audit – CAS template:
- Purchases, payables, & pymts - Internal control questionnaire – CAS (3R.A352): - Header changed from “revenue and receivables” to “purchases and invoices”.
- Multiple documents:
- Drop-down boxes updated for consistency.
- Fixed alignment to prevent letters being cut-off.
- Revised checklists per May 2016 CPA-PPM updates.
- Review – ASPE template – Revised checklists per May 2016 CPA-PPM updates.
- New documents:
- Answers to prior year notes (0.0A) – New document to carry forward and answer “Notes for next year”.
- Issues (4B) – New document to show issues created as “client issues” in order to keep correspondence of what is required by the client.
- GST/HST reconciliation (FF.17): - New document to aid in GST/HST analysis. Calculates the differences between GST/HST recorded and GST/HST remitted keeping separate collected amounts and ITC’s in order to figure out amounts over/under remitted. Automatically transfers data into GST/HST Analysis (FF.15).
- Management salaries analysis (10.11) – New document to aid in historical tracking of management salaries. Keeps track of timing differences between expensed salaries and T4 amounts as well as
- All templates:
Index files created for: excel documents (.E0), email (.L0), and scans (.S0). Enables consistent numbering sequences by staff. Proper use: click on A.E0. Right click, new, excel document, or copy and paste documents. You will note the number automatically shows A.E1, A.E2, etc.