PA Small Games of Chance PA E-Filing Date January 30, 2017

The Department of Revenue has established the E-Filing date for all of our Sienna POS Ticket system and Sienna Ticket system customers.

All club licensees with proceeds in excess of $20,000 in 2016 calendar year are required to submit annual reports to the Department of Revenue by Feb. 1, 2017, for the 2016 year.

Annual report filing information is accessible at www.revenue.state.pa.us/SGOC when available.

However those that are E-filing such as our valued Sienna customers that made over $20,000, the Department of Revenue will obtain our customers files on Monday January 30th, 2017.

The PA Department of Revenue will then process and post all of our Sienna customers reports on the PA Department of Revenue's website on Tuesday January 31st, 2017.

We are currently performing 2016 Pre File Audit reports for our valued customers. If are a current Sienna customer and you have not yet been contacted to discuss the results of your Audit, you will be contacted within the next 7 to 10 days. If for whatever reason we have not contacted you by Friday 1/20/2017 please contact us at 844-GET-SGOC - (844) 438-7462 and we will review your Pre File Audit report results. We are diligent so we expect to have all of our customers reviewed by 1/20/2017.

Please note: All Sienna POS Ticket system and Sienna Ticket system customers simply use our system to manage their Bar's sales and Ticket activity. Bartender reconcilement for Food and Beverage and Tickets. In addition to being an invaluable tool in identifying employee theft, reconciling previous business day's activity is a breeze with our Bar Z and Ticket Z reports.
Sienna creates all of the PA BLCE Schedule reports and we E-File on your behalf with the PA Department of Revenue.

Re-Keying your Activity into a 3rd party's website??  Why??
There is no need to re-key your activity into a website as the activity is already in our Sienna POS Ticket system.
If you are not a Sienna customer and you are paying a 3rd party to re-key into a 3rd party website, you may want to consider re-keying into the State's website as there is no cost to re-key into the PA Department of Revenue's website. As mentioned, there is NO re-keying of any activity if you are using our Sienna POS Ticket system or Sienna Ticket system.

Our Daily Drawing Kiosk feature is now available at no additional cost to our customers that are current with their Maintenance and Support. We will be posting a video to our website soon showing the Drawing kiosk while it is being used by one of our customers. The Drawing Kiosk feature eliminates the need for a member to sign a tablet or 'book' as the member's card is scanned and the member is registered for a drawing. Sienna can handle an unlimited number of Daily and/or Weekly Drawings. All activity entered into the Drawing Kiosk is used to create the BLCE Schedule 2C and BLCE Schedule 3 Drawing winners reports. Of course the activity is also reported to the PA Department of Revenue as required, with NO re-keying of activity.

For more information call 844-GET-SGOC - (844) 438-7462 or email support@myersintsystems.com.

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Resources:
http://www.revenue.pa.gov/FormsandPublications/FormsforBusinesses/Documents/Small%20Games%20of%20Chance/2017_rev-706.pdf

http://www.revenue.pa.gov/FormsandPublications/FormsforBusinesses/Documents/Small%20Games%20of%20Chance/sgoc_overview.pdf

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PA BLCE Cracks down w/incomplete 2015 report entered in States website

Apparently the BLCE is already reviewing and setting examples of those who have not filed or have filed incomplete reports with the State of PA. The article below notes a citation issued date of Feb 1st which tells me the BLCE (at least in this instance) are holding the January 31st End of day deadline as true deadline as they waste no time in enforcing the law.

New Castle News Reported…

The Loyal Order of Moose has been cited for violating the local small games of chance act.
The Moose Lodge 51 at 29 S. Mercer St., failed to submit annual reports to the Pennsylvania Department of Revenue from July 2 through Nov. 18, according to a release issued Feb. 1 by the Bureau of Liquor Control Enforcement.
The charges will be brought before an administrative law judge who has the authority to impose penalties ranging from $10 to $1,000 for minor offenses and up to $5,000 for more serious offenses. The judge also may impose a license suspension or revocation depending on the severity of the charge, and may mandate training for the licensee.

Important message for Current Valued Sienna Database System Ticket System Customers who have not yet Filed....
If you purchased our system in mid to late 2015 and you did not have all of your 2015 activity entered into our system in time to E-File with us this past January and you have not yet filed your 2015 activity by entering your activity into the state's website OR you have filed an incomplete 2015 report, we strongly suggest that you file your complete 2015 activity as soon as possible. If you have all your 2015 activity entered in the Sienna Ticket system we will be happy to produce your 2015 PA State Report which you can then reference to enter your 2015 activity into the State's website.

We will also be happy to schedule a remote training session (at no cost for current customers) with whoever is entering your 2015 Pre Sienna Ticket system activity into the Sienna Ticket system and we will show the person the quickest and most efficient way to key your missing activity into the system.

Please feel free to call 844-GET-SGOC - (844) 438-7462 if you would like to schedule a remote training session. You can also reach us via our email at Support@Myersintsystems.com

If you are not using our Sienna Database POS Ticket system or our Sienna Database Ticket system please check out our website www.myersintsystems.com. Protect your Small Games of Chance license with the Best, The Sienna Database POS Ticket System or Sienna Database Ticket System. We are the undisputed hands down #1 Solution for any organization that value's their Small Games of Chance license.

Resources:

http://www.ncnewsonline.com/news/moose- ... de8d7.html

PA Small Games of Chance 2014 Activity Filing Update

Myers Integrated Systems, was contacted by the PA Department of Revenue a little over a week ago with electronic filing changes that we were required to implement and successfully test prior to filing 2014 Activity with the State on behalf of our customers beginning in June (less than 2 weeks away).

We are happy to report that we implemented and successfully tested the changes required with the PA Dept. of Revenue. Unfortunately, the States modification of the filing process requires us to recreate our customers 2014 reporting e-file. Our customers that are impacted will need to have their system updated to our 4.52 version in order to create their 2014 SGOC e-file. We have been contacting our customers and scheduling the upgrade. If you are a current Sienna Database Ticket customer and have not yet been contacted, you will be contacted soon.

According to an article that can be found from the link listed in the Resources section below, The PA State website is already available and accepting entry of 2014 activity. However, when we looked at the States website it did not appear ready to allow users to enter 2014 activity as of this morning (5/24/15) at 9:30 am. 

Finally, Monday is Memorial Day and we honor and appreciate all of our Veterans but especially our Veterans that gave the ultimate sacrifice in serving and protecting our great country. Please know that you and your sacrifice have not been forgotten. Please support your local Veterans fraternal organizations, stop in and purchase several red poppies, you can read about the meaning of the red poppies in the link below.

Resources;

http://newsitem.com/news/small-games-of-chance-website-ready-for-use-1.1886582

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Remembrance_poppy

The Small Games 2014 Filing Deadline has been Extended

The PA Department of Revenue has announced that the deadline for filing 2014 small games reports has been extended to July 1^st, 2015. There were many issues with the Department’s website that led to this extension. Among the biggest problems were time out errors and duplicate reports. When possible, you should check to make sure that if you submitted your 2014 report, that your report has been saved by the Department.

With all of this confusion, it is extremely important that your organization has its i’s dotted and t’s crossed. There are many pitfalls if your organization is not organized and consistent with their record keeping and e-filing. Get in touch with us so that we can get & keep you organized, electronically file your reports for you, and protect this vital source of revenue.

Attached is a link to the Department of Revenue's statement on small games reporting.

 http://www.revenue.pa.gov/GeneralTaxInformation/Tax%20Types%20and%20Information/Documents/2015%20club%20licensee%20filing%20extension.pdf

PA SGOC Filing Deadline Extended - New Deadline Date not yet announced

PA Department of Revenue presses 'pause' on accepting 2014 activity being entered on their website until technical issues are resolved.  They also officially announce they will be extending the filing deadline date.

References:
http://www.revenue.pa.gov/GeneralTaxInformation/Tax%20Types%20and%20Information/Pages/Small%20Games%20of%20Chance/SGOC%20-%20Eligible%20Organizations%20and%20Club%20Licensees.aspx#.VMoHJ_54pK0

Having difficulty filing your gaming activity with the PA Department of Revenue?

Update: As of Monday January 12th the State modified the website to allow Negative Net proceed amounts. If you entered your activity into the website prior to 1/12/2015 and you had negative net proceeds (that you could not enter) - you may wish to inquire about your need to re-enter your activity.

Having difficulty filing your gaming activity with the PA Department of Revenue?

The time has finally arrived for your organization to file your 2014 gaming activity with the Department of Revenue. Now that the Department’s website is up-and-running, a number of difficulties have surfaced. Here is a list of some of the complications Licensee’s are finding with filing:

-          - Saving the information you’ve typed into the website is not possible

       - If your Organization netted a negative amount for a given week (a common occurrence) for a game, you cannot input the negative number, you must input a “0”

-           - If you input all of your 2014 activity, but find that you’ve made a mistake, you must re-enter your information in its entirety and hope that you haven’t made another error in the process

To this point, the only news regarding e-filing is that the Pennsylvania Department of Revenue will be making changes to allow for reporting of negative net proceeds. We maintain regular communication with the PA Department of Revenue, and we’ll keep you updated as information is made available.

As the leading ticket tracking software company in Pennsylvania, our promise is to make this very difficult process simple. We ensure that our Customers games are tracked by game and week in each of the required BLCE Schedules, and then file our Customers yearly activity with the Department of Revenue so that our Customers don’t have to.  Additionally, our Customers are able to edit their data at any time.

We are the ONLY Company approved by the PA Department of Revenue to file your gaming activity electronically. Our goal is to simplify tracking and reporting small games of chance. Our Customers do not have to worry about keeping large amounts of gaming records and filing yearly activity with the Department of Revenue, because our software does all of this for you.

For most Organizations, Gaming is their most vital source of revenue. Call us today, we’d be happy to show you how we make winning simple. 

Paul Jubas

Vice President

Myers Integrated Systems

PA Dept of Revenue Website available for 2014 SGOC activity

https://www.doreservices.state.pa.us/sgoc/Default.aspx

The Pa Department of Revenue website is available for organizations licensed to conduct small games of chance.  If your organization makes over $20,000 a year from gaming, you have until January 31, 2015 to file your 2014 activity into the State’s website.

Many organizations will now be finding themselves spending weeks compiling inconsistent gaming records, then taking those records and spending countless hours manually entering their gaming records into the Department of Revenue’s website

Why is this process so difficult?

Because all of the following must be accounted for:

1.    All Games that were in play and out of play in 2014, Gross Revenue/Total Expenses/Total Prizes and Proceeds amounts need to be grouped/tallied and reported.

2.    Processes must be implemented to lower the risk of employee theft

3.    Each game must be tracked using up to 14 different Schedules provided by the PA Bureau of Liquor Control Enforcement.

4.    For all 2014 gaming activity each of the 8 Game types need to be grouped by business week, Expenses/Proceeds etc. Tallied and entered into the States website.

5.    All of your Gaming 60% transactions (donations) and a summary of your 40% transactions need to be entered into the States website.

SIENNA, our easy to use ticket tracking software, simplifies this complicated process.

By choosing SIENNA, our Customers do not have these difficulties. SIENNA simplifies all of the difficult aspects of running a successful gaming business.

SIENNA provides your organization with all of the following:

-       Tracks all information required by the BLCE as sales and payouts are made

-       Significantly reduces the ability for bar staff to steal gaming money

-       Provides daily reports for reconcilement

-       The ONLY ticket tracking software that files your gaming activity electronically to the Department of Revenue, so you don’t have to.

With features like Membership Tracking and customized alerts, your organization will find itself saving time, money, and simplifying all of the processes required to run a successful gaming business. Above all else, you will be safeguarding this all-important revenue stream. As the only ticket tracking system that is approved by the PA Department of Revenue, SIENNA provides the simplification and compliance that your organization needs to succeed.

Happy New Year and May you all have a Blessed 2015!

D. Kelly Myers

www.myersintsystems.com
"Think outside the Jar"

Resources: Same as listed above; https://www.doreservices.state.pa.us/sgoc/Default.aspx