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Service & Support Plan Agreement |
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Taking a Service & Support Contract with
SoEasy is a very affordable way to receive:
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Free Yearly Upgrades
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Free Support
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Free Training
Simply pay a regular fee and keep your system up-to-date. A contract
may actually save you money in the long run!
First payment is in advance. Minimum term 12 months.
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| What
is covered? |
- General guidance to install and set-up the SoEasyAccounting
program and specialist modules with the exception of the following
7 issues where separate charges apply:
- Configuration of the Operating System Network
- Internet and/or service provider issues
- PC and peripheral installation and maintenance issues
- Other software
- Any other instance of system related issues
- Data conversion or entry of data
- Data reconciliation
- Assistance providing information on how to perform a
procedure, if available within the current version of
SoEasyAccounting.
- Assistance to resolve a demonstrated issue with a procedure
within SoEasyAccounting.
- The Support Plan includes free updates and upgrades as and
when they become available although no guarantee, expressed or
implied, is made as to the availability of features discussed
within the support period.
- Assistance may be provided through any means such as remote
assistance over the Internet, telephone guidance, tutorial
references, but excludes on-site visits or client visits to our
support department.
- Additional benefits such as business information and tips.
- Free access to training resources delivered via the Internet.
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| What
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Assistance not covered in the Support Plan may be offered at the
current chargeable rate or the user may be referred to a third party
whose charges, if any, are the sole responsibility of the client.
For current non-covered services rates please visit:
http://www.soeasy.co.nz/WISC/services/services.htm
- The Support Plan does not include inquiries for general
accounting, taxation advice, and legislation issues and in all
cases any accounting advice that may be derived is made with no
guarantee to its appropriateness or accuracy, and in no way is to
be construed as professional advice. Please refer to your
Accountant for such information.
- Producing artwork.
- Modifications.
- Training, other than our Quick Training Programs
- Hardware and operating system issues.
- Data conversion.
- Data recovery.
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Support desk hours |
Support is provided during 9:00 am to
5:00 pm, Monday to Friday, and excludes weekends and public
holidays. An after-hours support service may be available but in all
cases, such support is automatically chargeable.
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| Terms
and Conditions |
- A Support Plan is provided for a set fee covering a 12-month
period.
- For your convenience, Support Plan fees can be paid monthly in
advance.
- There is a minimum term of 12 months.
- The fee must be paid in advance by Direct Debit, cheque, or
credit card.
- If you cancel the Support Plan and/or Direct Debit before the
end of the first 12-month period, you will be responsible for
paying SoEasyAccounting.com Ltd the remaining balance.
- At the end of the initial 12 months, you may cancel the
Support Plan with a one month written notice.
- Availability of support services may be affected by volume of
enquiries and technical difficulties from time to time.
- We reserve the right to limit a support call to a maximum of
30 minutes and one issue per call. We also reserve the right to
terminate a Support Plan for any reason.
- Support requiring our support desk to call a cell phone number
or an overseas number will be charged a flat rate of 50c + gst per
minute unless otherwise stated.
- Terms, conditions, and price structure of the Support Plan may
change without notice.
- Limit of Liability
You agree that SoEasyAccounting.com Ltd will not be liable for any
direct, indirect or consequential loss or damages (including but
not limited to loss of profits or data) suffered or liability
incurred by you, caused by or resulting from the provision of a
SoEasyAccounting Support Plan, even though SoEasyAccounting.com
Ltd may have been notified of such damage or claims. This clause
applies for the benefit of all related companies of
SoEasyAccounting.com Ltd and all of its/their officers, employees,
contractors and agents.
If SoEasyAccounting.com Ltd or any of the other beneficiaries are
ever liable, whether for direct, indirect or consequential loss or
damage to you and, for any reason, cannot rely on any exclusion of
liability set out in this clause, the maximum combined liability
of SoEasyAccounting.com Ltd and those other beneficiaries to you
shall be limited to the amount SoEasyAccounting.com Ltd has
invoiced you for the SoEasyAccounting Support Plan in the twelve
month period up to the date of the event giving rise to the
liability.
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Resolution of disputes |
In the event that a dispute arises for
any reason:
- All disputes must be detailed in writing to the General
Manager, SoEasyAccounting.com Ltd, PO Box 10287, Bayfair, New
Zealand.
- Efforts will be made to address the detailed issues.
- In the event of an unsatisfactory resolution, an independent
advisor at your own expense may be engaged in mediation.
- Any resolution by mediation shall be made based upon the Limit
of Liability clause above.
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Support Plan Rates |
| Your plan will be calculated for you
based upon the version and modules you have purchased and are using.
Example calculations:
If you have the Professional Version (Small Business Version)
then the rate is $29.95 + gst per month.
If you have the Enterprise Multi User version with the Service
Industry Module and you also have 3 additional users then the rate
is made up of:
Enterprise Multi User = $125.00
+ 3 users @$9.00 = $27.00
Total $152.00 + gst per month
A full schedule of current rates is available on the sign up
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Development Sites |
| We frequently provide development
services to clients wishing additional functionality. Development
sites can consume a large amount of support time that is not
included in the development quotation.
To accommodate for the development period an additional charge to
the standard support contract is made. This means that the
appropriate support plan is initiated and an additional charge is
made during the duration of the project and for a further 1 month
after the project has been signed off.
A separate rate may be negotiated but the following charges are
the base rate and exclude GST.
| Item |
Description |
Rate |
| Support contract |
The standard rate for the software
packages you use is charged plus an additional $300 per month |
$300/mth + standard rate |
| Site Visit Charge |
Applicable hourly rate is charged |
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Total travel distance no greater
than 15 km from base. |
$25.00 each journey |
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Total travel distance greater than
15 km from base. |
.85c per km |
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Any applicable flight and
accommodation charges are to be paid for in advance. |
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| Hourly Rates |
Analysis and Programming |
$120 + gst per hour |
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Training |
$85 + gst per hour |
Invoices for development are sent out weekly and are due payment
within 7 days. |
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