Latest Updates

Payroll 2021 can notify you each time an update is available. As Payroll 2021 is a real-time PAYE reporting application, updates should be run without delay as they are required to ensure that Payroll and ROS remain synchronised, as well as to allow fixes and improvements to be installed.

Should you not get this ‘Update Available’ notification when opening Payroll 2021 you should check the Help Menu in Payroll under Help > Check for Update and click the option to ‘Switch On Auto Check’.

The latest update can also be downloaded from here and installed manually.

22nd December 2021 – v21.07.00

New Report – Summary by Date Range
Added a new Summary Report. Similar to the Period to Date Summary, this allows the report to be retrieved for any date range.
Cease Employment
Fixed an issue where the ‘Cease Employment’ button might be hidden when an active employee is ceased directly on ROS.

9th December 2021 – v21.06.00

‘Go To’ Employee Number
Added an option to Employee Details to jump directly to a specific Employee Number.
Bug Fix
Fixed an issue where PRSI History would not update correctly in PAYE/PRSI History Tab.
Copy Company Setup
Add a utility to allow the user make a copy of the setup of a company. Essentially, this will copy a company without any payment records. There is an option to rename the company, change the Employer Reg Number, pick the slot to use and copy Holiday, Sick Leave and Disciplinary Records.
Holiday/Leave
Fixed an issue where changes to Leave type were updated incorrectly once HR Holiday report had been run.
Fixed an issue where changes to the number of days taken would not initially update the Balance displayed on screen.
General UI/UX Changes
Changes to Payment Enquiry to ensure full decimals are always displayed, as well as showing Tax Basis.
Improved the Update process to automatically open Payroll once the update is complete.
Fixed an Issue with Importing Timesheets where some fields could be highlighted as black with black writing.
Cessations
Tightened up cessation process to ensure a ceased date submission will not be created for an employee with no RPN.
Fixed an issue with creating a cessation notification alongside a supplementary payment.
Modified Cessation tab to make ceasing an employment clearer.

14th June 2021 – v21.05.00

Error when Submitting
Fixed a bug where an error would show during submission ‘A payroll submission must contain at least one payslip or a LineItemToDelete’. Payments will have been submitted correctly but can be confirmed via the Main Menu > ROS > Check Payroll Run and ROS > Check Submission.

11th June 2021 – v21.04.00

Adjustment Submissions
Submission Adjustments as added to Payroll 2020, have been added to Payroll 2021.
CSO Changes
Add the option to create a supplementary CSO EHECS return for Q2 2021 onwards. If required, the user simply selects ‘Supplementary’ on the EHECS Summary Tab.
The xml in the file has not been changed. This will simply add ‘_supp’ to the file name if selected to allow those who run multiple payrolls from the same Employer make their CSO return.
Restoring a 2021 Company
Fixed a bug where a Payroll 2021 company back up made last year, in the calendar year 2020, could not be restored into a new company.
Import Timesheets
Fixed a bug where a rate of pay beginning with a number could be ignored when importing timesheets.
Made changes so that the notes column will always display as the last column in Import Timesheets screen.
RPN Numbers
Fixed a bug with RPN numbers being stored with a leading empty space that could lead to Employee with an RPN not being included in ‘Employees with RPN’ tab in RPN lookup.

25th March 2021 – v21.03.00

EWSS Extension Date
We have extended the valid date for EWSS submissions to include payments up to and including the 30th of June 2021.
Preview Payslips from Tax Card
Fixed a bug when previewing payslips from the tax card that would not allow navigation to other pages when more than 2 payslips were previewed when using Payslip Type 1.
Backup and Send Company Data
Made changes to the Backup and Send Company Data option in Utilities > Support. Uses company email settings. Subject, Recipient and Main Body are displayed and can be changed before sending.
RPN Lookup – Old PPSN
Improved matching for RPNs where an old PPSN is present.
PPSN will be updated where a new PPSN is issued via RPN. The old PPSN will be displayed alongside the new PPSN.

28th January 2021 – v21.02.00

Payroll Processing
Improved process around processing payslips to reduce the risk of data corruption.
Submission Validations
Improved validations for submissions when there is no PPSN to ensure clearer messaging when all required details are not added in Employee Details.

7th January 2021 – v21.01.00

Ceasing an Employee
Fixed a bug where an employee could not be marked as ceased in Payroll.
Spaces in Import Timesheet
Fixed a bug where trailing spaces would lead to timesheets not being imported correctly.
Opening Timesheets for Date Outside Current Year
Fixed a bug where it could be possible to use a payrun date outside the current tax year.
ROS Status
ROS Status will now show as ‘Unknown’ when for an employee is not yet ROS registered.
Notify Cessation
Fixed a bug that could lead to duplicate Cessation Submissions being created.
Fixed a bug where a paydate for the wrong tax year could be used for a Cessation Submission.

15th December 2020 – v21.00.00 – Initial Release

Warning with Pending Replacements
It will no longer be possible to process payments for a pay period when a payment in a previous pay period has been rolled back to be replaced and that payment has not yet been re-entered and processed. Pending replacements can be viewed in the main menu, ROS > Pending Replacements.
Import 2020 Holiday Data
When Importing 2020 Companies, the Import Holidays Balance tickbox will import any holiday entitlement outstanding as well as the overall annual holiday entitlement.
Changes to PRSI rates
In line with the increase in National Minimum Wage, the upper weekly threshold for paying the 8.80% Class A rate of employer PRSI was increased from €395 to €398 for payments from 1st January 2021.
Removal of Temporary Wage Subsidy Scheme (TWSS)
Removed all panels, tabs, reports, rates of pay, information, warnings and utilities associated with TWSS.
Default Wage Interval
The default wage interval will be set to Weekly for companies with no default selected. It can be changed to Fortnightly or Monthly in Settings > Preferences.
Backup File Name Format
In order to allow backups to be listed in a more ordered manner in a folder, we have adjusted the Backup File Name Format so that a backup from company 005 made on January 28th 2021 at 16:34:11 will be called BRP005_21_210128_163411.zip.