Latest Payroll Updates

Big Red Book Payroll can notify you each time an update is available. As Big Red Book Payroll 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 Big Red Book Payroll 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.

25th January 2024 – v23.14.00

YTD and Date Range Reports
Fixed an issue where the employee list could be truncated when Printing/Displaying YTD and Date Range Summary Reports. Each page will now display 24 employees before moving onto a new page.

6th July 2023 – v23.13.00

Net to Gross in Timesheets
Fixed an issue where the Net to Gross tickbox wasn’t initially editable.
RPN Lookup
Tightened up on the handling of RPNs with no Employment ID when an RPN already present.

15th May 2023 – v23.12.00

Delete Payslip Password
Fixed an issue in Employee > Bank/email/payslip tab where a Payslip Password could not be deleted once entered.
RPN Lookup
Fixed an issue where the No RPN list would not update after an RPN Lookup found RPNs for some/all Employees.
Timesheets – Edit & Clear Buttons
Fixed an issue where expected buttons and details would not initially be displayed after using Auto Add Timesheets.
Net to Gross tickbox will now be hidden/greyed out when inactive.
Fixed an issue where 0.00 net to gross warning could show after auto update when a timesheet already exists.
Tax Card Total Bar
Fixed an issue where the Total Bar in Employees > Tax Card tab would not always display when Employee Details are initially opened.
Create Employees from RPN
Fixed an issue where employees created from RPN in a new company would be left with a greyed-out tick for Exclusion Order and Exempt from PRSI.
Add Employee Screen
Fixed an issue where an error would show when a user cleared the Eircode field and then attempted to leave the field.
Payroll Lite – 3 Employee Limit
Fixed an issue where Employee Wizard would allow more than 3 employees to be added in Lite.
Weekly Tax Summary
Fixed an issue where the Breakdown of Deductions could be incorrectly merged.

16th March 2023 – v23.11.00

Error Opening Timesheets
Fixed an issue where an error could display when opening Timesheets.

16th March 2023 – v23.10.00

Emailing Payslips
Fixed an issue where emailing payslips could fail

16th March 2023 – v23.09.00

Added/Improved Sort Options
Lists in the following locations can now be sorted Ascending or Descending by clicking on a column heading

  • Import Company Screen – The Import Screen that displays before the Company Selection Screen opens
  • Employee Statement Setup screen
  • Submission Screen – All tabs
  • RPN Lookup – All tabs
  • ROS Corrections
  • ROS Resubmit Screen
  • ROS Check Submission
  • ROS Check Payroll Run
  • ROS Check Period Return
  • Import Timesheet Setup
  • Week 53 – USC Cutoffs Screen
  • Import Timesheet Screen
  • Employee Details > Reports > List of Employees for ROS
  • Utilities > Maintenance > Employment IDs

Timesheets Screen
Buttons in the Timesheets screen will now always be greyed out when Inactive.
Replaced the ‘Add’ and ‘Edit’ buttons with a single button that will show as required. Button will be labelled ‘Add Timesheets’, ‘Edit Timesheets’ or be hidden.
Fixed an issue where a change to Basic Rate would not be seen in Add/Edit Timesheets screen until Timesheet screen had been closed and reopened.
When using Add/Edit for an Amount Rate of Pay the label for ‘Amount’ will now read ‘Units/Amount’.
In Add/Edit Timesheets screen, clicking into the Units or Hours fields will now make the fields active and highlighted so typing will overwrite any existing number.
SEPA PayPath
Fixed an issue where the default location would not update after using a different location. Will now offer the option to save the new location.
Print Payslips
Fixed an issue with Search by Last Name.
Email Payslips
Fixed an issue where all emails ticked to send were unticked once the process was done. Will now untick one by one as each payslip is sent.
ROS Check Period Returns
All months upto and including the current month can now be returned.

31st January 2023 – v23.08.00

Pay Type Analysis Report
Fixed ordering in the report so it matches that seen in previous years.
Fixed an issue where the employee list when setting up the report could not be searched.
Employee Details
Fixed an issue with the order of employees when using find.

27th January 2023 – v23.07.00

Virtual Store
Added a check for user data being moved to Windows Virtual Store

26th January 2023 – v23.06.00

Period Summary – Employer PRSA
Fixed an issue with Period Summary, YTD Summary and Summary by Date Range where Employer PRSA was being added back into Gross Taxable Pay. Only an issue with these reports. Payment calculations were not affected.
PDF Payslips
Added a ‘PDFs’ button to the Tax Card > Print Payslips option. Allows the user the option to create a single PDF file of all selected payslips, as well as the option to create individual PDFs for each selected payslip, all without passwords. The location for the files can also be set, as well as the name of the single PDF file. Individual file names will follow the format of Payslip_{Emp No}_{First Initial}{Last Name}_{Today’s Date}_{Payslip No}.
Employee Ordering
In ‘Print Payslips’, ‘Email Payslips’ and ‘Pay Type Analysis Report Setup’ the Employee Lists will can now be sorted by a column by clicking the column heading.
8% Holiday Calculator
Fixed an issue where the Annual Leave Hours would be set to zero after updating.
Email Selection
Fixed an issue where Payslips could not be selected individually for emailing.

17th January 2023 – v23.05.00

PDF Payslips
Added a ‘PDFs’ button to the Print Payslips Screen. Allows the user the option to create a single PDF file of all selected payslips, as well as the option to create individual PDFs for each selected payslip, all without passwords. The location for the files can also be set, as well as the name of the single PDF file. Individual file names will follow the format of Payslip_{Emp No}_{First Initial}{Last Name}_{Run Date Selected}_{Payslip No}.
Timesheet Pay Item Screen
Improved Messaging and Order for the Pay Item Screen.
Enquiry and Audit Trails
Fixed an issue in Submission Enquiry, Employee Enquiry and Employee Audit Trail.
8% Rule Calculator Screen
Fixed an issue where using the ‘X to Close’ button on the 8% Rule Calculator Screen would cause an error.

10th January 2023 – v23.04.00

PRSI Issue
Fixed an issue where some AL PRSI contributions would be miscalculated
Timesheet Pay Item Screen
Made further improvements to the layout and information on the screen
Restarting Employees
Fixed an issue with Restarting Employees
Net to Gross Payments
Fixed an Issue where the Net Pay could be €0.01 less after processing

23rd December 2022 – v23.03.00

Holiday Import
Fixed an issue where an incorrect holiday balance could be brought forward when the employee has multiple years of records kept.
Import Timesheets
Fixed an issue where a greyed out out tick would appear in the processed box after importing timesheets.

22nd December 2022 – v23.02.00

General Fix
Changed the icon used for Payroll 2023 shortcut.
Changed Payroll Lite Shortcut Name to include 2023.
Processing
Fixed an issue that would result in ‘Could not convert variant of type (Null) into type (Currency)’ when trying to process.

13th December 2022 – v23.01.00

Automatic License Registration
Fixed an issue where some users would not be automatically registered when opening Payroll 2023 for the first time

13th December 2022 – v23.00.00

Changes to PRSI Rates
The upper weekly threshold for paying the 8.80% Class A rate of employer PRSI was increased from to €424 for payments from 1st January 2023.
Emergency Tax
Due to Income Tax Cut Rate increases, the emergency tax rate has been increased to €770 per week, €3,334 per month, for applicable payments.
Timesheet Entry Screen
Added a Pay Item Entry Screen to simplify adding and editing Timesheet Pay Items
Employer PRSA Changes
Following consultation arising from the Finance Bill 2022, Employer Contributions to PRSA are no longer deemed to form part of an employees gross pay, nor are they to be considered a taxable BIK. They should still be recorded in Payroll as they continue to be required to be included in Payroll Submissions but they will no longer impact Tax Relief limits in Payroll. Any taxes due where the combined contributions exceeded the age-related limits, will be payable through self-assessment.