Payroll: desktop version 2.56.2
We are pleased to announce the latest release of Payroll: desktop version 2.56.2!
Flexipay has undergone a rebrand and has been renamed Payroll! Don't worry, all the old functionality remains the same, we just have a new name, a new logo, and few screens such as the login screen, the system update screen and system about information have been updated to reflect this.
The installer has been upgraded as well, and this will upgrade and rebrand your Flexipay software to Payroll.
As well as the rebrand, Payroll introduces the following new features (The full list of changes can be found in the table at the bottom of the article, with the latest release being at the top:
- Mid year Primary Threshold (PT) changes - following the Spring Budget announcement that the PT is increasing from 06/07/2022 to £12,570 we have updated the legislation tables for this change. We have also updated the Directors' NI calculation so that the pro-rata value of £11,908 per year works for this tax year.
The full list of changes can be found in the table below:
Type | Description | Change Notes |
Desktop v.2.56.2.7 | 09/08/2022 | |
Product Enhancement | Job breakdown - Imports improved | |
Desktop v.2.56.2.6 | 05/07/2022 | |
Product Enhancement | Health and Social Care Levy Message now optional | System preference has been added to the Payslips 1 page enabling payslip message to be omitted from the payslip (by default the message is still shown) |
Issue Resolution | P11D count and totals when multiple companies submitted showing incorrectly (these were not zeroing after each company) | This has now been corrected to enable submission of P11Ds for multiple companies at once |
Issue Resolution | From v.2.56.2.3 date picker on employee fields (DOB and start date etc.) not working | This has now been corrected to allow the date picker to work |
Issue Resolution | Employee list type ahead search for single employee select, e.g. opting out an employee not working from 2.56.2.4 | The fix applied in 2.56.2.5 has been extended to cover all similar scenarios |
Issue Resolution | Payslip type in payslip preference, and when producing payslips was limiting the number of characters stopping the selection of the payslips with the longest names (Old continuous (0679)) | This has been corrected to allow any payslip type to be selected as expected. |
Issue Resolution | Mileage allowance on P11d submissions- HMRC field name change in 2017 was incorrectly applied to mileage allowances (Section E) causing a submission error | This has now been corrected so that the name change only applies to Expenses (Section N) |
Desktop v.2.56.2.5 | 16/06/2022 | |
Issue Resolution | Employee list type ahead search functionality not working from 2.56.2.4 | This has been corrected so that the type ahead search functionality now works as it previously did |
Desktop v.2.56.2.4 | 10/06/2022 | |
Issue Resolution | SMP-Average earnings not calculating correctly if SSP is in average earnings period | Average now includes SSP payments correctly again |
Issue Resolution | Maximum character length on employee list which is sorted by name is erroring when name lengths are within limits | Validation on name length when sorting by name has been corrected so that it no longer errors |
Issue Resolution | Import validation not allowing blanks for non mandatory fields | Non mandatory fields can now be blank again on any imports. |
Desktop v.2.56.2.3 | 07/06/2022 | |
Issue Resolution | Ellipsis button on Sort code for quick add not working | This is now working as before whereby you can click the ellipsis button and it takes you to maintain sort codes |
Desktop v.2.56.2.2 | 06/06/2022 | |
Issue Resolution | Directors NI Calculation Error | Director's NI was not using thresholds post release for payrolls pre 6th July. this has now been corrected |
Issue Resolution | When creating a new addition relationship using quick relationship tool, you cannot set the field name to add a new rate field | The field number/field name edit now changes correctly when you switch between selecting an existing rate field or creating a new one |
Issue Resolution | Printer names over over 50 characters long aren't recognising in the system | A new option has been added in local preferences to allow up to 100 characters |
Desktop v.2.56.2.1 | 03/05/2022 | |
Issue Resolution | User defined fields aren't displaying the dropdown values on the modify employees screen and are mandatory in error | This has been corrected |
Desktop v.2.56.2 | 30/05/2022 | |
Product Enhancement | System Rebrand | Flexipay has undergone a rebrand and has been renamed Payroll. The logo, login screen and the About information has been updated accordingly |
Product Enhancement | Mid year PT changes | Following the Spring Budget announcement that the PT is increasing from 06/07/2022 to £12,570 we have updated the legislation tables for this change. We have also updated the Directors' NI calculation so that the pro-rata value of £11,908 per year works for this tax year |
Product Enhancement | Check pay report to check future leaver is set if leave date is before the end of the pay cycle | Check pay report to check future leaver is set if leave date is before the end of the pay cycle - a warning is given if this condition applies |
Issue Resolution | Daily SSP offset for CSP can give 1p SSP when it should be zero | Fixed issue where daily SSP offset to the nearest penny when it should round up to the nearest penny |
Issue Resolution | SPBP screen not working | Fixed an issue where when a date of bereavement was entered using the date button, the edit stayed blank |
Issue Resolution | Pay rise gets rates wrong when cost breakdown is active | Fixed an issue whereby a percentage pay rise was being applied more than once when cost breakdown is set up |
Issue Resolution | Year end FPS should prompt for pay group | Improved the year end FPS functionality so that the pay group is prompted for rather than sending for the selected pay group |
Issue Resolution | Holiday pay calculation can crash if there are archive records with future dates | Issue fixed |
Issue Resolution | Attachment of earnings orders saved incorrectly to XML payslip | Fixed issue where orders are repeated by job when it should apply to all jobs |
Issue Resolution | Pension assessment - must check leave date when assessing employees | Fixed issue where employees are listed for enrolment when they should not |
Issue Resolution | When maintaining import definitions the special field options (-1,-2) were not being allowed | The validation message has now been corrected to allow values between -2 and 4000 (which are then checked against the drop down list of actual fields) |
