I am pleased to announce that our latest update, 2023 Update 2, is available for download on our Download Manager. Remember you can always access the download manager from Pastel Payroll under Utility, Weblinks, Download the latest software version.
Below are some of the features that are included in 2023 Update 2:
- New directive indicator 3234 has been added to the electronic submission file to indicate if a directive is for a lumpsum or fixed PAYE.
- The employee filter screen has been extended to accommodate longer employee codes.
- The reporting of Long Service awards has been amended to apply the R5000 limit.
- For mid-year submissions, details of a tax directive will no longer be exported in the electronic submission file if the directive date is in September or later. To process negative take-on values for transactions 5018 & 5020.
- MIBCO – The limit for the commission calculation has been amended.
- International:
- Zimbabwe: Amended Tax brackets for August 2022 to December 2022.
- Mauritius: New Tax files
- Sierra Leone: The currency for Sierra Leone has been redenominated.
Please see the full history of changes for the 2023 Update 2 release below:
Sage Pastel Payroll & HR 2023 Update 2 - History of Changes.pdf
If you need assistance with downloading and installing please view our Full Install Guide here, if you wish to rather update using the patch file, refer to this guide.
It is imperative that you run a legislative release to incorporate your changes.
Microsoft has already ended its mainstream support for Windows 7 and Server 2008 and will be discontinuing security updates from January 2020. This does not affect the current version, however, we want to urge our clients to start investigating the options to upgrade their Operating Systems to more relevant versions of Windows.
Note: Microsoft has stopped their support for Windows XP and Server 2003 in 2014 and 2015 respectively. Due to this, these Operating systems can’t install the .Netframework required for running Payroll and doesn’t have access to the new fonts used on our update. The Payroll program will no longer work on these operating systems. For more details on what products we can support please click here.