Recent Feature Recap
We’re kicking off 2025 with a look back at some smaller features that were introduced and enhancements that were made over the last few months. Read more about these in our blog.
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Introducing the Getting Started Checklist
Our new Getting Started Checklist is here to streamline the process of getting set up on SimplePay. Read more about this exciting feature in our blog.
Budget 2025 Changes
The annual Budget Speech introduced various changes, which will take effect on 1 January 2025. Read more about these changes in our blog.
PRSI Changes Effective from 1 October 2024
Important PRSI changes are due to take effect on 1 October 2024. More information can be found in this blog post.
Introducing Our Revamped Help Site
We’re excited to launch our new and improved help site! Read more about the updates in our blog post.
Quarter 2 Feature Recap
In this blog, we recap some new features and feature updates that went live in the second quarter of 2024. Read more here.
Feature Enhancement: Email Reminders of Expiring Leave
We’re excited about the latest addition to our Reminders functionality: Leave Expiry! Read more about this in our blog.
Introducing Custom Bulk Inputs
Simplify your payroll management with Custom Bulk Inputs. Edit payroll items of your choosing — for multiple employees at once — on a single screen or via an Excel file generated by the system.
Feature Recap for Quarter 1 2024
In this blog, we recap some system updates that occurred in the first quarter of 2024. Read more here.
New Feature Labels
Our new Feature Labels allow you to easily read more about new features, and to send us feedback about new and existing features.
Self-Service Claims Now Available By Default
We’re happy to announce that we’ve made our Employee Self-Service (ESS) claims available to our entire customer base — by default! Find out more about this exciting feature in our blog.
Updated Enhanced Reporting Requirements Functionality
SimplePay conveniently offers ERR-ready claims to your Employee Self-Service to simplify the process for you.
PRSI Updates from 1 January 2024
Some noteworthy changes to PRSI will come into effect on 1 January 2024. This blog outlines these changes, and explains how to make any corresponding updates on the SimplePay system.
Enhanced Reporting Requirements (ERR) Made Simple
In this blog, we’ll cover everything you need to know about the new Enhanced Reporting Requirements that will come into effect on 1 January 2024.
Budget Speech Tax Updates for 2024
In this year’s Budget Speech, the minister of finance announced notable tax changes for the 2024 tax year. This blog outlines these changes and the corresponding updates on the SimplePay system.
Introducing the SimplePay Account Dashboard
Introducing the SimplePay Account Dashboard – a game-changing feature designed for streamlined payroll management.
New Feature: Pan-European Personal Pension Product (PEPP) Built-in Item
Managing retirement savings is now more seamless than ever. Learn about the new built-in item for PEPP contributions, making payroll reporting a breeze. Read this blog to find out more.
The Pan-European Personal Pension Product (PEPP)
In this blog post we will discuss the Pan-European Personal Pension Product (PEPP) in the context of payroll processing.
Enhanced Reporting Requirements
The Enhanced Reporting Requirements (ERR) will require employers to begin reporting details of specific non-taxable payments made to employees and directors from 1 January 2024.
Introducing Reminders: Email Notifications for Important Employee Events
Introducing SimplePay’s newest feature: Reminders. Keeping track of important employee events has never been easier. With reminders, you can receive emails to keep you informed of upcoming birthdays, work anniversaries, and all other important dates.
New Report: Leave Expiry Report
Introducing Leave Expiry Reports! Our new feature is here to help you keep track of your employees’ expiring leave.
Simplified 2-Factor Authentication Reset Process
We have improved the recovery and reset processes for 2-Factor Authentication.
Upcoming Changes to Benefit-in-Kind Rules for Company Cars
An overview of the proposed changes to the Benefit-in-Kind rules for company cars.
Statutory Sick Leave in Ireland
In this blog post we’ll further discuss Statutory Sick Leave, the status of it becoming a built-in feature and how it can be added currently.
Budget Speech Tax Updates for 2023
The Government announced notable changes to PAYE, the national minimum wage, USC, and PRSI in the 2023 Budget Speech. This blog discusses these changes.
New Feature Alert: Active and Inactive States for Companies
Our system now allows Active and Inactive states for companies within a profile, in cases where companies must be closed, but not deleted.
New Pay Frequency: Every 4 Weeks
We’ve added a new pay frequency for payslips every 4 weeks.
Xero Users to Secure Accounts with 2-Factor Authentication by 1 November 2022
From 1 November 2022, 2-Factor Authentication will become mandatory for all Xero users.
New Enhanced Xero Functionality: Map Multiple Pay Points to Tracking Category Options
We’ve enhanced the way Xero tracking categories are mapped in SimplePay.
New Public Holidays announced in Ireland
Government has signed two new public holidays into law. In this blog we discuss these new public holidays and their effect on payroll.
EWSS Changes from 1 February 2022
Government has announced additional EWSS support to assist businesses directly impacted by the public health restrictions introduced last December. In this blog we discuss the future of EWSS, its graduated exit strategy as well as any other changes which will come into effect before the scheme wraps up.
Follow Up on 2022 Budget Speech Tax Updates
We are happy to remind you that your first pay run in January 2022 will be compliant with the 2022 tax changes, as per last year’s budget speech.
How SimplePay Handles Feature Requests
In this blog post, we outline the process that we follow to evaluate feature requests and select features to add to our development pipeline.
Statutory Sick Pay in Ireland
In this blog post we’ll look at the current legislative status of SSP as well as SimplePay’s readiness in actioning final provisions when they become available.
Budget Speech Tax Updates for 2022
In the annual budget speech held on 12 October 2021, the minister of finance announced several changes for the 2022 tax year. This article outlines the notable changes.
Easily add your Additional Voluntary Contributions with our new AVC field
A new field is now available for adding Additional Voluntary Contributions
Updated Employment Wage Subsidy Scheme Guide released by Revenue
On 23 August 2021, Revenue published an updated Employment Wage Subsidy Scheme (EWSS) guide. In today’s blog post we will do a short recap on the recent developments to the EWSS, the updates in the new guide and the implications thereof for employers currently claiming under the EWSS.
New Feature: Pro-Rate Custom Items
SimplePay automatically calculates and applies a pro-rate percentage to the Basic Salary of employees if they do not work for a full pay period i.e. the are appointed after the start of a pay period or terminated before the end of a pay period. We’ve received several requests to allow for the pro-rata percentage to be applied to other items, and are delighted to announce that this functionality is now available for certain custom items.
New Feature: Batch Pay Beneficiaries
In March 2021, we introduced beneficiaries to the system (refer to our blog post dated 9 March). We’ve now expanded this feature to allow you to pay beneficiaries in bulk.
End of Year Adjustments for Employers Paying Employee Liabilities Arising from TWSS
In January 2021, Revenue made a Preliminary End of Year Statement for 2020 available for each employee, to assist in determining the amount of Income Tax and USC due. Where employees have under-contributed Income Tax and USC for 2020 due to participation in TWSS, you (the employer) may decide to pay the liability on their behalf.
Employment Wage Subsidy Scheme – eligibility reporting from July 2021
Our last blog post explored the extension of the EWSS to 31 December 2021. As you know, to qualify for the EWSS employers must show a 30% reduction in turnover in comparison to the same period in 2019. Employers are required to review their eligibility on a monthly basis, but this was an internal check.
Employment Wage Subsidy Scheme – Extension Announced
Today’s blog post will look at the recently announced extension of the Employment Wage Subsidy Scheme (EWSS), to 31 December 2021
New Feature: Approver Override
Our new approver override feature allows full admins to approve requests when approvers are on leave.
Pandemic Unemployment Payment and Returning to Work
Today’s blog post covers the process to follow when your employees return to work having been receiving PUP payment, as well as some tax related information.
New Feature: Bulk Leave Import
You can now capture leave in bulk by importing an Excel file.
TWSS Reconciliation
Our blog post today highlights the steps that need to be taken to complete the reconciliation for the Temporary Wage Subsidy Scheme and the deadline for completing the reconciliation process.
New Feature: Custom Beneficiaries
We’ve expanded our beneficiaries functionality so that you can add beneficiaries for custom items.
Revamped Preview Page for Bulk Finalising Payslips
We’ve overhauled the page for bulk finalising payslips to make it easier to toggle additional payslip information.
New Feature: Payslips Export
You can now download a ZIP file with all the payslips within a specific date range for selected employees or pay points.
New Feature: Give Admin and Leave Admin Users Read-only Access
We’ve expanded our permissions functionality to include an option for read-only access.
New Feature: Bulk Assign Leave Policies
You can now bulk assign leave policies to employees not on the company default policy.
Week 53 Guidance for Non-Monthly Salaried Employees
Employees on the cumulative basis who are paid on 30 or 31 December will be taxed on a week 1 basis.
System Updates for PRSI Changes
We’ve updated the system to reflect the changes in income bands for PRSI for 2021.
New Feature: Permanent Health Insurance
We’ve add a new built-in item to our system to accommodate the special tax requirements of permanent health insurance contributions.
Level 5: Support for Businesses
Today’s blog covers the updates and changes to support measures in light of the 6 week lockdown.
Updated App: Version 2.0
We’ve released version 2.0 of our app with more functionality.
TWSS Reconciliation
The TWSS Reconciliation Report is now ready for download.
UI Tweaks for Profile Pages
We’ve made changes to our user interface on profile pages.
New System Items for Salary Sacrifices
Our new system items simplify the process of correctly recording and reporting salary sacrifices for travel passes and purchases under the Bike to Work scheme.
EWSS Sweepback Process
Our latest blog post covers the EWSS sweepback process and providing information on eligibility and how to apply.
Claims Request Expanded to Include Employee Hours Worked
Hourly paid employees can now use self-service to submit their hours worked for the period.
Employment Wage Subsidy Scheme
We have created a new system item to cater for the Employment Wage Subsidy Scheme.
Self-Service Employee Claim Requests
We have a new opt-in feature for employee claims via self-service.
Ending Service on SimplePay
Outline of the steps that you need to follow on SimplePay if you need to end employees’ service and / or close your Simple Pay account for any reason
Employee Filtering Revamp
We’ve revamped our employee filters to make it more convenient to find and select employees.
New Process for Company Transfers
We’re introducing a new 3-step process for company transfers.
Introducing EWSS and TWSS Reconciliation
Latest blog introducing the new Employer Wage Support Scheme and discussing the reconciliation process for TWSS.
New Feature: End Service Checklist
This new feature reminds you of outstanding employer loans and savings when ending an employee’s service.
Improved Functionality for Deleting Leave Requests
We have improved the process for deleting leave.
Updates to the Temporary Wage Subsidy Scheme
The Temporary Wage Subsidy Scheme’s end date has been extended to the end of August. Additionally, employees returning from maternity or related leave are now also eligible.
New Feature: Show More Payslip Info
We have added a feature that allows you to view all payslip items without previewing the payslip.
Upcoming Operational Phase for the Temporary COVID-19 Wage Subsidy Scheme
The Operational Phase for the Temporary COVID-19 Wage Subsidy Scheme comes into effect on 4 May 2020. Here’s what you can expect.
Updates to the Temporary COVID-19 Wage Subsidy Scheme
New changes have been announced for the Temporary COVID-19 Wage Subsidy Scheme.
Updates to COVID-19 System Items
We have implemented two changes for the COVID-19 system items: Temporary COVID-19 Wage Subsidy Scheme and COVID-19 Employer Refund Scheme.
Pay Frequency Expansion
We’ve expanded our pay frequency settings to give you more flexibility to customise payment dates.
New Feature: Managing End of Service in Bulk
To ease the payroll burden on employers and payroll administrators during the COVID-19 pandemic, we have introduced a new Employee Actions section to our Bulk Actions page to allow users to manage an employees end of service in bulk.
Temporary COVID-19 Wage Subsidy Scheme
A new Temporary COVID-19 Wage Subsidy Scheme has been introduced, which is aimed at providing financial support to employees affected by the COVID-19 pandemic. This new scheme comes into effect today, 26 March 2020, and builds on the previous Employer COVID-19 Refund Scheme.
Update: Employer COVID-19 Refund Scheme
We have added a new COVID-19 Refund Scheme item, to allow for payment to employees who have been temporarily laid-off due to COVID-19.
Employer COVID-19 Refund Scheme
On 15 March 2020, Regina Doherty, the current Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection (DEASP) announced that workers who are temporarily laid off due to COVID-19 (Coronavirus) will be able to claim a special support payment of €203 per week.
National Minimum Wage and PRSI AX Changes
The changes in national minimum wage will impact PRSI and USC.
Bulk Import Employees from ROS
We have introduced a new feature that allows you to bulk import employees from ROS.
Year in Review
As 2019 (and the decade) draws to a close, we’d like to thank you for choosing SimplePay as your payroll software provider. We really value the loyalty, ideas, feedback and love that we get from you, our clients.
Automatic Logout Feature
Our new optional timeout feature allows you to choose how long the system can be left idle for before automatically logging you out of SimplePay.
QuickBooks Integration Upgrade
We have upgraded our integration with QuickBooks.
Gender Pay Gap Reporting
To assist with the upcoming gender pay gap reporting obligations, SimplePay has added a gender field for employees.
We’re App Partner of the Year Finalists
SimplePay is delighted and proud to announce that we have been chosen by Xero as a finalist for the App Partner of the Year: South Africa.
New Feature: Employee Leave Expiration
You can now specify that leave days carried over from the previous leave cycle expires if not used within a specified time frame.
New Self-Service Features
We have been working on expanding our self-service functionality recently and are pleased to announce that we have added two new features.
Introducing Dual Employment
We now support dual employment on our system.
We Have Expanded Our PRSI Classes
We now support PRSI sub-classes A8 and A9 for employees under a Community Employment Scheme.
Small Changes Can Make a Big Difference
Small changes can make a big difference, so we have added a new leave report and made some tweaks to entitlement policies.
Extension of Pay & File Deadline for ROS Customers for 2019
Revenue recently announced an extension to the ROS return filing and tax payment date for certain customers.
Bulk Actions for Once-off Payslips
We are happy to announce that we have increased our bulk actions functionality to include bulk actions for once-off payslips.
Notice anything different about our branding?
SimplePay is a global brand, so we have decided to present ourselves as such, with an enhanced global logo.
Updated RPNs for DEASP Budget Changes
As of 8 April 2019, expect updated employee RPNs for DEASP Budget Changes.
Customise System Items
SimplePay’s newest feature lets you create custom items that follow the same tax and payroll rules as system items.
New Feature! Custom Employee Info Fields
Add your own fields to an employee’s Basic Info screen with our newest feature.
February changes to the Employer’s Guide to PAYE
Revenue have made changes to the Employer’s Guide to PAYE with respect to Statement of Account notifications to employers as well as the introduction of Revenue Assessments from this year.
New Live Chat Support
Live chat support now makes it even easier for you to get the assistance that you need.
ROS Statement of Account
Your first Statement of Account is produced by the Revenue computer system based on all payroll submitted with a pay date in January 2019. The Statement of Account contains a chronological list of all tax liabilities incurred, any amendments to these liabilities, all payments made in respect of these liabilities and the balance outstanding at the end of the period referred to in the statement. The Statement of Account for January will need to be submitted by 14 February 2019, with all subsequent submissions due on the 14th of the month following the payroll month.
PAYE Modernisation Release 3: Submissions to Revenue
The functionality for submitting payroll information to Revenue in 2019 has now been released.
PAYE Modernisation Release 2: Bulk RPN Retrieval
The next step in preparing for 2019 payroll is complete: RPNs can now be retrieved for all employees.
PAYE Modernisation Release 1: Authorisation Certificates
Employers and agents can now upload authorisation certificates in SimplePay. This is the first critical step required for processing payroll in 2019.
Revenue End of Year Notice
Revenue released an end of year notice on Friday 23 November 2018. Here is a summary of the most important parts of the notice.
A Sneak Peek at PAYE Modernisation Changes
Get a glimpse of what we’ve been working on for PAYE Modernisation.
Submit a List of Employees to Revenue for PAYE Modernisation
SimplePay now has an option to generate the List of Employees report required by Revenue for PAYE Modernisation.
Increased Security Features with 2-Factor Authentication
Introducing a new optional security feature, called 2-factor authentication, which requires users to enter a verification code as an additional step when logging into SimplePay or when changing their password.
New Feature: More Leave Functionality
Our new feature allows you to prevent self-service leave requests or notify employees if their request will result in the minimum leave balance not being maintained.
We’re Making It Easier to Identify Draft Documents
To make it easier for you to keep track of versions of your documents, we have added a stamp to the draft version of payslips and monthly P30s.
Your App can now Integrate with SimplePay!
We have built an API that allows integration with other HR and time and attendance systems.
GDPR is Here
GDPR comes into force on 25 May 2018, bringing with it stricter privacy laws, greater responsibilities and enhanced rights. We’ve been hard at work to ensure we meet our obligations in time.
PAYE Modernisation
We are in the process of updating our system for the PAYE Modernisation Project.
An overview of GDPR
The General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) is effective from 25 May 2018. Here’s an overview of what it entails.
Tax Certificates Now Available via Employee Self-Service
Employees can now view their tax certificates via employee self-service.
Sparkling New User Interface Design!
We have officially launched our new user interface design!
A New Year – You’re Still Compliant
With the new tax year underway since 1 January, we’d like to reassure you that our system has been updated to ensure that you are always compliant with legislation. There is no need to do any manual updates as in other payroll systems – simply continue processing payslips into the new tax year. Your payroll will automatically meet all the requirements for the 2018 period, as announced in the 2018 Budget on 10 October 2017. If you are still processing payroll for the 2017 tax year, the old tax rules will still be used, as you’d expect.
Add Supporting Documents to Self-Service Leave Requests
You asked and we delivered! We have expanded the self-service functionality so that employees can add documents when they request leave. Now employees can attach doctor’s certificates, birth and death certificates, or any other supporting documents to leave requests with ease.
Enhanced Insight into Employee Tax History
We’ve just added a small but incredibly helpful feature to the system: effective dates for tax information.
Accounting Splits Made Easy
We’ve listened to your suggestions and are thrilled to launch our long-awaited Accounting Splits feature.
Leave Take-Ons: New and Improved
The way leave take-on balances are captured has been re-designed - providing more information and greater flexibility. Additionally, leave take-ons are now possible in bulk.
New Roles and Permissions
Another exciting new feature has just gone live! We have added two brand new user roles, which will enable you to exercise greater control over what users can see and do on the system.
New Look Payslips
We are very excited to announce the introduction of a new payslip design. All of the same payslip features and functionalities that you have become accustomed to will still be available.
Lots of New Features
We are very excited to tell you about all the useful features we’ve developed over the last few months. They include a brand new leave system and help site, as well as improved integration with Xero and expanded employee self-service functionality.
Payslips Delivered Right to Your Inbox
Amongst all the big updates that always come with the start of a new year, our tenacious developers have been able to sneak in some small but very useful features that we’re hoping will make your life just that little bit easier.
Getting Started with Employee Self Service
Here at SimplePay, we believe that taking leave and getting paid should be the least stressful work related things that your employees can do. In the past, however, this hasn’t always been the case, mostly because of all of the red tape and paperwork involved in collecting payslips, and requesting and approving leave.
We’re in the Xero Marketplace!
Are your accounts and payroll information not really on speaking terms? Well fret not, because SimplePay is now officially listed in the Xero add-on Marketplace.