| Tip: Imbalance on P.35 Return. |
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As an employer or payroll administrator, you will hardly need reminding that you must complete the P35 Return and confirm that the total PAYE and PRSI have been correctly remitted to the Collector General. Every tax year-end, at our (and your) most pressured time, we have the extra workload from callers who request assistance because their totals... |
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| Tip: Holiday Entitlements |
Holiday entitlement often gives rise to payroll queries as to how it should work. It is more a personnel issue than a payroll issue.
This item is meant to help you, the employer, understand and comply with the provisions of the new Organisation of Working Time Act, 1997.
Annual Leave.
The most significant aspect of the... |
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| PayDay Feature: Special Conditions Window enhancem |
When using the [Adjust & Calculate] option from the [Payroll Run], [Prepare & Calculate Pay] menu options by clicking on the [Special] button a window opens to allow you do “Special Conditions”. This window allows the inputting Holidays, changes to default Insurable Weeks and flagging an employee as a leaver etc.
The number of Tax... |
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| PayDay Feature: DataSet Archiving |
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DataSet Archiving is the automatic storing of Datasets during each period update, but before clearing down all this period values. Archived Datasets can then be accessed at any stage, allowing reports to be run, etc. To access Archived Datasets (ensure there is no currently open Dataset) select ‘File’, and then ‘Archived Datasets’ from the main... |
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| PayDay Tip: Backing Up and Restoring DataSets |
To Back-up or Restore a DataSet take the [File], [Back-up/Restore] options from PayDay’s Main Menu or click on the [Back-up] button, on the Tool Bar.
At least 3 back-up disks should be kept at any one time and rotated through in a Grandfather, Father, Son sequence. Thus if the last back-up is corrupt it should also be possible to restore... |
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| News: Budget 2003 |
The Minister for Finance, Mr. McCreevy, announced recently that Budget 2003 would not be presented until December 4th, 2002.
Following the decision in 2001 to align the income tax and calendar years from 2002 the Department of Finance had indicated an Autumn date would be required to enable implementation of Budget taxation and social... |
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| Sales News: EuroPay 32 |
Go 32-bit for better compatibility, less restrictions and more speed.
EuroPay 32 runs at least 33% faster than the current 16-bit version for Calculation Runs, Updates and Reporting. Along with an increase in speed and stability you will benefit from:
Full 32-bit functionality.
Better resource and memory... |
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| Sales News: e-mailing and faxing with PayCE |
The Standard Database version of PayCE now has a new module for e-mailing and faxing advices to suppliers or customers. It e-mails through MAPI (Mail Application Programming Interface) and/or SMTP (Simple Mail Transport Protocol) and faxes through the inbuilt Fax Service of Windows XP or 2000.
For further information and a quotation on... |
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| Sales News: BACS version of PayCE |
Due to a demand from our PayCE customers who have a requirement for Electronic Funds Transfer into the UK we have added a module which can produce the correct file format required for BACS (Bank Automated Clearing Services). This module is available both in File Import and Standard Database PayCE.
For further information and a quotation... |
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| News: Budget 2004 - Tax Code System |
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The recent changeover to a calendar tax year means that it is impossible to issue Tax Credit Certificates between a December Budget Day and the start of the next tax year. This means employees do not have the effects of Budget changes until well into the new year. As two-thirds of PAYE cases do not change their tax circumstances from year to year... |
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| News Update: Tax Codes for 2004 |
An e-mail was received today from Revenue's Customer Service Section to advise that they (Revenue) are not now proceeding with the Tax Code system for 2004. The plan is to have a pre-budget bulk issue of Tax Credit Certificates to employers and a partial pre-budget issue to certain employees as happened in November 2002.
A full employer... |
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| Essential: Foolproof Back-Ups |
Golden Rule: The important part of data back-up is not the back-up itself - but the storage and recovery of the data.
Data is valuable. In some cases it has taken years to build up. It is stored on hard disks on standalone PCs and network servers. Data can be wiped out at any time. System crashes, computer viruses, hard disks breaking... |
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| Budget 2004 - Notional Pay (BIK). |
From 1 January 2004, PAYE and PRSI will have to be deducted by employers in respect of the taxable value of Benefits-In-Kind (BIK) and other non-cash benefits provided by them to their employees.
The amounts to be taken into account are referred to as “Notional Pay”.
Although these changes will add an additional burden (both monetary... |
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