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.
2022
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.
2021
SimplePay: Your Partners in Success
In this blog post, our customer success team tell us a bit more about who they are, what they do and how this impacts you.
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.