| Recent Kwik-pay changes |
 12 Jun 2010 - 4.11.26Add option to purge log files, and fix problem where editing label on a custom report definition where tabs not changing. Add NHS pension termination reasons, and fix error in CTAEO monthly rate table for start of 17% band. |
| 2 Jun 2010 - 4.11.24 Add option to print list of employee benefits on 'traditional' pay advice layout. |
| 31 May 2010 - 4.11.23 Add option to not print bank transactions on pay advice and the option to obscure bank account number. |
| 10 May 2010 - 4.11.18 Add option to print monthly totals on yearly summary report, and add 'traditional' pay advice layout. |
| 9 May 2010 - 4.11.17 Fix some problems with Isle of Man year end reporting. |
| 5 May 2010 - 4.11.12 Fix some NHS Pension reporting problems and add Excel leave report for NHS Pensions |
| 28 Apr 2010 - 4.11.9 Add second page to P35 report for employer's signature, showing check list questions and responses selected for end of year internet filing, and add Isle of Man T21 leavers certificate. |
| 27 Apr 2010 - 4.11.8 Fix problems with NHS Pension SD55 report, calculation of NHS GP employer contribution, salary amount shown on NHS SD55 report and add support for previous last name for NHS pension reporting. Exclude Isle of Man employees from Tax/Month 1 reset at start of year, add date married/widowed for T21 certificates and fix incorrect validation error for Isle of Man employees' tax code. Allow statutory pay calculation to be over-ridden for an adjustment pay, add missing Week/Month 1 indicator to P60 certificate, add Additional contributions column to Pension report, set employee SCON to default from SCON defined on Pension fund set up, add date of death for P45 reporting, and fix problem with effective date validation when adding pay item in calculate pay form to use different pay rate when rate changed mid-pay period. |
| 20 Apr 2010 - 4.11.7 Fix 'object reference' error when pressing ctrl-r in calculate pay form to recalculate all employees' pay. Fix problem with Week/month 1 flag not being reset for employees in new tax year and also fix problem with P32 Tax Period report showing incorrect value for 'Above UEL' total. |
| 16 Apr 2010 - 4.11.5 Improve setting of default values when creating new and amending employee records with gender being set for specific titles, and defaults for leave accrual and payment. |
| 13 Apr 2010 - 4.11.4 Fix problem with Isle of Man NI employer contribution calculation doubling above UEL |
| 8 Apr 2010 - 4.11.2 Fix problem with P45 internet filing name space being rejected due to change of tax year. |
| 7 Apr 2010 - 4.11.1 Revise NI calculation for Director's to conform with HMRC Payroll Standard |
| 23 Mar 2010 - 4.10.22 Add 'Overtime hours' calculation method for NHS additional pensionable hours |
| 23 Mar 2010 - 4.10.26 Fix problem with leave accrual calculation based on a percentage of hours worked when the leave balance units is days. |
| 12 Mar 2010 - 4.10.19 Fix problem with calculation of PAYE and NI contributions for Supplementary pay, and add 2010/11 tax and NI rate changes for Isle of Man. Add option to select report data by period end date instead of pay date for Costing report. |
| 7 Mar 2010 - 4.10.18 Add LimitOrdinaryHours property for leave accrual pay items to cap percentage of ordinary hours leave calculation to the employee's normal hours per week. |
| 28 Feb 2010 - 4.10.16 Add NHS Pension tab to employee details screen to capture NHS Pension census data. |
| 12 Feb 2010 - 4.10.12 Add UK tax and NI rates for 2010/11 tax year after completing HMRC payroll standard testing. |
| 9 Feb 2010 - 4.10.11 Add option to leave types to not carry forward leave accrued in previous leave years or carry forward the accrual where the default is to not carry it forward. Add support for Magistrates Court attachment orders using a rate table and add a retirement date field to the employee details screen for women who are retiring between 2010 and 2020. Also, add the option to pay statutory payments in arrears in pay periods where the statutory payment week spans the end of the pay period. |
| 22 Jan 2010 - 4.10.9 Add process to import P6/P9 data from HMRC data provisioning service downloaded files. |
| 16 Jan 2010 - 4.10.8 Add pay advice option to employee notes to include the note on the employee's pay advice. The note is included in the pay advice until the pay date following the note's date. Add NHS Pension LP11 remittance advice report. |
| 5 Jan 2010 - 4.10.5 Change calculation of number of employees allowed in free version of Kwik-Pay so it only includes those employees paid in the current tax year. Add new calculation methods to support NHS Pension calculation for employee contributions and pensionable hours. |
| 24 Dec 2009 - 4.10.4 Plain paper P60 form output by Kwik-Pay Payroll approved by HMRC |
| 23 Nov 2009 - 4.10.1 Achieves HMRC recognition for end of year internet filing and now prints P60s on plain paper. Also adds Isle of Man T14 employee tax certificates and T37 annual return. |
| 2 Nov 2009 - 4.9.15 Add notional pay items that are not used in net pay calculations and are not shown on any reports, but whose value can be used in the calculation of other pay items. |
| 23 Oct 2009 - 4.9.13 Add support for 'net pay arrangements' in the calculation of Pension contributions. |
| 15 Oct 2009 - 4.9.10 Complete P35 end of year summary report |
| 21 Sep 2009 - 4.9.8 Implement some changes required to obtain HMRC recognition for in-year movements internet filing |
| 2 Sep 2009 - 4.9.1 Update P45/P35 internet filing Add payroll contact fax number and email, and add an extra address line for all payees, the payroll company address and the address of third parties. |
| 20 Aug 2009 - 4.8.3 Use employee last pay date to calculate last week/month number for P45, rather than record the number during pay calculation, in case pay subsequently deleted. Fix problem with SSP earnings calculation broken by release 4.8.1 |
| 17 Aug 2009 - 4.8.2 Add Isle of Man T35 tax period report Output individual pay advices to folder specified in report output file name, rather than leaving them in the same folder as the payroll database. |
| 16 Aug 2009 - 4.8.1 Revise statutory pay recovery processing, and add payroll items to support payroll level cash amounts. |
| 20 Jul 2009 - 4.7.6 Fix problem that stopped pay method from being shown on pay advices. |
| 12 Jul 2009 - 4.7.5 Correct SSP default pay item set up. Basis must be Weeks, and leave type must be Sick in order for SSP spells to be linked. |
| 30 Jun 2009 - 4.7.2 Add option to keep pay period open on the File menu, Options form |
| 23 Jun 2009 - 4.7.1 Fix 'payslip save' error occurring in pay item entry and pay data import process. Add option to pay data import to always insert imported pay data instead of merging it with existing pay data. |
| 14 Jun 2009 - 4.6.48 Implement automatic close of pay period after pay period reports created |
| 31 May 2009 - 4.6.40 Extend SMTP email process to provide support for external email servers that require POP3 authentication. |
| 30 May 2009 - 4.6.30 Change pay advice emailing to use SMTP instead of MAPI to improve reliability |
| 6 May 2009 - 4.6.36 Fix problem with QuickBooks extract file debiting and crediting benefit liability and expense accounts. Add option to select employees individually to receive email pay advices. Tighten validation rules for leave entitlement when automatic accrual basis selected. |
| 25 Apr 2009 - 4.6.35 Reinstate option for department sequence and selection for pay register report and add a department summary at the end of the pay register |
| 24 Apr 2009 - 4.6.34 Fix problem with NI Liable total on Tax & NI Summary report, and fix problem with Statutory Pay calculation not handling increase in rate part way through pay period. |
| 14 Apr 2009 - 4.6.32 Fix problem with the pay data import creating a second normal pay when the pay period end date is different from the pay date BR not calculated on taxable pay truncated to pounds |
| 13 Apr 2009 - 4.6.31 Set default path for the direct credit bank files to the same folder as the payroll database Fix problem with Isle of Man NI rates |
| 3 Apr 2009 - 4.6.30 Add z-fold pay advice print option Add facility to enter an override amount for Statutory Pay average earnings |
| 11 Mar 2009 - 4.6.26 Add provision to update previous payroll NI LEL/ET/UEL pay in adjustment pay (click More then Misc buttons), and add option to select UK tax region (UK/Isle of Man) for all tax total reports. Stop payee gross pay warning limit messages when net to gross calculation in progress. |
| 26 Feb 2009 - 4.6.24 Add provision for separate Isle of Man NI rates |
| 24 Feb 2009 - 4.6.23 Add 'PayAdviceYTD' property for pay items to allow individual year to date totals to be included or excluded from pay advices |
| 9 Feb 2009 - 4.6.20 Add support for Isle of Man tax calculations and SB, HR tax codes, and add further UK bank file formats |
| 3 Feb 2009 - 4.6.18 Add protected earnings percentage/amount as option on employee standard pay deduction for all Kwik-Pay countries. |
| 2 Jan 2009 - 4.6.15 Add option to select payees when creating direct credit schedule and direct entry file. Add option to exclude zero pays from pay history report. Add TaxableRounding/TaxableRoundOff tax factors to allow Kwik-Pay to calculate IOM PAYE more accurately. |
| 21 Dec 2008 - 4.6.14 Improve import of pay items from another Kwik-Pay payroll database. |
| 15 Jul 2008 - 4.6.9 Import of payees from another Kwik-Pay payroll database failure with pay item not found error |
| 20 Jun 2008 - 4.6.8 Program stops responding when editing Pay Register report layout |
| 2 Jun 2008 - 4.6.5 Add emergency contact details to address report, and fix problem where customised payee details report not displayed. |
| 8 May 2008 - 4.6.3 Fix problem with Windows Vista where Kwik-Pay database updates are not completed correctly. |
| 19 Apr 2008 - 4.6.1 Add employee leave accrual basis, so that accrual basis of percentage of hours can be selected at employee level, rather than having to specify different leave accrual pay items in the pay calculation. Also, add the facility to enter an over-ride of pay item units in the pay calculation screen to override any automatic calculation of pay item units. Leave accrual pay items will now be added to pay calculation automatically after leave entitlements have been defined for an employee. |
| 6 Apr 2008 - 4.5.9 Fix recently introduced error 'object variable or with block not set' when running leave liability report. |
| 26 Feb 2008 - 4.5.2 Add option to print two pay advices per employee per page |
| 12 Jan 2008 - 4.4.24 Provide example of Timesheet spreadsheet in OpenOffice ods format, and add option to import pay data from Excel or OpenOffice Calc spreadsheet format files as well as CSV or text files. |
| 7 Nov 2007 - 4.4.23 Stop date on a standard pay item not stopping item being loaded in a pay created in the new period process |
| 7 Aug 2007 - 4.4.17 Add warning message if employee created with same payee code as an existing employee |
| 30 Jul 2007 - 4.4.16 Remove prompt to encrypt database if database not already encrypted |
| 18 Jul 2007 - 4.4.14 Report exported to Excel format cannot be opened with Excel 2007 |
| 27 Jun 2007 - 4.4.12 Add last opened database path to File menu |
| 22 May 2007 - 4.4.9 Improve error message reported when handling error on database open. |
| 9 May 2007 - 4.4.8 Stop 'File not found' error message when default data folder contains the name of a non-existent folder name. |
| 26 Apr 2007 - 4.4.6 Add pay item import option to payroll data import to allow pay item definitions to be imported from a separate Kwik-Pay Payroll database. |
| 19 Apr 2007 - 4.4.5 Add option to Pay Advice report to email pay advice direct to employee and add option for payee level warning messages for gross or net exceeding a specified amount. |
| 13 Apr 2007 - 4.4.4 Show adjustments as a separate total in the disbursements sub totals in the Pay Register report |
| 12 Apr 2007 - 4.4.3 Fix problem when pay type selected for direct credit schedule report |
| 11 Apr 2007 - 4.4.2 Move kwikpay.mdb and demonstration data to C:\Documents and Settings\All Users\Application Data\Kwik-Pay\Payroll instead of the Kwik-Pay program files folder to support Windows Vista security. |
| 9 Apr 2007 - 4.4.1 Display forms and controls in XP style on Windows XP, and extend folder browse form to select My Documents folder. Minor fixes for report layout editor, including selecting an image immediately after inserting, and prevent control from moving when first selected. Add warning limits for gross and net by pay group to show warning message in new period log, or warning message pop-up in calculate pay screen, and add a maximum units option to pay items to limit unit quantity in pay calculations. |
| 20 Feb 2007 - 4.3.5 Add counts of employees to pay register report. Fix Costing report problem where net pay and PAYG are apportioned according to hours worked and employee has no hours type pay items in their pay. Use award hourly rate in leave liability report when employee has no personal hourly rate. |
| 12 Feb 2007 - 4.3.4 Add payee code to payees list form, and fix 'duplicate key' problem with transaction scheduler when multiple pay groups have the same pay date. Fix problem with superannuation report showing incorrect gross pay total |
| 1 Feb 2007 - 4.3.3 Fix problem in tax period pay item processing when paid to date set to end of prior pay period. Enhance pay rate effective date processing so the payslip item start date is used to retrieve a pay rate instead of the pay date. |
| 22 Nov 2006 - 4.2.55 Changed twice monthly pay date calculation so it defaults to same dates in following months instead of 15th and last day. |
| 15 Nov 2006 - 4.2.53 Show all validation errors in help button tooltip. |
| 25 Oct 2006 - 4.2.51 Leave balances validation process improved to handle more variations in leave accruals. |
| 12 Oct 2006 - 4.2.49 Add option to use pay date or period end for accounting system interface file |
| 30 Aug 2006 - 4.2.43 Leave pay item comments being truncated |
| 21 Aug 2006 - 4.2.42 Remove invalid characters from PAYGW electronic file |
| 29 Jul 2006 - 4.2.40 Extend pay item entry to allow entry of pay items for past pay dates. |
| 23 Jul 2006 - 4.2.39 Use pay item basis to convert automatically between units entered in pay calculation, leave balances and linked pay items. |
| 15 Jul 2006 - 4.2.38 Fix SQL syntax error on Leave History enquiry form. |
| 6 Jul 2006 - 4.3.35 Payroll edit form zorder inadvertant change caused payroll details tab to be blank. |
| 3 Jun 2006 - 4.2.31 Add option to recalculate the current period's pays when a pay item is changed or the pay item sequence is changed, also change all SQL Server date formats to be locale independant. |
| 1 Jun 2006 - 4.2.30 Create new database on SQL Server had date format error importing pay history. |
| 24 May 2006 - 4.2.28 Fix SQL Insert syntax error in leave balances validation process |
| 24 Apr 2006 - 4.2.25 Stop Kwik-Pay on client machine if server database version higher release than client, improve error message when no printer installed in Windows, and add option to import payroll data process in order to import from another Kwik-Pay database. |
| 30 Mar 2006 - 4.2.24 Added facility to enter name of payroll database on command line and fixed error when value entered in last data line of pay item entry form. |
| 15 Mar 2006 - 4.2.22 Database not properly encrypted by version 4.2.21 |
| 10 Mar 2006 - 4.2.21 Add facility to encrypt and decrypt Kwik-Pay payroll databases. |
| 23 Nov 2005 - 4.2.14 Add process to validate and optionally update employee leave balances where the accumulated leave accrued and taken pay items is different from the employee's recorded totals. Add net pay method 'Holding Account' to support the conversion of overseas employees pay to a foreign currency. |
| 20 Sep 2005 - 4.2.12 Ensure standard pay item with start/stop date is only added to employee pay when pay period spans standard pay item start/stop date. |
| 20 Jul 2005 - 4.2.10 Add image control to report writer to enable logos to be embedded in custom reports. Add zip password and date/time in file name to backup process. |
| 23 Jun 2005 - 4.2.9 Fix pay item entry 'find payee' error when changes saved, and error 'type mismatch' in open new period process when calculating leave accrual units. |
| 22 Jun 2005 - 4.2.8 Fix 'Type mismatch' error when rolling over leave year for employee with no start date. |
| 23 Apr 2005 - 4.2.3 Pay item history report duplicated items when reporting payee who had changed pay groups. Disable open new period process until first pay entered in pay calculation screen. |
| 13 Apr 2005 - 4.2.1 Duplicate item error when creating new payroll fixed. Problem adding/deleting pay calculations introduced by 4.2.0 fixed. |
| 12 Apr 2005 - 4.2.0 Add function to clone an existing pay item. Allow payee deletion if end date before start of current tax year. Add option to print zero payslips in pay advices and pay register. Add period end date to pay group/pay date bar. |
| 8 Mar 2005 - 4.1.22 Allow MDAC version validation to be over-ridden. Payee leave basis of Salary not saved correctly |
| 29 Jan 2005 - 4.1.21 Set default priority for new deductions and show pay calculation log message when insufficient net pay for deduction. Pay advice bank transfer amount zero for third party cash deduction. |
| 7 Oct 2004 - 4.1.19 Add 'All dates' option to report period selection. This will select all pay history for the report. |
| 18 Sep 2004 - 4.1.17 Update of third party details gave incorrect validation error. %OrdHrs pay item calculation in error. |
| 25 Jul 2004 - 4.1.16 Add option to Options form on File menu to allow update of pay history |
| 25 Jun 2004 - 4.1.14 Fix problem with column sizing when form maximised |
| 20 Jun 2004 - 4.1.13 Add option to create individual pay advice reports by payee |
| 10 May 2004 - 4.1.9 Add option to override direct credit transaction code when creating bank transfer file. |
| 3 May 2004 - 4.1.8 Extend pay data import to extract sub-field data, conditionally ignore records and utilise constant data items. |
| 29 Apr 2004 - 4.1.7 Negative deduction not accepted on adjustment payslip, when pay also included a negative payment. |
| 17 Apr 2004 - 4.1.4 Add '4 weeks' option to every pay history report and enquiry screen |
| 2 Apr 2004 - 4.1.3 Add option to display printer dialog when any report directed to the printer. Option is turned on using the menu File, Options. The printer dialog allows the report to be directed to any printer queue, and to change properties specific to the report, such as orientation. |
| 24 Mar 2004 - 4.1.2 Add payee import to pay data import process, and option for a 'pipe' delimiter for pay data imports. |
| 14 Mar 2004 - 4.1.1 Adds pay item property 'ReducePayItemUnits' which can be used on a leave pay item to reduce the ordinary pay automatically, 'Properties' and 'Security' reports to the reference tables reports (select Reports, Miscellaneous, Reference Tables). This version has also been revalidated using a SQL Server database, and some minor problems with a SQL Server connection have been resolved. |
| 3 Dec 2003 - 4.0.81 Report selection of pay items not showing full list of pay items |
| 24 Sep 2003 - 4.0.78 Tighten validation of payee leave units (must have payee hours per day) |
| 19 Sep 2003 - 4.0.76 Create a log file during the open new period process, listing employees for whom pays have been created, warning and error messages. Add option to File, Data Maintenance menu to purge new period and import pay data logs Reset employee paid to date when employee's pay is deleted from the pay calculation screen Add option to pay item set up to round up or down the pay item's calculated value, instead of just rounding off the value |
| 16 Sep 2003 - 4.0.75 Add additional 'Factor' pay item property to allow an 'Hourly Plus' calculation to include a multiplying factor as well as the amount added to the employee's basic rate. |
| 14 Sep 2003 - 4.0.74 Add 'Hourly Plus' calculation method. This adds the pay item factor to the employee's hourly rate to give a rate to pay. Add an 'alternate classification' facility. This will over-ride an employee's classification if they work in a specified cost centre, and allow a different pay rate from that specified by the employee's normal classification. |
| 5 Sep 2003 - 4.0.73 Add award pay item factor table to enable pay item factors to be over-ridden by award. Update award pay item factors from menu option View, Set up, Awards, Award Pay Item Factors. Added award rates report to reference tables report (view, report, miscellaneous, reference tables) Add request to confirm deletion of payslip in pay calculation form Create log of data imported in pay data import process |
| 28 Aug 2003 - 4.0.72 Add option to print costing report with sub-totals by department Add option to print all Departments/Pay Groups/Payees to pay totals reports |
| 26 Aug 2003 - 4.0.71 Add PayAdvice property for pay items, in order to exclude specific pay items from pay advices. See Kwik-Pay help topic 'Pay Advices' for details. |
| 5 Aug 2003 - 4.0.68 Add 'Pay Items' report to reference tables report (report, miscellaneous, reference tables). |
| 1 Aug 2003 - 4.0.67 Calculate hourly rate from annual salary, if hourly rate is blank/zero Add option to print sub-totals by department on leave liability report |
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