Latest Features & Fixes - Pastel Payroll (2025 update 1)

• The OID formulae have been amended.
• The OID Report has been updated.
• Public holidays have been updated.
• The OID earnings threshold had been updated.
• South African public holidays for 2024/2025 have been applied.
• New system dates have been applied.
• Updated legislative help file has been included.
• New South African tax tables applied.
• A new demonstration company is available with updated dates.
• The tax year symbol has been updated.
• The PayFreq table will now be copied in order to retain history on new fields.
• The ‘Loans’ and ‘LoanTrans’ tables will now be available after year-end.
• Employee history tables will be copied before clearing the info for year-end.
• The ‘TransHistory’ and ‘TranLve’ tables will now be available after year end.
• Employment verification services has been updated.
• The exception for SDL has been amended.
• The MISA Union rates have been increased.
• MIBCO – the rates for Moto Health Medical Aid have been updated.
• All councils – 2024/2025 Council files have been applied.
• MIBCO – The new year’s calendar has been implemented.

• Tax changes effective March 2024
• OID Report changes for 2023 Return of Earnings submissions
• Employment Verification Services enhancements
• Issues Resolved

• A menu option for the online Download Manager can be found under Help...Internet.
• Any negative values on the Income Statement will display in brackets ().
• A weblink for the Terms & Conditions can be found under Help...Internet.
• The contact telephone number has been updated to 086 123 SAGE (7243).
• Enhanced the serial number scanning capability.
• A runtime error 5 will no longer be received when setting up inventory on Start New Company.
• Customer listing report will include the last customer when ‘Customer Category Sequence’ is selected.
• The tabbing sequence has been updated when using the ‘Enter’ key on the Bank Reconciliation assistant.
• On Pervasive 13, when registering for 9 users 9 Pervasive licenses will be correctly assigned to the License Administrator.
• A runtime error 380 will no longer be received when running through the Reorder Assistant.
• Database fields will clear after processing a receipt reversal (POS).
• Sage Connected Services has been upgraded to version 3.0.6

• Pastel tables update faster and more reliably
• File structure less prone to corruption than previous versions