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EarnieTM
Release Notes & Patch

Version: 21.60

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Contents
EarnieTM 2021 Release Version 21.60 ............................................................................................ 5

myePayWindow .............................................................................................................................. 5

   Payslip Messages .................................................................................................................................... 5

   Publish Reports to myePayWindow...................................................................................................... 5

   Report Options ........................................................................................................................................ 5

Faster Payments............................................................................................................................. 6

   Faster Payments menu item .................................................................................................................. 6

       Setup ..................................................................................................................................................................... 6

   Operator/Groups .................................................................................................................................... 6

       Find Out More ...................................................................................................................................................... 6

   Company Details ..................................................................................................................................... 7

       Provider................................................................................................................................................................. 7

       Source Account .................................................................................................................................................... 7

   Employee Details ..................................................................................................................................... 7

       Period .................................................................................................................................................................... 8

   Send Faster Payments ............................................................................................................................ 8

       Employee Type & Period ..................................................................................................................................... 8

       Employee Selection ............................................................................................................................................. 8

       Selection Criteria .................................................................................................................................................. 8

       Payment Reference ............................................................................................................................................. 8

       To send your Faster Payments: .......................................................................................................................... 8

   Faster Payments Preview ....................................................................................................................... 9

   Faster Payment Errors ............................................................................................................................ 9

   Audit .......................................................................................................................................................... 9

EarnieTM April 2021 Patch 2 Release 1.36.0.* ............................................................................. 10

National Minimum & National Living Wage Report ................................................................. 10

HR Integration Normal Hours Worked ...................................................................................... 10

EarnieTM April 2021 Patch 1 Release 1.36.0.* ............................................................................. 10

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myePayWindow ............................................................................................................................ 10

   Email and Phone No Fields .................................................................................................................. 10

   Payslips ................................................................................................................................................... 10

       Statutory Payments on Payslips....................................................................................................................... 11

       Zero rates added to Payslips ............................................................................................................................ 11

       Rounding in Other Payments ........................................................................................................................... 11

       Actual Pay YTD ................................................................................................................................................... 11

       NI Adjustment on Payslips ................................................................................................................................ 11

       Blank Payslips ..................................................................................................................................................... 11

       Ers YTD Pension ................................................................................................................................................. 11

       Initial Holiday Values ......................................................................................................................................... 11

   Extension to date to move to myePayWindow ................................................................................. 11

National Minimum & National Living Wage .............................................................................. 11

   National Minimum & National Living Wage Warning ....................................................................... 11

Furlough Extension ...................................................................................................................... 12

Default Student Loan ................................................................................................................... 12

Using Last Year’s Data ................................................................................................................. 12

EarnieTM April 2021 Release 1.36.0.141 ....................................................................................... 12

Release Notes ............................................................................................................................... 12

PAYE Legislation Changes............................................................................................................ 12

Student Loan Thresholds ............................................................................................................ 12

Updates for NMW/NLW 2021/2022 ............................................................................................. 13

   System Parameters ............................................................................................................................... 13

       Reports ................................................................................................................................................................ 13

Starter Checklist Process Amendments .................................................................................... 14

   Starter Checklist .................................................................................................................................... 14

       Starter Checklist Reports .................................................................................................................................. 15

New Student Loan Plan Type 04 Scotland ................................................................................. 15

   Employee Details Student Loan Plan Type ........................................................................................ 15

       Payroll Calculations ........................................................................................................................................... 15

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Example .............................................................................................................................................................. 15

       Conversion.......................................................................................................................................................... 16

       Print Tax/NI/Pension Rates ............................................................................................................................... 16

       Import/Export..................................................................................................................................................... 16

       Audit .................................................................................................................................................................... 16

       RTI ........................................................................................................................................................................ 16

       HR Integration .................................................................................................................................................... 16

RTI .................................................................................................................................................. 20

   FPS Changes for 2021/2022 ................................................................................................................. 20

   EPS Changes for 2021/2022 ................................................................................................................. 20

Pensions ........................................................................................................................................ 20

Other Improvements ................................................................................................................... 20

   P60 Layouts ............................................................................................................................................ 20

   Cater for Diesel Meets RDE2 Regulation from the Car Database ................................................... 20

   myPayWindow Audit ............................................................................................................................. 20

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EarnieTM 2021 Release Version 21.60

myePayWindow
Payslip Messages
Information added to the Reports | Print Payslips | Payslip Message field now sends to
myePayWindow and displays in the Note field on the system. The Payslip Message field has a
2000-character limit.

Publish Reports to myePayWindow
It is now possible to publish reports to employers or employees using myePayWindow. To
publish payslips, go to Print Payslips and under the myePayWindow frame, select the Publish
button. Two options will display:

   ▪   Publish to Employees
   ▪   Publish to Company

Publish to Company opens the Select Format pop-up. Here you can pick an option from the
drop-down list. If you are publishing payslips to myePayWindow for more than one employer
user, you will need to select the user(s) required on the myePayWindow User Selection screen.

For all other reports, on the Print Report screen, under the Send Document To frame, we have
added an EPW button. Selecting this button opens the Select Format pop-up, and from here,
the myePayWindow User Selection screen displays. Once you have selected the user(s), click
Ok to start the publishing process to myePayWindow.

Report Options
Under Reports | Report Options, we have added a new myePayWindow tab and included
a Report Format drop-down within this. There are several report formats available to choose
from in the drop-down, including the default Adobe Acrobat (.pdf) option. During transmission
to myePayWindow, any errors found in the reports show on the Company | myePayWindow
Errors screen.

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Faster Payments
To provide an alternative to BACS, we have partnered with Modulr and have implemented a
Faster Payments system into the payroll software. This system requires data to be sent from
payroll to Modulr using their API and is sent on a period/frequency basis. Once data has been
sent, payroll receives confirmation of success or details of any errors.

Faster Payments menu item
To cater for this new feature, we have added a new Faster Payments drop-down menu from the
main toolbar, between Payroll and Reports. This menu will contain the following options:

    ▪   Setup
    ▪   Send
    ▪   Audit
    ▪   Faster Payments Portal
    ▪   Error Log
    ▪   Find Out More

Setup
Here you can enter your Faster Payments login details into the Modulr section. The
Username and Password fields accept any characters, with a maximum length of 100.

Send, Audit and Faster Payments Portal will not be visible until Faster Payments | Setup has
been completed.

Operator/Groups
In the Admin side of the software, under Operator/Groups | Alter Operator/Groups | Edit, on
the Rights tab under the Menu Permissions, we have added a Faster Payments section which
includes the following items, all ticked by default:

    ▪   Setup
    ▪   Send
    ▪   Audit
    ▪   Faster Payments Portal
    ▪   Error Log
    ▪   Find Out More

Deselecting any of the items denies operators in the selected group access to them.

Find Out More
The Find Out More option will not be visible once credentials have been entered into Faster
Payments | Setup. Click Find Out More to open the link to the Modulr onboarding page.

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Company Details
To facilitate the new Faster Payments feature, we have added the following to the Company
Details | Bank Details screen:

    ▪   BACS Account radio button
    ▪   Faster Payments Account radio button
    ▪   Provider drop-down list
    ▪   Source Account text entry field

Please Note: after installing the update, existing Bank Details will be set to BACS Account.

When BACS Account is selected, the following fields will be disabled:

    ▪   Provider
    ▪   Source Account

When Faster Payments is selected, the following fields will be disabled:

    ▪   Bank/Building Society Name
    ▪   Branch
    ▪   Sort Code
    ▪   Address
    ▪   Account No
    ▪   BACS No
    ▪   BACS Ref
    ▪   Postcode
    ▪   Bank Reference 1
    ▪   Bank Reference 2
    ▪   Use in EPS

Provider
The Provider drop-down list currently contains  and Modulr. This is to enable us to add
further account providers in future, if required.

Source Account
This is a string of up to 30 characters. This field will be inactive if the Provider is set to .

Employee Details
To enable the Faster Payments to be assigned to an employee, we have made the following
updates to Employee Details.

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Period
On the Employee Details | Period tab, under the Pay Method section, we have added an
additional radio button: Faster Payments. The Faster Payments account used for the employee
will be based on the information stored in Employee Details | Bank | From Company
Account.

Send Faster Payments
Selecting Send opens the new Faster Payments screen. Here you can select your period(s) to
pay, who you want to include, your selection criteria, and enter your reference.

Employee Type & Period
In this section, using the tick boxes, select the period(s) you want to pay.

Employee Selection
Here choose either the All or Select Now radio button. The Select Now option will be based on
the Selection Criteria.

Selection Criteria
Here you can define your selection criteria using the three fields headed Field, Condition and
Detail. This works in the same way as the Selection Criteria for Payroll | Do/Redo Payroll.
You also have the option of using the SQL button for a greater selection choice (see Help |
Earnie Help | Chapter 20 – SQL Selection for a full explanation).

Payment Reference
Enter your reference in this field. This field contains any characters, up to a limit of 100.

To send your Faster Payments:
  1. Go to Faster Payments | Send

  2. Choose the period to pay – this will default to the current pay date selected

  3. From the Employee Selection frame, choose either All or Select Now

  4. If required, enter your Selection Criteria

  5. Complete your Reference number

  6. Click OK

  7. The Preview screen will display, showing the payments to be sent to your Faster Payments
      provider

  8. Check the details, and once happy to proceed, click Send to submit the payment

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Faster Payments Preview
The Faster Payments Preview screen lists the individual employee details that will send to your
Faster Payments Provider. The information contained on this screen is as follows:

    ▪   Code
    ▪   Surname
    ▪   Forename
    ▪   Sort Code
    ▪   Account Number
    ▪   Account Name
    ▪   Source Account
    ▪   Amount

Faster Payment Errors
When the Send Faster Payments process is complete, any errors returned from the Faster
Payments provider will show on the Faster Payments Errors screen and displays the following:

    ▪   Provider
    ▪   Week No or Month No
    ▪   Code
    ▪   Error Source
    ▪   Error Message

You can also go to the Faster Payments drop-down menu from the main toolbar and select
Error Log to access the Faster Payments Errors screen. Choose the relevant Provider from the
drop-down list. If a period is resent to Faster Payments for the provider, the error log for the
period will be cleared and, if necessary, populated with any new errors.

Please Note: The Error Log will be cleared down during the Year-end Restart. Errors are only
displayed for the current tax year.

Audit
Accessed from the Faster Payments drop-down menu | Audit, the Faster Payments
Audit screen shows payments that have been sent successfully to the Faster Payments
providers. Select the Provider from the drop-down list on this screen. Currently, Modulr is the
only option, but this is for future development. The screen populates with details for each
employee included in the Faster Payments submission for the selected Provider/Period(s). There
is a Print option should you require a hard copy of this information.

This screen details the following:

    ▪   Week No or Month No
    ▪   Code

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▪   Surname
   ▪   Forename
   ▪   Account No
   ▪   Sort Code
   ▪   Amount
   ▪   From Account
   ▪   Date Submitted
   ▪   Grand Total
       Employees (total)

EarnieTM April 2021 Patch 2 Release 1.36.0.*

National Minimum & National Living Wage Report
The National Minimum & National Living Wage Report has been updated to reflect the legislation
changes in April 2021.

HR Integration Normal Hours Worked
The Employee Details |Salary | Working Hours | Contacted Hours per week field now
updates when importing from HR.

EarnieTM April 2021 Patch 1 Release 1.36.0.*

myePayWindow
Email and Phone No Fields
The Company | Alter Company Details | Client Contact Details tab will now be visible for all
licenced versions of the payroll software. The Name and Company Address fields will be
populated from the information held in the Company tab. If blank in the Client Contact Details
tab, the Email Address and Telephone Number fields will be populated from the Online
Services tab.

When sending data to myePayWindow, the Telephone Number and Email Address will be used
from the data held on the Company | Alter Company Details | Client Contact Details tab.

Payslips
The following payslip issues when uploading to myePayWindow have been resolved:

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Statutory Payments on Payslips
Statutory payments being duplicated as an ‘other payment’ value on payslips.

Zero rates added to Payslips
Payslips will no longer include zero rates. This was occurring when a rate had been attached to
an employee, but no rates had been processed through the payroll.

Rounding in Other Payments
Factor/rates were rounding half pennies as 0.01 in ‘Other Payments’.

Actual Pay YTD
Actual Pay YTD was being uploaded instead of Net Pay YTD.

NI Adjustment on Payslips
NI adjustment values were not being displayed on payslips.

Blank Payslips
Blank payslips were uploading to myePayWindow.

Ers YTD Pension
When Display Items are not selected to appear on payslips (under Report Options) and an ERs
pension is hidden from a payslip (Display Item Only – Hidden from Payslip), the Ers YTD amount
was showing as £00.00.

Initial Holiday Values
Initial holiday values not being uploaded on payslips in myePayWindow.

Extension to date to move to myePayWindow
To assist our clients, we have extended the date for users of IRIS OpenPayslips/OpenEnrol to
switch to myePayWindow, giving them until 31st August 2021. After this date they will be unable
to publish to IRIS OpenPayslips/OpenEnrol.

National Minimum & National Living Wage
National Minimum & National Living Wage Warning
An issue where the National Minimum Wage and National Living Wage warning was not being
triggered by an employee’s birth date has been resolved.

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Furlough Extension
The software/spreadsheet has been updated to incorporate the extension of the CJRS until 30 th
September 2021. Please see the COVID-19 – Furlough Job Retention Scheme Changes and
Important Dates Guide for further information.

Default Student Loan
Previously, when a new employee had more than one student loan selected in the Starter
Checklist, the software assigned the lowest number by plan type. We have updated the software
and it will now assign the number based on the lowest annual threshold of the selected loans.

Using Last Year’s Data
An error 3265, Item not found in this collection, experienced when using the Last Year’s Data
option has been resolved.

EarnieTM April 2021 Release 1.36.0.141

Release Notes
Welcome to your software update for April 2021. This update of the software includes some
new features and enhancements, together with any necessary legislative changes. These notes
provide information on all the improvements to the software. For detailed information on
legislative changes, click here. If you encounter any difficulties, please visit:
www.iris.co.uk/contactus

PAYE Legislation Changes
    ▪   The rates and bands in the software, for tax, National Insurance, Statutory Payments,
        Student Loans, Minimum Wage etc., have been updated for 2021/2022
    ▪   During the Year-end Restart, the software will uplift tax codes, if required
    ▪   The AE Parameters have been updated in line with legislation for 2021/2022
    ▪   P60 forms have been updated to report for year end 2020/2021

Student Loan Thresholds
The annual thresholds have been updated in line with legislation for 2021/2022:

    ▪   Plan Type 1 increased from £19,390 to £19,895
    ▪   Plan Type 2 increased from £26,575 to £27,295
    ▪   Plan Type 4 is new for April 2021 and has a threshold of £25,000
    ▪   Postgraduate Student Loans remains at £21,000

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Updates for NMW/NLW 2021/2022
System Parameters
HMRC have revised the National Minimum Wage (NMW) and the National Living Wage (NLW)
age brackets and rates for the tax year 2021/2022. Following these changes, we have updated
the software to perform checks using the new parameters. The table below details the
NLW/NMW ages and rates for April 2020, and the amended figures for April 2021.

 National Minimum &        Rate from April 20      National Minimum &         Rate from April 21
 Living Wage – Age                                 Living Wage – Age

 25 and over               £8.72                   23 and over                £8.91

 21–24                     £8.20                   21–22                      £8.36

 18–20                     £6.45                   18–20                      £6.56

 16–17                     £4.55                   16–17                      £4.62

 Apprentice Rate           £4.15                   Apprentice Rate            £4.30

Note: The system does not make automatic rate changes for employees. It only checks the rates
and ages are the correct parameters for the tax year. It is your responsibility to change
them. Before updating the software, if you have entered your own rates on the Admin | File |
Companies | Minimum/Living Wages Rates screen with a date later than 1 April 2021, the
system will not overwrite these figures, you will need to change them manually.

Reports
We have updated all reports in line with the new NMW and NLW parameters.

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Starter Checklist Process Amendments
Starter Checklist
In light of changes made by HMRC to the Starter Checklist, on the Employee Details | Tax/NI |
Starter Details | New Starter tab, we have renamed the Present Circumstances frame to
Student Loans and Postgraduate Loan and replaced the Student Loan option with Plan 1,
Plan 2, Plan 4 and Postgraduate Loan tick boxes. This allows you to select one or multiple
Plans for new employees.

Also, on the Expat tab, we have replaced the UK Student Loan field with the following new tick
boxes:

       a. UK Student Loan Plan 1
       b. UK Student Loan Plan 2
       c.   UK Student Loan Plan 4
       d. UK Postgraduate Loan
Note: When selecting multiple Plans, for example, Plans 2 and 4, the student loan will deduct
from the lowest numbered Plan. In this instance, it would be Plan 2.

Statements A, B and C have been updated in line with HMRC requirements. The new statements
are:

       ▪    Statement A: “Do not choose this statement if you’re in receipt of a State, Works or
            Private Pension. Choose this statement if the following applies. This is my first job since 6
            April and since the 6 April I’ve not received payments from any of the following:
            o   Jobseeker’s Allowance
            o   Employment and Support Allowance
            o   Incapacity Benefit”
       ▪    Statement B: “Do not choose this statement if you’re in receipt of a State, Works or
            Private Pension. Choose this statement if the following applies. Since 6 April I have had
            another job but I do not have a P45. And/or since the 6 April I have received payments
            from any of the following:
            o   Jobseeker’s Allowance
            o   Employment and Support Allowance
            o   Incapacity Benefit”
       ▪    Statement C: “Choose this statement if:
            o   you have another job and/or
            o   you’re in receipt of a State, Works or Private Pension”

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On the Starter Checklist we have added a new frame, Transfer from Another Payroll System.
We have also renamed the following fields:

   ▪   This is not a new employee has been renamed This is not a new starter to the PAYE
       Scheme
   ▪   Previous Employee Code tick box has been changed to Previous Employee Code/RTI
       Pay ID

Starter Checklist Reports
We have updated the New Starter Reports to match the layout provided by HMRC.

New Student Loan Plan Type 04 Scotland
Employee Details Student Loan Plan Type
Following the introduction of Student Loan Plan Type 04 Scotland which has a threshold of
£25,000 and a 9% deduction rate for tax year 2021/2022 onwards, on the Employee | Employee
Details | Tax/NI | Student Loan button, we have added the number 4 to the Plan Type drop-
down menu.

HMRC determines who should be on Plan Type 04, and they will issue instructions in the usual
way through the DPS.

Payroll Calculations
Although the threshold differs when calculating Student Loan Plan Type 4, there is no change
to the rate or method when calculating student loan deduction.

Example
Plan Type 4 (using 2021/2022 monthly thresholds)

 Student Loan Plan Type                         4

 NIable Pay                                     2,500

 Annual Threshold                               25,000

 Monthly Threshold                              2083.33

 Deduction Rate                                 9%

                                                2,500 – 2,083.33 * 9% = £37 (rounded down
 Student Loan Deduction
                                                to nearest £)

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Conversion
Conversion has been updated to include the new student loan plan type.

Print Tax/NI/Pension Rates
We have updated File | Print Tax/NI/Pension to include the new threshold for Student Loan
Plan Type 04.

Import/Export
We have added Student Loan Plan Type 04 to the Import/ Export fields.

Audit
We have added Student Loan Plan Type 04 to the Audit.

RTI
RTI submissions have been updated to include all Student Loan Plan Types. The FPS Student
Loan Year to-date value will be a combination of Plan Type 01, 02 and 04 deductions where all,
or either, have existed in the current year.

HR Integration
Student Loan Plan Type 04 will process through HR Integration.

RTI
Earlier Year FPS Menu Item

Following updates to the software, it is now possible to send a Full Payment Submission (FPS) for
a previous tax year and after 19th April in the current tax year. From 2020/2021 onwards, you
can no longer send an Earlier Year Update (EYU) to correct any mistakes made in the previous
tax year. To enable you to submit an Earlier Year FPS, on the Online Services tab, we have
added a new menu item, Send Earlier Year FPS.

Note: The Send Earlier Year FPS menu item will only be visible in the software from the
2020/2021 tax year and can only be used from 2021/2022 and subsequent tax years to correct
data from the previous year.

Earlier Year Update
We have removed the EYU menu item from the tax year 2020/2021 and onwards. You can only
send an EYU for submissions up to Tax Year 2019/2020.

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Earlier Year FPS Employee Selection
On the Online Services | Send Earlier Year FPS | Earlier Year FPS – Employee Selection
screen, we have added a New Employee button, enabling you to proceed to the next screen
without selecting an employee. This allows you to send an Earlier Year FPS where a company is
new to Earnie and has no knowledge of employees that left whilst on another payroll system.

Sending an Earlier Year FPS for a new employee on your payroll system:
  9. Go to Online Services | Send Earlier Year FPS | Earlier Year FPS – Employee Selection

  10. Select New Employee

  11. An Earlier Year FPS - Year Selection screen will display, choose the relevant Tax Year
      from the drop-down

Note: The default tax year will be your company’s current tax year minus one, so if the tax year is
2023/2024, the default tax year will display as 2022/2023. However, you can still select tax years
2020/2021, 2021/2022 and 2022/2023.

  12. Earlier Year FPS – Employee Details screen will appear. The screen has a Personal frame
      with the following fields:

       ▪   FPS Pay ID – you must enter the Pay ID used previously for this employee, if it is not
           known, enter a new, exclusive one and tick the Pay ID changed box
       ▪   Pay ID Changed
       ▪   Level
       ▪   Surname
       ▪   Forename 1
       ▪   Forename 2
       ▪   NI Number
       ▪   Birth Date
       ▪   Date Left
       ▪   Gender

      The Address frame has the fields:

       ▪   Postcode
       ▪   Country

      The Payment Details screen has two fields:

       ▪   Pay Frequency
       ▪   Pay Date

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13. Select Next to open the Earlier Year FPS - Data Entry screen. Enter and amend the data
      fields required for inclusion in the Earlier Year FPS

  14. The screen contains several frames and fields, including a Submission frame with a
      Submission Type field

      The Tax frame has the following fields:

       ▪   Tax Code
       ▪   Week1/Month1
       ▪   Taxable Gross
       ▪   Tax Paid
       ▪   Student Loan
       ▪   Postgraduate Loan

      The Sundry frame includes the fields:
       ▪   Gross Pension Deductions
       ▪   Net Pension Deductions
       ▪   Benefits Taxed in Payroll
       ▪   Annual Occupational Pension

      The National Insurance frame contains the fields:
       ▪   NI Rate
       ▪   Niable Gross
       ▪   Employee’s
       ▪   Employer’s
       ▪   At LEL
       ▪   LEL to PT
       ▪   PT to UEL

      The Statutory Payments section includes the fields:
       ▪   Statutory Maternity Pay
       ▪   Statutory Adoption Pay
       ▪   Statutory Paternity Pay
       ▪   Shared Parental Pay
       ▪   Shared Bereavement Pay

Note: The Shared Parental Bereavement Pay field will not be visible unless the Earlier Year
FPS is for tax year 2020/2021 or onwards.

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15. If required, from the Earlier Year FPS - Data Entry screen, select the Multiple NICs
     button and the Earlier Year FPS – Multiple NI Rates screen will display. Make the
     necessary amendments to the following fields:

      ▪   NI Rate
      ▪   Niable Gross
      ▪   Employees
      ▪   Employer
      ▪   At LEL
      ▪   LEL to PT
      ▪   PT to UEL
      ▪   Current Rate
      ▪   Previous rate
      ▪   Oldest Rate
 16. Click Print if you require a hard copy of the information

 17. Then select Next

 18. The Earlier Year FPS Confirmation Screen allows you to see your Earlier Year FPS before
     submitting it to HMRC. Note: The National Insurance section will show up to four sets of
     data. If only one NI rate has been used in the year, only one set of data will display

 19. Again, click Print if you require a hard copy of the data

 20. Choose Send to submit to HMRC

Sending an Earlier Year FPS for an Existing Employee
 1. Go to Online Services | Send Earlier Year FPS | Earlier Year FPS – Employee Selection

 2. A new Earlier Year FPS – Year Selection screen will display. Choose the Tax Year from
     the drop-down

 3. An Earlier Year FPS - Data Entry screen will open. Enter and amend the data fields
     required for inclusion in the Earlier Year FPS

 4. If required, from the Earlier Year FPS Data Entry screen, choose the Multiple NICs
     button to navigate to the Earlier Year FPS – Multiple NI Rates screen. Make the
     necessary amendments to the fields

 5. Click Print if you require a hard copy of the information

 6. Then select Next

 7. The Earlier Year FPS Confirmation screen allows you to see your Earlier Year FPS before
     submitting it to HMRC. Note: The National Insurance section will show up to four sets of
     data. If only one NI rate has been used in the year, only one set of data will display

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8. Again, click Print of you require a hard copy of the data

  9. Choose Send to submit to HMRC

Pending
To check whether you have any outstanding FPS submissions, from the Earlier Year FPS – Data
Entry screen, click the Pending button (will be disabled if none are outstanding) to complete
either a Normal or an Earlier Year FPS submission.

RTI
FPS Changes for 2021/2022
The FPS schema has been updated for tax year 2021/2022 in line with government legislation.

EPS Changes for 2021/2022
We have updated the EPS schema for submissions relating to tax year 2021/2022.

On the Company | Alter Company Options | State Aid | De Minimis State Aid screen, we
have renamed the Industrial field to Industrial/Other.

Pensions
   ▪   The LGPS Bands for England/Wales and Scotland have been updated for 2021/2022
   ▪   Teachers’ Pension tiers have been updated for 2021/2022

Other Improvements
P60 Layouts
We have updated the P60s for year-end 2020/2021 and to include Statutory Parental
Bereavement Pay (SPBP).

Cater for Diesel Meets RDE2 Regulation from the Car Database
To ensure the Cash Equivalent employee car values are calculated against the correct table
value/percentages when creating/amending a company car, we have set the Euro Standard field
to 6d (temp)’ or ‘6d’ entries to Fuel Type = Diesel Meets RDE2 Regulation in the software.

myPayWindow Audit
From Company | myePayWindow Audit form, we have added a Print button.

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Useful numbers

 HMRC online service helpdesk                               HMRC employer helpline

 Tel:    0300 200 3600                                      Tel:   0300 200 3200
 Fax:    0844 366 7828
                                                            Tel:   0300 200 3211 (new business)
 Email: helpdesk@ir-efile.gov.uk

Contact Sales (including stationery sales)

 For IRIS Payrolls                    For Earnie Payrolls                   For IRIS Payroll Professional

 Tel:    0344 815 5656                Tel:    0344 815 5676                 Tel:      0345 057 3708

 Email: sales@iris.co.uk              Email: earniesales@iris.co.uk         Email:    payrollsales@iris.co.uk

Contact Support

 Your Product                                Phone                           E-mail

 IRIS PAYE-Master                            0344 815 5661                   payroll@iris.co.uk

 IRIS Payroll Business                       0344 815 5661                   ipsupport@iris.co.uk

 IRIS Bureau Payroll                         0344 815 5661                   ipsupport@iris.co.uk

 IRIS GP Payroll                             0344 815 5681                   gpsupport@iris.co.uk

 IRIS GP Accounts                            0344 815 5681                   gpaccsupport@iris.co.uk

 Earnie or Earnie IQ                         0344 815 5671                   earniesupport@iris.co.uk

 IRIS Payroll Professional (formerly Star)   01273 715300                    payroll-support@iris.co.uk

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