New 2020 RPNs’ are available for download from Revenue.
Public Holidays Ireland
Public holidays are complicated. Who is entitled to them? What exactly are the entitled to? We give you some of the basic rules that cover most employees.
EWSS Eligibility Review July 2021
EWSS has now been extended to December 2021 as per the Finance Bill issued at the end of June 2021. The updates are outlined in full in the latest Revenue EWSS guidelines. There are two main items to note Extension date of the EWSS Scheme EWSS Eligibility criteria and mandatory review reporting Extension date of EWSS Scheme EWSS remains in … Read More
Preparing for Reopening Summer 2021
Guidelines have now been made available from Government for the reopening of business in 2021 and many are busy getting ready for the season ahead. For some this may be the first time that the business will have opened in 2021 or the operation may be finally moving from skeleton staff to a more comprehensive workforce. Payroll Checklist Check that … Read More
What it says in the papers….
Parolla Feature in the Irish Times On Saturday the 8th May 2021 Claire and Mark from Parolla featured in the Irish Times weekend paper. This came about after Mark volunteered Claire to talk to Jen O’Connell about lockdown burnout, how it happened and what we are doing to get over it. Lockdown was a stressful time for so many of … Read More
How To Give Your Best Customer Support
We’re consistently commended for our best in class levels of customer support. We aim to answer our customers questions promptly, correctly, and with respect. I recently contributed to an article on customer support in Software as a Services products. I was asked to outline some of the principles and tools that we apply. Answering your customers question correctly and sportively … Read More
Gender Reporting
Gender reporting is an upcoming requirement for companies to publish data on gender balance in pay scales across bands for all employees. In Europe women earn on average 14% less than men. The figure for Ireland in 2018 was 14.4%. The Gender Pay Gap Information Bill was published in 2019, but was delayed, and is now being redrafted for 2021. … Read More
EWSS or PUP?
Trying to decide if it is better for you to claim EWSS or get your employees to claim PUP? If the business has remained open and the employees are still working albeit sorter hours, eg restaurant which is still serving takeaway, employees cannot claim PUP. EWSS can be claimed If the business is closed and the employees have been temporarily … Read More
Employment Wage subsidy Scheme 4
It was announced on 19 October 2020 that Ireland will be placed on level 5 of the Plan for living with COVID-19 from midnight Wednesday 21st October. As a result, the COVID-19 Pandemic Employment Payment (PUP) will be increased. The EWSS is also being amended to align with the amendment to PUP until the end of January 2021. This means that there will … Read More
Multi Factor Authentication Security
As of 15th September 2020 we have implemented multi factor authentication as an optional security enhancement for all users. Multi-factor authentication is an electronic authentication method in which a computer user is granted access to a website or application only after successfully presenting two or more pieces of evidence to an authentication mechanism: knowledge, possession, and inherence. Wikipedia Multi factor … Read More
Employment Wage Subsidy Scheme 3
If you had employees who weren’t eligible for TWSS you may be able to claim the EWSS Sweep back for them for July and Aug. This includes any new employees. Revenue request that you complete a Sweepback CSV Template with the following information. Revenue employer registration number PPSN of the relevant employee Employment ID of the relevant employee On the … Read More
Employment Wage Subsidy Scheme 2
EWSS is about to go live for 1st of September. At the start of August we sent a message about the new support, this is a quick reminder before the first of the September payrolls start happening. As the Covid-19 pandemic continues so to do the changes in Government supports available to businesses. Below we outline information from the July … Read More
Employment Wage Subsidy Scheme 1
As the Covid-19 pandemic continues so to do the changes in Government supports available to businesses. Below we outline information from the July Stimulus package regarding the Employment Wage Subsidy Scheme. Latest overview The Employment Wage Subsidy Scheme (EWSS) was signed into law on the 1st Aug 2020. This is a support paid directly to employers and will fully replace … Read More
Temporary Wage Subsidy Scheme 5
Q2 has been a bumpy ride, with more changes likely on the horizon with the new Government now in place. The COVID-19 Temporary Wage Subsidy Scheme moved from the transitional stage to the Operational stage on the May 4th and has been extended to the 31st of August 2020. The Pandemic Unemployment Payment had been extended to the 10th of … Read More
Temporary Wage Subsidy Scheme 4
The operational phase of the COVID-19 Temporary Wage Subsidy Scheme began on the May 4th.The main differences between Transition and Operational phases are. Revenue have issued a CSV file containing the subsidy details for all employees currently employed by the company on the 1st of May 2020. These details were previously determined by the employer. Revenue will refund the exact … Read More
Temporary Wage Subsidy Scheme 3
As ever, new items to report and clarifications to be made.Revenue have published Version 3 of their Temporary COVID-19 Wage Subsidy Scheme document. You can find that in the Hot Topics section of the Revenue website. It is worth reading, particularly for accountants and payroll advisers.Key clarifications in Version 3 and from our meeting with Revenue today are: For March … Read More
Temporary Wage Subsidy Scheme 2
The Bill passed Seanad Éireann. Revenue and Department of Finance have revised and published Version 2 of their guide Operation of Temporary COVID-19 Wage Subsidy Scheme.The new version rolls back some aspects and clarifies previous issues with the scheme.Key clarifications in Version 2 are: All employees on payroll are eligible for the Wage Subsidy Scheme. Including proprietary directors, those outside … Read More
Temporary Wage Subsidy Scheme 1
We have updated our system to facilitate both Pandemic Unemployment Payments and Temporary Wage Subsidy Scheme. Select the desired support scheme from the wizard drop down menu in the navigation bar. COVID-19 Pandemic Unemployment Payment Details are at: https://www.gov.ie/en/service/be74d3-covid-19-pandemic-unemployment-payment/ Note that employees can apply directly for the scheme online here. Choosing this will create a reimbursement in the selected employees … Read More
COVID-19 Wage Supports
Firstly, please let me know if you want to be removed from these emails. While Covid-19 affects as all, some companies may not need to take thesupports at the moment. Most of you will have seen the press releases around Covid-19 Temporary Wage Subsidy Scheme announced yesterday evening. As part of the Payroll Software Developers Association we have been in … Read More
COVID-19 Refund Scheme 2
Well, things have changed quickly. This post updates information provided last week, here: As of Friday 20th March, 9pm Government announced that the initial Refund Scheme of €203 euro was only an interim measure and that an enhanced scheme was to follow. We have had some guidance from Revenue this evening of the following: Employer funded Top-ups to the COVID-19 … Read More
COVID-19 Refund Scheme 1
For a many companies these are exceptionally challenging times. There have been several announcements from both the Department of Finance (Revenue) and also the Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection (DEASP) in the past 48 hours and below we outline what options are now available. Business as usual – employees to be paid as normal and payroll information submitted … Read More
Minimum Wage Increase February 2020
The minimum wage will increase on the 1st of February 2020 from €9.80 to €10.10. There will also be a corresponding increase in the Class A employers PRSI threshold.
