Auto-enrolment is a government-led program that automatically enrols eligible employees into a workplace pension scheme, ensuring they save for retirement. Employees contribute to the scheme, and their employers match these contributions, with the government providing additional top-ups. The new scheme, called MyFuture Fund, will launch in September 2025. The government aims to simplify the retirement savings process and increase participation … Read More
Company Vehicles Benefit in Kind (BIK)2025
As we navigate 2025, it’s crucial for both employers and employees to stay informed about the latest Benefit in Kind (BIK) regulations concerning company vehicles. The government has implemented several changes aimed at promoting environmental sustainability and ensuring equitable taxation. 🔹 Key Changes Effective from 2025: 🔹 Implications: 💡 Planning Ahead: For detailed information and specific calculations, refer to the … Read More
January 2025 Newsletter
Happy New Year to all our users,We hope you had a wonderful Christmas and are looking forward to what 2025 has in store. To help you start the year smoothly, we’ve already downloaded the 2025 RPN’s and prepared the 2025 calendars for you. While the calendars seamlessly carry over from 2024, we encourage you to take a moment to review … Read More
December 2024 Newsletter
Hello Everyone, As the year comes to a close, we’d like to take a moment to thank you for your continued support throughout 2024. We look forward to supporting your payroll needs in 2025. With many of you preparing for some well-deserved time off this week, we’ve highlighted a few key items you may have questions about. 2025 RPN’s & … Read More
Preparing For 2025
Build And Check Your 2025 Payroll Calendars The Revenue published the employee 2025 RPNs’ (employee tax certificates) on the 1st of December 2024. The 2025 payroll calendars can now be created by clicking the “build 2025” button within the pay run. If you don’t choose to create the calendar in advance it will build automatically on the 1st January 2025. … Read More
2024 November Newsletter
Hello Everyone, We hope this Parolla November newsletter finds you well. As we approach the end of the year, we aim to keep you informed with regular updates and news tailored to your daily work. Here are a few highlights we think you’ll find valuable. End of Year Reviews In the next 10 days we will run a Revenue Review for 2024 … Read More
Understanding Cloud Payroll: Benefits and Features for Businesses
Cloud payroll refers to a payroll processing system such as Parolla that operates over the internet.
Beginners Guide to Payroll in Ireland
Setting up a company Payroll in Ireland for the first time? First of all, CONGRATULATIONS! It’s a huge accomplishment to reach the point where you can offer payment to others, and it’s worth celebrating. For those new to payroll, it can feel overwhelming, so we’ve put together some simple steps to help guide you through the process. Setting up a … Read More
Preparing For 2024
Build And Check Your 2024 Payroll Calendars The Revenue published the employee 2024 RPNs’ (employee tax certificates) on the 8th of December 2023. The 2024 calendars can now be created by clicking the “build 2024” button within the payrun. If you don’t choose to create the calendar in advance it will build automatically on the 1st January 202. Verify that … Read More
Preparing for 2024’s Enhanced Reporting Requirements
A comprehensive guide by Parolla Introduction: As we approach January 2024, the implementation of Enhanced Reporting Requirements (ERR) is imminent, marking a significant shift in how employers report expenses. Parolla is at the forefront, offering an integrated software solution to streamline this process. Here’s everything you need to know to stay compliant and efficient. Understanding Enhanced Reporting Requirements: The ERR … Read More
Statutory Sick Pay (SSP) in Ireland
Introduction Starting 1st January 2023, Ireland has introduced a mandatory sick pay for employees, known as the Statutory Sick Pay (SSP). This guide outlines everything employers and employees need to know about this new legal requirement. What is Statutory Sick Pay (SSP)? SSP is the legally mandated minimum sick pay that employers must provide. This entitlement will gradually increase over … Read More
Tips & Gratuities
The introduction of the Payment of Wages (Amendment) (Tips & Gratuities) Act 2022 is intended to bring clarity to the definition and treatment of tips, gratuities, and service charges. In particular, how these relate to employee pay. It came into effect on 1st December 2022. The introduction has more of an impact on some industries than others; hospitality, taxi services, … Read More
Employee Self Service Portal
The Employee Self-Service portal is an innovative tool for easy employee access to their personal payroll data, anytime they want to. The ESS portal puts the employee in the driving seat and reduces the amount of input required by the employer. Using this time-saving tool helps reduce or even eliminate the need to reply to many employee queries. It can also make … Read More
Great Support Feedback
We built a word cloud image from all the great support feedback received via our chat system over the past few years. I particularly liked that ‘Kind’ came up as a frequent word. It has been a lot of fun looking into the image for some of the less frequent, but supportive comments left for us. We use SalesIQ from … Read More
How a Learning Management System Helps New Employees Learn Payroll Processes
A learning management system helps make payroll processes easier by educating new hires on filing payroll on time & accurately, saving you time & money.
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
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