The latest update to Sage Business Cloud Payroll Professional Release 6.3a is now available and it includes a few new features that will help you to process your payroll.

What is included in this update?

• South Africa:
  • Mid-year submission legislative changes
  • OID Reporting - Annual limit & issues resolved
• Pegg becomes Sage Assistant
• Custom Bank File generator (new feature)
• Other Tax Countries
  • Multiple Tax Tables (new feature)
  • DRC: Tax changes
  • Kenya: Tax and other changes
  • Lesotho: Tax changes
  • Malawi: Tax changes
  • Zimbabwe: Various changes
  • Existing report changes
• System modifications/Issues resolved/Known issues

Please consult the What’s New document and the Help File for more details.

An onscreen message will display the information below when you log in:

When you launch your payroll for the first time, the following message will display of you are a Super User:

You will have the option to Update Now or Later:

• Update Now will apply the new update and convert the company data to the new version, and apply the new changes. This is recommended to be done only if all your companies are in new pay period 
• Later will allow you to continue to work on the current version (for example you have not rolled into a new pay period)

 Take note: If you select to update to the new version, you will not be able to revert back to the previous version. Any changes as result of the recalculation will need to be applied manually. 

When you select to update, you receive the following options subject to the first company number in your system:

You can select to:

• Update all the companies (recommended)
• Update the specific company (can be selected per company)
• Delete the specific company (if not used anymore)
• Skip this company (which will not update the data, and will ask to update every time the system is launched)
• Exit the system (continue the process later)

We recommend to tick 'Make Backup Before Updating"

Click here to download the Release Notes for Release 6.3a

Frequently Asked Questions:

 Is this a mandatory update for all users?

• Yes, all users are required to update their live payroll instances either in September or October 2024
• South African users must install the update before exporting the IRP5 files into the SARS software for the mid-year submissions

Does the update include the new Namibian changes promulgated on 16 September 2024?

• No, the tax table promulgation was after the software update development process was completed for this release, and the changes will be released as a patch file once all the changes are complete
• We recommend to update to Release 6.3a as soon as possible, for your payroll to be compatible with the tax files to be released

I need help to setup a generic bank file, the new feature included in Release 6.3a. Who should I contact?

• Due to the customised nature of the bank file setup, contact your Sage accredited Business Partner for assistance