New Features
The following new features have been introduced in this release:
Feature | Short Description | Front Office | Back Office |
|---|---|---|---|
🇦🇺 Change to Multi-factor Authentication in line with directive from ATO. | There's been a compliance change to the ATO operational framework regarding MFA ‘Remember Me’. The ATO has advised that users who can access sensitive payee information should only be able to use ‘Remember Me’ for a period of 24 hours. Click here to read more. | X | |
Scroll through candidate search results list faster. | The speed of the system when you scroll through a candidate search results list has been significantly improved. | X | |
🇦🇺 Map leave types in FastTrack360 to the corresponding ATO paid leave type for STP Phase 2 reporting. | Leave types configured in Leave Maintenance for the country of Australia can now be mapped to an ATO paid leave type so that leave payments can be reported according to leave payment reporting rules under STP Phase 2. Click here to read more. | X | |
Update allowance pay code descriptions at any time. | The description of an allowance pay code in Pay Code Maintenance in the Rates and Rules module can now be updated at any time irrespective of whether the allowance pay code has already been used to make a payment. Click here to read more. | X | |
🇦🇺 Configure new allowance types for STP Phase 2 reporting. | New allowance types have been added to Pay Code Maintenance in the Rates and Rules module to allow allowance pay codes for Australia to be mapped to additional allowance types that are supported under STP Phase 2 reporting. Click here to read more. | X | |
Flag pay codes that are to be used for payments of bonuses and commissions. | A new field has been added to Pay Code Maintenance in the Rates and Rules module to allow pay codes to be flagged as being used for bonus and commission payments so that such payments can be reported correctly under STP Phase 2 reporting. Click here to read more. | X | |
🇦🇺 Capture working holiday makers' country. | Payee records in the Payroll Australia module have been enhanced to capture the country that issued issued a working holiday maker’s passport. Click here to read more. | X | |
🇦🇺 Identify if your business is registered to employ working holiday makers. | Payee records in the Payroll Australia module have been enhanced to identify if your business is registered to employ payees who are working in Australia under a working holiday maker visa and to apply a different rate of tax if your business is not registered to employ such workers. Click here to read more. | X | |
🇦🇺 Identify the type of withholding variation that applies to a payee. | Payee records in the Payroll Australia module have been enhanced to identify if payees, who are subject to a variation in their PAYG withholding, are subject to an increased or reduced rate of tax. Click here to read more. | X | |
🇦🇺 Identify company contractor voluntary withholding rate type. | Payee records in the Payroll Australia module have been enhanced to identify if company contractors, who are subject to a voluntary PAYG withholding, are subject to withholding at the standard rate or at a commissioner’s installment rate. Click here to read more. | X | |
🇦🇺 Resubmit completed EOFY STP batches. | The Payroll Australia module has been enhanced to allow STP EOFY batches, which have already been submitted successfully, to be resubmitted. Click here to read more. | X |
Issues Fixed - under construction
The following significant issues have been fixed in the v12.10 Patch 3 release:
Issue ID | Module | Details | Resolution |
|---|---|---|---|
FBP-990 | Recruitment Manager | Candidate Search: incorrect results returned when multiple Primary Position options are selected | Correct results are now returned when the multiple Primary Position options are used in a candidate search. |
FPB-970 | Payroll Australia | Unable to change the payee type on a Payee record. | It is now possible to change the payee type of a PAYG payee from Individual Non Business to Labour Hire and vice versa as expected. |
FPB-956 | Billing | Timesheet included in tax invoice and credit note at the same time. | Negative adjustment timesheets are now only included in credit notes as expected. |
FPB-988 | Payroll Australia | Manually adjusting out 100% of the superannuation accrual for a contribution period in a pay batch resulted in the adjustment not being included in the following:
| Manually adjustments to superannuation accruals in a pay batch that adjust out 100% of the superannuation accrual for a contribution period are now correctly shown on superannuation reports, the Pay Enquiry and on payslips. |
FPB-974 | Payroll Australia | Error when attempting to view submission errors/exemptions for some STP batches. | STP submission errors/exemptions can now be viewed without triggering an error. |
FPB-963 | Billing | In some circumstances, incorrect custom field data was being printed on invoices. | This problem no longer occurs. |