Release details

Opera 3 / Opera II Releases

These pages include details of the most recent releases of Opera 3 and Opera II.

Release	Summary
Release 2.98.20	This release of Opera 3 introduces a new BACS format that allows SEPA postal addresses to be included when created from the Purchase Ledger or Cashbook modules. The Supplier Bank Details report will now display the details of the SEPA postal addresses when exporting the content to Excel.
Release 2.97.00	This release of Opera 3 provides the resolution to some customer reported problems. A new version of Pegasus Scheduler (2.21.10) is available with this update.
Release 2.96.10	This release of Opera 3 includes updates as announced by the Chancellor in his Spring Budget announcement on 6 March 2024.
Release 2.96.00	This release of Opera 3 is the payroll upgrade for the 2023/24 tax year end and includes the required legislative changes for the 2024/25 tax year.
Release 2.95.50	This release of Opera 3 includes updates as announced by the Chancellor in his Autumn Statement on 22 November 2023.
Release 2.95.00	This release of Opera 3 provides improvements to the Purchase Orders Processing application along with the resolution of several defects.
Release 2.94.20	This release of Opera 3 includes performance improvements and optimisations.
Release 2.94.11	This is a maintenance release of Opera 3 and also includes an updated version of Pegasus Document Management (3.00.80).
Release 2.94.00	This release of Opera 3 includes some functional improvements and general maintenance.
Release 2.93.01	This release of Opera 3 resolves a director's National Insurance issue. The update must be applied before the last pay run of 2022/23 is actioned to automatically rectify the affected contributions.
Release 2.93.00	This release of Opera 3 is the payroll upgrade for the 2022/23 tax year end and includes the required legislative changes for the 2023/24 tax year.
Release 2.92.00	This release of Opera 3 includes further Postponed VAT Accounting related changes in addition to some further product improvements and defect resolutions.
Release 2.91.50	This release of Opera 3 includes updates as announced by the Chancellor in his mini budget statement on 23rd September 2022.
Release 2.91.10	This is a maintenance release of Opera 3.
Release 2.91.00	This release of Opera 3 SQL SE includes further Postponed VAT Accounting (PVA) and Brexit related improvements. It also includes the Rebranding of the EC VAT module to now become Import/Export. This release offers support of Windows 11 21H2 and provides several defect resolutions.
Release 2.90.10	This release includes updates to Opera 3 PAYE/NI/Stat. Payments tables and changes in how Directors National Insurance is to be calculated for the remainder 2022/23 tax year.
Release 2.90.00	This release includes the payroll statutory changes for the 2021-22 tax year-end and the new 2022-23 tax year.
Release 2.82.60	This release provides changes to EU Intrastat reporting functionality that is required by traders based in Northern Ireland from 1st January 2022. HMRC requirements now dictate Supplementary Declarations to be filed in CSV format or manually input via the HMRC portal.
Release 2.82.50	This is a maintenance release, this release has been tested using Windows 10 Enterprise, Windows 10 Pro, Office 365 versions.
Release 2.82.00	This release includes P6/P9 tax code changes. In addition, Government Gateway’s Data Provisioning Service has been added that will assist users to create and maintain multiple sets of Government Gateway user credentials.
Release 2.81.60	A new version of Pegasus Scheduler (2.20.60) is available that will provide anti-fraud VAT header updates in line with the requirements of HMRC. This release also includes further improvements that will assist users following the United Kingdom leaving the European Union on 1st January 2021.
Release 2.81.50	This release includes further improvements that will assist users following the United Kingdom leaving the European Union on 1st January 2021.
Release 2.81.00	This release includes the payroll statutory changes for the 2020-21 tax year-end and the new 2021-22 tax year.
Release 2.80.50	This release includes further improvements that will assist users as the United Kingdom leaves the European Union on 1st January 2021
Release 2.80.00	This release includes the required changes needed to process VAT adjustments for the new Postponed VAT Accounting (PVA) legislation coming into force from 1 January 2021. In addition, system changes have been implemented to the .NET DLLs for Opera 3 client for MTD fraud prevention headers.
Release 2.74.00	This release includes improvements to notification emails being sent in the event of a failed scheduled task and better control of sales margins in SOP/Invoicing.
Release 2.73.00	The Costing application is now available in Opera 3 SQL Server Edition (SE). Also included in this release are a new set of standard and Excel furlough report designs to handle the changes introduced by HMRC to the Coronavirus Job Retention Scheme Assistance (CJRS) from July onwards as well as general maintenance.
Release 2.72.50	Performance improvements have been made when posting Diary Actions and multiple users are updating records in the Credit Management Centre. A number of maintenance fixes have also been included.
Release 2.72.00	The Bill of Materials application is now available in Opera 3 SQL SE. 2 further reports have been added to the Advanced Payments & Deductions Listing in Payroll that will provide greater assistance to Job Retention Scheme reporting. A number of maintenance fixes for have also been included.
Release 2.71.00	This release includes functional improvements to Opera’s Making Tax Digital (MTD) Centre and Full Payment Submission (FPS) functions. It also includes the new Payroll rates and bands for National Insurance (NI), PAYE and Statutory Payments released in the March 2020 budget, including the Scottish tax changes applicable from 11 May 2020, support for Microsoft Office 64 bit and general maintenance.
Release 2.70.00	This release includes the payroll statutory changes for the 2019-20 tax year-end and the new 2020-21 tax year. This release also includes the changes for MTD for VAT fraud prevention that were first made available in the v2.63.00 release.
Release 2.63.00	This release includes changes in Opera 3 and Pegasus Scheduler for MTD for VAT. HMRC has recently clarified requirements for software vendors to include fraud-prevention details in the VAT Return. Opera 3 (2.63.00) and Pegasus Scheduler (2.20.10) includes the fraud-prevention changes required by HMRC. HMRC has not clarified exactly when they will start to reject VAT Returns without these fraud-prevention changes. However, customers who send MTD VAT Returns should install Opera 3 (2.63.00) and Pegasus Scheduler (2.20.10) to avoid VAT Returns being rejected by HMRC.
Release 2.62.00	The Payroll and Personnel applications are now available in Opera 3 SQL SE. Pegasus Web Xchange (2.10) is also now available. This version of Pegasus Web Xchange supports Transport Layer Security (TLS) protocol 1.2 - the current standard for providing secure network communications.
Release 2.61.00	This release has been tested on the Windows Server Standard 2019 and Windows Server Essentials 2019 platforms, and with Office 2019.
Release 2.60.13	This release improves the way agents must authorise Opera 3 for Making Tax Digital before they can submit VAT Returns on behalf of their clients.
Release 2.60.10	This release includes a new Import wizard and HMRC Receipt view in the MTD VAT Centre. In the Nominal Ledger, the option to export the Transactions View to Microsoft Excel now allows values to be totalled and further manipulated in calculations. The History View in the Nominal Ledger has also been improved to present budget information using 'dr' and 'cr' notation rather than negative and positive values. Also, a new release of Pegasus Web Xchange now includes indicators for the new Postgraduate Loans and Welsh Tax.
Release 2.60.00	This release includes the statutory payroll changes for the 2018-19 tax year-end and the new 2019-20 tax year. Also included are the changes for MTD for VAT. MTD for VAT comes into force on 1 April 2019 and will apply for businesses with annual sales over the VAT threshold of £85,000. If MTD for VAT applies to you, you’ll have to use digital tools to keep records of your income and costs. A new release of Pegasus Scheduler - version 2.20.00 - must be installed to work alongside Opera 3 for MTD for VAT. Information about this release is also available in a PDF guide so that it can be printed.
Release 2.53.00	This release of Opera 3 and Opera II includes a number of performance enhancements together with improved CRM functionality and updates to the Reporter application. Also, Microsoft SQL Server 2017 is supported.
Release 2.52.10	This is a maintenance release of Opera 3 and Opera II plus some improvements.
Release 2.50.50	This release includes the Personal Data Search utility. This is provided so that you can easily find what has been recorded in the software for an individual and where the personal details are recorded.

Release

Summary

This release of Opera 3 introduces a new BACS format that allows SEPA postal addresses to be included when created from the Purchase Ledger or Cashbook modules.

The Supplier Bank Details report will now display the details of the SEPA postal addresses when exporting the content to Excel.

Release 2.97.00

This release of Opera 3 provides the resolution to some customer reported problems. A new version of Pegasus Scheduler (2.21.10) is available with this update.

Release 2.96.10

This release of Opera 3 includes updates as announced by the Chancellor in his Spring Budget announcement on 6 March 2024.

Release 2.96.00

This release of Opera 3 is the payroll upgrade for the 2023/24 tax year end and includes the required legislative changes for the 2024/25 tax year.

Release 2.95.50

This release of Opera 3 includes updates as announced by the Chancellor in his Autumn Statement on 22 November 2023.

Release 2.95.00

This release of Opera 3 provides improvements to the Purchase Orders Processing application along with the resolution of several defects.

Release 2.94.20

This release of Opera 3 includes performance improvements and optimisations.

Release 2.94.11

This is a maintenance release of Opera 3 and also includes an updated version of Pegasus Document Management (3.00.80).

Release 2.94.00

This release of Opera 3 includes some functional improvements and general maintenance.

Release 2.93.01

This release of Opera 3 resolves a director's National Insurance issue.

The update must be applied before the last pay run of 2022/23 is actioned to automatically rectify the affected contributions.

Release 2.93.00

This release of Opera 3 is the payroll upgrade for the 2022/23 tax year end and includes the required legislative changes for the 2023/24 tax year.

Release 2.92.00

This release of Opera 3 includes further Postponed VAT Accounting related changes in addition to some further product improvements and defect resolutions.

Release 2.91.50

This release of Opera 3 includes updates as announced by the Chancellor in his mini budget statement on 23rd September 2022.

Release 2.91.10

This is a maintenance release of Opera 3.

Release 2.91.00

This release of Opera 3 SQL SE includes further Postponed VAT Accounting (PVA) and Brexit related improvements. It also includes the Rebranding of the EC VAT module to now become Import/Export. This release offers support of Windows 11 21H2 and provides several defect resolutions.

Release 2.90.10

This release includes updates to Opera 3 PAYE/NI/Stat. Payments tables and changes in how Directors National Insurance is to be calculated for the remainder 2022/23 tax year.

Release 2.90.00

This release includes the payroll statutory changes for the 2021-22 tax year-end and the new 2022-23 tax year.

Release 2.82.60

This release provides changes to EU Intrastat reporting functionality that is required by traders based in Northern Ireland from 1st January 2022. HMRC requirements now dictate Supplementary Declarations to be filed in CSV format or manually input via the HMRC portal.

Release 2.82.50

This is a maintenance release, this release has been tested using Windows 10 Enterprise, Windows 10 Pro, Office 365 versions.

Release 2.82.00

This release includes P6/P9 tax code changes. In addition, Government Gateway’s Data Provisioning Service has been added that will assist users to create and maintain multiple sets of Government Gateway user credentials.

Release 2.81.60

A new version of Pegasus Scheduler (2.20.60) is available that will provide anti-fraud VAT header updates in line with the requirements of HMRC. This release also includes further improvements that will assist users following the United Kingdom leaving the European Union on 1st January 2021.

Release 2.81.50

This release includes further improvements that will assist users following the United Kingdom leaving the European Union on 1st January 2021.

Release 2.81.00

This release includes the payroll statutory changes for the 2020-21 tax year-end and the new 2021-22 tax year.

Release 2.80.50

This release includes further improvements that will assist users as the United Kingdom leaves the European Union on 1st January 2021

Release 2.80.00

This release includes the required changes needed to process VAT adjustments for the new Postponed VAT Accounting (PVA) legislation coming into force from 1 January 2021. In addition, system changes have been implemented to the .NET DLLs for Opera 3 client for MTD fraud prevention headers.

Release 2.74.00

This release includes improvements to notification emails being sent in the event of a failed scheduled task and better control of sales margins in SOP/Invoicing.

Release 2.73.00

The Costing application is now available in Opera 3 SQL Server Edition (SE).

Also included in this release are a new set of standard and Excel furlough report designs to handle the changes introduced by HMRC to the Coronavirus Job Retention Scheme Assistance (CJRS) from July onwards as well as general maintenance.

Release 2.72.50

Performance improvements have been made when posting Diary Actions and multiple users are updating records in the Credit Management Centre.

A number of maintenance fixes have also been included.

Release 2.72.00

The Bill of Materials application is now available in Opera 3 SQL SE.

2 further reports have been added to the Advanced Payments & Deductions Listing in Payroll that will provide greater assistance to Job Retention Scheme reporting.

A number of maintenance fixes for have also been included.

Release 2.71.00

This release includes functional improvements to Opera’s Making Tax Digital (MTD) Centre and Full Payment Submission (FPS) functions. It also includes the new Payroll rates and bands for National Insurance (NI), PAYE and Statutory Payments released in the March 2020 budget, including the Scottish tax changes applicable from 11 May 2020, support for Microsoft Office 64 bit and general maintenance.

Release 2.70.00

This release includes the payroll statutory changes for the 2019-20 tax year-end and the new 2020-21 tax year.

This release also includes the changes for MTD for VAT fraud prevention that were first made available in the v2.63.00 release.

Release 2.63.00

This release includes changes in Opera 3 and Pegasus Scheduler for MTD for VAT.

HMRC has recently clarified requirements for software vendors to include fraud-prevention details in the VAT Return.

Opera 3 (2.63.00) and Pegasus Scheduler (2.20.10) includes the fraud-prevention changes required by HMRC.

HMRC has not clarified exactly when they will start to reject VAT Returns without these fraud-prevention changes.

However, customers who send MTD VAT Returns should install Opera 3 (2.63.00) and Pegasus Scheduler (2.20.10) to avoid VAT Returns being rejected by HMRC.

Release 2.62.00

The Payroll and Personnel applications are now available in Opera 3 SQL SE.

Pegasus Web Xchange (2.10) is also now available. This version of Pegasus Web Xchange supports Transport Layer Security (TLS) protocol 1.2 - the current standard for providing secure network communications.

Release 2.61.00

This release has been tested on the Windows Server Standard 2019 and Windows Server Essentials 2019 platforms, and with Office 2019.

Release 2.60.13

This release improves the way agents must authorise Opera 3 for Making Tax Digital before they can submit VAT Returns on behalf of their clients.

Release 2.60.10

This release includes a new Import wizard and HMRC Receipt view in the MTD VAT Centre. In the Nominal Ledger, the option to export the Transactions View to Microsoft Excel now allows values to be totalled and further manipulated in calculations. The History View in the Nominal Ledger has also been improved to present budget information using 'dr' and 'cr' notation rather than negative and positive values.

Also, a new release of Pegasus Web Xchange now includes indicators for the new Postgraduate Loans and Welsh Tax.

Release 2.60.00

This release includes the statutory payroll changes for the 2018-19 tax year-end and the new 2019-20 tax year.

Also included are the changes for MTD for VAT. MTD for VAT comes into force on 1 April 2019 and will apply for businesses with annual sales over the VAT threshold of £85,000. If MTD for VAT applies to you, you’ll have to use digital tools to keep records of your income and costs.

A new release of Pegasus Scheduler - version 2.20.00 - must be installed to work alongside Opera 3 for MTD for VAT.

Information about this release is also available in a PDF guide so that it can be printed.

Release 2.53.00

This release of Opera 3 and Opera II includes a number of performance enhancements together with improved CRM functionality and updates to the Reporter application. Also, Microsoft SQL Server 2017 is supported.

Release 2.52.10

This is a maintenance release of Opera 3 and Opera II plus some improvements.

Release 2.50.50

This release includes the Personal Data Search utility. This is provided so that you can easily find what has been recorded in the software for an individual and where the personal details are recorded.