Opera 3 Release 2.93.00

Version

2.93.00

Released

Jan 23

Summary

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.

The following changes are included:

• For Freeport employers, Freeport NI codes are now available for the 2022/23 year when revising employee information in the Tax Year History form in readiness for including in the Prior Year Full Payment Submission

• Real Time Information updates

• P60 Stationery amendments

• Statutory Rates updated for 2023/24

Real Time Information (RTI)

Opera’s RTI file formats have been updated to comply with HMRC specific ‘tax year related fields’ in the file format of the FPS and EPS XML files for the 2023/24 tax year.

Software Changes:

The Full Payment Submission (FPS) changes are minor and date related. The year has been changed to 2023/24 and the minimum and maximum value for dates has been updated so the range is from 6 April 2023 to 5 April 2024.

The Prior Year (PY) FPS has also been updated to include the Freeport NI Letters (F, I, S and L) that were not included in the previous year, such that if a PY FPS is run for 2022/23, it will cater for the Freeport NI letters.

The Employer Payment Summary (EPS) changes are minor and date related. The year has been changed to 2023/24 and the minimum and maximum value for dates has been updated so the range is from 6 April 2023 to 5 April 2024.

Employer Substitute Forms P60

The Form P60 is an annual tax form issued to taxpayers at the end of a relevant tax year. It contains exact information about the earnings, the PAYE and NICs paid during the specified tax year.

Software Changes:

The following changes have been made for 2022/23 tax year:

• The Tax year has been updated to 2023

• The wording on the form has been updated from ‘employment(s)’ to ‘employments’

• Alignment of the text ‘HM Revenue and Customs’ within the ‘To the employee’ section.

Other Changes

Historical E-mailed Payslips/P60s/P45s - The report has been enhanced to display details of individuals who received P45 by email.

This release also includes some general maintenance. Please contact your Pegasus Partner for further details.

New Environment Information

This release of Opera 3 is supported on Windows 2022 Server.

This release also supports version 2208 of Office 2021, Office 2019 and Office 2016.

Pegasus Help Centre

Details of this release of Opera 3 and earlier releases are described on the ‘Latest Updates’ page of the Pegasus Help Centre. Please visit docs.pegasus.co.uk.