Opera II Payroll Enhancements - May 2004
New Features in Opera II Version 3
Payroll and HR Solution

Keeping up to date with complex Payroll and HR issues can be a full time task, but Opera II Payroll and HR provides a time saving and comprehensive solution. This application continues to evolve and embrace the demands of both Government and business requirements. Designed to meet full Inland Revenue accreditation, including new Quality standards, Opera II Payroll and HR continues to push the boundaries to provide a flexible, time saving and cost effective solution that responds quickly to business needs.

Historical Pay Details - Information at a Glance
Quick access to full earnings history is important in today’s busy payroll department. The P11 report has been added to draw together all of the information required to replicate the Deductions Working Sheet and enables the user to get a quick view of the employees’ salary costs.

Attachment Orders - Court Orders Made Easy
All court orders such as Council Tax and Scottish Arrestment orders are now fully automated processes.

Statutory Paternity Pay - Simplified Payments
The process of making the statutory payments is entirely automated. The complete process is catered for and eradicates the need for manual override.

NI Adjustment - When an employee informs their employer that they should have been on a different National Insurance code part way through the tax year, it can present a number of issues if the employer is to ensure that the backdated calculations are accurate. The Adjust NI facility enables the user to make the changes quickly, accurately and ensure that employees' to date NI contributions are correct.

Payroll Reports - Find Reports Easily
The introduction of a number of new payroll reports means that Payroll Reports menu has been regrouped to make selection of the appropriate report more convenient.

Set Options - User Friendly and Logically Sequenced. The Payroll Set Options screen has been expanded to three pages to accommodate the addition of new options and to help the user with logical placement of information.

Holiday Pay Across Year-end - IR Standard Brings Extra Functionality, For weekly payrolls, payment of holidays over the tax year end is now automated.

Electronic Payments to the Collector of Taxes - Extend Payment Time. The Inland Revenue now allows payments to be made on the 22nd of each month if paid online. The Payroll includes help screens to take the user through the online payments processing procedure.