Pegasus Payroll

Important information regarding your Pegasus Payroll

On 23 March 2022, the Chancellor made his annual Spring Statement speech where he set out the government’s tax plan to support the UK economy, businesses, and families in the short and medium term.

The key measures the Chancellor announced that impact Opera 3 Payroll included:

• The Employment Allowance increasing by £1,000 from 6 April 2022 to £5,000.
• An increase to the National Insurance Primary Threshold for Class 1 NICs and the Lower Profits Limit for Class 4 NICs from 6 July 2022, aligning it with the equivalent income tax personal allowance which is set at £12,570 per annum.

A software update will be necessary for the calculation of Directors National Insurance and another update to the PAYE/NI/Stat. Payment tables will be required to cater for the increase in the National Insurance Primary Threshold for Class 1 NICs etc, applicable 6 July 2022.

The update will be made available in Opera 3 V2.90.10 (Payroll 2022) development stream.

Pegasus have now released this legislation update which we can now implement on your system.

Carrying out your own Pegasus payroll upgrade?

If you’re planning to carry out your own upgrade then, as was the case earlier this year, the release specific to your site can be downloaded from the Download Centre once it is available. Please note that, like last year, no disks will be sent out. If you already requested a login for the Download Centre please note you can use the same login to access the software for the Springtime Payroll release.

If you don’t yet have a Download Centre login then please email payroll.upgrade@tsg.com stating your company name, license number, contact name and the email address to be registered. You will be sent an email from Pegasus to allow you to confirm your registration and allow you to login to the site where you can download the software once it is available.

This email will come from Infor and might be caught in your junk mail or spam filter, so be sure to check for that. Please note that the Online Filing Manager will not require upgrading this year. If in doubt as to any other pieces of software within your Opera system, e.g. bespoke or any third-party software, then please call (0333 220 0777) or log a support ticket via our customer support page for advice. Any assistance required with self-upgrades is not covered by your support contract and would be chargeable.

You will not need a new activation if upgrading from the Payroll release earlier this year.

There is a lot of information available in the Pegasus Information Centre that is worth keeping an eye on regarding release information. This includes the checklist for carrying out your year end, as well as instructions on how to carry out your upgrade in the Checklist Guide. Please ensure your systems meet the software requirements for the upgrade.

Those of you who have already booked a consultant to carry out your upgrade please ignore all the above; we will do all of it for you! If you would like to book an upgrade, then please let us know.