PS People Version 2.24.04 Release (March 2024)

This topic provides information about new features and fixes in this version of PS People.

Update Software

To install the updates:

  • If you are a PS Cloud customer, log a support ticket (a Service Cloud account is required) requesting the update. Our support team will contact your to arrange accessing your Cloud server and installing the updatesthis release will be made automatically by the PS Cloud team.
  • If you are an On-premise customer, you must install the updates.

Request the PS People Version 2.24.04 install file from our Support team

Release Notes

New Features

None.

Fixes and Updates

Updated HMRC Calculations

A text file havs been created for the new HMRC calculations including rates, thresholds, and allowances starting from April 2024. Download the file.

If the file opens in a new web browser tab instead of downloading, copy all contents to a file called Statbudg2024.txt.

The file includes: 

  • Statutory parental rates updated to £184.03
  • SSP prevailing rate updated to £116.75

  • New NI categories (D, E, and K) as below:

    Employee Contributions Employer Contributions
    Contribution Table Letter Earnings below LEL Earning at or above LEL up to and including PT Earning above the PT up to and including UEL Balance of earnings above the UEL Earnings below LEL Earnings at or above the LEL up to and including the ST Earnings above the ST up to and including the FUST/IZUST Earnings above the FUST/IZUST up to and including UST/AUST/VUST Balance of earnings above UST/AUST/VUST
    D (Investment Zone Deferment) NIL 0% 2% 2% NIL 0% 0% 13.8% 13.8%
    E (Investment Zone MWRRE) NIL 0% 3.85% 2% NIL 0% 0% 13.8% 13.8%
    K (Investment Zone over State Pension Age) NIL NIL NIL NIL NIL 0% 0% 13.8% 13.8%
  • Student loan plan type 1 threshold updated to £24,990
  • Student loan plan type 4 threshold updated to £31,395
  • Scottish PAYE Income Tax thresholds updated as:
    • Starter rate 19% 1-2,306
    • Basic rate (SBR) 20% 2,307 - 13,991
    • Intermediate rate (SD0) 21% 13,992 - 31,092
    • Higher rate (SD1) 42% 31,093 - 62,430
    • Advanced rate (SD2) 45% 62,431 - 125,140
    • Top rate (SD3) 48% 125,141>

Directors National Insurance Rate Changes

The reduction of the Directors NI from 12% to 10% for 2024 implemented by HMRC has been added for PS People.

PS People now calculates the Directors NI on a cumulative basis with a mid-year change in January 2024 from 10% to 12%. The 12% rate is used until January 2024 and the 10% rate for February and March 2024.

Further Education Workforce

The Weeks A Year Contracted To Work entry is now correctly included in the XML Submission file for all employees on a permanent of fixed term contract.

To make you aware if there are issues with the Weeks A Year Contracted To Work data, validation has been added to the Further Education Workforce (FEW) employees details in the Prepare FEW Submission page. To check for issues, go to SIR, select Functions, then Utilities, then Prepare FEW Submission.

Portal

To resolve issues with portal form fields displaying as blank in the database when special characters have been entered, the special characters, such as, :-!£$%*()_/=+@;,. are now automatically removed when saving the forms.