Release Notes — Version 25.120 — March 2026

Introduction

These release notes provide details on the final (End-of-Life) release for IRIS PAYE-Master. This is in line with previous communications issued on the product’s end of life after the 2025-2026 Tax Year.

Please note that this release contains P60 statutory configurations and is therefore mandatory for all customers completing their payrolls for 2025/2026 Tax Year in IRIS PAYE-Master.

P60 – 2025/2026 Tax Year

  • New P60 layout

    • Updated for the 2025-2026 Tax Year.

    • Includes the new Statutory Neonatal Care Pay (SNCP) payments.

End-of-Life Message

  • A hard-coded in-app message will inform all users that this is the final release, intended only for producing P60s for the 2025–2026 Tax Year.

  • This message will appear:

    • Before the log in screen.

    • When payroll calculation is triggered.

    • On attempt to run Year End re-start for rolling over to the 2026/2027 Tax Year as the product will no longer be legislatively compliant from 6th April 2026 onwards.

Disable Year-end-Restart

  • The Year-End Restart option will no longer be functional.

Preventing New Company Creation

  • Users will not be able to:

    • Create a new company after the 2025/2026 tax year has finished

      • If selected, users will see:

        “The task cannot be completed. The product has come to its End-of-Life.”

    • Use Copy Company (except for receivership, which will continue to work as normal)