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What’s New in Version 10.0

Aren Register 10.0, released in December 2024, is a substantial revision of Aren Register 9.0 following several statutory changes in the course of the year. Here are the main changes in the initial release.

General

  1. User interface was refined in several ways, including a new background colour and report previews that show page layout more clearly.

Payroll

  1. Negative earnings were added to allow recovery of overpayments, cater for absences, etc.
  2. NHIF deduction was removed since it had been replaced by SHIF.
  3. Housing levy and SHIF contributions were made pre-tax deductions.
  4. Tax relief on housing levy contributions was removed.
  5. Computation of tax on employer-provided meals was implemented.

Reports

  1. Phone number is included in SHIF report and SHIF return file.

Issues Resolved

  1. In version 9.0, SHIF numbers could not be captured because they were too long. This was fixed.
  2. In previous versions, after restoring data to a new data folder, users would often have to select bank details afresh. This was resolved by referencing banks using sort codes rather than names.