Release Notes Q2 2022 (October-December) – Astute Payroll Help Centre

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Unspecified Timesheet Breaks. The logic for assigning unspecified break times in a timesheet has changed, so that a break will now start halfway through a shift (ie the total shift time divided by two).

Protected Earnings Amounts. If you have Child Support deduction items, you'll need to update these in line with the new Protected Earnings Amounts that come into effect from 1 January 2022.

Registering entities for e-Invoicing with OZEDI. Additional functionality is being introduced into portals that will allow admin users to register any of their entities via PEPPOL. Once an entity is registered, the Provider ID will automatically populate in Config > Company Management > Invoicing.

Updates to e-Invoicing. Invoices previously sent via e-Invoicing can now be resent via post or email, and invoices previously sent via post or email can be resent via e-Invoicing.
Batching in the Sent and Outstanding invoice reports. Batching technology has been added to Invoicing > Sent and Invoicing > Outstanding. Any errors that occur in a batch can be viewed by clicking the + icon to the left of a batch name.

Changes to Two-Factor Authentication. Following new requirements from the ATO around security, some portals will notice a change to the frequency in which users will need to authenticate. An authentication period of 1 day is required for all payroll and finance systems that connect with the ATO. Please note that some portals already had this setting in place, and will not notice any change.