Recent software updates
Recently issued SuperPayroll software updates are published below. More detailed update notices are sent to clients directly and updates are automatically installed for clients whose payrolls are on SuperPayroll's cloud infrastructure. Please contact us if you have any questions.
2025
This update reflects a decrease in the repurchase rate from 7.50% to 7.25% on 29 May 2025, changing the official interest rate from 8.50% to 8.25% effective 1 June 2025. This will impact loan fringe benefit calculations.
If you manage your own SuperPayroll installation, please complete the steps in the "Individual database updates" section of the "Software Update Instructions" on our website: SuperPayroll Updates
If you manage your own SuperPayroll installation, please complete the steps in the "Individual database updates" section of the "Software Update Instructions" on our website: SuperPayroll Updates
Update to the ETI formula and COIDA annual limit. Cloud users will have the update installed automatically. Self-managed installations should follow the individual database updates instructions.
Update to minimum and maximum wage ceilings for Social Security contributions, effective 1 March 2025. Minimum monthly wage ceiling increased from N$300 to N$500, maximum monthly wage ceiling increased from N$9,000 to N$11,000. Cloud users will have the update installed automatically. Self-managed installations should follow the individual database updates instructions.
Latest Lesotho tax rates and primary rebate, effective 1 April 2025. Lower tax bracket increased to M74,040 per year, tax credit increased to M11,640 per year. All Lesotho payrolls must be recalculated after installing this update. Cloud users will have the update installed automatically. Self-managed installations should follow the individual database updates instructions.
Update to enable 2025-02 tax certificate generation for submission during the 2025-02 Employer Annual Declaration period (1 April to 31 May 2025). You will need to upgrade to the latest SARS e@syFile Employer version. Cloud users will have the update installed automatically. Self-managed installations should follow the individual database updates instructions.
Update for various changes from the 2025 Budget Review. No changes to individual tax rates, tax rebates, thresholds, or medical fees tax credits for the 2026 tax year. Key changes: prescribed rate per kilometre decreased to R4.76 per km, new local subsistence rates (incidental costs R176/day, meals and incidental costs R570/day). Cloud users will have the update installed automatically. Self-managed installations should follow the individual database updates instructions.
Kenya NSSF earnings ceiling increased from KES 36,000 to KES 72,000, effective 1 February 2025. Maximum employee and employer contribution now KES 4,320 each. Recalculate any Kenyan payrolls for February for new earnings ceiling to take effect. Cloud users will have the update installed automatically. Self-managed installations should follow the individual database updates instructions.
The repurchase rate decreased from 7.75% to 7.50% on 30 January 2025, resulting in a change in the official interest rate from 8.75% to 8.50% effective 1 February 2025. Cloud users will have the update installed automatically. Self-managed installations should follow the individual database updates instructions.
Zambian NAPSA earnings ceiling increased to K34,164.00, effective 1 January 2025. Maximum employee and employer contribution now K1,708.20 each. Cloud users will have the update installed automatically. Self-managed installations should follow the individual database updates instructions.
ENPF earnings ceiling increased to E4,000 per month, effective 1 January 2025. Maximum employee and employer contribution now E200 each. Cloud users will have the update installed automatically. Self-managed installations should follow the individual database updates instructions.
Bonitas medical aid rates for 2025. Install before calculating January 2025 payroll. Cloud users will have the update installed automatically. Self-managed installations should follow the individual database updates instructions.
2024
Bestmed and Discovery medical aid rates for 2025. Install before calculating January 2025 payroll. Cloud users will have the update installed automatically. Self-managed installations should follow the individual database updates instructions.
Repurchase rate decreased from 8.00% to 7.75% on 21 November 2024, changing the official interest rate from 9.00% to 8.75% effective 1 December 2024. Cloud users will have the update installed automatically. Self-managed installations should follow the individual database updates instructions.
New Kenya SHIF (Social Health Insurance Fund) contribution calculation, effective 1 October 2024. SHIF replaces NHIF - employers must deduct 2.75% from employees' gross salary. Cloud users will have the update installed automatically. Self-managed installations should follow the individual database updates instructions.
Latest Namibian tax rates, effective 1 March 2024. Tax free threshold increased from N$50,000 to N$100,000. Generate backpay to March 2024 to recalculate PAYE from March to September 2024. Cloud users will have the update installed automatically. Self-managed installations should follow the individual database updates instructions.
Mauritius NSF earnings threshold increased to Rs 25,475, effective 1 July 2024. Generate backpay to July 2024 to recalculate July to September 2024. Cloud users will have the update installed automatically. Self-managed installations should follow the individual database updates instructions.
Official interest rate changed from 9.25% to 9.00% effective 1 October 2024. Update includes 2024-08 tax certificate generation for EMP501 submission period (16 September to 31 October 2024).
Eswatini tax parameter changes, effective 1 July 2024. Annual graded tax ended and employer medical aid contribution exceeding two thirds of total contribution will be taxed. Generate backpay to July 2024 to recalculate.
COIDA annual limit increased from R568,959 to R597,328, effective 1 March 2024. Used on COIDA annual return report and custom COIDA provision calculations.
Latest Lesotho tax rates, effective 1 April 2024. Lower tax bracket increased to M70,500 per year, tax credit to M11,040 per year. Generate backpay to April 2024 to recalculate.
Kenya NSSF earnings ceiling increased from KES 18,000 to KES 36,000, effective 1 February 2024. Maximum employee and employer contribution now KES 2,160 each.
Various changes from 2024 Budget Review. No changes to tax rates for 2025 tax year. Prescribed rate per kilometre increased to R4.84 per km. New local subsistence rates and 2024-02 tax certificate generation included. Added 2026 public holidays and May 2024 General Elections holiday.
Latest Ghana tax rates, effective 1 January 2024. Recalculate all Ghanaian payrolls for January 2024 after installing.
Latest Angola tax rates, effective 1 January 2024. Recalculate all Angolan payrolls for January 2024 after installing.
Latest Rwanda tax rates, effective 1 November 2023. New 10% tax bracket introduced for earnings between FRW 60,000 and FRW 100,000. Recalculate all Rwandan payrolls for January 2024 after installing.
Archive
For software updates from 2020 to 2023, please visit our updates archive page.
Software Update Instructions
This document describes the SuperPayroll update process for different types of updates.
Please refer to the update notice received with the installation files and follow the instructions in the applicable section of this document to update the SuperPayroll installation.
If an update consists of two types, e.g. database updates and report files, follow the instructions in both sections to complete the update. If instructions from multiple sections are followed to install an update and more than one section end with the step to log into SuperPayroll through the front end, that step (logging in through the front end) only needs to be performed once, after all files have been installed/copied to the correct locations.
● Full release
1. In SQL Server Management Studio, make a backup of all SuperPayroll databases.
2. Save a copy of the entire C:\Inetpub\wwwroot\NuQ (or equivalent) folder.
3. Install the latest SuperPayroll application version by executing the setup.exe file supplied (e.g. setup(1.4.0.8).exe) as an administrator.
4. During the installation process you will be prompted to select the destination folder that SuperPayroll will be installed in. This will default to C:\inetpub\wwwroot\NuQ. If your SuperPayroll installation is located in a different folder, browse to that folder before continuing. When notified that the folder already exists and asked whether you would like to install to that folder anyway select "Yes".
5. On the "Optional Actions" step, select the option to Add to IIS before continuing.
6. On the final step (Completing the NuQ Setup Wizard) keep the "NuQ Culture Registration" option selected and then click on Finish.
7. In the C:\inetpub\wwwroot\NuQ (or equivalent) folder, open the Web.config and Web_AppSettings.config files in a reliable text editor like Notepad++. Open the same two files from the copy of this folder made during step 2. Search for any settings tags containing the word "timeout" and change the values in the new files to the same values as in the old files and save the changes.
8. In the same file, verify (and change if necessary) that all email settings such as smtp server, port username and password are the same.
9. Copy the Databases.xml file from the folder copied in step 2 above to the newly installed C:\Inetpub\wwwroot\NuQ (or equivalent) folder.
10. Once you have completed all installation steps, log in to each SuperPayroll database via the SuperPayroll login screen. When the updating of the database has been completed, you will receive a message to the effect that the database has been updated, and that you need to log on again.
● Individual database updates (DUs)
1. Unzip the zipped update folder, e.g. "2022 no 06 RSA Tax rates.zip" into any temporary directory in your system.
2. Copy all the unzipped files into the DatabaseUpdates folder in the SuperPayroll directory (usually located under C:\Inetpub\wwwroot\NuQ\DatabaseUpdates).
3. Log in to each SuperPayroll database via the SuperPayroll login screen. When the updating of the database has been completed, you will receive a message to the effect that the database has been updated, and that you need to log on again.
● All current database updates
1. Unzip the zipped update folder, e.g. "2022 no 06 RSA Tax rates.zip" into any temporary directory.
2. The unzipped folder will contain a zipped file called DatabaseUpdatesCurrent.zip. NB: Do not unzip this file.
3. Save a copy of the DatabaseUpdatesCurrent.zip file that will be replaced in the C:\Inetpub\wwwroot\NuQ\DatabaseUpdates (or equivalent) folder in another location. This file can be used in case you need to revert to the previous version of database updates.
4. Copy the new zipped DatabaseUpdatesCurrent file into the DatabaseUpdates folder in the SuperPayroll directory (usually located under C:\Inetpub\wwwroot\NuQ\DatabaseUpdates).
5. Log in to each SuperPayroll database via the SuperPayroll login screen. When the updating of the database has been completed, you will receive a message that the database has been updated, and that you need to log on again.
● Database update module
1. Unzip the zipped update folder, e.g. "2022 no 06 RSA Tax rates.zip" into any temporary directory in your system.
2. The unzipped folder will contain a file named DatabaseUpdateModule.xml.
3. Save a copy of the DatabaseUpdateModule.xml file that will be replaced in the C:\Inetpub\wwwroot\NuQ\DatabaseUpdates (or equivalent) folder in another location. This file can be used in case you need to revert to the previous version of database updates.
4. Copy the new DatabaseUpdateModule.xml file into the DatabaseUpdates folder in the SuperPayroll directory (usually located under C:\Inetpub\wwwroot\NuQ\DatabaseUpdates).
5. Log in to each SuperPayroll database via the SuperPayroll login screen. When the updating of the database has been completed, you will receive a message that the database has been updated, and that you need to log on again.
● Report files (.rpt)
1. Unzip the zipped update folder, e.g. "2022 no 06 RSA Tax rates.zip" into any temporary directory in your system.
2. Save copies of the Crystal report files (file extension .rpt) that will be replaced in the C:\Inetpub\wwwroot\NuQ\Reports (or equivalent) folder in another location. These files can be used in case you need to revert to the previous version of a report.
3. Copy all the un-zipped files in the Reports folder of the update to the Reports folder of your SuperPayroll directory (usually located under C:\Inetpub\wwwroot\NuQ\Reports).
● Tax certificate extract
1. Unzip the zipped update folder, e.g. "2022 no 06 RSA Tax rates.zip" into any temporary directory in your system.
2. Save copies of the xml files that will be replaced in the C:\Inetpub\wwwroot\NuQ\TaxCertRules (or equivalent) folder in another location. These files can be used in case you need to revert to the previous version of the extract.
3. Copy all the un-zipped files in the TaxCertRules folder of the update to the TaxCertRules folder of your SuperPayroll directory (usually located under C:\Inetpub\wwwroot\NuQ\TaxCertRules).
4. Make sure that everyone is logged out of SuperPayroll and restart IIS (InternetInformation Services).
Please refer to the update notice received with the installation files and follow the instructions in the applicable section of this document to update the SuperPayroll installation.
If an update consists of two types, e.g. database updates and report files, follow the instructions in both sections to complete the update. If instructions from multiple sections are followed to install an update and more than one section end with the step to log into SuperPayroll through the front end, that step (logging in through the front end) only needs to be performed once, after all files have been installed/copied to the correct locations.
● Full release
1. In SQL Server Management Studio, make a backup of all SuperPayroll databases.
2. Save a copy of the entire C:\Inetpub\wwwroot\NuQ (or equivalent) folder.
3. Install the latest SuperPayroll application version by executing the setup.exe file supplied (e.g. setup(1.4.0.8).exe) as an administrator.
4. During the installation process you will be prompted to select the destination folder that SuperPayroll will be installed in. This will default to C:\inetpub\wwwroot\NuQ. If your SuperPayroll installation is located in a different folder, browse to that folder before continuing. When notified that the folder already exists and asked whether you would like to install to that folder anyway select "Yes".
5. On the "Optional Actions" step, select the option to Add to IIS before continuing.
6. On the final step (Completing the NuQ Setup Wizard) keep the "NuQ Culture Registration" option selected and then click on Finish.
7. In the C:\inetpub\wwwroot\NuQ (or equivalent) folder, open the Web.config and Web_AppSettings.config files in a reliable text editor like Notepad++. Open the same two files from the copy of this folder made during step 2. Search for any settings tags containing the word "timeout" and change the values in the new files to the same values as in the old files and save the changes.
8. In the same file, verify (and change if necessary) that all email settings such as smtp server, port username and password are the same.
9. Copy the Databases.xml file from the folder copied in step 2 above to the newly installed C:\Inetpub\wwwroot\NuQ (or equivalent) folder.
10. Once you have completed all installation steps, log in to each SuperPayroll database via the SuperPayroll login screen. When the updating of the database has been completed, you will receive a message to the effect that the database has been updated, and that you need to log on again.
● Individual database updates (DUs)
1. Unzip the zipped update folder, e.g. "2022 no 06 RSA Tax rates.zip" into any temporary directory in your system.
2. Copy all the unzipped files into the DatabaseUpdates folder in the SuperPayroll directory (usually located under C:\Inetpub\wwwroot\NuQ\DatabaseUpdates).
3. Log in to each SuperPayroll database via the SuperPayroll login screen. When the updating of the database has been completed, you will receive a message to the effect that the database has been updated, and that you need to log on again.
● All current database updates
1. Unzip the zipped update folder, e.g. "2022 no 06 RSA Tax rates.zip" into any temporary directory.
2. The unzipped folder will contain a zipped file called DatabaseUpdatesCurrent.zip. NB: Do not unzip this file.
3. Save a copy of the DatabaseUpdatesCurrent.zip file that will be replaced in the C:\Inetpub\wwwroot\NuQ\DatabaseUpdates (or equivalent) folder in another location. This file can be used in case you need to revert to the previous version of database updates.
4. Copy the new zipped DatabaseUpdatesCurrent file into the DatabaseUpdates folder in the SuperPayroll directory (usually located under C:\Inetpub\wwwroot\NuQ\DatabaseUpdates).
5. Log in to each SuperPayroll database via the SuperPayroll login screen. When the updating of the database has been completed, you will receive a message that the database has been updated, and that you need to log on again.
● Database update module
1. Unzip the zipped update folder, e.g. "2022 no 06 RSA Tax rates.zip" into any temporary directory in your system.
2. The unzipped folder will contain a file named DatabaseUpdateModule.xml.
3. Save a copy of the DatabaseUpdateModule.xml file that will be replaced in the C:\Inetpub\wwwroot\NuQ\DatabaseUpdates (or equivalent) folder in another location. This file can be used in case you need to revert to the previous version of database updates.
4. Copy the new DatabaseUpdateModule.xml file into the DatabaseUpdates folder in the SuperPayroll directory (usually located under C:\Inetpub\wwwroot\NuQ\DatabaseUpdates).
5. Log in to each SuperPayroll database via the SuperPayroll login screen. When the updating of the database has been completed, you will receive a message that the database has been updated, and that you need to log on again.
● Report files (.rpt)
1. Unzip the zipped update folder, e.g. "2022 no 06 RSA Tax rates.zip" into any temporary directory in your system.
2. Save copies of the Crystal report files (file extension .rpt) that will be replaced in the C:\Inetpub\wwwroot\NuQ\Reports (or equivalent) folder in another location. These files can be used in case you need to revert to the previous version of a report.
3. Copy all the un-zipped files in the Reports folder of the update to the Reports folder of your SuperPayroll directory (usually located under C:\Inetpub\wwwroot\NuQ\Reports).
● Tax certificate extract
1. Unzip the zipped update folder, e.g. "2022 no 06 RSA Tax rates.zip" into any temporary directory in your system.
2. Save copies of the xml files that will be replaced in the C:\Inetpub\wwwroot\NuQ\TaxCertRules (or equivalent) folder in another location. These files can be used in case you need to revert to the previous version of the extract.
3. Copy all the un-zipped files in the TaxCertRules folder of the update to the TaxCertRules folder of your SuperPayroll directory (usually located under C:\Inetpub\wwwroot\NuQ\TaxCertRules).
4. Make sure that everyone is logged out of SuperPayroll and restart IIS (InternetInformation Services).
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