Each release is tested end to end and rehearsed as an upgrade on a copy of a site already running the one before, so it reaches yours without surprises. Here is what changed, in plain terms.
1.5.1
HR's leave settings are kept through updates, sick and maternity leave follow the Labour Act, the till's money controls are tighter, and Banking sits inside the desk.
Statutory choices are yours
Where the law leaves room (the NSSA ceiling for pay in two currencies, how the tax is shared, the bonus exemption), you choose in Pay Settings, and changing one asks for the statutory sign-off again.
Leave by the Labour Act
Sick leave of 180 days and maternity leave of 98 days, up to three times 24 months apart; HR's own leave settings are no longer reset by updates.
Tighter controls at the counter
Change comes only from cash taken, a gift voucher can't pay a lay-by, a voucher spent online can't be spent again offline, and a handed-over float is counted blind.
Approval can't be dodged with a rate
A cash book page in another currency is judged for approval at the typed or the bank rate, whichever is higher.
Banking inside the desk
Statements, matching and reconciliation open in Accounting, like every other screen.
1.5.0
The cash book joins Accounting, exchange rates arrive by themselves, pay in both currencies is taxed the way ZIMRA sets out, and the upgrade is rehearsed on a real site.
The cash book in Accounting
One balanced journal per date at that date's rate, invoices and claims settled without overpaying, and petty cash counted and written off by a second person.
Exchange rates by themselves
The day's rate is fetched each morning; a rate entered by hand is never replaced, and a sudden jump waits for finance.
ZIMRA's method for split pay
Pay with USD and ZWG parts is taxed once on the USD tables and the tax shared between the currencies.
Hourly pay and sick pay
Hourly staff are paid from attendance, and sick leave follows the Labour Act's year of service.
1.4.0
Fiscal documents print in ZIMRA's own layouts, VAT moves to 15.5%, and every screen uses its plain name.
ZIMRA's layouts
Signed invoices and receipts print in ZIMRA's layouts from what was signed, reprints say COPY, and business buyers' details go in full.
VAT at 15.5%
The standard rate moves to 15.5%.
Plain names
Screens, reports and roles are named as people say them.
