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Everything we've shipped to Panatag, newest first: the headline change, then the smaller improvements and fixes that came with it.

October 2026

Payroll

Loans and cash advances on every plan #

The free Startup plan now records loans and cash advances. Set one up once and its amortization is deducted automatically from each scheduled payroll.

Also in this update

  • SSS, Pag-IBIG and company loans are all included, not just cash advances.
  • Each deduction shows on the loan’s history, so balances are easy to check.
  • Nothing changes for Small, Medium and Large plans.
Learn how →
Payroll

Pay staff a daily rate #

Choose Daily rate as an employee’s pay basis to pay them for each day they’re present, for example staff on a shifting schedule. Rate fields now show your region’s minimum wage.

Also in this update

  • Holiday pay follows DOLE rules for daily-paid staff, with a switch to pay unworked special non-working days.
  • SSS and Pag-IBIG are based on what a daily-rate employee actually earned in the month.
  • Set your region in Settings → Company profile, or per branch, to see the minimum wage and a Use this button.
  • Daily-rate staff can be imported from a spreadsheet, and Fix & add in the import review now asks for the pay basis.
  • Attendance by day now includes daily-rate staff.
  • Withholding tax uses the updated BIR monthly table from November 1.
  • Fixed: final pay on a first-half cutoff now settles the whole month’s contributions.
Learn how →
Attendance

Choose what attendance changes pay #

Turn off late and undertime deductions or overtime pay in Settings → Payroll, for staff on a fixed salary where only absences change pay.

Also in this update

  • Mark each employee Present, Absent or Half day for a whole cut-off on Time → Attendance by day.
  • A new switch stops days with no punches from counting as absences, if you mark attendance by hand.
  • Paid leave on one day no longer cancels an absence on another day.
  • Promo codes can be entered any time on the Billing page, not only at sign-up.
  • While payroll computes, every payslip shows Computing… at once.
Learn how →
Help

Meet Pia, your Panatag assistant #

The Help assistant now has a name: Pia, short for Panatag Information Assistant. Open Help in the top bar and ask Pia how to do anything, in English, Filipino or Taglish.

Also in this update

  • Pia can walk you through a screen with a short guided tour.
  • Paying an invoice is now two steps: scan the QR, then tell us you paid and upload your receipt.
  • A What’s new button in the top bar shows recent updates, with Notify me for product news.
  • This changelog moved into the help center, with filters by area.
  • An employee’s profile now warns you if their invite email couldn’t be sent, so you can resend it.
  • Companies on the free plan no longer see trial messages.
  • Fixed: saving settings right after creating a company could show an error.
  • Fixed: some dashboard links gained an extra “/app” in the address.
Payroll

Payroll and remittance reminders #

Get an email when payday is close and no run has started, or a run is still unapproved. Turn on SSS, PhilHealth, Pag-IBIG and BIR deadline reminders in Settings → Payroll.

Also in this update

  • Payday reminders are on by default; government remittance reminders are off until you pick the agencies.
  • Documents are never issued with blank details. Panatag lists what’s missing first.
  • The employee app no longer shows a minus sign on peso amounts.
  • Fixed: a payslip with no pay lines could stop a run from computing.
Learn how →
Payroll

Mark payroll as paid #

Record when you’ve paid salaries through your bank. Employees see their payslip as Released until you mark the run paid, then Paid.

Also in this update

  • Hourly staff can switch work type mid-shift without clocking out, in the portal, the app and chat.
  • Employees see payslips only once the run is approved, never while it’s in review.
  • Employee payslips show deductions in red, late and undertime in minutes, and absences in days.
  • Shifts show in 12-hour time, and pay schedules read in plain words.
  • Fixed: a “Failed to get session” error when signing in.
Learn how →
Payroll

Remittance breakdown on every payroll run #

See what you owe SSS, PhilHealth, Pag-IBIG and BIR for a run, before and after you approve it.

Also in this update

  • Company loans and other deductions are listed apart from government remittances.
  • Imports run in the background, with an Importing percentage in the top bar.
  • Large imports finish faster.
  • Uploading the same file again no longer adds duplicate rows.
Learn how →
Imports

Import from any spreadsheet layout #

Employee, punch and hours imports now read .csv, .xls and .xlsx files in your old system’s or biometric device’s own layout, and remember it for next time.

Also in this update

  • Check the import shows how each column was read before anything is saved.
  • Reads biometric attendance reports, including month-grid logs.
  • The dashboard and the employee portal have separate logins, so one no longer signs you out of the other.
  • Payslips hide the employer’s share of contributions by default.
  • Location checks on punches now accept every branch an employee is assigned to.
  • The clock-in selfie freezes on the photo taken, and work type changes show without restarting the app.
  • The employee portal signs out with a message when a session expires.
  • Fixed: saving a rate card could hang.
Learn how →
Account

A “Your account” page, with your own date and time format #

Click your name at the bottom of the sidebar to change your password or name, choose how dates and times are shown, or sign out of other devices.

Also in this update

  • A help center with step-by-step guides opened at panatag.app/help.
  • Retry failed payslips, or recompute a whole run before approving it.
  • Shift times read in plain English and turn red past 16 hours.
  • Assigning a schedule shows the date it applies from.
  • Sign-up shows a Check your email step, and the setup wizard fits on a phone.
  • Fixed: signing in could briefly flash “Set up your company”.
  • Fixed: retrying could show a false failure message.
Learn how →
Employees

Employees can fill in their own missing government IDs #

Employees can add their missing SSS, PhilHealth, Pag-IBIG and TIN numbers themselves from the employee portal.

Also in this update

  • Found in the portal and app under More → Government IDs.
  • Only blanks can be filled. A number HR entered is never changed.
  • HR sees the numbers on the employee’s Personal tab.
Learn how →

September 2026

Payroll

A personal hourly rate for each employee #

Give an hourly employee their own rate. It’s paid for every hour they work, whatever the work type, ahead of the rate card.

Also in this update

  • Set it on the employee’s Compensation tab under Edit hourly pay.
  • A Help assistant opened in the dashboard’s top bar.
  • Ask Panatag on panatag.app answers questions about plans and features.
Learn how →
Attendance

Hourly staff log their hours by punching in and out #

Each punch in and punch out pair becomes a row on Time → Hours, with the work type filled in.

Also in this update

  • Hours Panatag can’t classify wait in a Needs a work type panel.
  • Only approved hours are paid.
Learn how →
Employees

The employee portal now works in any browser #

Employees can punch in and out, see payslips, file leave and get documents at ess.panatag.app, on a phone or a computer.

Also in this update

  • Invite to self-service on an employee’s profile sends them a sign-in email.
  • The dashboard is now only for owners, admins, HR and accountants.
Learn how →
Payroll

Hourly pay and contractor payees #

Pay staff by the hour from a rate card, and pay contractors professional fees with expanded withholding tax and BIR Form 2307.

Also in this update

  • Work types, pay tiers and rates live in Settings → Pay rates.
  • Hours are added and approved on Time → Hours.
  • Included on every plan.
Learn how →

Questions about an update? Ask the Help button inside the dashboard, or email support@panatag.app.