New Tax Declarations and Proofs – Now Fully Inside HR Blizz for India Payroll Read the release note
HR Blizz
Updated Sep 25

What's new in HR Blizz

The latest releases and improvements across the payroll platform.

16 updates

September Sep 2026

1 update
1
New feature
PlatformAdmin

Every integration, in one view

  • One screen for every feed, inbound and outbound, operational and statutory, each with a clear status and a Live/Down health signal.
  • Persist, reject, hold, retry, submit or exclude a file yourself.
  • A Status Log and detail drawer show exactly what happened, so you can diagnose without raising a ticket.
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August Aug 2026

1 update
1
New feature
Core HR & ESSAdmin

All employee requests, one screen. Finally.

  • Leave, Benefits & Expenses, Timesheet and Document requests now sit in one Workflow Requests screen in the Payroll Admin Console.
  • Filter by status and type, search by employee, and export any view to Excel in one click.
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July Jul 2026

1 update
1
New feature
PayrollAdmin

Instaroll: Continuous Payroll – the payroll run is now always-on

  • Calculation starts the moment the period opens and stays current in real time.
  • The multi-step run collapses into one place to review pay and a single action to finalise it.
  • Up to 60% less time spent processing a run, with no change to your compliance position.
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May May 2026

2 updates
1 1
New feature
Core HR & ESS🇮🇳 IndiaAdminEmployee

Tax declarations and proofs, now fully inside HR Blizz for India

  • Employees declare investments and upload proofs directly in ESS.
  • Admins configure, audit and approve from a single dashboard, and every action is tied to TDS calculations automatically.
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Bug fix
PlatformAdmin

Employee history Source column shows the real integration

  • Changes made through an integration showed the generic EIF token in the Source column. It now shows the actual integration file name, so audit trails can be followed end to end.
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April Apr 2026

3 updates
1 1 1
New feature
Core HR & ESSAdmin

Leave balance adjustments that explain themselves

  • Adjust leave balances at the component level.
  • Every change captures a reason, timestamp and source.
  • A single bulk upload carries both balance adjustments and leave-taken records.
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Improvement
PlatformAdminEmployee

Log in once. Go straight to work.

  • After login, users go straight to their role-based landing page. The app and entity selection screens have been removed.
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Bug fix
ReportsAdmin

Pay group missing from report headers

  • System default and GLType report headers did not say which pay group a report covered.
  • The Pay Group field is now filled from the run and matches across on-screen, Excel and PDF outputs.
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March Mar 2026

3 updates
3
Improvement
Reports🇮🇳 IndiaAdmin

Review Form 24Q (Q4) data in a readable format

  • Download Form 24Q (Q4) data to Excel, organised across sheets for employee details, challans, deductions, salary and statutory sections.
  • Catch errors before generating the final submission file.
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Improvement
Core HR & ESSAdmin

Payslip filenames that match local requirements

  • Configure payslip filenames to include HR field values, such as employee tax IDs.
  • Files are named correctly at the point of generation.
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Improvement
ReportsAdmin

Run reports before payroll is closed

  • Generate reports as soon as a run reaches Result review, for main, off-cycle and correction runs.
  • Multi-run periods consolidate automatically.
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February Feb 2026

4 updates
3 1
New feature
PayrollAdmin

No employee left behind in payroll processing

  • Pay group assignments are validated before payroll progresses. An unmapped employee is flagged before it becomes a downstream problem.
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New feature
PayrollAdmin

Manage pay groups without a support ticket

  • Create pay groups and move employees between them directly in HR Blizz.
  • No support request needed, so structure changes happen on your schedule.
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New feature
PayrollAdmin

Rounding differences no longer delay month-end close

  • Rounding variances are allocated to a designated General Ledger account automatically, so journals stay balanced without anyone touching them.
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Improvement
Core HR & ESSAdmin

Employee change history, right where you need it

  • Change history is embedded in the employee profile and listing view.
  • One click shows what was updated, when it changed and who made the change.
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January Jan 2026

1 update
1
New feature
PayrollAdmin

Load loans, advances and recurring balances at once

  • The import template supports multiple pay elements per employee with opening balances.
  • Load a whole population's loans and recurring deductions in one upload.
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