Backstage changes, April to June 2026

18-Sep-2026 · Wing Au Yeung

Dear Backstage Users,

Please find below list of new features that we introduced from April to June 2026.

Backstage Team


Attendance (Admin and Employee Portal)

  • Break Time - new Attendance Application type

Payroll

  • Autopay:
    • J.P. Morgan Access Global ACH - Hong Kong GDFF - new format
  • Macau housing allowance exemption - 3,760 from 2025 onwards
  • Payroll Variables:
    • Attendance Application Count - [ATTENDANCE_APPLICATION_COUNT] with optional TYPE=

Invoice

  • Delete All - on the invoice details, when the invoice is Preparing

Taxation

  • Email IR56F - IR56F Form Batch -> More -> Email IR56F

Expense

  • OCR Review (New Function) - Expense Claim -> OCR Review, to match receipt text to expense details. Please let us know if you want this update
  • Create expense detail from attachment (New Function) - Employee Portal Expense Claim: uploading a receipt can create the expense detail. Please let us know if you want this update

Appraisal

  • Import General Questions Response - Appraisal Batch -> More -> Import Objective Response

Employee Portal

  • Team Roster display options - Team Roster -> More -> View Setting (saved per user). Show Location Without Placement, Show Leave Application, Show Leave Entry, Show Leave Adjustment, Show Activity, and Show Attendance are on by default. Show Default Shift and Show Subordinate Only are off by default. You can update the settings to show or hide each item.