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Re:Launch HN: Onfolk (YC S21) – Modern HR and Payroll in One... by jonatron on Wednesday July 14, 2021 @07:08AM (#27831772)
I assume there's no definitive list of all the quirks and edge cases involved. Will you have to rely on customer reports where you're missing a bizarre edge case like [making this up] a person with a mononym wants to use the cycle to work scheme?
Re:Launch HN: Onfolk (YC S21) – Modern HR and Payroll in One... by 4thstreet on Wednesday July 14, 2021 @07:19AM (#27831834)
I wish that list existed! You're right, there's tons. HMRC have a few test cases you have to pass in order to get recognition, but it's the tip of the iceberg. Getting recognition does not mean you're done.

What we've strived for is to make our software super defensive to input it hasn't seen before. So if you enter a tax code or national insurance category that isn't strongly defined, we error, get alerted, then jump on it (instead of falling through to some default behaviour).

One nice thing is that a few of our customers give access to their accountants, who are very on it with challenging us if anything doesn't look perfect. When we get a report, usually it's an accountant telling us ahead of time vs. a customer finding out on payday, which is a sanity check we're grateful for.