Sage Payroll saves you valuable time, simplifies the payroll process and ensures accuracy. It is extremely flexible, allowing you to transfer payroll details with one simple posting into Sage Line 50 or Sage Line 100. As all employee data can be instantly recalled on screen or reproduced in simple, easy-to-follow reports, management information can be obtained quickly and easily. Processing the payroll can be one of the most time-consuming tasks for any company but Sage Payroll puts you firmly in control.
Give your people the information they need
By law, everyone must be provided with a Written Statement of Employment Particulars. Take the hassle out of recording the right information with Sage 50 Payroll 2011. When you add a new person their statement is created automatically and prompts will remind you to update contracts when necessary. You can print or email your contracts, scan and store them within your software, giving you a complete history.
Pay everyone at the right rate
No matter how you pay your employees, whether you use commission, bonus, piecework or a simple hourly rate, Sage 50 Payroll 2011 can help make sure you meet your legal obligations to pay the appropriate minimum wage, by taking care of all the calculations.
Electronic payslips
Provide a greener and speedier alternative to traditional printed forms by using electronic payslips. By using or adapting the ready-made email payslip templates all you’ll need to do is tick a box and Sage 50 Payroll 2011 will automatically generate and email them out.
Making the most of online banking
With Sage 50 Payroll 2011, we’ve included all the tools you need to use e-banking services as standard. So even if your bank charges you an additional fee for its online services, we don’t.
Because we know that from 2010 all businesses have to make payments to HMRC online, it’s our way of helping you stay one step ahead by making the best of technology.
Easier to manage your payroll
When it comes to importing information into your payroll software, Sage 50 Payroll 2011 helps you keep control of every detail.
You’ll no longer have to enter different rates of pay for things like overtime, bonuses and commissions on separate lines. Ideal if you process payroll remotely or receive timesheets from a number of different departments.
Enter payments and deductions on the same screen, so things like social club membership subscriptions are easy to identify and account for.
- Factored Pay Elements that allow you to calculate payment rates based on a formula.
- Holiday Entitlement – allows you to calculate holiday entitlement based upon start date, hours worked and also length of service.
- Line 50 Accounts Integration – Improved Integration makes it easier and quicker to update your accounts direct from Sage Payroll 2007.
- Enhanced Nominal Link – to automatically populate the Sage Line 50 nominal codes, “look up” accounts or create them “on the fly” as well as analyse funds.
- Bank Payments can be posted directly into Line 50 as well as sending the posting reports straight to Excel.
- Final Pay when an employee leaves made easier.
- Flexible, easy to use and understand
- Comprehensive employee records
- Instant calculations for total pay, tax and National Insurance
- Automatic SSP, SMP and pension calculations
- Employee payment weekly, bi-weekly, four weekly or monthly; any combination of cheque, cash or BACS
- In-depth holiday and sickness diaries
- Attachment of earnings option
- Easy tax year-end processing; automatic processing of all statutory forms
- Fully compliant with the latest government legislation
- Dashboard – provides and instant view of key payroll information
- Process Maps – shows all the steps that make up the payroll procedures
- File Import – to help with the migration of data from other applications like Excel
- National Insurance Number Tracing
- Historical Reporting by Financial Year
- Sage Line 50 Integration
- Holiday in Hours – an accurate way to manage flexible working
- Audit Trail – a clear way to track who made which changes and when
- Historical Reports
- No extra cost for E-banking
- Customised PDF report output – a more professional look for your reports
- Affordable, flexible payroll options
Sage Payroll has been checked as meeting the requirement of the published IR Payroll Standard valid from December 2000. It incorporates electronic filing capability by internet.
