Sage 50 Payroll

Easy-to-use payroll software to manage all your payroll needs, from paying your employees to submitting PAYE data to HMRC online. Recognised by HMRC, Sage 50 Payroll is ideal for businesses with over 10 employees, or bureaux running payroll for multiple companies.

Sage 50 Payroll in detail

Easy to use software packed with tools to help you run a hassle-free payroll.

  • Easy to get up and running

    • Easy to get started
    • Download instantly when you buy online
    • 45 days free support
    • Simple installation
    • Easy set-up wizard to get you started
    • Import your existing data from a CSV file
    • Connect with Microsoft Office

  • Manage your payroll

    • Process weekly, two-weekly, four-weekly and monthly payroll
    • Choose from a range of payslip layouts
    • Print or email payslips to employees
    • Automatically calculate payments and deductions
    • Calculate and process employee loans
    • Record and calculate Salary Sacrifice deductions such as childcare vouchers and Cycle to Work scheme
    • Record and calculate holiday pay
    • Electronically pay employees using e-banking
    • Easily calculate your PAYE & NI liability
    • Post salary journals to Sage Accounts software

  • Store employee records

    All the information you need in one place including:

    • Appraisals
    • Absence
    • Holidays
    • Disciplinary records
    • Job and salary history
    • Written statements of employment
    • Attach documents to employee records

  • Manage holidays and absence

    • Manage holiday entitlement for individual employees
    • Record holidays and absence in days or hours
    • Record your own custom absence types
    • Automatically record statutory payment absence types such as SMP and SSP
    • Easily & accurately accrue employee holidays
    • Automatically calculate payments & deductions for different absence types

  • Manage holidays and sick pay

    Automatically calculate payments for:

    • Holiday
    • Sick pay
    • Maternity/paternity
    • Overtime
    • Bonus
    • Pensions
    • And more

  • Keep your payroll accurate and secure

    • Easy backup and restore your data
    • Roll your data back to correct errors from previous payroll runs
    • Apply access rights to restrict users from accessing certain areas of the program
    • Securely email payslips to employees
    • Password protect PDF reports to keep them secure

  • Technical requirements

    General Technical Requirements

    • 10Gb free disk
    • 2Ghz processor or higher
    • 1Gbps network (minimum 100Mbps)
    • 1Gb RAM

    Operating Systems
    All 32-bit and 64-bit variants of the below operating systems with the latest Microsoft Updates and Service Packs.

    • Windows XP
    • Windows Vista
    • Windows 7
    • Windows Server 2003
    • Windows Server 2008
    • Windows Small Business Server 2011

  • Make sure your business is compliant

    • HMRC recognised software
    • Comply with the very latest legislation for the tax year 2012/2013
    • Directly submit PAYE data to HMRC online
    • Exchange employee data direct with HMRC online
    • Automatically calculate statutory sick, maternity, paternity and adoption pay
    • Record student loans and attachment of earnings orders
    • Record fixed amount or percentage calculated pension schemes
    • Stay up-to-date with National Minimum Wage
    • Keep records for Class 1A company cars

  • Online HMRC submissions

    • Send all your submissions to HMRC securely online
    • Track forms by status and sender
    • Comply with the latest legislation

  • Analyse your payroll data

    • Easily generate payslips, payment summaries, holiday and absence reports and more
    • Quickly print a range of reports in one batch
    • Save your favourite reports for quick & easy access
    • Run statutory reports such as P32, P35, P60 and P11
    • Analyse data by cost centre and department
    • Create your own reports with the report designer

  • Payment plans for Sage 50 Payroll ALP

    Sage 50 Payroll Explore

    • Legislatively compliant software and upgrades
    • Email support
    • Ask Sage
    • Online HR Advice
    • 250 Laser Payslips
    • Quarterly online Solutions magazine

    Sage 50 Payroll Exchange

    • Legislatively compliant software and upgrades
    • Email support
    • Ask Sage
    • Online HR Advice
    • 250 Laser Payslips
    • Quarterly Solutions magazine
    • Telephone support
    • Payroll Year End pack

    Sage 50 Payroll Extra

    • Legislatively compliant software and upgrades
    • Email support
    • Ask Sage
    • Online HR Advice
    • 250 Laser Payslips
    • Quarterly Solutions magazine
    • Telephone support
    • Payroll Year End pack
    • Priority telephone support
    • Call back
    • Remote support
    • Online Health & Safety Advice
    • Standard reports
       

  • Additional features available in Sage 50 Payroll Professional

    Run payroll tasks for multiple companies, including:
    • Ideal for businesses running payroll across multiple companies
    • Ideal for payroll bureaux
    • Perform tasks for more than one company at the same time, such as:
      • Produce employee payslips
      • Print reports
      • Update employee information
      • Manage employee holidays

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Got questions?

Q

Do I need Sage 50 Accounts to be able to run Sage 50 Payroll?

A No. You can run Sage 50 Payroll without having Sage 50 Accounts but there are benefits to having both.
Read more frequently asked questions in our Help Centre

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