Sage Instant Payroll

Sage Instant Payroll

Sage Instant Payroll has all the latest 2011/12 tax year updates, and lets you manage the payroll of up to 10 employees without any payroll experience.

Easy to set up and use

With a simple installation and set-up process, it's easy to get up and running with Sage Instant Payroll. Designed with small businesses in mind, it's easy to use and requires no payroll experience - and you can choose a support plan that fits your needs.

Stay up-to-date with legislation

You can be confident that you're compliant with Sage Instant Payroll. It's up-to-date with the very latest legislation for the 2011/2012 tax year and allows you to electronically update your employees' tax codes, submit forms such as P45, P35 and P60 and Payroll Year End online.

Run an effective payroll

Sage Instant Payroll is designed to allow you to run your payroll in five simple steps; from setting up your employees to calculating deductions, printing payslips and making BACS payments. You can also store all your employee information and keep on top of holidays and sickness.

Choose a support plan that suits your needs

All three of our Instant Payroll annual licence plans combine Sage Instant Payroll with expert support.  Just choose which one is best for your business - from quick and easy online support (Explore) right up to one-on-one remote support from our payroll experts (Extra).

View the ‘Licence Plans’ tab for more info.

What is an annual licence plan?

An annual licence plan is a 12 month combined product and support solution that is designed to meet the needs of your business.

We have created 3 simple plans (Explore, Exchange and Extra) each offering a varied level of support and all with the latest legislatively compliant payroll software.

All you need to do is look at the table below and decide which plan is best suited to the needs of your business. You can then opt to pay for the plan in full or spread the cost over 12 month interest free direct debit.

Which plan?	EXPLORE	EXCHANGE	EXTRA
Price	£105 or £8.75 per month	£120 or £10.00 per month	£150 or £12.50 per month
Who would use this?	Someone who is familiar with using payroll software. Someone who only wants to recieve the latest legislation updates. Someone who is comfortable with using only online support.	Someone who processes payroll once or twice a month. Someone who's main role is not processing payroll. Someone who likes the reassurance of having expert support at the end of the phone if required.	Someone who is not familiar with processing payroll. Someone who requires priority telephone support. Someone who likes the reassurance that if things go wrong we can connect to their pc and help them.
What's included?
Latest software
Legislation updates
Flexible payment options
Ask Sage online FAQ database
Email Helpdesk
Online HR Advice
Telephone support
On-line Health & Saftey Advice
3 Free reports
Remote desktop support
Priority phone support
Call back support
Webinars

See the ‘In Depth’ tab for more info.

In Depth product information

Easy to set up and use:

• 12 month licence for Sage Instant Payroll
• Spread the cost monthly by interest-free Direct Debit
• Simple, clean look & feel is easy to follow
• Key tasks are simplified & highlighted for you
• e-learning module - online tutorials to get you up and running
• Officially accredited by HM Revenue & Customs
• RSS feed keeps you updated with news and service messages
• All the very latest 2011/12 HM Revenue & Customs legislation
• Sage support included: choose from Extra, Exchange or Explore

Manage your people:

• Store all your employee information in one place
• Create, maintain and print employee records
• Track holiday allocations and sickness through the employer diary
• Set up and maintain pension schemes for your employees
• Automatically produce all the necessary paperwork for leavers
• Start your holiday year on any date
• Manage up to 10 starters and 10 leavers in a financial year
• Receive electronic updates from HMRC on employees' tax codes

Process your payroll:

• Process the payroll of up to 10 people - when and how you prefer
• Follow six simple steps to running your payroll, from setting up your employees to printing payslips
• Easily correct mistakes from a previous pay period without any hassle
• Check your payslips and print directly from the software
• Automatically calculate tax, NI, sick, maternity, paternity and adoption pay
• Re-run your payroll any time with the click of a button, saving you time and effort
• Select the layout of payslips and P45/P60s to fit your printer
• Make secure electronic payments to employees through BACS e-payments
• Submit P45 and P35 forms online to HM Revenue & Customs
• Export your payment records to Sage Instant Accounts or Sage 50 Accounts

Complete your Payroll Year End:

• Useful step-by-step guides will walk you through Payroll Year End
• Balance your Year End payments - check the payment or refund due to HMRC
• Process and print your P11 Deductions Working Sheets (PAYE & NIC)
• Produce and print P60 End of Year Summary for your employees, and save as PDFs
• Securely submit your P14 and P35 forms to HMRC electronically
• Complete your Year End: clear year to date values and start a new payroll year
• Archive PDF versions of year end reports so they are quick and easy to access

Choose your support - Extra, Exchange or Explore

You can go Extra for only an additional £3.75 per month.

• Access to ‘Ask Sage’ online help articles & FAQs
• Ask our support team questions by email
• Expert telephone support (Exchange & Extra)
• Priority telephone support - no more waiting (Extra only)
• Priority call back service - we’ll even call you back (Extra only)
• Remote desktop access - troubleshooting direct to your screen (Extra only)

Note: if you have more than 10 employees, need multiple software users or manage more than one company try Sage 50 Payroll.

System Requirements

	Minimum	Recommended
Processor	1 GHz	2 GHz
Memory (RAM)	512 MB	1 GB
Hard Disk Space	700 MB of free space	10 GB of free space
Operating Systems	32 and 64bit variants of the following: Microsoft Windows XP Microsoft Server 2003 Microsoft Server 2008 Microsoft Server 2011 Windows Vista Windows 7	32 and 64bit variants of the following: Microsoft Windows XP Microsoft Server 2003 Microsoft Server 2008 Microsoft Server 2011 Windows Vista Windows 7
Internet Browser	See notes	See notes
Network Connectivity
Display Resolution	1024 x 768	1024 x 768
Drive	CD-ROM	CD / DVD- ROM

Technical notes:

• Performance will be improved with higher specification computers and networks, and it only possible to install one copy on a single computer.
• Works with Microsoft XP Service Pack 3 and all later editions, and please ensure you have the latest Microsoft updates installed.
• This product will not install or run on the Microsoft Windows 95, Windows 98, Windows ME, Windows 2000 or Windows NT4 operating systems.
• The latest service packs should be installed for your operating system before installing or upgrading Sage products. 32-bit Operating Systems recommended.
• Whilst there are no browser requirements for Sage Instant Payroll annual licence plan, we recommend Microsoft Internet Explorer 6 or above for internet access to Sage Support and important Sage updates for your products.
• Some features such as Automatic Updates and Submission of Year End returns to HMRC, require an internet connection. If you require any further information please contact your Sage Support representative.

Apple Mac compatibility

Sage software is not compatible with Apple Macs, unless you are running Windows XP, Windows Vista or Windows 7 via Apple’s Boot Camp utility.