Sage 50 Payroll 2011

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Employees: 50, 100 or unltd
(additional charges apply)

Users: single or unlimited
(addtional £110+VAT)

Companies: up to unlimited
(additional charges apply)

SageCover: from £290

45 days free support

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Sage 50 Payroll makes light work of everything from processing your employees' payslips and managing starters and leavers, to holidays, rewards and year end submissions. It lets you:

• Easy to set up and use: you will be up and running in no time. Import your payroll data and execute common tasks in a flash with handy 'Quick links'.
• Stay compliant: Sage 50 Payroll will always include the latest HMRC legislation, automatically apply tax code changes and produce statutory reports such as P11, P32 and P45.
• Pay your employees quickly and accurately by cash, cheque, BACS or e-Banking and produce password protected electronic payslips.
• Batch timesheet entry for speedy payroll processing, and manage an unlimited number of employees (additional charge applies).
• Manage Payroll Year End - submit P14 and P35 forms online,
  and send P60s electronically to your staff. Useful wizards take
  you through all the vital pay and deductions you've made over
  the tax year which you must submit to HMRC.
• Store employee records in one place including appraisals,
  absence, disciplinary records and employment history.
• Automatically calculate holidays & sick pay, maternity, overtime,
  commission, Student Loans, Attachments of Earnings Orders (AEO)
  and Pensions.
• Calendar and automatic reminders prompt you when you need to take actions like submitting returns to HMRC.
• Forecast the impact of pay increases, bonuses or overtime with the salary forecast tool. Create employee groups and manage an unlimited number of starters and leavers in a given year (additional charges apply).
• e-Banking: pay both employees and HMRC directly from your Internet banking service through Sage 50 Payroll.

Save £108 with our Starter Solution

Save £108 with our Sage 50 Payroll Starter Solution, a handy package that includes Sage 50 Payroll, 250 Sage Payslips and one year's of SageCover support from just £475+VAT. Find out more.

In-depth information about Sage 50 Payroll

• Easy to set up and use
  Follow the simple installation guide and import payroll data from other sources to get up and running in no time. Common tasks are highlighted and ‘quick links’ mean you can manage payroll without any hassle.
• Ensure your payroll is legally compliant
  Sage 50 Payroll automatically checks you are using the right version of the software for the current tax year, as well as taking care of all legislation changes.
• Fast and secure payroll processing
  Make sure your payroll runs smoothly and ensure your people get paid on time. Produce electronic payslips with password protection for added security, and print historically.
• Store your payroll information
  Don’t waste time searching through lots of spreadsheets, Sage 50 Payroll records Job History, Appraisal Record, Disciplinaries, Personal cars & additional notes in one place.
• Manage all the payroll essentials
  No matter how your business is run Sage 50 Payroll provides true flexibility. Calculate extra pay, absence overtime, shift work and select different payment frequencies. You can also take care Full-Time, Part-Time, Temporary and Contract workers.
• Manage Payroll Year End
  Sage 50 Payroll takes the pain out of Payroll Year End. It automatically produces all the right forms and reports including P11, P14, P35 & P60, and lets you electronically submit to HMRC or send to employees directly from the software. It’s so easy you can even continue processing your payroll while the software does the hard work for you!
• Stay on top of employee holidays
  Take care of the complexities of holiday entitlement with ease. Specify hourly holiday entitlement, accrue based on start date and increase holiday entitlement based on length of service.
• Take care of starters and leavers in a flash
  Sage 50 Payroll’s new quick links let you enter a P46 Notice of new Employee and submit it directly to the HMRC at the touch of a button, and automatically calculate final payments and submit a P45 for your leavers.
• Create payments while processing payroll
  When you’re processing your payroll you can now create or add payments, deductions, attachments or loans with one click without having to change screens.
• Flexible reporting & analysis
  The Sage 50 Payroll dashboard provides an instant view of tasks to carry out, absence and an easy to follow graphical analysis of your payroll. The Report Designer makes it easy to customise reports, and share them across your business over your network.
• Manage your payroll budget
  Stay on top of your people costs, always know where you stand financially and plan for the future confidently. The salary forecast tool lets you predict the impact of minimum wage increases, bonuses & overtime.
• Manage your time with reminders
  Keep track of your day-to-day tasks with a clear calendar and reminders to prompt you when you need to take actions. Plus, at Payroll Year end we’ll walk you through all the necessary checks, deadlines and vital submissions.
• Automatically back up your payroll data
  Sage 50 Payroll automatically backs up your Payroll data each time you update your records, meaning you’ll always have a recovery point should things ever go wrong.
• Manage Salary Sacrifice pensions
  With Sage 50 Payroll you simply tick a box and specify the level of sacrifice and the software does all the calculations for you when exchanging salary for non-cash benefits.
• Produce Written Statements of Employment Particulars
  Provide the information you need to comply with the law. Automatically create statements for new starters and get reminders when contracts are due for renewal.
• More flexibility with e-banking
  Make payments to both employees and HMRC through your Internet banking services from your software, with no extra charge from us.
• Integrate with your other software
  Link with Sage 50 Accounts and Sage 50 HR to keep your accounts up to date and analyse your data using Microsoft® Excel.
• Future proof payroll software
  Sage 50 Payroll is compatible with both 32Bit and 64Bit Windows operating systems.

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Licence Information

• Sage 50 Payroll single user licence permits one installation of the program, on a single machine. If you want to keep a backup of the program and data, you would need to purchase an additional installation licence.
• To use Sage 50 Payroll over a network you will need an unlimited user licence (additional £110+VAT). When installed on a network there is no restriction to the number of machines or concurrent users that can access Sage 50 Payroll.

System Requirements

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 3and 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 50 Payroll, we recommend Microsoft Internet Explorer 6 or above for internet access to Sage Support and important Sage updates for your products.
• Some features in Sage 50 Payroll, 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.