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Is Sage 50 Payroll 2010 right for me?

Sage 50 Payroll 2010 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 use: find and execute common tasks with ease through new 'Quick links'.
• Pay your employees quickly and accurately by cash, cheque, BACS or e-Banking with password protected electronic payslips.
• Batch timesheet entry for speedy payroll processing, and manage an unlimited number of employees (additional charge applies).
• Automatically calculate holidays & sick pay, maternity, overtime, commission, Student Loans, Attachments of Earnings Orders (AEO) and Pensions.
• Store employee records in one place including appraisals, absence, disciplinary records, job and salary history.
• Submit online at year end (HMRC requirement for 2010) - submit P14 and P35 forms online, and useful wizards take you through all pay and deductions you've made over the tax year which must reach HMRC no later than 19 May . More info.
  
• Stay compliant: validate your payroll against HMRC legislation, automatically apply tax code changes and produce statutory reports such as P11, P32 and P45.
• e-Banking: pay both employees and HMRC directly from your Internet banking service through Sage 50 Payroll.
• Create employee groups and manage an unlimited number of starters and leavers in a given year (additional charge applies).
• Forecast the impact of pay increases, bonuses or overtime with the salary forecast tool.
• Calendar and automatic reminders prompt you when you need to take actions like submitting returns to HMRC.

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Is this right for me?

• HMRC accredited:
  Sage 50 Payroll 2010 calculations meet the latest legislation requirements for accurate calculations of tax and National Insurance.
• Fast and secure payslip processing:
  Produce electronic payslips with password protection for added security for an unlimited number of employees (additional charge applies)
• Online Submissions:
  As of 2010 all submissions must be made to HMRC online. All submissions to HMRC can be sent electronically through Sage 50 Payroll 2010, and can be tracked by status and sender.
• Manage all your peoples' different payroll needs:
  Calculate extra pay; take care of different payment frequencies; manage employees' holidays, shifts and flexible working.
  
• 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.
  
• Manage your pay budget:
  Predict the impact of minimum wage increases, bonuses or overtime with the salary forecast tool.
  
• e-Banking:
  Lets you instruct payments for both employees and HMRC to your Internet banking services from your software, with no extra charge from us.
  
• Run a smooth Payroll Year End:
  Continue processing while running your Payroll Year End; produce the right reports (P11, P14, P35, P60) for HMRC; and submit online. More info.
  
• 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.
  
• Be prepared for audits:
  Store and print copies of statutory reports for up to seven years and track any changes to your payroll.
  
• Manage your time:
  Keep track of your day-to-day tasks with a clear calendar and reminders to prompt you when you need to take actions.
• Award-winning Support:
  Total support from our award-winning team and relevant legislative updates when you add SageCover to your basket when buying Sage 50 Payroll.
• Online integration:
  With SageCover you can access online support in seconds directly through Sage 50 Payroll without having switching screens.

Find out more about the full features of Sage 50 Payroll here.

Recommended hardware

• An IBM®-compatible computer with a 2GHz (or equivalent) processor
• At least 1GB RAM
• At least 600MB of free disk space after Microsoft® Windows has been installed
• Network users only: 1Gbps network with Microsoft Windows networking

Minimum hardware

• An IBM-compatible computer with a 1GHz (or equivalent) processor
• 512MB RAM
• 400MB of free disk space after Microsoft Windows has been installed
• Network users only: 100Mbps network with Microsoft Windows networking

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 Office 2000 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, or Windows NT4 operating systems.

One of the following operating systems:

• Microsoft Windows 2000
• Windows Server 2003
• Windows XP (Recommended)
• Windows Vista
• Windows 7

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.