Sage 50 Payroll 2012/13 Starter Solution

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Sage 50 Payroll
Sage 50 Payroll (RRP £275) is easy-to-use payroll software recognised by HM Revenue & Customs, and is ideal if you want to bring your payroll in-house or employ more than 10 people. It's up-to-date with the latest legislation for the 2012/13 tax year, and is packed with all the tools you need to run a hassle-free payrol for up to 100 employees (additional charges apply), store all your employee information and make light work of complex tax, National Insurance and statutory pay calculations.

SageCover
An essential for Sage Payroll users, SageCover (RRP £290) is a complete support service that includes vital HMRC legislative updates, telephone & email support, exclusive discounts, Sage HR Advice, and our award-winning payroll year end support. Find out more.

Sage Payslips
Sage Payslips (worth £18) are the perfect format for presenting employees' pay information. Sage payslips help you run an accurate and speedy payroll, and automatically align with your Sage 50 Payroll software, and we'll give you 250 of them to get you started.

Total saving: £108.00

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• Produce Written Statements of Employment Particulars:
  When you add a new person you can then automatically create their statement and prompts will remind you to update contracts when necessary.
• Minimum wage management:
  Makes it easier for you to manage employees on the minimum wage.
• 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.
• Faster payslip processing:
  Allows you to speed up the production of electronic payslips for those employees that have elected to be notified in this way.
• Improved data capture:
  Means you can now batch input deductions, as well as payments onto timesheets, which in turn will speed up data capture.
• HMRC accreditation:
  Sage 50 Payroll calculations meet the latest legislation requirements for accurate calculations of tax and National Insurance.
• Integrate with your other software:
  Link with Sage 50 Accounts to keep your accounts up to date and analyse your data using your data using Microsoft® Excel.
• Manage all your peoples' different payroll needs:
  Calculate extra pay; take care of different payment frequencies; manage employees' holidays and flexible working.
• Run a smooth Payroll Year End:
  Continue processing while running your Payroll Year End; produce the right reports for HMRC; and even submit your year end reports online.
• Be prepared for audits:
  Store and print copies of statutory reports for up to seven years and track any changes to your payroll.

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.

Recommended hardware

• An IBM®-compatible computer with a 2GHz (or equivalent) processor
• At least 1GB RAM
• At least 1GB of free disk space after Microsoft® Windows has been installed
• Network users only: 1Gbps network with Microsoft Windows networking
• Display Settings: 1024 x 768 resolution

Minimum hardware

• An IBM-compatible computer with a 1GHz (or equivalent) processor
• 512MB RAM
• 700MB of free disk space after Microsoft Windows has been installed
• Network users only: 100Mbps network with Microsoft Windows networking
• Display Settings: 1024 x 768 resolution

Compatible operating systems:

• Windows 2000
• Windows XP Service Pack 3
• Windows Vista
• Windows 7
• Windows Server 2008
• Windows Server 2003

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 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.
• 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.