Welcome to the Sage 50 Payroll Support Group on Community Hub! Available 24/7, the forums are a great place to ask and answer product questions, as well as share tips and tricks with Sage peers, partners, and pros.
I wanted to start using the variance report available in Sage Payroll, however I wanted this to look for a difference in payment rate only rather than the total for payment element.
For example, I have a basic pay rate at £15ph and employees are working…
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I have an employee count of around 110 staff and currently use Sage 50 Payroll via a remote connection, as I have been working from home since the pandemic started.
I would like to know more about moving from Sage 50 to the Cloud as this would…
The UK government has announced that Monday 19 September, the date of Her Majesty Queen Elizabeth II’s State Funeral, is a national bank holiday.
If your regular payday falls on 19 September, bank closures mean you may need to pay your employees before…
With pensions being such a complex topic, we're excited to introduce our new Workplace Pensions Hub featuring new and simplified guides.
Click Help Centre in your Sage 50cloud Payroll then select Workplace Pensions to access 24/7 support on pensions…
You can easily set up access rights in your software so that different users can log in and help process your payroll. You can even restrict access to certain areas of your software.
Find out more >
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I have a client who has moved from Smart Pension to NEST pension. As its been more than 12 months since all four employees opted-out on Smart Pension, TPR told me they must be re-assessed once again when joining NEST.
I have created a…
We are moving our payroll in house from the accountants from the new tax year. They use star, we are going to be using Sage 50cloud Payroll. What do I need to get from the accountants in order to quickly import all my staff in with all details? Is there…
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I’ve never worked in payroll before – I have zero prior knowledge or experience – but since I’m in need of a career change, I’ve been looking into the possibility of becoming a payroll assistant. Over the past month I’ve been ploughing my…
Need support during the festive period? Our Help Centre is available 24/7 with all the answers you need.
However, if you do need further help, we've put together a helpful guide to explain what times we're open.
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Did you know you can keep up to date with the latest news about your Sage product with the monthly Customer Support bulletins?
They include useful information such as legislation changes, software updates and new features, to help you get the most from…
Do you often have questions you'd like to ask while you're processing your payroll in Sage 50cloud Payroll? To save you time, we've gathered together the questions you're currently asking us.
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Do you use Sage HR Online Services for your employees to be able to access their payslips? Provide them this handy guide that runs through common queries they have such as how to set up their access from their welcome email, how to log in, and how to…
If an employee leaves in the 2020/2021 tax year and receives their final pay in the 2021/2022 tax year, for example, the employee leaves in tax month 12 in 2020/2021 and receives their final pay in tax month 1 in 2021/2022. The P45 must show the date…
We have a handy guide to help you run a smooth payroll year end.
Find out how to:
check if you have a week 53
process your final pay period
produce P60s
check key dates
View the prepare for year end guide now >
Don't forget to click…
Your Sage 50cloud Payroll update for the 2020/21 tax year is available now. Find out how to get up to date using our handy guide and enter our competition for your chance to win £200 Amazon vouchers >
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When someone new joins your company, you need to set up a new employee record. The details of the new employee are then included on the full payment submission (FPS).There's two ways to create a new employee:
The Employee Wizard - enter personal details…
HMRC has updated information regarding the averaging method for employees on variable pay, this also known as the calendar look back method. For some employees, the reference salary is calculated using the amount paid in March and April 2019 rather than…
The February edition of the Sage 50cloud Payroll Support Bulletin is now available. Topics this month include:
Payroll year end 2021
Legislation changes in the 2021/22 tax year
Use you software to its full potential
Process statutory payments…
To make things easier to find when you're working with a large list of employees in Sage 50cloud Payroll, you can add alternate colours to the employee list.
Find out how to do it >
The January edition of the Sage 50cloud Payroll Support Bulletin is now available. Topics this month include:
Your new look Help Centre
Deducting student loans
Time to advance your holiday year
Discover digital stationery
The coronavirus antigen…
To get the new year off to the best possible start, we’ve gathered together the most common questions that you ask us at this time of year, including:
Correcting mistakes
Removing payments
Processing sick pay
Setting up holiday schemes
Read…
Under RTI, you must submit a full payment submission (FPS) on or before the date you pay your employees.
If you're paying your employees on a different day than normal due to the Christmas break, find out what you need to do on our paying your employees…
The new date sensitive tax code option allows you to enter an effective from date when applying a tax code change for an employee.
This means when you receive a tax code notification from HMRC advising to change the code on a specific date, Sage 50cloud…
