• Year End Date and Week 53

    We process our payroll on a fortnightly basis, next run on Monday 22nd pay date 24th...next one would be 5th April, pay date 7th April. What date should we process our year end and do we have a week 53, very confused!
  • Plan ahead for payroll year end 2019

    We're already working on your software update and support guides for payroll year end 2019. You can prepare too by checking the following details: Support with payroll year end As you make submissions to HMRC every time you pay your employees…
  • Statutory payments – Easier than you might think|uk

    Statutory payments can be confusing and complicated to understand and it can be worrying if you’re unsure whether your employee is receiving the correct amount of pay. The great news is that Sage Payroll takes care of all the complicated legislation…
  • Get everything you need this payroll year end from the community!

    This year everything you need for year end will be available through the Sage Business Community. As well as all of the great features you’re used to, such as: Step-by-step help Videos, if you prefer watching Checklists, so you don’t miss a…
  • Happy new tax year!

    Welcome to the 2017/2018 tax year By now a lot of you will already have run your year end. If you haven't, don't forget HMRC need to receive your final submission by 19 April and you have until 31 May to provide P60s to everyone still working for your…
  • Win an Amazon Echo and a 1-2-1 webinar! - Competition now closed

    The payroll year end competition is now closed. We'll announce the winner week commencing the 19th of March. In the meantime, if you haven't already done so, visit our payroll year end centre to find out how to install your update Your year end…
  • Don't miss a thing this payroll year end

    To help you process your year end, we've put together a quick one page guide so you don't miss a thing. You can also download our handy checklist below so you can keep track of your progress through year end.
  • Sage 50 Payroll can't find the new update

    We've received an email and a message in Sage that the new update is available to install, but when we search for updates using Sage 50 Payroll it can't find any. Currently, we have version 20.02.203 running. I fear it's a symptom of a deeper underlying…
  • Printing P60s for leavers in Month 12

    I know that you are not supposed to issue P60s for leavers and that Sage 50 Payroll omits these employees when printing these forms. However, what happens when an employee has left in Month 12 with a leaving date of 31st March 2015? They will not be receiving…
  • I hope I'm posting this in the right place. I've just had an email about the payroll year end update being mandatory from Monday. Does this mean I won't be able to get in my program without installing it? Why do they keep making them mandatory

    I hope I'm posting this in the right place. I've just had an email about the payroll year end update being mandatory from Monday. Does this mean I won't be able to get in my program without installing it? Why do they keep making them mandatory?
  • Weekly payments

    I think I am out of sync, please can someone tell me what week we should be paying this week. I have just paid my staff for last weeks work (w/c 21/3/16), which on my (manual) P32 makes it week 52. However, shouldn't this week be paid in 2015/16?…
  • What is a week 53?

    In my experience of supporting payroll customers, week 53 is a bit of a strange phenomenon. Those people who have one, don’t want one, and some people who haven’t got one, actually want one “because my friend has one”! The simple reason we even have…
  • Employment Allowance n/a

    I am not sure whether I sent the EPS at the beginning of the tax year 2015/16. I have the box ticked for eligible for employment allowance and have claimed it during tax periods 1 & 2. When I run the year end report (Employer Payment Summary) it give…
  • Employment allowance - Up to £3000 free in the new tax year!

    Most businesses and charities have been benefitting from the Government’s employment allowance for the past couple of years now. It was introduced in 2014 and has given businesses the opportunity to reduce their employer NI contributions by up to £2000…
  • tax code increases

    Are there standard global increases for tax code suffixes/prefixes for the start of the 2016/7 tax year?
  • Month 12 EPS not submitted before final FPS for 2015/16

    I have just realised that I have submitted the final FPS for a client but forgot to submit an EPS for Month 12 to notify HMRC of SMP to be offset against the Month 12 PAYE payment. Do I need to wait until after 19th April 2016 and submit an EYU?
  • New employee in March 17 and paid March17 but no P45 received yet should I produce a P60?

    I had a new employee start in March 2017 (and they have been paid in March17) but they did not have / can't find their P45 from their previous employer. They have re-requested a copy but still do not have it, does this stop me from producing a P60 for…
  • E-mail P60 is not working. It keeps sticking at step 5.

    Each time I try to e-mail out the P60s the process sticks at step 5 and I have to crash out of sage payroll. Is there any way to fix this or will I have to order stationery and print them? I've been successfullye-mailing out payslips since October.
  • Delays submitting forms to HMRC

    At this time of year it's common for HMRC to have delays in confirming they've received forms you're submitting through your payroll. This is perfectly normal as lots of people are trying to submit their year end returns at the same time. When you're…
  • Year End Complete but need to add CIS

    Completed a year end but forgot to do the CIS for 5th March - Can the year end be re ran?
  • Nil EPS & YEar End Submissionyear

    Hi I have a payroll scheme with no employees for a P11d Benefit only. I do a nil eps each month. Do you still rund a year end submission ? Thanks Sarah
  • Year End & CIS

    Can I run week 1 of 18/19 before doing the payroll year end? I have CIS suffered to submit via EPS but won't have the figure in time before the first pay run of 18/19?