Sage 50 Cloud Payroll



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Recognised as complying easily with HMRC requirements, Sage 50 Payroll has all the required tools to maintain complete control for a simple and straightforward payroll for businesses, priced in tiers from 15 to unlimited employees.


Taking care of your employees comes first with Sage 50cloud Payroll.  Businesses have additional administrative duties to help their employees save for retirement as a result of Automatic Enrolment Legislation. An optional module, at an additional cost, is available for minimising the administrative burden as well as the automation of the calculation process.

Sage 50cloud payroll complies with all the latest legislation and features such as Online Payslips and secure storage of employee information, ensure the payroll can be processed efficiently and with accuracy.

Sage 50cloud Payroll Software
–          Software Updates (Always be on the latest version of Sage Payroll with the latest features and improvements)
–          Legislation updates (Always be compliant with the latest HMRC legislation)
–          Expert Telephone Support
–          Remote Support
–          Online Support & Advice
–          Express Data Repair Service
–          Customisable payroll reports
–          Manage holidays and absences
–          Pay your employees electronically with E-Banking
–          Print or Email Payslips to your Employees
–          Online Payslips (Employees can access their payslips from an online portal)
–          Submit to HMRC Online
–          Record statutory payments automatically, including SMP and SSP

Get up and running easily

  • Straightforward installation with easy set-up wizard
  • Simple to use – no need to be, or hire a payroll expert.
  • “Show me how” videos to guide you through common tasks
  • Connect with Microsoft Office by importing your existing data from a CSV file
  • Link your payroll software directly to Sage 50 Accounts and Sage 50 HR and transfer your data in a few simple steps.
  • Payroll Onsite Support is available as a standalone feature

Take control of workplace pensions

  • Create your personalised action plan based on The Pensions Regulator’s best practice, using the pension centre.
  • Easily set up your pension with Pension’s Fast-Track
  • Calculate contributions and understand the cost of Automatic Enrolment to your business
  • Optional Pensions Module available (at additional cost)

Manage your payroll

  • Process weekly, two-weekly, four-weekly and monthly payrolls.
  • Choose from a range of payslip layouts
  • Print or email payslips to employees
  • Automatically calculate payments and deductions
  • Calculate and process employee loans
  • Record and calculate holiday pay
  • Electronically pay employees using e-banking
  • Easily calculate your PAYE and NI liability
  • Post salary journals to Sage Accounts software
  • Set variances in pay or hours and be alerted when these are reached
  • Record and calculate Salary Sacrifice deductions such as childcare vouchers and Cycle to Work scheme.

Keep up to date with payroll legislation

  • HMRC recognised software
  • Comply with the very latest legislation for the tax year
  • Directly submit PAYE data to HMRC online
  • Exchange employee data directly with HMRC online
  • Automatically calculate statutory sick pay, maternity, paternity and adoption pay.
  • Record student loans and attachment of earnings orders
  • Record fixed amount or percentage-calculated pension schemes
  • Prepare for and manage the impact of the new National Living wage
  • Keep records for Class 1A company cars

Pay your employees from directly within your Sage software

  • Manage salary payments from directly within your software
  • Significantly reduce payroll admin by automating key stages of the payment process
  • Reduce the risk of making payment errors
  • Manage sensitive employee payment information on a secure platform 

Store employee records

  • Appraisals
  • Absence
  • Holidays
  • Disciplinary records
  • Job and salary history
  • Written statements of employment
  • Attach documents to employee records

Comply with Real Time Information (RTI)

  • Automatically send RTI data to HMRC
  • RTI Data Health Check tool ensures your data is error-free before you submit it to HMRC.
  • RTI Centre with help and support when you need it
  • Submissions log lets you view and track the status of HMRC submissions.

Submit to HMRC online

  • Send all your submissions to HMRC securely online
  • Track forms by status and sender
  • Comply with the latest legislation

Manage holidays and absences

  • Manage holiday entitlement for individual employees
  • Record holidays and absence in days or hours
  • Record your own custom absence types
  • Automatically record statutory payment absence types such as SMP and SSP.
  • Easily and accurately accrue employee holidays
  • Automatically calculate payments and deductions for different absence types.
  • Calculate payments for sick pay, maternity/paternity, overtime, bonus and pensions.

Analyse your payroll data

  • Easily generate payslips, payment summaries, holiday and absence reports and more.
  • Quickly print a range of reports in one batch
  • Save your favourite reports for quick and easy access.
  • Analyse data by cost centre and department
  • Create your own reports with the report designer
  • Run statutory reports such as P32, P35, P60 and P11
  • Help manage your cashflow and future budgets by accurately forecasting your people costs.

Keep your payments accurate and secure

  • Easily back up and restore your data
  • Roll your data back to correct errors from previous payroll runs
  • Apply access rights to restrict users from accessing certain areas of the program.
  • Securely store documents, payslips and timesheets in the online services portal.

Use a bespoke solution for your business

Optional add-ons are available for Sage 50cloud Payroll :

  • Sage 50cloud Payroll Pensions Module : prepare for Auto Enrolment and eliminate the complexities of workplace pensions.
  • Sage 50cloud Payroll NHS Pensions Module : simplify and avoid time-consuming processes associated with NHS tiers.
  • Salary and Supplier Payments : pay your suppliers and employees securely and on time, straight from your solution.