Full payment submission (FPS) adjustment - The basics
Description
You need to submit a FPS every time that you make a payment to an employee. If you make any changes to the pay period in Sage 50 Payroll after you submit the FPS, you need to submit an FPS adjustment to let HMRC know.
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When you need to submit an FPS adjustment
You make an amendment to an employee's pay after submitting the FPS. For example, you forgot to pay an employee's overtime so reprocessed
If you submit the FPS then find out that an employee has left. You should submit the FPS adjustment to notify HMRC of the employee's leave date
When an FPS adjustment isn't possible
You've included the employee on a future FPS. You can't submit the FPS adjustment for an earlier period. Simply submit your next FPS as normal and the changes are included
You haven't included the employee in an FPS for this period. You can't submit an FPS adjustment before you submit the normal FPS
Submit an FPS adjustment
If you've made changes to the pay period after you've submitted your normal FPS, you need to submit the FPS adjustment to let HMRC know. Submit a full payment submission adjustment >