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Sage payroll software feature comparison

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Summary

Compare the features of Sage 50 Payroll and the cloud-based Sage Payroll.

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Feature Available in:
Sage Payroll (SBCP)  Sage 50 Payroll Sage 50 Payroll Bureau
Pension schemes Y Y Y
Online pension submissions (Nest, The People's Pension, Smart pension) Y Y Y
Pension correspondence General Notice letter only Y* Y*
Data import FPS import only CSV import CSV import
Access rights Basic Y Y
Salary sacrifice pay elements Pension only Y Y
Employee analysis (departments and cost centres) Y (Not available on automated salary journals) Y Y
Automatic enrolment Y Y* Y*
Holiday schemes Y (basics included in HR Essentials) Y Y
Personnel records Y (basics included in HR Essentials) Y Y
Document storage Y (basics included in HR Essentials) Y Y
Student/Postgraduate loans Y Y Y
Attachment of earnings Y Y Y
Statutory payments Y Y Y
Sage Accounting integration Y Sage Accounting nominal link report Sage Accounting nominal link report
Online submissions to HMRC Y Y Y
Negative payments and deductions Y Y Y
Absence records Y Y Y
Minimum wage validation Y Y Y
Sage HR integration Y Y N (Online Bureau)
Employee online payslips and P60s Y Y Y
Historical data and reporting Y Y Y
Email payslips Y Y Y
Multi-user functionality Y Y Y
Automatic updates Y Download and install Download and install
New tax year roll Y Y Y
Nominal link to Sage 50 Accounts Salary journal export report Y Y
Network enabled N/A Y Y
Net to gross payments N Y Y
Salary calculator N Y Y
Timesheet entry N Y Y
Employee loans N Y Y
Class 1A cars N Y Y
Reminders N Y Y
Factored pay elements N Y Y
Employee groups N Y Y
Calculation drill-downs N Y Y
Import timesheets N Y Y
Process benefit in kind (BIK) payments Y Y Y
Report favourites and selections N Y Y
Apprenticeship levy N Y Y
Gender pay gap reporting N Y Y
Exceptions and variance reports N Y Y
e-Banking (BACS) files N Y Y
NHS pensions N Y Y
Microsoft Office integration N Y Y
Audit trail N Y Y
Support home page N Y Y
Personal data management tool N Y Y
P46 car submission N Y Y
Receive electronic notifications from HMRC in your software (IR Secure Mailbox) Y Y Y
Payroll assistant N *Only available in Professional and Bureau *Only available in Professional and Bureau
Multi-company tasks N *Only available in Professional and Bureau *Only available in Professional and Bureau
       
Online Bureau* N N Online payslips and P60s
      Online documents and client approval
      Online timesheets and employee approval
      Starters and leavers automation
       
Payroll Bureau Manager (available to Bureau users free of charge) N N Company list dashboard
      Custom columns
      Employee search
      Automated payrolls
      One-time login
      Multi-company data upgrade
      Second company reporting

 

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