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