Summary
Learn the basics of the full payment submission (FPS) in Sage 50 Payroll.
Description
The FPS is the submission you must make to HMRC each time you pay your employees. It contains:
- Starter and leaver information
- Employee information such as name, gender, National Insurance (NI) number and tax code
- Employee payment and deduction information
- Tax, NI and student loan contributions
- Year to date information
Before you can send the first FPS in a new company, you need to enter your e-Submission settings.
When to submit FPS
Once you've processed your payroll, you're ready to submit your FPS on or before the date that you pay your employees.

Before you submit the FPS
Before you submit the FPS, complete the following steps:- Add a new employee using the Employee Wizard to add any new starters that have joined your company since the last FPS
- Change an employee's status to on hold if you aren't paying them in this period
- Process your payroll and update the pay period as usual
- Mark any employees as a leaver. You can use our Process a leaver article to do this
Submit the FPS
Now you've completed the steps above, you're ready to submit the FPS. Follow the steps in the article to submit the FPS to HMRC successfully.
Made a mistake?
If you've submitted incorrect information to HMRC, you can Submit a full payment submission adjustment after you've made your corrections.
Check your FPS submissions
View and reconcile the figures that you send HMRC in your FPS and employer payment summary (EPS) each period.
You can reconcile your HMRC values using the FPS viewer and reconciliation reports, so you can be confident about what you submit each period.