What's new?

Summary

Latest updates and features in Sage Payroll.

Resolution

2024 - What's new?

March

UPDATED: Get ready for Payroll Year End (UK)

Legislation updates for the 2024/2025 tax year.

We've updated your software so you can get ready for the new tax year which starts on 6 April 2024.

Read about Legislation for the 2024/2025 tax year (opens in a new window).

Get help when you need it without leaving Payroll.

Whether it's your first payroll year end, or you just need a reminder, get help using the Access year end guide button. This guide is available throughout year end, in both the Summary and Year End tabs.

February

NEW: The People's Pension

We've extended our automated Pensions integration to include The People's Pension.

You can now submit your pension data for The People's Pension directly from Sage Payroll.

This makes it easier to send your contribution details, saving you time each pay run.

If you already manually upload data to The People's Pension, do not worry. You can continue to do this, or set up the automated submission.

Janurary

NEW: Share remuneration in Ireland (IE)

Learn about employer duties and tax rules for share remuneration in Ireland.

Check out the article: Share remuneration in Ireland (opens in a new window).

NEW: Enhanced reporting requirements (IE)

Check out our full article that explains what you need to know about Enhanced Reporting Requirements in Sage Payroll (opens in a new window).

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November 2023

Payroll Analysis Types (UK only)

Analysis types help you analyse your payroll in more detail. For example, you can use them to monitor your employer costs by department or cost centre.

For more information, read our Payroll Analysis Types article

October 2023

FPS adjustment (UK only)

You can now send an FPS adjustment submission to HMRC.

This makes it quicker and easier to notify HMRC of any changes you’ve made to a completed pay run.

For more information, read our FPS adjustment article

Sage HR Essentials

As part of your Sage Payroll UK subscription, you now have free access to Sage HR Essentials.

This makes it easier to manage many HR tasks. It provides an engaging experience for your employees.

For more information, read our integrate Sage Payroll with Sage HR Essentials article

May 2023

Customise your employee list

You can now show, hide and reorder columns on your employee list view.

This makes it easier to display your employee information the way you want it.

For more information, read our customise your employee list article

Corrections

You can now choose whether to show the difference in net pay in the next pay run when you make corrections.

This makes it easier to correct a completed pay run.

For more information, read our article Correct a completed pay run

Employment verification

Employment verification enables your employees to access and share their payroll data.

This makes it easier for your employees to provide proof of employment and income. For example, when they apply for a mortgage.

For more information, read our employment verification article

March 2023

Payroll year end

You can now complete your payroll year end for the 2022/2023 tax year.

You can also process pay runs in the new tax year, which starts on 6 April 2023.

Payroll year end in Sage Payroll has never been easier.

For more information, read our Payroll year end 2023 guide

February 2023

Edit pay run

You can now edit pay and absences separately when you make corrections.

This makes it easier to correct a completed pay run and confirm your changes.

For more information, read our article Correct a completed pay run

January 2023

Delete an employee record

You can now delete the records of employees you've not processed in a pay run.

This makes removing an employee record you've set up in error is easier.

For more information, read our article Create and edit employee records

Add employee finish dates as a bulk action

You can now add finish dates as a bulk action for any employees who have left your company.

This makes it easier to enter finish dates for multiple employees.

For more information, read our article Dealing with leavers

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October 2022

Holiday Pay

You can now add a holiday payment for both hourly and salaried employees when you process a pay run.

This makes it easier to record holiday pay for your employees.

For more information, read our article Holiday Pay

September 2022

National Insurance changes (UK only)

From 6 November 2022, HMRC reversed the 1.25% increase in National Insurance contributions (NICs) (first introduced in April 2022).

The introduction of the new Health and Social Care Levy in April 2023 didn't happen.

For more information about the changes, see our article National Insurance increase reversed article

Scottish Earnings Arrest

If you process attachment of earnings orders in Scotland, there is now one option for Scottish Earnings Arrest. You would use this if you're instructed to add this attachment type to an employee.

This makes it easier to select the right attachment.

For more information, read our article Attachment of earnings orders

August 2022

National Minimum Wage check

You can now check you pay your employees National Minimum Wage. This makes it easier to ensure you meet the minimum wage requirements. You can also view the minimum wage bands and rates for your employees on a new report.

For more information, see our article National Minimum Wage check

Statutory payments override

You can now override the statutory payment calculations for your employees. This makes it easier to change the amounts. For example, if you pay your employees before or after they've worked for you. You can also view the total paid to date values for all statutory payments on the absences report.

For more information, see our article Statutory payments override

June 2022

Salary sacrifice pensions

You can now process salary sacrifice pensions for your employees. This makes it easier to set up salary sacrifice payments and pension schemes. It's also easier to view the pension contributions on your payslips and reports.

For more information, see our article Salary sacrifice pensions

May 2022

New Instant Payroll Migration Content

We have published new articles to help Instant Payroll customers move to Sage Business Cloud. This includes everything from setting up your company to adding your pensions and completing your first pay run.

New National Insurance rate (UK only)

From 6 July 2022, the Primary Threshold for National Insurance is increasing. We have updated Sage Business Cloud Payroll to account for this. Adjustments are automatic once you reach the 6 July 2022 processing date.

Earnings Limit	Weekly	Monthly	Yearly
Primary Threshold (PT) (6 April 2022 - 5 July 2022)	190.00	823.00	9,880.00
Primary Threshold (PT) (6 July 2022 - 5 April 2023)	242.00	1,048.00	12,570.00

New brand

We've recently updated our Sage brand and you'll start to see changes in the look and feel of Sage Business Cloud Payroll. These changes do not affect how you use the product.

April 2022

Bulk payslip messages

You can now edit payslip messages for multiple employees at the same time. This makes it easier to manage messages that apply to lots of people.

For more information, see our article Payslip messages

March 2022

Payroll Year End

We made changes to allow you to complete year end processing for the 2021/2022 tax year. Also processing pay and making submissions for the 2022/2023 tax year which starts on 6 April 2022.

Updates install automatically on 10 March 2022.

Legislation changes for the new tax year includes:

Updated tax bands for the UK
Updated Auto Enrolment thresholds
Updated NI Calculation thresholds
New Freeport and Veteran NI Categories
Updated statutory payment values

Payslip messages

You can now have messages on your employee's payslips. This feature will be available when you start processing pay runs dated in the 2022/2023 tax year.

For more information, see our article Payslip messages

February 2022

The Absences report

The Absences report shows you any employee time off that you've recorded as an absence. The report can show data for any time period since you started using Sage Business Cloud Payroll.

Absences for the current and previous tax years, appear as part of your pay run. This report is useful if you want to see absences before the previous tax year. Or for employees that are no longer part of your active pay runs. Or if you want to save a record of absences by themselves.

For more information, please see our article The Absences report

January 2022

This release includes the introduction of our Sage HR mobile app. This allows your employees to access their online payslips via a mobile device.

Choose the relevant help article for more information

Online Payslips: an employer's guide

Online Payslips: an employee’s guide

The Salary Journal report

Also in January we released a Salary Journal report.

You can use salary information from a pay run to create a Salary Journal report. If you use an accounting product, you can import the report as a journal transaction. This can save you time and reduce processing errors.

For more information about the report Salary journals

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September 2021

Have more than one Payroll user

If you need cover for when you're on holiday, you can now set up more payroll users to help share the work.

As the user that's registered as the business owner, you can add new users from Settings. Then go to User Management. If you have multiple users for Accounting, you can also grant them Payroll access in the same place.

For more information about creating and managing users, see Add and manage users

August 2021

Process payroll for up to 100 employees

Need to add more employees to your subscription?

We now support up to 100 employees with the addition two new options: 51 - 75 employees and 76 - 100 employees.

You may have reached the maximum number of employees in your subscription. Choose Upgrade from the Employees screen. Then go to the Subscription and Invoices section or, find this under Manage My Account.

April 2021

Online payslips

There is a new Online Payslips feature. This gives employees access to view and download their payslips. You can also view P60s online instead of printing and emailing them. Set up by the employer, employees can now self serve at a time that suits them.

Find out more information about how to use Online Payslips.

March 2021

These releases include changes to allow you to complete the year end processing for the 2020/21 tax year. It also allows you to process pay and make submissions for the 2021/22 tax year which starts on 6 April 2021.

New with these updates

A new way to import employees using an FPS file

A new IR35 process for off-payroll workers

New Student Loan Plan 4 for Scottish students

Legislation changes for the new tax year

Updated thresholds for Student Loan Plans 1 & 2
Updated tax bands for the UK
Updated Auto Enrolment thresholds
Updated NI Calculation thresholds
Updated statutory payment values
A new P60 20/21 template
A change to the Employment Allowance Claim submission. The removal of the State Aid Claimed Field

separate update in April will include:

A new supplementary FPS to replace Earlier Year Updates (EYU)

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December 2020

New reports

We've created some new reports to help you check and reconcile your pay. Find them on the new Reporting option on the menu.

Choose an appropriate reporting period to view. You can export the report as a PDF or CSV file for further analysis and sharing.

These reports cover:

Employee Net Pay
Payslip Summary
Employer Costs
Liability Totals
Pay History (UK Only).

The detailed report is a combination of the above reports.

Access the detailed payroll report from your completed pay run.

See Pay run reports at-a-glance

October 2020

Get help calculating the average earnings of your employees with this new report.

Use to work out redundancy payments and holiday entitlements. Also for claiming for Govt. schemes.

Export the report as a PDF or CSV file for further analysis and sharing.
Choose a date range to report across pay periods and tax years.

See The Average Earnings & Working Hours report

New reporting area on the menu

To access the new Average Earnings report, go to the Reporting menu.

Look out for more reports coming soon.

August 2020

Process payroll for up to 50 employees

Need to add more employees to your subscription?

We now support up to 50 employees with the addition two new options; 26 - 35 employees and 36 - 50 employees.

You may reach the maximum number of employees on your subscription. Choose Upgrade from the Employees screen. Then go to the Subscription and Invoices section. Alternatively, find this under Manage My Account.

Generate pension contributions reports as CSV files

Download and send details of pension contributions to your pension provider. Do this after each pay run.

Save time and generate details of pension contributions as PAPDIS CSV file. Some pension providers support uploading PAPDIS CSV files to their online portal. Confirm this with your pension provider.

See File pension details per pay run