What's new in Sage 50 Payroll v32

Summary

Find out about what's new in Sage 50 Payroll v32.

Description

The year end software update, Sage 50 Payroll v32, is available now.

If you haven't updated your software yet, access the update on our download and install the Sage 50 Payroll year end update article.

Once you install the update, your software is up to date with the new legislation and features listed below.

If you prefer, you can ▼ watch a video on the changes in v32.

New legislation for 2026/2027

Your software update includes the payroll legislation changes that take effect from 6 April 2026. ▼ Click here to find out more about the key changes.

Statutory Sick Pay (SSP) changes

Several changes to SSP take effect from 6 April 2026. To find out more, visit our changes to Statutory Sick Pay from 6 April 2026 article.

New Student Loan plan

Student loan plan type 5 comes into effect in the new tax year.

If any of your employees require it, you can set up plan type 5 in v32.

Employment Allowance

Since the start of the 2025/2026 tax year, Employment Allowance is no longer 'de minimis state aid'.

This means you don't need to select State Aid categories if you submit an application to HMRC.

From v32, we've removed these options to make claiming Employment Allowance simpler.

Statutory Parental Bereavement Pay (SPBP) in Northern Ireland

There are changes to SPBP for Northern Irish employees in the new tax year.

For these employees, SPBP becomes a day one right, however, the other qualifying criteria still apply.

We've updated SPBP absence entry options to make it easy for you to enter the extra information HMRC require for Northern Irish employees.

NOTE:

These SPBP changes don't apply to employees in the rest of the UK.

Other changes

There are other changes to payroll legislation for the new tax year.

For instance, an increased Lower Earnings Limit, new Statutory Parental weekly rates, and increases to National Minimum and Living Wages.

To find out about all the changes, visit the payroll legislation for the 2026/2027 tax year article.

Tidy employees' payments and deductions

If you have employees with pay elements you don't need anymore, you can tidy these up for single or multiple employees at once.

By setting these as 'not in use', you can remove clutter in Enter Payments, and make each pay run easier to process.

To find out more, visit the show or hide existing payments or deductions article.

Employee count

Instantly check how many employees are on your employee list, and how many you've selected.

This improvement makes it easy to check you've selected the right number of employees at a glance, helping reduce accidental errors.

A screenshot highlighting the new employee count.

Alphabetical sort in DBUtilities.exe

The database utility included with your software now lists your company data alphabetically.

If you have several companies, this change makes it easier for you to find the company you need to work with.

To find out more, visit the look after your data article.

New report

From v32, we've removed the Apprenticeship Levy reconciliation report.

Instead, your software now includes the 'Payment Summary History Part 2 - By Date (inc. Gross for NIC)' report.

This report provides the 'Gross for NIC for Apprenticeship Levy', which you can use to reconcile any Apprenticeship Levy calculations in your software.

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