Welcome to the February edition of Sage Payroll Support
Payroll Support News is a monthly communication that is specifically designed for our Sage Micropay Professional and Quickpay Sagecover members. This newswire is just one of the many benefits provided to you as part of your SageCover membership. It provides vital information on payroll topics as they arise and we hope you find it informative and relevant.
To access the articles in the newswire, please have your Sage account number ready. You can find your account number on any invoice you have received from Sage.
Getting it right:
1. Ensuring 2008 Payroll PRSI & PAYE rates are updated
2. Payroll version after running PYE update
3. New Features in Quickpay 2008
4.New Quickpay Services Pack update Version 8.1
5. CSO Reporting Quickpay/Micropay Professional
6. New Features in Micropay Professional version 7.0 (PYE Update)
7. N.I & UK Customers
8. My Account
9. Payroll Year End Feedback Survey
10. Contact us
1. Ensuring 2008 Payroll PRSI & PAYE rates are updated
It’s very important to check that the 2008 Budget details are updated on your Payroll program.
By logging on to the Sage PYE website at http://sage.ie/pye this will allow you to view a screenshot (as below) of how to check that your Micropay Professional or Quickpay has the up to-date budget changes.
It is not advisable to manually update the PRSI tables within the program.
To update the budget file needs to be run to apply changes correctly.
The 2008 Budget changes are available from: http://sage.ie/supportnew/payroll_login_d.asp
(you will need your account number and details to access downloads)
Quickapy- Quickpay PYE07 Budget Changes 2008
Micropay Professional- Micropay Professional PYE07 Budget Changes 2008
2.Payroll Version after running PYE Update.
Quickpay-After running the Quickpay PYE update, the payroll version will update to v8.0. (Once the version was 7.1 or higher before running update)
Micropay Professional-After running the PYE update Micropay Professional will update to version 7.00.
Also after running the PYE update an installation of the updated Quickpay user guide is installed and a shortcut is created on your desktop for easy access.
3. New Features in Quickpay v8.0 (PYE Update)
Enhanced Desktop
Following the installation of the PYE update you will notice a new look to the Quickpay program.
The New interface is designed in a process map matching the steps required to complete a pay run. There is also a new side toolbar for quick access to tasks. The familiar menu bar will also remain at the top of the screen.
RSS Feeds
Quickpay’s New RSS Newsfeed feature makes it possible to receive alerts on the Quickpay desktop whenever new updates or important information is available.
It is recommended that Quickpay users have the RSS feature enabled soon after installing the PYE Update.
P30 & P45 ROS Files
Quickpay now has the function to generate electronic P45, P45 (Part 3) and P30 returns for submission to the Revenue Online Service (ROS).
These new options are available in the Reports section ,to learn more about these new features refer to the updated helpfiles in Quickpay.
To use Revenue On-Line service you must registar with ROS www.revenue.ie
Plus much more!
- Merging duplicate employees in the P35 to ROS return
- Improved Hourly Payment/Allowance Setup Procedure
- Enhanced Set Period Feature
- Legislation and Employer Information
- Automatic Period Archives
- New Employee Set-Up Helper
To learn more about using these new features, please revert to page 2 of the updated Quickpay user guide, which will be automatically installed, on the desktop after running the PYE Update.
4. New Quickpay Services Pack update Version 8.1
As part of our policy of continual product development,Quickpay Service Pack version 8.1 is now available.
Version 8.1 has the following improvments is available to download from http://sage.ie/supportnew/payroll_login.asp
(you will need your account number to access downloads)
- P46 to Ros.
- Implementation of 2008 ceiling for tax free pension contributions
- Improvments to the CSO reporting for earnings,hours,costs for leap years.
For further information on these new feature ,details are available in the updated help files in Quickpay.
5. CSO Reporting Quickpay/Micropay Professional
The Central Statistics Office (CSO) has introduced a new annual National Employment Survey (NES) report, which is designed to compile statistical employment information from businesses of more than three employees. If your business has been selected to participate in the survey, you must return the NES report to the CSO.
Quickpay/Micropay Professional records the information necessary for this report. A future release of Quickpay/Micropay Professional will enable you to generate the report automatically.
CSO Reporting is available in Quickpay after running the PYE update.
To avail of the CSO reporting in Micropay professional version 7.1 update (this is also acts as a full install) is available to download from:
http://sage.ie/supportnew/payroll_login_d.asp
To find out more about setting up the CSO feature,please refer to the updated Helpfiles in Quickpay/Micropay Professional.
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6. New Features in Micropay Professional v7.0 (PYE Update)
View Historical Payslips from 2007 from within the 2008 installation
You can now access an employee's payslip details for previous 12 months pay periods within the current tax year.
The payslip history archives payslips for a year up to the current date.
To acces and use this feature follow this easy steps:
1.Open the Employee Details window by doing one of the following:
Click Edit Employees in the desktop's process map.
Click Edit Employees in the navigation pane's Pay Run view.
Select the Processing - Employee Details menu option click Emp Details.
2. Click on the tab Payslip.
The employee's payslip from the previous period is displayed. (You can use the arrow buttons in the bottom right-hand corner in the Payslip window to browse through the payslips for other periods. Alternatively, you can click the middle arrow button in the bottom right-hand corner to display a list of available payslips.)
3.You can print or e-mail the payslip, or generate a PDF version of it.
4. Press Esc, or select File - Exit, to close the payslip preview window and return to the employee record screen.
RSS Feeds
Micropay Professional’s new RSS Newsfeed feature makes it possible to receive alerts on the Micropay Professional desktop whenever new updates are ready for download or important information is available. Users must be connected to the Internet to use this feature.
It is recommend that all users enable the RSS feature soon after installing the PYE Update as this will simplify the process of receiving the subsequent Budget Update.
‘Paid Contracted Hours’ are calculated for the CSO EHECS History*
The Paid Contracted hours are taken from the Standard Hours in Payments Tab. To calculate Holiday, Absence and Other Hours, the “Total no. of hours in a working day” must be filled in the Holidays Tab.
Merging duplicate employees in the P35 to ROS return
When creating the statutory P35 to ROS return, the system will search for ‘duplicate’ employee records - records that represent the same employee. The
system will merge the records for P35 ROS reporting purposes, if it is not possible to do so, Micropay Professional will provide instructions on how to make this possible. This ensures that each employee is listed just once on the P35 ROS return.
To learn more about using these new features, visit Page 2 of the updated Micropay Professional User Guide (installed on the desktop with the PYE Update).
7. N.I & UK Customers
At this time of year many businesses with employees based in the North of Ireland or in the U.K. consider taking in-house control of managing payroll processing. Did you know that Sage provide a Payroll programme configured to work with U.K. payroll legislation, along with onsite training and consultancy? Please contact our sales team on 00353 1 6420800 for more information.
8. My Account
Register now for ‘My Account’
My Account provides instant online access for Sage account activity and enables the reprinting of invoices and statements for clients.
Register for access to My Account using the following link:
http://sage.ie/myaccountonbrand/register.asp
9. Payroll Year End Feedback Survey
Let us know how you felt about our products and services during Payroll Year End and have your say into future product releases.
All completed surveys will be entered to win a €400 voucher to spend however you like at over 4,000 outlets nationwide.
By clicking on the link below will bring you straight to the survey:
http://sage.ie/survey/PYE-2008-SurveyStart.asp
10. Contact Us
Should you require further assistance with any other technical queries, please contact Payroll Technical Support as follows:
- Lo-call: 1890 946 771
- Outside (ROI) 00353 16420877
- Fax: 01-6420895
- E-mail: pye@sage.ie
- Web: sage.ie/support
Other contact numbers and web addresses that may be required over payroll year-end:
- Ros technical support: 1890 20 11 06
- Welfare: www.welfare.ie
- Revenue; www.revenue.ie
- Microsoft: 1850 940 940
- If you feel that a Sage Payroll product or support would benefit from a new feature, please submit your idea or comment to us now online
Simply by accessing the following link:
http://sage.ie/supportnew/payroll_wish.asp
We strive to provide an efficient and cost effective support service, now offering you a new lo-call phone number
1890-946-771
We listen, because we care.