Welcome to the August 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.
In This Issue
- Micorpay Version 6.00 Release
- End of Support for Sage Payroll on Windows 98 & NT
- Check the version of your Sage Payroll Software
- Micropay Professional Excel & PDF Reporting
- Quickpay Period Archive & New User Interface
- Useful Tips
- Training Courses
- Contact Us
1. Micropay Version 6.00 Release.
Sage is on the final stretch of delivering Micropay Professional 2007 v6.00.
The new features enhancements will include:
For Feature Pack 1 Customers only*:
- Support for completing the Central Statistics Office (CSO) Earnings, Hours and Employment Costs Survey.
- New Batch Timesheet Entry
- New pension processing option for the Construction Workers Pension Scheme (CWPS).
- Ability to apply Holiday Settings across all employees simultaneously
- Ability to pay Holiday Pay hourly
Free to customers with active support
- Ability to categorise payments as medical insurance for P35 returns
- New P45 Part 3 online submissions
- Easier option for Deleting Employees
- New Customisable Integration Files for Sage 50 & Sage 200
- Re-Designed & Simplified Help Files
- New Legislation Guidance Menu with web links to the government websites
The release will be available to download from our website from the second week of September so visit sage.ie/support regularly for news and updates.
*Note: to upgrade to Feature Pack 1 contact Sage on 1890 88 20 60.
2. End of Support for Quickpay and Micropay Professional on Windows 98 & NT
In line with the previous announcement from Microsoft that they would no longer support or release service packs for Windows 98 & Windows NT, we now wish to advise you that Sage will also no longer fully support Quickpay and Micropay Professional on these operating systems. We recommend that you upgrade to Microsoft Windows XP with Service Pack 2 or higher as future updates may not install on these operating systems.
For further information visit www.microsoft.com/windows/support/endofsupport.mspx
3. Check the version of your Sage Payroll Software
It is very important for you to ensure that your version of Sage Payroll software is up-to-date for legislative purposes.
To check your version, open your payroll software and login. Viewing the top left hand corner of the screen will display the version you are using.
The up-to-date versions are:
- Micropay Professional v 5.1 or v5.2
- Quickpay V7.1
Please Note: This year’s budget update will not be implemented correctly if done manually, so it is important that you ensure you have the correct version.
The budget update is available to download from our website:
http://sage.ie/pye2006/downloads.asp
4. Micropay Professional Excel & PDF Reporting
Micropay Professional has the option of exporting most standard reports to Excel and PDF. Exporting to Excel allows you to format the reports as required and introduce your own calculations for further analysis. Saving a report to PDF can be useful in managing and distributing reports.
For more information on Micropay Professional report excel/PDF integration, simply access the links below:
5. Quickpay Period Archive & New User Interface
Ensure you’re benefiting from these new Quickpay features released last year:
- Period Archiving, which enables users to archive previous periods, revert to archived periods to generate reports and payslips from that period and then return to the current pay period to continue with the payroll.
- New Interface with user-friendly navigation
If your screen does not look like the image below, reply to this email with your name and account number and we will email you the new registration keys to licence the new features.
E-mailing Payslips in Micropay Professional
Sometimes the distribution of payslips may be quiet time-consuming, depending on the number of employees and their locations.
Micropay Professional has the ability to e-mail payslips, saving you time and money. The software will even generate a password for each employee so only they will be able to open their payslip.
For more information on e-mailing payslips, please access the following link:
http://sage.ie/kbase/viewarticle.asp?pubNum='DL-MP-0001'
Deleting an employee in Quickpay
It is imperative that any employee who has been paid at any stage during the year should remain on your system for the entire Tax Year. If the employee is leaving your employment, simply mark them as a leaver and they will be removed from your system after you run a Tax Year End.
Should the employee return, Quickpay facilitates this by enabling you to reinstate them.
For more information on manual deletion of employees within Quickpay, click on the following link: http://sage.ie/kbase/viewarticle.asp?pubNum='DL-QP-0025'
Become an expert user of Micropay Professional or Quickpay by attending one of our specially designed training courses for users of all levels of experience.
The table below highlights the Micropay Professional and Quickpay training courses that have been scheduled for the remainder of August and September 2007.
Up-coming Training Dates |
Course Title |
Thursday 30th August 2007 |
Micropay Professional Stage 1 |
Friday 31st August 2007 |
Quickpay |
Tuesday 4th September 2007 |
Introduction to Payroll |
Wednesday 5th September 2007 |
Quickpay |
Monday 10th September 2007 |
Micropay Professional Stage 1 |
Tuesday 11th September 2007 |
Micropay Professional Stage 2 |
Wednesday 12th September 2007 |
Advanced Report Writer Training |
For more information on course content or to secure your place on one of these courses, please contact our sales team by free phoning 1890 88 20 60
8. Contact Us
Should you require further assistance with any other technical queries, please contact Sage Technical Support:
- Low-call – 1980 946 771
- By fax - 01-6420895
- By email – pye@sage.ie
- On our website – sage.ie
- Submit an enhancement request online
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.