Overview

Sage Instant Payroll

Sage Instant Payroll is an uncomplicated payroll solution that’s designed for businesses with up to 10 employees, Sage Instant Payroll lets you retain electronic employee records, and submit Year End returns to HM Revenue and Customs (HMRC) via the Internet.

Sage Instant Payroll now includes 24/7 Online support with email support access to the Ask Sage database and HR Advice services.

Sage Instant Payroll is designed to help you pay people quickly, easily and accurately, leaving you to concentrate on your business.

It automatically works out payments and deductions including tax, National Insurance, pensions and sick pay. And it’s accredited to HM Revenue & Customs’ payroll standard.

Choose Sage Instant Payroll if:

• You're a small business with up to 10 employees*
• You wish to run payroll in-house but don't have payroll experience
• You want a payroll system that integrates with your Sage accounting software
• You want to be confident you are complying with HMRC regulations
• You want a program that is quick and easy to use, out of the box

*Instant Payroll can handle up to 10 leavers in a given financial year.

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What's new

• Email support:
  For your technical questions about Sage Instant Payroll
• Ask Sage:
  A database of answers to frequently asked technical questions about Sage software
• HR Advice Standard:
  Plain English advice to ensure your business is compliant in all matters of Human Resources

Features

Sage Instant Payroll will get you up and running:

• Easy to set-up and use
• You will be able to use helpful guides to key tasks
• 45 days' free telephone support
• One year of 24/7 Online Support – email and web based support
• e-learning module – online tutorials to help you get up and running
• Standard HR advice service for one year

Sage Instant Payroll will help you to manage your people:

• Manage up to 10 employees and 10 leavers in a given financial year
• Create and maintain employee records
• Track holiday and absence days
• Process paperwork for leavers

Sage Instant Payroll will help you to manage your payroll:

• Complete your payroll quickly and easily
• Pay the right people, the right amount of money on the right day
• Automatically calculate statutory payments
• Check and print payslips
• Make secure electronic payments to employees and HMRC
• Export payment figures to Sage Instant and 50 Accounts
• Securely submit in-year forms to HMRC

Sage Instant Payroll will help you to process Payroll Year End:

• Useful step-by-step guides to help you manage your Payroll Year End
• Securely submit your year end forms

Requirements

To get the best possible performance from your software, it's important to check that your PC meets the minimum requirements of the software and, where possible, the recommended requirements.

Your software will work most efficiently on PCs running with the recommended system requirements.

A PC that meets the recommended requirements of the software will:

• Process transactions and report results swiftly
• Allow faster maintenance checks and back-up routines
• Give increased storage capacity for transactional data, layouts and reports

Recommended specification

• An IBM compatible PC with a 2GHz (or equivalent) processor
• At least 1GB RAM
• At least 600MB of free disk space after Microsoft® Windows has been installed
• Windows XP (recommended); Windows 2000; Windows Server 2003; Windows Vista
• Network users only: 1Gbps network cards and switches with Microsoft Windows networking

Please ensure that the latest Microsoft updates are installed.

Performance will be improved with higher specification computers and networks.

Minimum specification

• An IBM® compatible PC with 1Ghz (or equivalent) processor
• 512MB RAM
• 400MB of free disk space after Microsoft Windows has been installed
• Windows XP (recommended); Windows 2000; Windows Server 2003; Windows Vista
• Network users only: 100Mbps network with Microsoft Windows networking

Please ensure that the latest Microsoft updates are installed.

Performance will be improved with higher specification computers and networks.

Please note: Whilst Sage software does run on PCs with the minimum requirements, performance cannot be guaranteed.