Sage Instant Payroll

Part of the Sage Micro Market Software series which is designed to suit smaller businesses, Sage Instant Payroll is a complete solution for up to 10 employees. It is designed to help you pay your people quickly and accurately, leaving you with more time to manage your business.

Sage Instant Payroll prints all of your payslips and works out payments and deductions including tax, National Insurance, pensions and sick pay. It is accredited to HM Revenue & Customs’ payroll standard, so you can be sure that you’re complying with regulations. Step by step guides make it easy to submit Year End returns over the internet.

Easy To Use

With an easy set-up, improved processing payroll workflow and a new interface Instant Payroll has never been easier to use. Comes with 45 days free telephone support and 1 year of free email and online support.

People Management

Create and maintain company records for up to 10 employees, set any day as the beginning of the holiday year and track paperwork for holidays, absence and leavers with ease.

Manage your payroll

Easily manage payments to make sure the right people are paid the right amount on the right day and automatically calculate statutory payments. Payroll also lets you make secure electronic payments to employees and make payments, send forms and receive forms from the HMRC. If you make a mistake it’s easy to change with auto recovery and when you’re done you can export payment figures to Instant Accounts and Sage 50 Accounts.

Payroll Year End

Instant Payroll has step by step guides to help you manage the payroll year end, in addition you can easily store and access historical year end reports and submit documents online to the HMRC (an April 2010 requirement).

What’s New in Version 12?

A fresh new look is only the beginning with improved flexibility, easier error corrections, holiday year start date and layouts of payslips. Sage Instant Payroll also integrates seamlessly with Sage Instant Accounts.

45 days free technical support

New User Interface

A combination of simplicity and professionalism, the new version is easier than ever to run your payroll, manage employee records and submit Year End returns

Choose Layouts for Payslips, P45s and P60s

More flexibility in selecting layouts for your Payslips, P45 and P60 making them fit in with your stationery and printer and maintaining a professional image.

Recovery for Error Corrections

You can go back to a previous pay period and run it again, easily correcting any errors. Once click can restore you to the processing period giving you peace of mind knowing that any errors can be corrected.

Flexible Start of Holiday Year

Specify exactly when you want your company’s holiday year to start. This ensures your holiday entitlements and reports are accurate and gives you flexibility to run the company your way. It can be matched to the financial year, academic year or any calendar that makes sense for your business.

Archive Payroll Year End reports

Easily store P14s, P35s/P60s as PDFs for ease of access preventing loss and saving time in the event of an enquiry from the HM Revenue & Customs or employees.

New Payroll Processing Workflow

The software makes important tasks easier to understand and quicker to complete by guiding you through a number of steps that follow a logical process. 

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

Recommended requirements

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

Minimum requirements

• An IBM-compatible PC with 1Ghz (or equivalent) processor
• 512MB RAM
• 700MB of free disk space after Microsoft Windows has been installed
• Windows 2000; Windows Server 2003; Windows XP (recommended); Windows Vista
• Network users only: 100Mbps network with Microsoft Windows networking

Works with Microsoft Office 2000 and all later editions.

Please ensure that the latest Microsoft updates are installed.

Performance will be improved with higher specification computers and networks