Xero in Easy Steps

by Bill Mantovani

Published 30 December 2022

Updated for Sage 50 Payroll for the 2016/17 payroll year, this definitive guide clarifies everything from creating basic employee records, government legislation settings and paying your employees to utilising Sage Payroll as an information-bank for recording deductions, absences, and holidays. Areas covered include:

  • getting started quickly using set-up wizards
  • configuring company settings
  • keeping up-to-date and compliant with the latest payroll and pension legislation
  • payroll security to control access
  • managing your employees
  • processing and producing payslips
  • NIC, car fuel, loans and other deductions
  • holidays, SMP, SSP and different absence types
  • running Year End procedures
  • making online HMRC submissions
  • generating invaluable management reports
  • working with payroll for small businesses using Cloud-based Sage One Payroll

Sage 50 Payroll 2016 in easy steps is ideal for anyone needing to quickly grasp the essentials of running a Sage 50 payroll system, whether for the first time or needing to learn the new key features.

The Sage Payroll range includes:

Desktop software

  • Sage 50 Payroll 2016 (single user, single company)
  • Sage 50 Payroll 2016 Professional (multi-user, multi-company)

Cloud Based Online Software

  • Sage One Payroll (1-15 employees)