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Go beyond payslips with Sage Payroll

1 to 150 Employees

Easier and compliant payroll year-end processing is here. Submit your final EPS stress-free with Sage Payroll. Beyond just paying your employees, Sage Payroll automates administrative tasks, integrates seamlessly with HR software, and supports your growing workforce. Enjoy 3 months free, then from just £10/month (excl VAT).

Combining effortless Payroll with the best of HR

Get HR capabilities with Payroll. Manage and pay your people from one place.

Streamline your admin

Simplify and automate processes to save time and reduce errors.
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Integrate your systems

Seamlessly sync Payroll and HR systems to maximise efficiency.

Grow your workforce

Get software that scales as you manage and pay up to 150 employees.

Transform how you pay, manage, and engage your people

Product features

Simplify payroll processes

  • Process weekly, bi-weekly, and monthly payrolls, helping you pay staff quickly and efficiently.
  • Easily check and view any historical pay runs and access payslips online for individual employees.
  • Streamline expense management and ensure that employees are reimbursed accurately in payroll runs.
  • Sync leave data with Sage Payroll to make accurate payroll calculations much easier. 

Be confident about compliance

  • Get an HMRC recognised solution.
  • Automatically calculate correct taxes, National Insurance contributions, and other statutory deductions.
  • Submit your RTI information, including FPS and EPS, electronically each time you pay your employees.
  • Grant access to your accountant. Let them spot and fix mistakes.

File pensions faster

  • Automatically assess and enrol your employees into workplace pensions, including salary sacrifice pension schemes.
  • Set up and manage workplace pension schemes for NOW, NEST, and People’s Pensions or choose your own provider.

Empower your people

  • Encourage employees to self-serve with secure online access to payslips and P60s.
  • Organise, manage, and sign documents electronically, or publish announcements for seamless communications across your team.
  • Onboard employees with ease using custom dashboards.
  • Give employees access to a mobile app for quick and easy updates.

Save time with self-serve timesheets

  • Use timesheets to accurately track hours worked by employees so you can correctly calculate pay and overtime.
  • Automate the entry of approved timesheet data directly into payroll for the current pay period.
  • Run reports on your timesheets to see approvals, overtime worked, resources used for projects, and more. This real-time data helps you make smarter, faster decisions.

Run reports and generate insights

  • Report on and analyse payroll and costs to make your best decisions.
  • Run a selection of HR reports, giving visibility of key employee metrics.

Stress free Payroll Year End

  • HMRC-Recognised: Stay compliant with trusted software.
  • Employees can effortlessly access payslips and P60s online.
  • Submit your final Full Payment Submission (FPS) and Employer Payment Summary (EPS) to HMRC.
  • Handle leavers and new starters efficiently during the year-end process.
  • 24/7 Support: Access expert help anytime you need it.

Switch to Sage Payroll

Switching to Sage Payroll is simpler than ever. Our user-friendly software ensures a smooth and seamless experience:

  • Get started in no time with a quick and easy set up
  • Easily transfer your existing payroll data with an FPS file import
  • Enjoy dedicated expert support with your payroll software
  • Navigate Sage Payroll with ease, thanks to our simple 4-step process

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Plans to support your growing workforce

Upgrade or cancel at any time. No long-term contracts, commitments or hidden fees.

Payroll Essentials

Pay employees and do essential HR admin.
per month / excl. 20% VAT*
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Payroll Standard

Manage payroll, people and their timesheets.
per month / excl. 20% VAT*
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Payroll Premium

Payroll with advanced HR like shift scheduling.
per month / excl. 20% VAT*
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* Get 3 months free, then £10.00 (Payroll Essentials) or £20.00 (Payroll Standard) or £30.00 (Payroll Premium) per month. These prices exclude VAT. Terms and conditions apply.

5 employees included with the option to add up to 150 employees. Add extra employees in-product starting at £2.00 (Payroll Essentials) or £4.00 (Payroll Standard) or £6.00 (Payroll Premium) per employee per month. The more employees you add to your Payroll plan, the less you'll pay per employee, per month. All prices exclude VAT.

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We're here to provide product demos, answer your questions, and build a custom plan to meet your needs.

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Need more information? Arrange a call with one of our experts and they'll be happy to answer your questions. 

See what our customers say about Sage Payroll

“Bringing in Sage Payroll means it’s now done inhouse. It's so much quicker and so much easier, and I can amend any errors immediately.”

Lorna MacDonald

Office Manager, FRBS

“Sage could offer us customer support that was life support, the fact that it had a system that integrated the HR heart of it with the actual accounts for payroll.”

Caz Goodman

HR, Food Hygiene and Safety Manager, BEST

Frequently asked payroll questions

Sage Payroll is cloud-based payroll software, so you can access it online anywhere, 24/7. It allows you to quickly and easily create employee records and pay your people, while also giving you essential HR capabilities needed to manage a growing workforce.

You can create payments and deductions, accurately calculate PAYE, National Insurance, pensions and more, before creating payslips for your employees and submitting your payroll information to HMRC and pension providers. With integrated HR features, you'll also be able to accurately track and manage employee leave, view reports, and send documents electronically, ensuring that all records are up to date and that changes are reflected in payslips.

The software is flexible, allowing you to collaborate with others or grant access to your accountant. You can also upgrade or cancel at any time.

The Payroll Essentials plan includes HR capabilities that enable you to manage and input employee records, track holidays and leave, and generate basic HR reports. You'll also be able to electronically send documents, and employees can self-serve by accessing payslips and documents through the app. You can get more HR capabilities by upgrading at any time to our Standard or Premium plans, which include advanced HR features such as HR analytics, custom policies and workflows, expense management, timesheets, and shift scheduling.

Buy Payroll and you can automatically support 5 employees. It's easy to add more in-product, up to a maximum of 150 employees. The cost is per employee, per month. The more employees you add to your Payroll plan, the less you'll pay per employee, per month.

Sage Payroll software works on any PC or laptop (including Mac and Windows), any smartphone (such as iPhones and Android phones), and any tablet device (such as iPads or Android tablets).

Because Sage Payroll works in the cloud, you don’t have to install anything – you simply access the product through your internet browser.

Your data is always protected by bank-level security and is automatically backed up in the cloud. You never have to worry about losing any of your work if your internet connection goes down.

You will get free, award-winning support in different ways to suit you and your business.  

  • Expert 24/7 digital support including a library of webinars, videos, detailed how-to guides, and support articles.
  • Speak to an expert over webchat 7 days a week.
  • Talk to an expert advisor over the phone Mon-Fri 8am-8pm.
  • Webinars to watch at a time that suits you.

Access the following resource anytime:

  • Our online community Sage City: Ask questions, share ideas, and solve issues with Sage Accounting customers and product experts.
  • Step-by-step video guides.
  • Instructor-led courses: For anyone wanting to take their skills to the next level, we have hundreds of courses designed for multiple experience levels and job roles. Get certified and earn badges that show your expertise and build up your resume.

HR features of Payroll:

  • Webchat
  • Help Centre knowledgebase 

We also offer support channels on Twitter and YouTube. We are committed to providing you with world-class support for Sage Payroll at every step of your business journey.

As a customer of Sage, you can cancel your monthly rolling subscription in subscription management at any time, and you will not be charged again after the date you cancel. If you cancel during the free period, your account will never be charged. Please note, depending on when you cancel, your subscription may not come to an end until the following subscription month.

Depending on the current promotion, this may also mean you will not be eligible for future promotions or discounts.

More information about terminating your subscription can be found in our terms and conditions.

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