Sage Instant Payroll Exchange is an easy-to-use payroll software designed for small businesses with up to 10 employees.

Even without prior payroll experience, Instant Payroll Exchange enables you to easily run your payroll quickly, retain electronic employee records and submit Year End returns to HM Revenue & Customs over the internet.

Sage Instant Payroll now comes as an annual licence and Instant Payroll Exchange is one of three flexible plans to meet your businesses needs.

Product Overview
Features
System Requirements

Key Features

New Annual License Plan

Manage the pay up to 10 employees

Easy to set up and use, with e-learning module included

Five simple steps to running your payroll

Automatically calculate and print payslips

Flexible payment methods including BACS e-payments

Easily correct mistakes & re-run your payroll

Store all your employee pay information

Start your holiday year whenever you like

Make secure online payments to employees and HMRC

Complete your Payroll Year End (PYE) step-by-step

Archive & save payslips and Year End report

Is Sage Instant Payroll right for me?

Sage Instant Payroll lets you manage your payroll in-house from just £105 a year. Simply choose from Instant Payroll Extra, Exchange or Explore to suit your business.

Instant Payroll has all the latest 2011/12 tax year updates, and lets you manage the payroll of up to 10 employees without any payroll experience. It's easy to set up and use. Key tasks are highlighted clearly for you, and online e-learning tutorials will help you get up and running in no time.

Instant Payroll has five simple steps to running your payroll, from setting up your employees & automatically calculating deductions to printing your payslips & making BACS e-payments.

You can also store all your employee records, and manage holidays and sickness. Step-by-step guides will help you process your payroll year end & submit online to HMRC.

Instant Payroll also comes with expert support as standard, with Sage Instant Explore you get:

Sage Instant Payroll annual licence
Expert telephone support
Ask our support team questions by email
Access to ‘Ask Sage’ online help articles & FAQs

Easy to set up and use:

12 month licence for Sage Instant Payroll
Simple, clean look & feel is easy to follow
Key tasks are simplified & highlighted for you
e-learning module - online tutorials to get you up and running
Officially accredited by HM Revenue & Customs
RSS feed keeps you updated with news and service messages
All the very latest 2011/12 HM Revenue & Customs legislation
Sage support included

Manage your people:

Store all your employee information in one place
Create, maintain and print employee records
Track holiday allocations and sickness through the employer diary
Set up and maintain pension schemes for your employees
Automatically produce all the necessary paperwork for leavers
Start your holiday year on any date
Manage up to 10 starters and 10 leavers in a financial year
Receive electronic updates from HMRC on employees' tax codes

Process your payroll:

Process the payroll of up to 10 people - when and how you prefer
Follow six simple steps to running your payroll, from setting up your employees to printing payslips
Easily correct mistakes from a previous pay period without any hassle
Check your payslips and print directly from the software
Automatically calculate tax, NI, sick, maternity, paternity and adoption pay
Re-run your payroll any time with the click of a button, saving you time and effort
Select the layout of payslips and P45/P60s to fit your printer
Make secure electronic payments to employees through BACS e-payments
Submit P45 and P35 forms online to HM Revenue & Customs
Export your payment records to Sage Instant Accounts or Sage 50 Accounts

Complete our Payroll Year End:

Useful step-by-step guides will walk you through Payroll Year End
Balance your Year End payments - check the payment or refund due to HMRC
Process and print your P11 Deductions Working Sheets (PAYE & NIC)
Produce and print P60 End of Year Summary for your employees, and save as PDFs
Securely submit your P14 and P35 forms to HMRC electronically
Complete your Year End: clear year to date values and start a new payroll year
Archive PDF versions of year end reports so they are quick and easy to access

Included Support

Expert telephone support

Ask our support team questions by email

Access to ‘Ask Sage’ online help articles & FAQs

Licence Information

Sage's licence plans give you the freedom to choose the one that is right for you and your business. So not only do you receive the latest Sage Instant Payroll software and legislation updates, you also benefit from support - when you want it and the way you want it.

Your initial right to use the software and receive support is for 1 year and your right to use the software and to receive support will renew annually (fees will be payable each year) unless you tell us in writing in accordance with the provisions of the licence agreement, that you want to stop using the software and receiving support at the end of any year.

Recommended hardware

An IBM®-compatible computer with a 2GHz (or equivalent) processor

At least 1GB RAM

At least 600MB of free disk space after Microsoft® Windows has been installed

Display Settings: 1024 x 768 resolution

Compatible operating systems:

Windows XP Service Pack 3

Windows Vista

Windows 7

Windows Server 2008

Windows Server 2003

Technical notes:

Performance will be improved with higher specification computers and networks, and it only possible to install one copy on a single computer.

Works with Microsoft Office 2003 and all later editions, and please ensure you have the latest Microsoft updates installed.

This product will not install or run on the Microsoft Windows 95, Windows 98, Windows 2000, Windows ME, or Windows NT4 operating systems.

The latest service packs should be installed for your operating system before installing or upgrading Sage products. 32-bit Operating Systems recommended.

Whilst there are no browser requirements for Sage Instant Payroll, we recommend Microsoft Internet Explorer 6 or above for internet access to Sage Support and important Sage updates for your products.

Instant Payroll can be used to process the payroll data for a single company, and can only be installed on a single workstation. If you would like to manage your payroll over a network or need multiple user licences, try Sage 50 Payroll.

Apple Mac compatibility

Sage software is not compatible with Apple Macs, unless you are running Windows XP, Windows Vista or Windows 7 via Apple’s Boot Camp utility.

Sage Instant Payroll Exchange