Process a pay run

You have everything you need to process a payroll. From calculating pay to printing payslips, you can do it all in just a few steps.

1. Go to Summary or Pay Runs, then click Process Pay Run for the relevant pay cycle.
2. Check the pay date is correct. Edit if required.

3. Click Next.

   The Connect to ROS (Revenue Online Services) window appears.

4. Browse to your digital certificate, enter your password then click Login. The service checks for RPNs and displays the details of any RPNs.
5. To import the updates in the RPNs, click Next.

6. Select an employee whose pay details you want to review or edit.

   The information you entered for the last pay run automatically appears. If the payment and deduction values are the same for this pay run and the information is correct, proceed to step 13.

7. To edit or enter payment details, do one of the following:

   Enter a payment value	Depending on the type of payments you have, enter either the hours and rate. Or, if it’s a salary payment, just the rate.
   Add an existing payment	If you’ve set up a new payment and need to add this to the employee’s pay this pay run, click Add Payment, then click the required payment and enter the relevant amounts.
   Add a new payment	If you need to use a payment that’s not already set up, click Add Payment, then click Add a new payment and enter the relevant amounts.
   Remove a payment	To remove a payment you don’t want to use for the current pay run, click the discard button next to the relevant payment. This doesn’t delete the payment type.

8. To edit or enter deduction details, do one of the following:

   Enter a deduction value	If applicable, enter the amount of the deduction.
   Add an existing deduction	To add an existing deduction to the employee’s pay in this pay run, click Add Deduction, then click the required deduction and enter the relevant amount.
   Add a new deduction	If you need to use a deduction that’s not already set up, click Add Deduction, then click Add a new deduction and enter the relevant amount.
   Remove a deduction	To remove a deduction from an employee’s pay in the current pay run, click the discard button to the left of the deduction. This doesn’t delete the deduction type.

9. If you don’t want to pay this employee in the current pay run, click the Do not pay check box.
10. Repeat steps for each employee whose pay details you want to review or edit.
11. To proceed, click Next. The confirm pay > appears.

12. Once you’ve confirmed the pay values are correct, click Complete Pay Run.

    The Connect to ROS (Revenue Online Services) window appears.

13. If you’re sure the pay values are correct, enter your ROS Digital Certificate details.

14. Click Confirm.

    When you click Confirm this sends your Payroll Submission to ROS and if you have Sage Business Cloud Accounting, posts your staff payments.

15. Choose to print or email your payslips:
16. If you pay your employee electronically, you can now produce the bank transfer file to upload to your Internet banking service.