This month, discover practical ways to save time, stay compliant, and build your payroll knowledge. 

Explore expert tips, free learning, live webinars, and useful reminders for managing payroll with confidence.

P800 tax letters: What you need to know

After the tax year ends, HMRC reviews the PAYE information you submit. If an employee has paid too much or too little tax, HMRC sends them a P800 letter. 

The letter explains the difference and any action the employee needs to take. 

Getting HMRC submissions right

Each time you pay your employees, you must send a full payment submission (FPS) to HMRC.

You might also need to submit an employer payment summary (EPS). Not sure what’s required when? Our Help Centre has everything you need to know.

Free additional reports

In addition to the many reports and layouts already available in your software, with certain levels of Sage Cover support you can download reports and layouts. These are created by our Professional Services Reporting team, based on common requests. View report libraries.

Access HMRC notices directly through your software

With electronic notifications enabled, you can receive and action HMRC notices directly in your payroll system via the HMRC Secure Mailbox.

It helps you stay on top of employee tax, student loan, and NI updates while reducing manual checks.

Tip of the month - Save time looking for reports

Add the your most-used reports to Favourites and run them quickly whenever you need them.

Favourites is the default view when you open a reports window, and you can access it from the menu bar.

Learn more from our experts

Join our experts this July for live webinars designed to help you work smarter. 

We’ll cover topics including payroll processing, recommended reports, correcting a mistake, starters and leavers, Payroll Assistant and variance reporting. Each session is packed with practical tips to boost your confidence and help you work more efficiently. Register for a webinar.

Planning staff holidays?

When an employee takes annual leave, you can include their holiday pay in their usual salary or show it separately on their payslip.

Using a separate pay element makes it easier to track and report on employee holiday pay.

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