Hello all,
I’ve never worked in payroll before – I have zero prior knowledge or experience – but since I’m in need of a career change, I’ve been looking into the possibility of becoming a payroll assistant. Over the past month I’ve been ploughing my way through the Sage 50Cloud Payroll eLearning courses and webinars – they’re really good and I’ve picked up a lot - but there are a few things I just can’t seem to get my head around… If someone can provide clarity on the following, I’ll be greatly appreciative (apologies in advance if I don’t explain myself very well):
- As an example, if employees are usually paid on the last day of the month, and that day/date happens to be the 31st but it’s a bank holiday Monday, I believe that means that whilst I would set the process date to the 31st, I would actually submit my FPS and pay the employees on Friday the 28th, as that’s the nearest banking day. Assuming I’ve got this right so far, my question is, if those employees happen to work on the Saturday, Sunday or bank holiday Monday (as many industries do), what happens to their pay for those days – the process date will look like I’ve included up to the 31st, when actually they got paid on the 28th. Does the payroll software pick this up and automatically include those days' wages in the next FPS?
- I’ve watched the tutorials and webinars a number of times now, and the bit I don’t seem to recall being covered too much is the actual paying process. E.G. let’s assume I’ve done my pre process tasks, entered payments, submitted my FPS, etc… do I then click on ‘e-banking’ from the payroll nav and that’s the point at which the employees physically receive pay into their bank accounts? (In other words, they would receive their payslip before the money is actually in their accounts, seeing as issuing payslips happens a few steps prior, in pre update reporting???)
- When it’s time to pay HMRC what they’re owed (by the 22nd of the month), do I make that payment in the collector of taxes tab in the e-submissions nav?
Many thanks,
DanW8
