If you process negative gross pay, Sage 50 Payroll Ireland sometimes calculates negative pension values, depending on your software version.

NAERSA doesn't accept negative auto-enrolment pension values in pension submissions.

Follow the relevant steps below to correct the values.

From Sage 50 Payroll Ireland v29.2, your software automatically sets the pension contribution to zero if you process negative gross pay.

After you install v29.2, you don't need to complete any additional steps on pension contributions if you process negative pay in subsequent periods.

Corrections already required

If you've already processed negative gross pay in a prior version and have pension contributions, follow the steps below to correct them.

Correct the values in the current pay period

1. Rewind the payroll.
2. Select Enter Time and Pay.
3. Open the affected employee's timesheet.
4. Amend the timesheet details so that the calculation doesn't include a negative auto-enrolment pension value.
5. Save the timesheet.
6. Close Enter Time and Pay.
7. Complete the end of period process.
8. Submit the Automatic Enrolment pension file.

The pension file now contains the corrected auto-enrolment pension values.

Correct the values in a previous pay period

The steps depend on your version of Sage 50 Payroll Ireland.

Version 29.0

1. Open the employee record.
2. Select the ETP tab.
3. Select I need to override these values.
4. In the ETP section, enter 0 in the following fields:
   
   • AE Contribution (Employee)
   • AE Contribution (Employer)
5. Save the employee record.
6. Select Resend the payroll submission at a later stage.
7. Complete any additional payroll resubmission steps.

Version 29.1

In version 29.1, import the corrected ETP values into the employee record.

Download and extract the import files

1. Download the AE Pension correction ZIP file.
2. Extract the contents of the ZIP file.
3. Copy the following files into your payroll data year folder:
   • AEPenETP.imp
   • AEPenETP.csv

Check the import file path

1. Open AEPenETP.imp in a text editor.
2. Find the line that starts with DATA=.
3. Check that the file path matches the location of AEPenETP.csv.
4. If the file path doesn't match, update it.
5. Save AEPenETP.imp.

Update the CSV file

1. Open AEPenETP.csv.
2. Enter the employee details using the following columns:
   

   Column	Information to enter
   A	Employee Code
   B	Period Number
   C	Period Type — enter N for Normal or B for Bonus Run
   D	Employee AE Contribution — enter 0
   E	Employer AE Contribution — enter 0

3. Save your changes.
4. Remove the header row from the CSV file before you import it.

Import the corrected values

1. Back up your data.
2. Import the amended AEPenETP.imp file into Sage 50 Payroll Ireland.
3. Complete any required payroll resubmission steps.

You can now submit the corrected auto-enrolment pension values to NAERSA.