Validate your payroll data

Use Validate Payroll Data to check your payroll for common issues before you process pay. Sage 50 Payroll Ireland runs this check automatically when you set a new pay period. You can also run the check manually at any time.

Run Validate Payroll Data

Validation runs automatically when you set the current pay period. You can also run it manually from the Tasks bar. The validation window appears only when Sage 50 Payroll Ireland finds issues.

Understand the results

Validation groups issues by type.

• Company shows issues in Company Details
• Employee shows issues in individual employee records
• GDPR shows issues related to GDPR settings

View and fix issues

1. Select the relevant tab to view issue details.
2. Review the information shown for each issue.
3. Update the payroll data based on the guidance provided.

You can use PDF to save or print the validation results.

Change validation settings

You can turn automatic validation on or off.

1. Open Validate Payroll Data.
2. Select Edit Validate Payroll Data Settings.
3. Select or clear the check boxes as required.
4. Select Save.