Create a new employee record in Sage 50 Payroll Ireland.
Before you start
- If you’re moving to Sage 50 Payroll Ireland part-way through the tax year, enter employee year-to-date values
- Enter a start date within the current tax year
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Create an employee record
NOTE: If an employee left your company and rejoins in the same tax year, reactivate their existing employee record instead of creating a new one.
- Go to Processing, then select Employee Details.
- Select New, then complete the required details on the Personnel tab.
Mandatory fields show an asterisk *. You need to complete these fields before saving. - Select Next, then Save.
Next steps
- If the employee hasn’t worked in Ireland, ask them to register their employment through the myAccount portal on Revenue's website
- If the employee is registered for PAYE and has a PPS number, use Retrieve Revenue Payroll Notifications (RPNs) to request their RPN
- If there's a delay with the RPN, you can save timesheets temporarily. The employee remains on emergency tax
- If Revenue hasn’t issued an RPN after three weeks, ask the employee to contact Revenue

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