Summary
Process extra pay in Sage 50 Payroll Ireland for an employee who has left in the current tax year.
Resolution
These steps cover paying extra pay to a leaver in the current tax year. We also have guidance on paying extra pay to a leaver in a previous tax year.
- Go to Processing, then select Employee Details.
- Next to Surname, select Browse, then choose the employee.
- Open Tax/PRSI/USC.
- Note the values in Finish Date and Finish Period, then clear both fields.
- Select Save, then choose The employee was marked as a leaver in error…, and select Save.
- Retrieve the latest Revenue payroll notification (RPN).
- Enter the extra payment on the employee’s Timesheet.
Insur. Weeks: enter the weeks worked. If this is pay owed only, enter 1. - In Leaving/Suspend, choose Leaving.
- In Date, enter the original finish date you noted earlier.
- Select Save, then Cancel.
- End the period and send payroll submissions to Revenue as normal.
Restoring the original finish date ensures correct reporting and closes the record again after the payment.
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