Summary
Process extra pay for an employee who has left in Sage 50 Payroll Ireland.
Resolution
Pay a leaver in the current 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.
Pay a leaver from the previous tax year
- Create a new employee record.
- Leave the Start Date blank.
- Enter the original Employment ID.
Open last year’s payroll to find this. - Retrieve the latest Revenue payroll notification (RPN).
- Enter the extra payment on the employee’s Timesheet.
- In Leaving/Suspend, choose Leaving.
- In Date, enter the original finish date.
- Select Save, then Cancel.
- End the period and send payroll submissions to Revenue as normal.
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