Statutory sick pay (SSP) over year end

Process statutory sick pay (SSP) that spans across two tax years in Sage 50 Payroll Ireland.

When SSP overlaps tax years, you need to process each portion in the correct tax year. If you’ve already moved into a new tax year and included SSP from the previous year by mistake:

1. Open the previous year’s payroll.
2. Edit the employee’s timesheet to include the correct SSP amount.
3. Pay any difference in net pay outside of payroll, for example, by cheque or bank transfer.
4. To update Revenue, resend the Payroll Submission Request (PSR) for the previous tax year.

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Future SSP entitlement updates

If the Department of Social Protection announces changes to SSP entitlements, we'll release an update to apply the new rules automatically.

Process Statutory Sick Pay (SSP)

Download and install the Sage Payroll year end update