What's new in Sage 50 Payroll Ireland v28.2/v29.0

Information about what's new in Sage 50 Payroll Ireland v28.2/v29.0.

This update sets you up to close 2025 year end and begin the 2026 tax year. Make sure you download and install it before your first 2026 payroll run.

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Auto-enrolment (My Future Fund)

From 1 January 2026, employers must automatically enrol eligible employees into the new Auto-Enrolment retirement savings scheme. This update adds the first set of changes to help you get ready.

New Auto-enrolment items

New menu items are now available:

• Retrieve auto-enrolment payroll notifications (AEPNs): You can check auto-enrolment status for eligible employees, newly enrolled workers, or anyone whose details have changed
• The auto-enrolment contribution submission: Submit contribution values to NAERSA
• Auto-enrolment submission log: View the details, status, and results of pension submissions
• Coming soon: The AEPN retrieval log

Auto-enrolment guidance

• Get ready for auto-enrolment
• Auto-enrolment payroll notification (AEPN)
• Auto-enrolment pension contributions submission
• Auto-enrolment submission log

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2026 tax year changes

We’ve added all legislation changes for the 2026 tax year. These follow the announcements from the Budget.

For a full breakdown of the changes:

• Legislation for the 2026 tax year

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Next steps

• Prepare to update your software
• Download and install Sage 50 Payroll Ireland
• Install Sage 50 Payroll Ireland on a network

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Product name update

We now call the software Sage 50 Payroll Ireland. We're updating all our help articles and screenshots to use the new name. You'll still see Sage Payroll in a few places while we work through everything.