Any Free Payroll Software around?

officeguru

Hi All

I am trying to help a friend who employes some people in her pub. At the moment, she has a local company work out her payroll for her. As life is extremely difficult for most publicans, I have offered to do her payroll for her but she can't afford expensive packages.

I would appreciate any help on this matter..

Thanks in advance

Cheers

Hammyman

officeguru wrote: »

Hi All

I am trying to help a friend who employes some people in her pub. At the moment, she has a local company work out her payroll for her. As life is extremely difficult for most publicans, I have offered to do her payroll for her but she can't afford expensive packages.

Firstly, what qualifies you to do payroll? Does this company only do payroll for her or is it like a business my friend runs where they do all the books for her? Would you be expected to do that?

I'm asking specifically because a pub my friend does the books for is disposing of her services and it is complicated enough that if someone coming in doesn't have a clue about tax law and merely knows how to do wages, they could bankrupt the pub if they get it wrong.

John_Gray

With all due respect to you, I wouldn't want to rely on a "free" payroll package. How much does this company charge?
With payroll, NI, pension contributions, and so on, there are a whole lot of things to get right with HMRC (if not for the employees!) which is why something like SagePay exists and costs £quite-a-lot.
If you do the work, and should get it wrong, I hope you have hefty liability insurance to pay up when people and HMRC line up to sue you...

officeguru

Thank you for your replies.

I am qualified to do payroll and, funnily enough, I taught sage packages and others up to 2 years ago. It's just that she can't afford to buy professional packages and, although I would imput the figures for her, she would take on the responsibility of the payroll run.. In actual fact, apart from cost, the other main reason for wanting to go elsewhere is that the company keeps making mistakes !!! But thanks for the replies, I know that she has done payroll in the past, but she might not be aware that she could be sued.

Cheers

Snakeeyes21

Here you go..
https://www.12pay.co.uk

johnmc

You could have a look at the HMRC website.

Companies charge for payroll software for a reason. The Govt keep moving the goalposts and it's a lot of work to keep rewriting it.

kabayiri

Here's another one :-
http://www.diyaccounting.co.uk/

Do your own research before committing, for obvious reasons

todolistsocd

Hi,

Have a look Here

Hope this helps!

Hammyman

officeguru wrote: »

Thank you for your replies.

I am qualified to do payroll and, funnily enough, I taught sage packages and others up to 2 years ago. It's just that she can't afford to buy professional packages and, although I would imput the figures for her, she would take on the responsibility of the payroll run.. In actual fact, apart from cost, the other main reason for wanting to go elsewhere is that the company keeps making mistakes !!! But thanks for the replies, I know that she has done payroll in the past, but she might not be aware that she could be sued.

Cheers

Walk, no run away. I seriously wouldn't want to be putting my name to anything that was done half-assed that involves HMRC.

Do you not have Payroll? AFAIR, there was some way to have client licences.

System

hmmm...... bump a thread more than a year old, advertise something - spidey senses tingling!

aerostar

For anyone wanting Free or Paid for, HMRC have a list of certified software

http://www.hmrc.gov.uk/efiling/paye/paye_software_forms.htm