Payroll & HR: Features at a glance


Payroll

HM Revenue & Customs (HMRC) Payroll Standard The Opera II Payroll has been tested and accredited by HMRC

Multi-Company Processing Create one to unlimited companies

Multi-Group Processing

Create up to 36 Payroll Groups per company.
Access to Groups may be controlled by password and can have different payment frequencies and unlimited employee records

Number of Employees Create one to unlimited employee records

Employee Profiles

Streamlines the creation of employee records as it applies employee characteristics that can be assigned to a Group of employees or to an individual employee

Payments & Deductions Create up to 999 Payments and Deductions

SSP, SMP & SPP (Birth) Processing Automated, with complex legislation built in

NI Adjustments Perform retrospective NI adjustments

Directors NI Calculation based on date of appointment

Pay Methods Includes a wide range of payment methods including BACS, Cheque and Cash

Advanced Pension Management Create multiple Pension Schemes, including stakeholder, personal, group personal, COMP or COSR, FAVC and COMB, with full reporting capabilities

In-Year Forms P45 (1), P45 (3) and P46 reporting and file generation, for submission to HMRC via the Online Filing Manager

P11 Reporting Automated and designed to replicate the Deductions Working Sheet. Includes detailed and summary option with period range and tax year selection

P32 Processing Automated and designed to replicate the Employer’s Payment Record. Includes monthly or quarterly payment recording, funding, total value drilldown and multiple company consolidation

End Of Year Returns Generate EOY Return Files for submission via the Online Filing Manager with P60 generation

Student Loans Automated, with deductions calculated in accordance with the current legislative threshold and percentage amounts

Attachments Attach multiple files (eg spreadsheet, Word document) to an employee record

Holiday Pay Process Holiday Pay based on average earnings or an accrued amount

Attachment Orders Automated, with deductions calculated in accordance with current legislation

Payroll History Transaction history and payslip images retained for up to 999 pay periods

Transfer Transfer an employee from one payroll group to another or change the employee reference

Override Tax/NI Override an Employees Tax/NI system calculation when circumstances dictate

Global Holiday Provides the facility to place a Group of employees on holiday

Employee Picture Assign a photograph to an employee record

Payroll Analysis Analyse payroll values by payroll group, employee, payroll department, Nominal Cost Centre, Department and Project

Integration Integrates with the Nominal Ledger, Cashbook and Costing with real-time or batch update and transfer

User Definable Views Define Payroll Views with up to six levels of analysis, apply criteria filtering and graphical representation. Report across pay periods with full transactional drilldown and easy export facilities to Microsoft Excel

Historical Employees Allows access to historical employee information, including payslip images and the ability to easily re-instate an employee record if required

Global Updates Perform updates of rates and values across the Payroll, with the option to print pay rise slips and a full audit trail

Audit Log The audit log records all key field changes made throughout the tax year

Comprehensive Reporting An extensive range of reports are provided as standard

Customisable The Payroll can be customised to suit the specific requirements of your business

Context Sensitive Help Comprehensive and easy to use Help facilities


Personnel

Employee Diary Records sickness, holiday, maternity, compassionate leave, absence and training, in days, hours and minutes, for each employee

Working Patterns Define variable Working Patterns for a group of employees or an individual employee, with the option to ignore Bank Holidays. Working patterns are reflected in the employee diary

Pro-rata Holidays Pro-rata holiday entitlement can be calculated and displayed within the employees diary, with a holiday carry over facility

History Retain personnel records and transactions, including job and salary changes, for up to 99 years

Attachments Attach multiple files (eg spreadsheet, Word document) to an employee record

Audit Log The audit log records all key field changes made throughout the tax year

Global Salary Changes Process updates for salaried or hourly paid employees, with immediate Payroll adjustment

Comprehensive Reporting An extensive range of reports are provided as standard

Customisable Personnel can be customised to suit the specific requirements of your business

Context Sensitive Help Comprehensive and easy to use Help facilities


Online Filing Manager

HMRC Quality Standard The Online Filing Manager is accredited by HMRC. Quality Standard validation is performed on EOY Returns generated by Opera II before submission via the Government Gateway

In-Year Forms Submit P45 (1), P45 (3) and P46 information to HMRC online via the Government Gateway

Test Submission HMRC recommends that a test submission be performed prior to the live submission. Built in validation will ensure that the data meets HMRC Quality Standard and errors may be corrected. There is no limit to the number of test submissions performed.

Submission Status Connect to the Government Gateway after a submission has been made to check the status of the return

Context Sensitive Help Comprehensive and easy to use Help facilities


P11D Organiser

Benefit Sections & Sub-Types The P11D Organiser includes statutory benefit types and descriptions. The descriptions can be amended, dispensation and default values applied and additional descriptions created

Benefit Allocation Benefits can be attached to an individual employee, all employees or a group of employees

Integration Seamless integration with Opera II Payroll ensures that the P11D Organiser is kept up to-date with new companies or employees, revised employee details or leaver information

HMRC Guidelines The P11D Organiser contains current HMRC information to assist with any legislative queries

File By Internet Submit benefit and expenses data to the HMRC via the Government Gateway, including P11D, P9D, P11D (b) and P46 (car) in-year forms

Comprehensive Reporting Employer, employee, benefits & expenses, fleet and periodic reports are all included, with email, PDF and print facilities

Excel Integration Predefined wizards allow users to import information directly into the P11D from Microsoft Excel, eg mileage and car information

Additional Tools Intuitive data merge; benefit alignment and data archive routines are included. Data from previous years may be retained as required and reported on
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