Year End: Procedure to Prepare and Roll Over

Sage Pastel Payroll: This guide will assist you to clear your exceptions, roll over into Year End and March as well as creating your Copy Company?

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Step 1: Make sure that you are on the latest version of Payroll
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If the 2023 Update 2b or later has been released you can continue with your Year End on a 2023 update.

Step 2: Reinstating your employee from Maternity leave
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Step 3: Run and clear your Exception Report
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Step 4: Process your payslips for the last period of the year
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Step 5: Print all of your Monthly Statutory Reports
Your EMP 201 will not be available when your company is in Year End.
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Step 6: Make a Backup
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Step 7: Do A Pay Period Update into the Year End period
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Step 8: Make sure that your Exception report is still clear
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Step 9: Roll over and create your Copy Company
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If you are receiving a runtime error 75 click here to view a guide for assistance.

Step 10: Install the Legislative Upgrade
2024 Update 1 will be released in the first weeks of March. Check the download manager or Sage City for more information.

NOTE: Re-Terminate Maternity Leave employees.