Sage Micropay WageEasy Tips and Tricks
Messages on Payslips
You can place messages on payslips for all employees or a specific message for an employee. The general message can be set under the setup menu and has a date range. Employee message is set under each employee details and can be set for specific date (ie Birthday).
Correcting Mistakes after Bank Transfers
Supplementary pays are used to correct previous mistakes generally after bank transfers have been completed. Many of the normal validations are turned off so you will be able to save a payslip with a negative gross, net and tax amount.b
Drill-downs on Reports
When you drill down to reporting, you can click anywhere and the mouse cursor will change to a hand and show you a sub-report, detailing what that particular line is made up of.
Processing Timesheets Remotely
With the Remote Timesheet Option, you can arrange for your staff to enter their own timesheets from anywhere and have them securely emailed to the payroll department for fast processing.
Shortcut Keys
There are many shortcut keys that can be used to speed up time sheet preparation. Right click on the time sheet to view the local menu and shortcut key designations.
Security Access Log
If you have security System active, you can check who has been using the program and when, via the System Access report.
Backup Reminder Setting
If you wish to turn Off or On the setting that prompts you upon exiting the program to backup ie “Exiting Wage Easy Payroll, Do you wish to backup now”, you can do so in “FILE-BACKUP/RESTORE-BACKUP-SETTINGS-PROMPT FOR BACKUP” and tick or untick the box “On closing company database”.
Timesheets
You can copy the previous time sheet shift entry by using the keyboard shortcut SHIFT + INS. To copy in the last saved timesheet hours by using the keyboard shortcut SHIFT + G.
Adjustments
To make adjustments to an employee’s gross pay without affecting the time sheet, create a specific allowance record. This may be useful for paying back pay, and for accurate job costing with salaried employees.
Background for Each Company
To help distinguish different companies, you can select a different Wallpaper background in the Preferences Option from the Setup drop down menu.
Audible Alarms
There are other useful settings in the Preferences Option including Sounding of an warning whenever there is an overdue reminder.
Tax and Leave Calculator
There are useful Tax and Leave Calculators in the Tools drop down menu that will allow you to answer employee questions without having to do complex calculations or running a report.