Sage 50 P11D

Sage 50 P11D software update for the 2016/2017 tax year will be available later in the spring, as soon as it's available we'll let you know.

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In July each year, employers are required by HMRC to submit information about benefits in kind received by their employees. This includes benefits that are subject to a taxable charge and, or, Class 1A National Insurance contributions (NICs).

With Sage 50 P11D, you can produce and submit the required reports and manage your taxable benefits, such as company cars or medical insurance, with ease.

It contains all of the latest legislation, meaning that when you submit your information to HMRC, you can be confident that your taxable benefits information is up to date and correct.

Installation

Sage 50 P11D v21 is for expenses and benefits for the 2015/2016 tax year. You can download it now by logging into our website.

For more information about downloading and installing Sage 50 P11D v21, please refer to our installation guide. Or for a full guide to getting started, please refer to our getting started guide.

The following articles also contain useful information around installing P11D software.

Article name Article number
System requirements for Sage 50 P11D 13858
Windows 7 and Sage software 24437
Windows 8 and Sage software 28684
How to run as administrator - Windows Vista and above 29124
Where to find the Sage 50 P11D serial number and activation key 308
To store and access your Sage 50 P11D data on a network drive 312
Installing Sage 50 P11D Professional on a network 13857
Sage 50 P11D software features 12091

Setting up your software

When you start using Sage 50 P11D it's important to set up your security settings and enter your company details. This ensures your information is secure and that HMRC have your correct details when making Internet submissions.

Article name Article number
Getting started with Sage 50 P11D 12047
Importing information using CSV files 14866
Importing Sage 50 Payroll information into Sage 50 P11D 14867
To set up your employer details 15107
Medical Insurance groups 258
A guide to departments, cost centres and analysis information 495
A guide to security and access rights 14858
Sage 50 P11D - Company car fuel rates 27757
Company car fuel rate changes 2013 30414
Company car thresholds and rates 223
Employee groups 276
To create and use employee profiles 289
Integrating Sage 50 P11D with Microsoft 14833
Global PSA benefits 251
Importing Sage Personnel data into Sage 50 P11D 20242
To create a new benefit with a new name 243

Using Sage 50 P11D you can record and process your employees and taxable benefits information. It's then quick and easy to calculate your tax year end expenses and benefits and submit the information to HMRC.

Processing with Sage P11D

With Sage 50 P11D it's simple to process and calculate all of your taxable benefit information and submit it directly to HMRC at tax year end.

Article name Article number
Employee records 285
Sage 50 P11D year end routine 20167
How to run Sage 50 P11D Internet submissions 20762
The Company Cars window 13856
The Miscellaneous Benefits window 14050
The Medical Insurance window 14051
The Medical and Dental window 14052
The Company Vans window 14060
The Authorised Mileage window 14061
What is a Fuel Scale Charge? 296
The Beneficial Loans window 14039
To complete the Vouchers window 14040
The Use of Assets window 14042
The Accommodation window 14044
The Termination Payments window 14047
The Relocation window 14048
The Gift of Assets window 14057
The Credit Cards / Tokens window 14059
To assign the same benefit to more than one employee at the same time 14915
Internet submissions: HMRC Gateway and Secure Mailbox downtime - UK only 15584
Recording negative authorised mileage 10444

Additional tasks

There are a number of other useful tasks you can carry out in Sage 50 P11D including backing up your data, exporting information and clearing old data.

Article name Article number
A guide to backing up and restoring data 23783
To move your Sage 50 P11D data to another location 29957
How to clear old P11D benefit and employee data 31941
How to uninstall Sage 50 P11D 322
To change the default exchange rate for a currency 292
To change the official interest rate in Sage 50 P11D 293

Reporting

Sage 50 P11D contains a number of useful reports and legislatively compliant forms, such as the P11D, the P11D(b) declaration. You can choose to print, save or email these reports directly from the software.

Article name Article number
P11D(b) part four - Adjustments to Class 1A Liability 12057
A guide to reports in Sage 50 P11D 12092
Form P9D 14812
Form P11D 14814
How to email reports 20803
Employer's P11D(b) declaration 31954
When I print a report, it is printing to the wrong printer. How do I change this? 179
Report Designer - What to do if your layouts are not aligned correctly 11481
Report Designer - How to save reports to file 12082
Report selections 174
How to produce email P11Ds 33318
The audit trail 193
Report Designer - Adding text and variables to layouts, letters and labels 11687

To help you get the most out of your software, the following articles answer some of the common questions you may have when using Sage 50 P11D.

Article name Article number
Sage 50 P11D Internet submissions: Error codes 20760
Internet Submissions - Common problems 20768
Installation - When opening Sage 50 P11D the splash screen appears then the software closes 21143
Internet Submissions - 'Error: 1046 - Authentication Failure. The supplied user credentials failed validation for the requested service.' 23849
Internet submissions - 'Error 7780 The total benefit value must equal the total of all 1A items on all P11D's' 23993
Internet submissions - Error 5012 24159
Reports - 'Runtime error 91' when generating reports 24229
Opening software - 'There is more than one instance of the Sage P11D Application already running.' 27331
Reports - After installing Sage 50 P11D v18 reports have not updated for the new tax year 27164
Inactive company cars display incorrect P11D section in the benefit view 27380
Company vans - If the Only One Van Available at Any Time check box is selected, company van and van fuel calculations are incorrect 20022
Relocation - Calculation is incorrect for non-qualifying expenses not subject to Class 1A 20025
Reports - Company Van Benefit Report has incorrect total 27160
Reports - Excess Beneficial Loans Benefit Report incorrect 27381
P46 (Car) - Fuel for private use not selected 29125
P11D year appears as 1900/1901 30341
Reports - Employees with no benefits produce blank P11D forms 21144
Class 1A check box is accessible in NIC Paid on Behalf of Employee benefit record when it should be greyed out 24493
Employee Company Van Benefit Report overtypes the fuel value 29550
P11D - Blank P11D can be created for employees with no chargeable benefit 32037
'There was a problem opening the database' and 'Unable to connect to Data Source. Check configuration' messages 24152
Company Vans - Incorrect company van benefit calculated when there have been electric and non-electric vans during the tax year 27135
Restore - The Restore Wizard does not appear when choosing Restore from the File menu 27382
Sage 50 P11D v17 - Installation - Upgrade does not pick up existing data 29031
Reports - 'Printer not activated error code - 30' 29139
Employer's P11D(b) Declaration - Incorrect date for Class 1A NICs payable 30515
P9D View unavailable and no information found for employee report selections 30516
How to download and install the Sage PDF Driver update 25592