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cost
This may be good software but Iris are going to price themselves out of the market. I use Iris for my practice but Moneysoft for payroll. if I used Open books for payroll for my 80 or so clients this would cost me over £500 a month but Moneysoft costs me £112 A YEAR. I know what I will be using!
essex accountant
I'm assuming you meant OpenPayroll rather than Open Books, which has it's own payroll system built in?
Out of interest, Clear Books released their "Open Payroll" a couple of years ago and the bureau version about 6 months ago with a different pricing structure based on an annual subscription for up to 250 companies, with, I think, up to 250 employees per company.
I don't actually do much payroll work now and so don't know how the Iris & Clear Books systems compare in functionality with each other or with Moneysoft however, as we've found with the bookkeeping side of things, you are not comparing like with like when looking at land & cloud based systems in that, with the latter, there are usually savings in efficiency that go to make up for any extra monetary cost.
i wish they would stop using the word FREE
on their marketing makes me angry , but telephone companies are no better either , this is a free call ... my [***].....
@Paul
i almost always agree with you but
looking at land & cloud based systems in that, with the latter, there are usually savings in efficiency that go to make up for any extra monetary cost.
aint the case with moneysoft ( tho there is no cloud version yet) rolls royce service for the price of a mini as they say
anyway you are correct in saying probably best to steer clear of payroll altogether!
Hi carnmores
Out of interest, where do Iris say their payroll is Free? I know they used to do payroll "Basics" free of charge (but can't find it now) and OpenSpace is free but there's no doubt you pay for the other stuff after any trial period.
As to the Rolls v Mini, I suppose it depends on whether you need a Rolls (they would have to pay me to drive one - then I'd take it to the scrap yard) and whether you end up comparing two Minis.
Also, as I always point out, until you try another system, you have no idea what specification, speed or CO2 emissions it has, ie unless you've tested it, how do you know Iris or Clear Books OpenPayroll isn't one of these beauties?
they used it on their online tax SA stuff
i hope they have desisted here , will look here
http://www.iris.co.uk/campaigns-sme/basics/payroll-basics-free-payroll-software-HMRC-ID1550/
er its free......
well found
This was the one I was looking for it's still live & free and listed under their Small Business Owners - Payroll page. It was created to match HMRC's free offering.
With regard to Open Tax (the online SA tax offering) they clearly say that this is free to use and you only pay per each submission to HMRC. I actually like this format as you can use the software with live data without a 14 or 30 day trial period hanging over you and only have to pay when the work is done, which is quite often the time when accountants will charge the client.
Cloud Payroll
Can't see how they can be competitive with other providers, look at GTax Payroll, they have been offering Online Payroll for a year now, way cheaper than IRIS in any way you look at it.