Payroll & HR software

Run payroll and manage employee leave with ease.

Calculate pay, produce payslips, report to HMRC and handle leave requests, all in one place. Clear Books combines payroll and HR to make light work of pay day.

Clear Books payroll shown on desktop and laptop, with a payslip, an HMRC submission and a monthly pay report
RTI submitted
HMRC recognised

Combined payroll & HR software that makes life easy

HMRC recognised Real Time Information Auto-enrolment ready
Get payroll under control

Everything you need for pay day, in one place.

Clear Books works out what to pay, generates the paperwork and keeps HMRC up to date, so you spend less time on admin and more time running your business.

Run payroll in a few clicks

PAYE and National Insurance are calculated automatically, so you can complete a pay run without touching a calculator.

Payslips and documents in seconds

Create payslips, P45s and P60s instantly, add your branding and share them by email, print or the employee portal.

Report to HMRC automatically

Submit Real Time Information straight to HMRC from recognised software on every pay run, no separate filing step.

Running a monthly pay run in Clear Books, ready to import into the accounts
Pay run ready
Automatic pay calculation

Save hours on every pay run.

Set up your employees, choose how often they're paid and run payroll. Clear Books does the sums, so there's no manual data entry and no re-keying figures into your accounts.

  • Automatic PAYE and National Insurance calculations
  • Weekly, fortnightly, monthly, quarterly and annual pay frequencies
  • Director payroll with the correct National Insurance treatment
  • Import each pay run straight into your Clear Books accounts
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A branded employee payslip produced in Clear Books
Your branding
Payslips, P45s & P60s

Professional payslips in seconds.

Generate clear, professional payslips, P45s and P60s the moment a pay run is done. Add your company branding so everything arrives looking the part.

  • Customisable payslips with your company branding
  • Distribute by email, print or the employee portal
  • Schedule payslips to send automatically on pay day
  • Employment Allowance claims supported up to £10,500
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A monthly payroll report in Clear Books showing pay, tax and National Insurance by period
RTI submitted
HMRC compliance

Stay compliant, every pay run.

Clear Books is recognised by HMRC, so you can report in real time without leaving your payroll. Full Payment Submissions and Employer Payment Summaries are handled for you.

  • Real Time Information (RTI) submissions to HMRC
  • Full Payment Submissions (FPS) and Employer Payment Summaries (EPS)
  • HMRC-recognised software you can trust
  • Scottish Income Tax supported
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A bill for HMRC payroll taxes generated automatically in Clear Books
Bill created
Joined up

Payroll and accounting, connected.

Because payroll lives inside Clear Books, wages and liabilities flow straight into your books. Bills for employee pay and HMRC are created automatically, ready to pay.

  • Bills generated automatically for employee and HMRC payments
  • Export NatWest and RBS Bankline payment files
  • Compatible with Revolut Business, RBS and NatWest
  • Reconcile wage payments against your bank feed
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Employee absences and leave requests tracked in Clear Books
Leave approved
Employee leave

Manage leave without the spreadsheets.

Employees request time off, you approve it, and remaining days update automatically. No more juggling separate spreadsheets to keep track of who's off and when.

  • Employees request leave and see their remaining days
  • Approve or decline requests in a couple of clicks
  • Bank holidays and absences tracked in one place
  • Download absence reports as PDF
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Even more to offer

Built for the trickier pay runs too.

Whatever pay day throws at you, Clear Books handles the details, including the less-common cases.

Additional pay types

Handle overtime, bonuses, deductions, Statutory Maternity Pay and salary sacrifice alongside regular pay.

Auto-enrolment pensions

Manage workplace pension auto-enrolment and contributions as part of your regular pay runs.

CIS deductions

Handle Construction Industry Scheme deductions for teams working in construction.

Director payroll

Run director payroll with the correct National Insurance treatment built in.

Scheduled payslips

Set payslips to send automatically on pay day, so employees always get them on time.

£10,500 Employment Allowance

Claim the Employment Allowance to reduce your employer National Insurance bill.

Simple pricing

Pay for the employees you run, nothing more.

Payroll is a flexible monthly add-on with no setup fees and no minimum contract. Add or remove employees whenever you need to.

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Make payroll simple with Clear Books.

Try Clear Books free for 30 days, or book a walkthrough with our team to see payroll and HR in action.