Payroll Manager Help

Payroll Manager Desktop

Payroll Manager Desktop runs Irish payroll on your own computer: PAYE, USC, PRSI, pensions and MyFutureFund, payslips, the SEPA bank file and the Revenue payroll submission. A bureau runs every client in one window; a company runs its own payroll. It works on Windows and Linux, and keeps working without an internet connection.

A tour of the window

The Payroll page of Payroll Manager Desktop

  1. Employer: the employer (client) you are working on. + Add employer and Settings sit below it.
  2. Sidebar: Payroll, Employees, RPN, Revenue, MyFutureFund, Reports, then Updates & rules and Data & sync.
  3. Review payroll: checks the period and opens the review, where you approve and finalise.
  4. Totals of the current period: gross pay, deductions, net pay and how many employees are calculated.
  5. Status of the period: calculation, the last finalised period, Revenue, MyFutureFund and wages.
  6. The payroll grid: one row per employee. Amounts with a pencil in the heading can be typed in; deductions and net pay are always calculated.
  7. Status bar: where your data is saved, and which tax rules are installed and when they were last checked.
  8. Help (F1): opens the help page for the screen you are on. F1 works everywhere in the app.

A pay run, step by step

  1. Import RPNs from ROS so every employee has current tax credits. Import RPNs
  2. Enter this period's pay: hours, overtime, leave and sick days in the grid. Run the payroll
  3. Review payroll and, if the employer approves pay runs, record their approval. Review, approve and finalise
  4. Finalise the period. Results are locked and the next period opens.
  5. Payslips and the bank file for the period. Payslips, Bank file
  6. Revenue: prepare the payroll submission file. Revenue
  7. MyFutureFund: the contribution file, if any employee is enrolled. MyFutureFund

Keyboard

Keys What they do
F1 Help for the current screen
Arrows, Tab, Home/End, Ctrl+Home/Ctrl+End, Page Up/Page Down Move in the grid
Enter or F2, or start typing a number Edit a cell; Enter saves, Esc cancels
Shift+arrows, Ctrl+A Select cells
Ctrl+C / Ctrl+V Copy and paste cells to and from Excel or LibreOffice
Delete Set the selected amounts to €0.00

PayFlo Payroll Manager is a prototype. Screens and figures in this help use fictional sample data. Help updated 2026-11-07.