Most companies will choose to pay their team through a BACS, rather than by making individual payments to their team members. Before running a live payroll, you may want to produce a test BACS file, in order to check the file format is compatible. Within Paycircle, you can do this by running a BACS penny test. To do this, watch the video or follow the steps below.
Running a BACS penny test
Note: You can only run a BACS penny test on a cloned company. If you haven’t already cloned the company, you will need to do so before you can produce the test file.
To run a test BACS, follow the steps below.
Click the Companies tab, then click Clones.
Click the action cog on the relevant company, then click BACS penny test.
Select a bank, then enter the account number and account sort code for the outgoing bank account, and set a payment reference.
Where applicable, you may also need to add an IBAN and a BIC.
For an Access BACS or BACS Bureau file, you will need to enter a SUN number.
For some banks, you will need to choose between a BACS or an FPS file.
Enter the details for the payee account, then add a payment date.
Click Next.
Click Download to download the sample BACS file.