## Zoho Payroll Documentation Index

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# Pay Runs

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A **pay run** is the payroll you process for a pay period, such as a week, fortnight, or month. It brings together each employee’s earnings, deductions, and take-home pay for that period.

In the UK, running payroll is not only about paying people. You must also report what you paid to HM Revenue and Customs (HMRC) through Real Time Information (RTI). The main RTI report for each pay run is the **Full Payment Submission (FPS)**. Zoho Payroll calculates the pay run, prepares the FPS automatically when you approve it, lets you submit that FPS to HMRC, and then helps you pay your employees.

The **Pay Runs** module has two areas:

*   **Current Pay Runs:** Upcoming and in-progress pay runs.
*   **Pay Run History:** Pay runs you have already processed.

![Current Pay Runs with a ready pay run to process](/payroll/help/uk/pay-runs/pay-runs-current-ready.png)

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## In This Section

*   [Regular pay runs](/uk/payroll/help/employer/pay-runs/regular-payroll.html): process, review, approve, submit the FPS to HMRC, and pay employees.
*   [Final Settlement Payroll](/uk/payroll/help/employer/pay-runs/final-settlement-payroll.html): process an employee’s last pay when they leave.
*   [Pay run history](/uk/payroll/help/employer/pay-runs/pay-run-history.html): view past pay runs and related actions.

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## Before Your First Pay Run

If setup is incomplete, Zoho Payroll shows a message to finish setting up before your first pay run. Complete the remaining setup steps, then return to Pay Runs.

Typical prerequisites include:

*   [Pay schedule](/uk/payroll/help/employer/settings/pay-schedule.html): how often you pay and on which day.
*   [Tax details](/uk/payroll/help/employer/settings/tax-and-national-insurance.html): your HMRC employer references and tax preferences.
*   [Employees](/uk/payroll/help/employer/employees/): people you need to pay, with tax and payment details.
*   Prior payroll, if you need to record payments made before you started using Zoho Payroll.