The employer or an authorised approver approves each payroll period and its totals. Employ prepares and exports; humans submit. Downloading never means signed, filed or paid. Approval is not payment and not a filed return.
Onboarding needs: company BRN, ERN and authorised owner; employee list with salaries, contribution flags and NIC/NCID; mid-year reviewed opening balances with reviewer evidence; statutory rates confirmed by an authorised reviewer before live use; a parallel run against existing figures before paid activation.
The local demo is a fictional walkthrough. Production payroll is not available until hosted, statutory, export and recovery gates pass.
Invoices are issued through Envoice. No automatic tax deduction or filing certification is promised.