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BrightPay 2024/25 is now available. Click here to get started with BrightPay's cloud software or click here to download BrightPay for Windows/Mac.

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Exempt from Auto Enrolment?

Automatic enrolment duties don’t apply when a company or individual are not considered an employer. You won’t have any duties if you meet one of the following criteria:

you’re a sole director company, with no other staff
your company has a number of directors, none of whom has an employment contract
your company has a number of directors, only one of whom has an employment contract
your company has ceased trading
your company has gone into liquidation
your company has been dissolved

Before your staging date, you can let the Pensions Regulator know that you are exempt. This will avoid you having to register with a pension scheme and submit a declaration of compliance.

If circumstances change and you no longer meet the above criteria then you need to let the Pensions Regulator know.

More information, including the link for letting the Pensions Regulator know about your exempt status, can be found here.

Need help? Support is available at 0345 9390019 or brightpayuksupport@brightsg.com.

Installing BrightPay

Installing the software on to your PC Setting Up BrightPay for Multiple Users Download Sample Employer Files Transferring BrightPay from one PC to another

Importing Details From The Previous Tax Year Importing details from another payroll package

From Start of Year From Middle of Year Importing from HMRC Basic PAYE Tools Employee Data that can be Imported into BrightPay

Employer Details

Adding a New Employer Adding/ Amending Employer Details Adding/ Amending Departments Adding/ Amending Hourly Rates Adding/ Amending Daily Rates Adding/ Amending Addition Types Adding/ Amending Deduction Types Adding/ Amending Savings Schemes Adding/ Amending Bank Accounts

Employee Details

Personal Employment Payment Tax, NICs, RTI HR Coding Notices Importing Employees from a CSV File Additions and Deductions

Processing Payroll

Weekly Payroll Fortnightly Payroll 4-weekly Payroll Monthly Payroll Net to Gross Payments Allocating An Employee's Pay across Departments Processing Pension Deductions (outside of AE)Importing Pay Data from a CSV File Zeroising Payslips Finalising Payslips Printing Payslips Emailing Payslips Exporting Payslips Paying Employees Childcare Vouchers

Payslip Translations Making Corrections to Payroll

Re-defining Schedule of Periods Re-opening Payslips

Pre-paying an Employee Scheduling Future Payments Switching an Employee's Pay Frequency RTI

Reporting Contracted Hours - Hourly Bands for FPS Full Payment Submission (FPS)Employer Payment Summary (EPS)NINO Verification Request (NVR)Additional FPS Earlier Year Update (EYU)

Common HMRC Error Messages HMRC Payments

Recording Payments to HMRC P30 & P32

Creating a New Report Favourite Reports Additions Report Audit Trail Report Deductions Report Hourly Pay Report Payroll Summary Report Pensions Report Statutory Pay Report

Setting up a new employee mid-year New Starter Checklist Tax Codes to use for New Employees

Processing a Leaver Processing Payments After Leaving

Student Loan Deductions Statutory Payments

Statutory Sick Pay Statutory Maternity Pay Statutory Adoption Pay Ordinary Statutory Paternity Pay (Birth)Ordinary Statutory Paternity Pay (Adoption)Additional Paternity Pay (Birth) - for babies due before 5th April 2015 Additional Paternity Pay (Adoption) - for a child placed for adoption before 5th April 2015 Statutory Shared Parental Pay (Birth)Statutory Shared Parental Pay (Adoption)

COSR Pensions Freestanding AVCs Group Pension Policy Personal Pensions Stakeholder Pensions

Attachment of Earnings

Attachment of Earnings (NI)Child Support DEO Civil Judgment Debt Attachment Council Tax AEO Current Maintenance Arrestment CMA Direct Earnings Attachment Earnings Arrestment EA (Scotland)Magistrates Court Attachment Maintenance Attachment of Earnings Order Other Attachment of Earnings Orders

Payroll Giving Directors

Setting Up a Director Directors' NIC Directors appointed during the Tax Year

Employee Calendar Holidays

Processing Holiday Pay Recording Annual Leave on the Calendar Annual Leave Entitlement Methods in BrightPay Viewing/ Printing Employees' Annual Leave Entitlement Holiday Entitlements - Useful Information

Tax Codes - The Basics Tax Rates and Bands Marriage Allowance

National Insurance

NIC Category Letters NI Tables Directors' NICs State Pension Age

Employment Allowance Rates & Thresholds at a Glance

Rates & Thresholds 2015-16

Year-End Procedure for Tax Year 2015-16 Year-End Procedure for Tax Year 2014-15 Year-End Procedure For Tax Year 2013-14

Backing Up/ Restoring Your Payroll General

Payroll Calendar Ordering for The New Tax Year Minimum Wage

BrightPay Licence Terms and Conditions Automatic EnrolmentConstruction Industry Scheme (CIS)