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Preparing Enrolment Files/ Contribution Files in BrightPay

Where we offer dedicated support for a pension provider, this means that Brightpay can produce the contributions files (and where applicable the enrolment files) in the correct format for the pension provider in question.

BrightPay offers dedicated support for the following pension providers:

Aegon
Aviva
Creative Pension Trust
Legal & General
NEST
NOW Pensions
The People’s Pension
Royal London
Salvus
Scottish Widows
Simply Auto Enrolment Solutions
Smart Pension
Standard Life
True Potential
Trust Pensions
Welplan
Workers Pensions Trust

To produce enrolment files/ contributions files for upload into any of the above pension providers, click into the Pensions utility and select your pension scheme on the menu toolbar.

Please note: when preparing enrolment files/ contribution files in BrightPay, care should be taken that details entered at each step match exactly the details given to you by your chosen provider (including upper and lower casing). This is to ensure that enrolment files and contribution files will upload successfully for you.

Creating an Enrolment File for upload

If your pension provider first requires an enrolment file to be uploaded into their portal, click Enrolment Summary

Click Create Enrolment CSV File...

Complete each step accordingly, as per the pension provider's requirements
At the prompt, click Save File. Save the file to a location of your choice, ready for upload into your pension provider's portal.

Creating a Contributions File for upload

To prepare a contributions file for upload into your pension provider's portal, click Contributions Summary

Click Create CSV File...

Complete each step accordingly, as per the pension provider's requirements
At the prompt, click Save File. Save the file to a location of your choice, ready for upload into your pension providers portal.

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NIC Category Letters NIC Thresholds & Rates Directors' NICs State Pension Age

Employment Allowance National Minimum Wage and National Living Wage Rates & Thresholds at a Glance

Rates & Thresholds 2015-16 Rates & Thresholds 2016-17

Year-End Procedure For Tax Year 2013-14 Year-End Procedure for Tax Year 2014-15 Year-End Procedure for Tax Year 2015-16 Year-End Procedure for Tax Year 2016-17

Backing Up/ Restoring Your Payroll BrightPay Licence Terms and Conditions Construction Industry Scheme (CIS)Ordering for The New Tax Year Automatic Enrolment

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Expenses & Benefits

Payrolling BenefitsP11D & P11D(b)