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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.

Please note : We are experiencing a higher number of calls and emails at this time of year, so you may experience a longer than usual wait time in reaching one of our support agents. 

NOTE: You are viewing documentation for a previous tax year version of BrightPay. Click here to view the documentation for the current 2024/25 tax year version.

Important Information for Mac Users

Our online documentation is designed to support both users of BrightPay for Windows and BrightPay for Mac.

As BrightPay for Windows however has been used as the main source of instruction, BrightPay for Mac users may find slight variances in places in instructions given and in the print screens provided.

There are also several features that are included in BrightPay for Windows which are not currently available in BrightPay for Mac. These are as follows:


Employees

  • Printing of employee calendar

 

Payroll

  • Zero-ising Payslips
  • Adding additions to multiple payslips
  • Adding deductions to multiple payslips
  • Adding a note to individual/multiple payslips
  • Assigning FPS settings to multiple payslips 

 


Automatic Enrolment

  • Assessment Report

 

General

  • Payroll journals

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

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