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Processing Holiday Pay

To process holiday pay for the current period firstly select the pay period in which the holiday pay is to be processed on the schedule bar. Select the Employee Under Additions & Deductions, click 'Add', followed by 'Holiday Pay'. Enter the holiday pay amount as required.

Once all the employee's pay data has been entered on the payslip, simply click 'Finalise Payslips' to update the pay period. To pre-pay an employee or employees their holiday pay in a current pay period, simply click Payroll. Within the current open pay period, click More on the menu toolbar, followed by 'Pre-Pay Following Week/Fortnight/Month/4-Week in this Week/Fortnight/Month/4-Week.. Select the employee(s) you wish to pay in advance and click 'OK'. In the current open pay period, click the on-screen alert 'Go to Following Week/Fortnight/Month/4-Week'.

Enter the employee's payments, additions, deductions etc. as required in the pre-pay period. Should you wish to pay an employee or employees more than one pay period in advance, within the pre-pay period, simply click More on the menu toolbar, followed again by 'Pre-Pay Following Week/Fortnight/Month/4-Week in this Week/Fortnight/Month/4-Week.. ' and repeat the same process. To finalise your pre-pay periods, return to your current open pay period by selecting this on the schedule bar. A confirmation message will appear to state that this is a 'pre-paying payslip' and will confirm the future pay periods that will be included on the payslip. Simply click 'Finalise Payslips' to update the current period, as well as the, pre-pay periods.

A pre-paid period will be indicated by a clock symbol next to the employee's name. Any pre-paid period will subsequently be blocked from editing when this pay period is selected in the payroll. Should you need to amend or un-do a pre-paid period for an employee, click Payroll. Select the pay period in which the pre-paid payslip was included.

Select 'Re-open Payslips' on the menu toolbar, tick the employee in question and click 'OK'. Now select the pre-paid period you wish to undo on the schedule bar and click 'Undo Pre-Pay'. Click 'Yes' to confirm you wish to undo this pre-paid payslip. The pre-paid period is now undone. Return to the pay period in which the pre-paid period was originally included and finalise accordingly.


Order using your Bright ID

Creating a new Bright ID

Using an existing Bright ID


Demos

Getting Started with BrightPay

BrightPay Payroll Demo

BrightPay Connect

Employee Smartphone App Demo


Employer

Setting up a New Employer

Additional Employer Information


Employees

Adding an Employee - Personal / Employment Details

Adding an Employee - Tax / NIC

Adding an Employee - Payment Information

Setting up a Director

Employee Calendar


Importing into BrightPay

Importing Employees via CSV file

Importing Employees via FPS file

Importing from Previous Tax Year

Importing from Sage

Importing from IRIS

Importing from HMRC Basic PAYE Tools


Processing Payroll

Payment Schedule

Running Payroll

Additions and Deductions

Pension Deductions

Attachment Orders

Processing Holiday Pay

Allocating Pay Across Departments

Finalising Payslips

Making Corrections to Payroll

Paying employees with Modulr


Payslips

Email Payslips

Export Payslips

Print Payslips


Starters and Leavers

Mid Year Starter

Processing Leavers


Statutory Payments

Shared Parental Pay (ShPP) Birth

Shared Parental Pay (ShPP) Adoption

Statutory Sick Pay

Statutory Maternity Pay

Statutory Adoption Pay

Ordinary Statutory Paternity Pay (Birth)

Ordinary Statutory Paternity Pay (Adoption)


HMRC

Ascertaining Payments Due to HMRC

Real Time Information


Payroll Journals

AccountsIQ - API

ClearBooks - API

Exact Accounting - CSV File

FreeAgent - API

FreshBooks - API

Generic Payroll Journal Integration

KashFlow - API

Nominal Ledger Mapping - Custom Items

QuickBooks Online - API

QuickFile - API

Sage Business Cloud Accounting - API

Twinfield - API

Xero - API

Zoho Books - API


Automatic Enrolment - API Integration

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Aviva API Integration

NEST

The People's Pension

Smart Pension


Automatic Enrolment Features

Employee Assessment

Enrolling Employees

Postponement

Opt Outs & Refunds

AE Reporting

Ongoing Monitoring

Auto Enrolment - The Movie!


BrightPay Connect

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BrightPay Connect Overview

Setting up BrightPay Connect

Billing Account


CIS (Construction Industry Scheme)

CIS - Entering Contractor and Subcontractor Details

CIS - Processing Subcontractor Details

CIS Submissions to HMRC


General

5 Steps to Completing the Tax Year

Downloading and Installing

Reporting and Analysis


Webinars On Demand

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The power of payroll and pension integration