Author: Georgia Copley

By Georgia Copley

Processing payroll can now be quicker and more efficient than ever before with the numerous benefits that Brightpay has to offer.

Brightpay offers easy and modern software design which makes the PAYE process more efficient for both employees and employers.

Not only that, what makes Brightpay so popular, for us at least, is that it links to our preferred bookkeeping MTD compliant platform Xero.

Another plus point to using Brightpay is that it’s fully HMRC recognised. This makes the payroll process that much quicker.

It also handles full auto-enrollment functionality that links to pension providers, which make releasing contributions as simple as clicking a button.

Continue reading to learn more about how Brightpay works and its key benefits…

• How BrightPay Works
• Key Benefits Of Brightpay
  • 1. App Integrations
  • 2. Direct Submissions
  • 3. Ease Of Use For Professionals And Business Owners
  • 4. Tax Code Availability
  • 5. Employment Allowances
• What Next?

How Brightpay Works?

Brightpay is a software that allows you to run your payroll easily and quickly, giving you access to regular updates from HMRC.

It also ensures that you can run all the reports that you’ll need to submit. Such as any PAYE, CIS, and other wages related figures, or third parties such as your employees, including the HMRC.

Key Benefits Of Brightpay

Some of the benefits which we’ll discuss in this article include how Brightpay integrates with other software, how easy Brightpay is to use with pension providers, the availability of HMRC tax codes via the software, and how you can claim employment allowances.

For example, some other key benefits to using Brightpay (especially within COVID) are the use and submission of coronavirus job retention scheme (CJRS) forms.

These forms provide you with the information needed to submit a furlough claim.

It also calculates 80% of furlough on your payroll, among other adjustments needed to deliver payroll with the everchanging government guidelines on furlough.

Keep reading to learn more Brightpay benefits…

1. App Integrations

Another great benefit to using Brightpay is that it allows for other Apps such as Xero to be directly connected within the software.

This means that all of your payments, whether that’s employment or pension etc, can be monitored and tracked live within MTD compliant software such as Xero.

Brightpay also has API integrations with a range of pension software. It also allows you to send payroll information straight from the application into your accounting software – so that you can automatically account for salary costs, pensions, and employers NI etc.

2. Direct Submissions

Direct submissions can be made to HMRC through FPS’s. This is a simple and easy use of bright pay which means amendments to HMRC can also be made.

SPP/SMP/SSP can all be submitted through EPS’s on bright pay so that nothing on your payroll gets missed.

3. Ease Of Use For Professionals And Business Owners

The payroll entry in Brightpay gives you access to making comments to the employer so you can communicate through the software. Please see the link to Bright pay connect for employers

Brightpay also has an app that can be downloaded to your mobile phone for you to have access to your payslips on the go.

There is a separate outlook for employers and employees which are easy to follow. These give you different access to each account so it can be made private so sensitive information is not shown.

4. Tax Code Availability

Being able to access your tax codes at the click of a button has made life easier for thousands of people worldwide who use Brightpay.

By having your tax codes ready to hand, at any moment, allows you to keep your payment records up to date.

For example, waiting for the HMC to update or send out tax codes in the post can cause a delay in updating employee payments. If you use Brightpay, you’ll be able to update your employees (or anyone’s) tax codes immediately as it’s connected to the HMRC.

5. Employment Allowances

The employment allowance is a relief of up to £4000 introduced by HMRC that allows employers with a PAYE scheme to offset £4000 worth of Employers NI per financial year.

In Brightpay you have the functionality to make a claim using the ‘click of a button’ feature.

Furthermore, you can also claim this in any month and the payroll software will automatically calculate when you have used all or as much of the allowance as you can.

What Next?

Now that you know some of the key benefits and features of Brightpay, what’s next?

If you’d like help getting set up using Brightpay to access payment information, update your tax codes and more, then get in touch with us here at Northern Accountants.

We’ll happily show you how Brightpay works, and even give you assisted training if required.

Alternatively, if you have any general queries or questions surrounding your accounts or business needs, contact using the below links.

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Georgia Copley

Georgia is an Excellence Administrator here at Northern Accountants. She ensures that all the necessary data entry and accounts administration is completed accurately, efficiently, and on time. Her key role is having contact with clients to make sure the onboarding process is smooth and efficient.