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Printing a P45

After issuing a P45, a pro-forma copy of the P45 can be printed for your records.

1) Within Employees, select the employee from the listing and click the P45 icon.

2) Click Print on the menu toolbar:

3) The employee's P45 will be displayed on screen. Click Print.

Please note: This P45 copy is for reference only. This does not qualify as a valid P45 certificate, which must be obtained directly from Revenue.

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Introduction to BrightPay Installing BrightPay

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

Importing from the Previous Tax Year

Importing from BrightPay 2017 Importing from Thesaurus Payroll Manager 2017

Moving from Thesaurus Payroll Manager to BrightPay

Importing from Thesaurus Payroll Manager 2017 Moving from Thesaurus Payroll Manager to BrightPay mid tax year

Moving to BrightPay from another payroll software

Employee Data that can be imported into BrightPay Importing Multiple Employers from CSV File

Bureau Enhancements - Additional Functionality

BrightPay Start Up Window Client Details Importing Multiple Employers from CSV File

2018 Budget - Employer Summary 2018 Payroll Calendar Minimum Wage Guidance Ordering for Next Tax Year

Adding a New Company (using the New Company wizard)Adding a Company & its Employees using a Revenue P2C File Additional Employer Information Adding/ Amending Departments Setting up Initial Rates of Pay Adding/ Amending Hourly Rates Adding/ Amending Daily Rates Adding/ Amending Piece Rates Adding/ Amending Addition Types Adding/ Amending Deduction Types Adding/ Amending Pension Schemes Adding/ Amending Savings Schemes Adding/ Amending Bank Accounts

Personal Employment Payment Revenue Details HR CSO

Importing P2C Files from ROS

Exporting a P2C file from ROS Importing a P2C file

List of Employees Payroll Deductions

Universal Social Charge (USC)Universal Social Charge - Calculations USC Exempt Status v USC Exempt Income PAYE - Pay As You Earn Cumulative Basis/Week 1 Basis/Temporary Basis Pension Related Deduction (PRD)Emergency Tax Basis PRSI PRSI - 2018 Tables Local Property Tax (LPT)Bike to Work Scheme

Processing Weekly Payroll Processing Fortnightly Payroll Processing Monthly Payroll Processing 4-Weekly Payroll Net to Gross Payments Entering Pension Deductions Allocating an Employee's Pay across Departments Importing Pay Data from a CSV File Finalising Payslips Printing Payslips Emailing Payslips Exporting Payslips Paying Employees

Mid-year Starters

Setting up a new employee mid-year Preparing a P45 Part 3 for ROS Preparing a P46 for ROS Submitting a P46/P45 Part 3 to ROS

Issuing a P45 Printing a P45 Reversing a P45 Submitting a P45 to ROS

Adding/Amending Pension Schemes Entering Normal Pension Deductions Entering a CWPS Pension Entering a NECI Pension Normal Pensions Report CWPS & NECI Reports

Illness Benefit

Illness Benefit - General Employer does not pay employee while out sick Employer pays employee while out sick but employee retains the illness benefit Employer pays employee while out sick and receives the illness benefit

Benefit in Kind

Benefit in Kind - General Information Car & Vans Preferential Loans Accommodation Medical Insurance - Annual Medical Insurance - One-Off Share Based Remuneration Annual Benefits One-Off Benefits

Parenting Leave

Adoptive Leave & Pay Maternity Leave & Pay Paternity Leave and Pay

Holiday Entitlements - Useful Information Processing Holiday Pay Accrual of Annual Leave Whilst on Sick Leave

Employee Calendar Making Corrections to Payroll

Re-opening Payslips Re-finalising Payslips after re-opening Re-defining Schedule of Periods

Monthly P30 Report Quarterly P30 Report P30 ROS File Negative Values on P30

Saved Reports Creating a New Report Viewing Reports Editing Reports Saving Reports Printing Reports Exporting Reports

Payroll Journals

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Backing Up & Restoring Data Files

Backing Up Your Payroll Data Restoring a Payroll Data File

BrightPay Licence Terms and Conditions Year End 2018

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Glossary of Terms - Foreign Language Help Sheets

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BrightPay Connect

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Frequently Asked Questions GDPR and Thesaurus Software GDPR and the Payroll Bureau Data Processor Agreement

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