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Employer Portal - Revenue

The Revenue page displays the payments due to Revenue for the tax year. These amounts will update as you finalise pay periods using BrightPay on your computer and synchronise your data to BrightPay Connect.

Click on a payment to view the associated periodic P30, which shows the full breakdown of how the amounts are calculated.

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Introduction to BrightPay BrightPay Licence Terms and Conditions 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 2018 Importing from Thesaurus Payroll Manager 2018

Moving from Thesaurus Payroll Manager to BrightPay

Importing from Thesaurus Payroll Manager 2018 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

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 Pension Related Deduction (PRD)Emergency Tax Basis PRSI PRSI - 2019 Tables Local Property Tax (LPT)Bike to Work Scheme

Adding a New Company (using the New Company wizard)Adding Employees using a Revenue Payroll Notification (RPN)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 Employer Calendar

Digital Certificates

Why do I need to add my Revenue Digital Certificate?Adding a Revenue Digital Certificate - Employers Adding a Revenue Digital Certificate - Agents Saving a ROS Digital Certificate on to your computer Transferring a ROS Digital Certificate from one computer to another

Personal Employment Revenue Details Payment HR CSO Setting up Employees using the RPN

Employee Calendar Employer Calendar Revenue Payroll Notifications (RPNs)

What is a Revenue Payroll Notification (RPN)?Employment Identifier RPN Number Retrieving your Employee RPNs each pay period Setting up Employees using the RPN

Processing Payroll

Processing Weekly Payroll Processing Fortnightly Payroll Processing Monthly Payroll Processing 4-Weekly Payroll Net to Gross Payments Finalising Payslips Allocating an Employee's Pay across Departments Entering Pension Deductions Importing Pay Data from a CSV File Week 53

Payroll Submission Requests (PSRs)

What is a Payroll Submission Request (PSR)?Submitting your periodic pay data to Revenue Correction PSRs

Distributing Payslips

Printing Payslips Emailing Payslips Exporting Payslips

Paying Employees Making Corrections to Payroll

Correction PSRs Re-opening the last pay period for one or more employees Re-opening more than pay period for one or more employees

Revenue Payments

Remittance to Revenue - Overview Viewing/Accepting your Monthly Statement in ROS Payment Due Dates Making Payment to Revenue - Payment OptionsRevenue Payments - Finalised totals Revenue Payments - Revenue Reconciliation

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

Switching an Employee's Pay Frequency Processing Starters

Setting up a new employee mid-year

Processing Leavers 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

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

Parenting Leave

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

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

Year End - 2019

Year End - Frequently Asked Questions The P60 Replacement Do I need to file a P35 annual return?Do I have a Week 53?Year End Summary Report Making an Advance Payment in 2019 for 2020 How do I start processing 2020 payroll?When will 2020 BrightPay be available?Revenue Payroll Notifications - Transition to the new tax year Why are my employees on Emergency Basis at the start of the 2020 tax year?

Backing Up & Restoring Data Files

Backing Up Your Payroll Data Restoring a Payroll Data File

EHECS (EARNINGS, HOURS & EMPLOYMENT COSTS SURVEY)

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

Payroll Journals

Payroll Journals - Overview Quickbooks SAGE Xero

2019 Budget - Employer Summary 2019 Payroll Calendar Ordering for Next Tax Year

Glossary of Terms (Pre 2019) - Foreign Language Help Sheets

Cantonese Czech English Hungarian Latvian Lithuanian Mandarin Polish Portuguese Romanian Russian

Revenue - Contact Telephone Numbers BrightPay Connect

Registering for BrightPay Connect Connecting an Employer to BrightPay Connect Customising your BrightPay Connect Account Assigning a New User in BrightPay Connect Editing/Deleting a User from BrightPay Connect Enabling Employee Access to Self Service Configuring Employee Self Service Options Disabling/Editing Employee Access to Self Service Inviting Employees to use Self Service Backing Up to BrightPay Connect Restoring from a BrightPay Connect Backup Employer Self Service Portal

Employer Portal - Dashboard Employer Portal - Employees Employer Portal - Reports Employer Portal - Calendar Employer Portal - Revenue Employer Portal - Documents Employer Portal - Settings Employer Portal - Processing Leave Requests Employer Portal - Processing Leave Request Cancellations

Employee Self Service Portal

Employment - General Organisation of Working Time Act, 1997 Minimum Wage Minimum Notice, Dismissals etc.Children & Young Persons Sample HR templates and forms Workplace Relations Commission

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