Importing from BrightPay 2020

As soon as BrightPay 2021 is installed, a new separate icon will be created on your Desktop to access the 2021 payroll software program.

BrightPay 2021 installs separately to BrightPay 2020.  

If you used BrightPay 2020, you will thus need to instruct BrightPay 2021 to import your employer data files and all associated employee data records from 2020 into 2021. 

All employee data records will be reset for the start of the new tax year and all associated budgetary changes will be applied as per Revenue instruction.

Importing your 2020 Employer Files into 2021

On completing the installation of BrightPay 2021, on the Open Company screen:

• Select Import Employer(s) 
  
  
• Choose Import from BrightPay 2020...
  
  

• Browse to the location of your 2020 BrightPay data file, highlight it and click Open. 
  
  Alternatively, if you have more than one employer file to import, highlight them all by holding down the Shift key on your keyboard and left clicking on each one. Click Open when ready.
   

BrightPay will now commence the import function, setting up the employer data file and importing all employees with active employment records.

• BrightPay will indicate when the import is complete.
  
  

• The employer(s) you have chosen to import will now be added to the Employer listing

Please note the following:

• the password to open the file remains the same as it was in the previous year.
  
  
• employees who were made a leaver in the previous tax year will not be imported.
  
  
• any active employee who received no pay in the previous tax year will be imported over.