To access this utility, click Employer, followed by Edit Employer Details. Sections available for completing/editing are:
1) Employer Name
2) Trading Name - a Trade Name can also be entered here, if applicable
3) Employer Address
1) Employer PAYE Reference - mandatory for RTI submissions
2) Accounts Office Reference - mandatory for RTI submissions
3) HMRC Office Name
4) HMRC Office Phone Number
5) Small Employers' Relief - tick if the employer qualifies for Small Employers' Relief
6) Benefit Tax Accounting Method - select the method that the employer will be operating, if company expenses and benefits apply.
7) Company Registration Number (CRN) - enter your company registration number here, if applicable
8) Self Assessment Unique Tax Reference (UTR) - enter your reference here, if applicable
9) Corporation Tax Reference - enter your reference here, if applicable
10) BACS Service User Number (SUN) - enter your Service User Number, if applicable
11) Payroll Giving Reference - enter your reference here, if applicable
This section allows the user to create settings that will be used as the default when adding a new employee. They can of course be changed on an individual basis if required. These settings are:
1) Typical Pay Frequency
2) Typical Pay Basis
3) Typical Pay Method
4) Typical Annual Leave Year Starts
5) Typical Annual Leave Calculation Method
6) Typical Annual Leave Entitlement
7) Typical Annual Leave Carry-Over
8) Typical Working Days
9) Typical Minimum Wage Profile
10) Minimum Wage - untick the box if you would like to turn off minimum wage flagging where hourly paid employees are paid below minimum wage.
11) Works Numbers - tick if you would like the software to automatically generate works numbers using your own custom settings, which can set up here.
12) Tax refunds - by default, the payroll system will not give a tax refund to an employee who has zero pay. If you wish to give your employees who are on a cumulative basis a tax refund when their pay is zero simply un-tick this box.
13) Sick Pay - if your company has its own Sick Pay Scheme and you wish to operate your own scheme rather than HMRC's Statutory Sick Pay scheme, tick this box to not pay SSP by default.
14) RTI BACS Sub-Reference - tick this field if you would like the software to automatically assign a BACS sub-reference to each payslip.
The following will be included as the principal contact details on all RTI submissions sent for the employer. If you send RTI submissions on behalf of your client, and wish to include your agent details in submissions in order to send your RTI Submissions to HMRC.
1) Title and Name
2) Contact Email Address
3) Contact Phone Number and/or Fax number
Need help? Support is available at 0345 9390019 or brightpayuksupport@brightsg.com.