To quickly access payslip settings for an employee whilst processing payroll, click on the 'Edit Settings' icon in the top right of the employee's payslip

You will then have access to the following;

• PAYE Settings - change a tax code, start / stop student or postgraduate loan deductions, tax refund and SSP payable settings
• NI Category - change the special circumstances or location (if applicable), ie employee is an apprentice under age 25 or qualifies for Freeport Employer NIC relief
• Employment - add department association, enter previous employment figures, change Minimum wage profile
• Rates & Payment - edit the employee's standard hourly or daily rates
• FPS Details - change zero pay handling, contracted hours reported on FPS, payment pattern

Tax codes are not editable if there are no open payslips for an employee; ie if they have been made a leaver or it is the end of the tax year and all payslips have been finalised. If it is the end of the tax year, the tax code can be changed in the first period in the new year.

Note: If you need to enter previous pay and tax after you have processed the first pay period for an employee, this needs to be done on the employee's payslip Edit Settings option and will no longer be available in the Starter/Leaver section. Previous pay may come on a coding notice (P6) from HMRC or a P45 handed in after the first period has been processed.

To enter an employee's previous employment, go to Payroll tab > select employee's payslip for the period > Edit Settings > Employment > tick the field 'Employee had a previous additional employment in the tax year' > enter the gross taxable pay and gross tax paid. Save changes.

Note: For the 'Edit Settings' option to be available, there has to be an open payslip. If the employee has left or all payslips have been finalised for tax year end - you would need to reopen the payslip to be able to use this option.

You can remove the "annual leave taken" or "holiday used / remaining" information from the payslip in BrightPay Cloud. After you have created or sent payslips, follow these steps:

1. Go to the payslip area in BrightPay Cloud.
2. Click on Edit settings or Customise Payslip (this option appears after creating/sending payslips).
3. Untick (deselect) the fields relating to annual leave taken or remaining (holiday used).
4. Save your changes.

This will remove the annual leave/holiday information from the payslip layout for your employees