BrightPay Desktop provides a quick and seamless import utility to bring across your company and employee details from Moneysoft mid year. This imported file can then be imported to BrightPay Cloud to continue the migration process.

Importing the Moneysoft Data file using BrightPay Desktop

To begin the import, open BrightPay Desktop and simply click on the ‘Import Employer’ button at the bottom of the ‘Open Employer’ screen and select 'Import from Moneysoft > Continue Mid Year

• Read the message carefully and press Continue
   
• Browse to the location of your Moneysoft company file. The default location is typically 'My Documents > Payroll'.
   

• The file to select will be titled 'yourcompanyname 2026-27.pay'. Click 'Open' to begin the import.

   

• The file will not be saved to the default data file location of your BrightPay Employer files (typically C: > Documents > BrightPay)

   

• Once imported, leave BrightPay desktop and sign into BrightPay Cloud on the web browser.

Importing into BrightPay Cloud at the Start of the Tax Year

Please log in to BrightPay with your Bright ID. If you have already purchased BrightPay or another Bright product or used BrightPay Connect, you will already have a Bright ID.

If you do not have a Bright ID please click Sign up for a Bright ID and follow the steps. 

As a new user, when you log into BrightPay, on the Welcome to BrightPay, you will have a step-by-step guide on how to set up your information.

Step 1 - You will need to set up an Organisation. For assistance on setting up your organisation please see here.

Step 2 - Click on Import > Import for BrightPay for Windows.

Step 3 - Follow the prompts to choose the organisation and Admin settings 

Step 4 - Click Select data file(s) to upload > Go to the default data file location of BrightPay Desktop

Step 5 - Select the BrightPay employer file that was created from the Moneysoft Import on Desktop > Open

Step 6 - When the imported is completed, press 'Close' on screen and then click on the Employer to open it.

Additional Information on  Moneysoft Import:

• This import includes information that is contained on an FPS File

• No salaries or hourly rates will be imported

• No Student Loan or Postgraduate Loan plan indicators will be imported

• MoneySoft assigns the same number for Works Number and Payroll ID for employees, if there is no Works Number on the Moneysoft Data file, BrightPay will create it's own Payroll ID.

• Employee pension year to date is imported from the Moneysoft Data file in Employees > Mid Year totals, but the Employer pension year to date total is not. 

• Starter declarations and previous employment figures (if appliacable) must be entered into the Employees > Starter Details tab.

Following the import, further employee information can be manually entered within 'Employees', if required. Alternatively, you may wish to update missing employee information using a CSV file, for more details, click here Updating Existing Employee Details from a CSV File

Migration Checklist may assist you with the migration process and set-up. 

It is also recommended that all employee details are reviewed before processing any payroll to ensure information imported in is correct and applicable for the tax year in question.

After reviewing your employee and employer information, simply click the 'Payroll' tab to commence processing payroll.

Please note: if you have difficulty locating your Moneysoft file for importing into BrightPay, please contact our Migration Support team for assistance at hellomigration@brightsg.com