Year End Processes in BrightPay
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FAQs
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What steps do I need to complete to finalise the 2025-26 tax year?
- Please click here to access our simple step-by-step guide for completing the 2025-26 year end process in BrightPay.
How do I issue P60s to employees?
- The P60 option is located within the Employees menu
- Select an employee who is in active employment as at 5th April from the left hand listing
- Click P60 on the menu bar and simply select the P60 option you require
How do I notify HMRC that the last RTI submission is my final submission for the tax year?
- Within the RTI menu in 2025-26 BrightPay, select ‘RTI > New > Employer Payment Summary’
- Where you have recoverable amounts, tick this box and select ‘tax month 12’ or ‘tax quarter 4’
- Tick the Final Submission indicator and click OK to generate the EPS
- Submit to HMRC
Do I have a week 53 in the 2025-26 tax year?
- Only if an employer pays employees on a Sunday and the last pay date of the 2025-26 tax year is Sunday 5th April 2026.
When will 26-27 BrightPay be available?
- 26-27 BrightPay is scheduled for release week commencing 23rd March 2026.
Is it ok to import my data into 2026-27 BrightPay before my payroll is finished for the 2025-26 tax year?
- We advise waiting until your payroll is fully completed for the current tax year before importing into the new tax year version. This will ensure the most accurate and up-to-date information is being imported from the previous tax year.
How do I start the new tax year in 26-27 BrightPay?
- Every tax year we release brand new software in line with the new budgetary requirements. Thus, to move your payroll on to a new tax year, simply select the 2025-26 icon on the top left corner of your screen and you will see 2026-27 as an option on the drop down menu.
- Please select 2026-27 to move forward to the new tax year. You will see your employer(s)’ details listed on the employer dashboard. You can import your employer into the new tax year. Â You can still access the information for the previous tax year 2025-26 BrightPay by selecting the 2025-26 option to switch tax years.
How do I import my data from 2025-26 BrightPay into 2026-27 BrightPay for the new tax year?
- First, if you have selected the 2026-27 option to move forward to the new tax year you will see your employer(s) details listed on the employer dashboard.The icon to the left of the employer’s name will have a dotted line around it.
- If you wish to import this employer into the new 2026-27 tax year please select the employer’s name.
- A message will show ‘A record for Employer XYZ does not yet exist for the 2026/27 tax year. To use this employer in 2026/27, you must import its data from 2025/26.’ Please select ‘Import Now’.
- Your employer and employee details will now be imported into 2026-27 BrightPay and the icon to the left of the employer’s name will be in grey.
Do I need to send a new Employer Payment Summary to HMRC to claim the Employment Allowance?
- Yes. Since 6th April 2020, Employment Allowance does not auto renew for an employer as it did in previous tax years.
- An employer now has to submit an Employer Payment Summary to HMRC every tax year to notify HMRC that they will be claiming the Employment Allowance.
- Once this EPS is sent to HMRC, the employer can then enable the Employment Allowance in the first tax period within the ‘HMRC Payments’ utility in BrightPay.
- Please note: HMRC must also be notified via an Employer Payment Summary if you are no longer eligible for the Employment Allowance.
- Further guidance on operating the Employment Allowance in BrightPay is available here .
(2025-26) Why do I receive HMRC error 6010 when I try to submit a P11D(b) for the 2025-26 tax year?
- HMRC will only accept a P11D(b) for the 2025-26 tax year from 6th April 2026. If trying to submit before this date, error number 6010 will be returned from HMRC into BrightPay.
- HMRC are currently accepting a P11D(b) for the tax year 2024-25 up until 5th April 2026.
(2024-25) Why do I receive HMRC error 6010 when I try to submit a P11D(b) for the 2024/25 tax year?
- HMRC will only accept a P11D(b) for the 2024/25 tax year from 6th April 2025. If trying to submit before this date, error number 6010 will be returned from HMRC into BrightPay.
- HMRC are currently accepting a P11D(b) for the tax year 2023/24 up until 5th April 2025.
