How to Submit a Payday Return

To reduce the chances of payments being unreported, it is recommended that you submit Payday returns only after you are confident that there will be no more pay batches processed for the payment date that will be reported in the Payday returns. However, if you do need to process more payments after submitting a Payday return, you can resubmit the original return, which will reverse the original return and submit a new return that includes payment information from any additional pay batches that have been processed since the return was originally submitted.

Before you submit a Payday return, you can check what information you are about to submit by referring to the submission report.

How to Submit a Payday Return

How to Submit a Payday Return
1	Navigate to Payroll > IR Electronic Reporting > Payday Reporting. The Payday Reporting screen opens.
2	In the Search section at the top of the screen, select search criteria based on the pay company, pay period and payment date for which you want to submit the Payday return and click Search. You can only submit Payday returns that have a submission status of Not Submitted, Technical Error, Rejected or Partially Completed. The Payday return that matches your search criteria is listed in the Results* section of the screen.*
3	In the Results section of the screen, tick the checkbox at the start of the row where the relevant return is listed and click Send. A popup screen opens, prompting you for the end date of the filing period for which you are submitting the Payday return.
4	Select the relevant period end date in the Filing Period End Date field. If your business makes PAYE payments on a monthly basis, the filing period end date must be set to the last calendar day of the month into which the payment date of the Payday return falls. For example, if the payment date of the Payday return is in the range 01/04/2019 - 30/04/2019, you must select 30/04/2019 as the filing period end date. If your business makes PAYE payments twice a month, the filing period end date you select must be the 15th day of the month or the last calendar day of the month in which the payment date of the Payday return falls. For example, if the payment date of the Payday return is in the range 01/04/2019 - 15/04/2019, you must select 15/04/2019 as the filing period end date. However, if the payment date is in the range 16/04/2019 - 30/04/2019, you must select 30/04/2019 as the filing period end date.
5	Click Submit. The popup screen closes and a confirmation message is displayed at the top of the Payday Reporting screen to confirm that the return has been submitted.

Once you have submitted the Payday return, you will need to wait for a response from the IRD to check if the submission was accepted successfully. For more information, see How to Check the Submission Status of a Payday Return.