Changes to online returns

From April next year you'll start filing employer returns in our updated online services. There will be changes to how you upload information, and how the services look.

We'll have more information about what you can expect before the end of the year.

Payday reporting

The Government has proposed changing when you file employer returns. The proposal is to file returns based on your pay cycle instead of the calendar month.

You'll have time after your payday to file the returns - they won't be due on the payday. The payment due dates for your PAYE and other deductions won't change.

There are benefits to payday reporting.

• You'll be able to file returns when the information is at hand - instead of holding on to it for later.
• We'll have more up-to-date information to work out tax and entitlements more accurately. We want to make sure everyone pays and receives the right amounts during the year.

If the proposals become law, payday reporting will be voluntary from April 2018 and required from April 2019.

Other proposals include:

• lowering the threshold for when you must file online, and
• removing the payroll subsidy.