Filing employment information electronically

Employers with total annual PAYE and ESCT (employer superannuation contribution tax) of $50,000 or more must file electronically.

If your PAYE and ESCT is less than $50,000 you can choose to file electronically or by paper.

Adding new employees

On or before the new employee's first payday you need to tell us the employee's:

You can do this in your payroll account in myIR.

On or before the employee's last day you need to tell us the date the employee left.

You can do this in your payroll account in myIR by going to 'Employees', selecting the employee and entering an employment end date.

Pages in this section

Help with myIR employment information and employee details Information on how to complete employment information tasks in myIR.
Add new employees to your payroll account in myIR Step-by-step instructions for adding employees to your payroll account in myIR.
Amend an employment information return Amend an employment information return.
File employment information with on-screen entry File your employment information in myIR using on-screen entry.
File employment information with file upload To use file upload, you need to provide your employment information in a format we can accept.
File employment information in myIR with express file transfer Express file transfer reduces the number of steps required to file your employment information in myIR.
Give access to your payroll account in myIR Employers can give others access to their payroll account in myIR.
myIR errors for employers Guided help tool to help employers with errors in myIR.
myIR error information and help If something goes wrong when you file or amend employment information or employee details in myIR, we will tell you with an error message on screen. If you use file upload or express file transfer, you can choose to correct errors by changing your file or, you can correct the errors on screen in myIR.