Configure Inland Revenue Department (IRD) settings as an employer on the Payroll platform

Available for the following Payroll plans: Essentials, Standard, Premium

The Payroll platform uses your Inland Revenue Department (IRD) settings when lodging a payday filing. These details ensure the right information reaches the IRD as the entity lodging the relevant events and requests for your organisation.

The article explains how to use the IRD settings feature, which lets you select one of two submission types depending on how your organisation submits lodgements: lodging as an employer or lodging as an intermediary.

Configure IRD settings

The below information ‌walks you through how you can select from two IRD submission types.

Select one of the below two options depending on how your organisation submits lodgements to the IRD:

  • Click the bottom option if you are submitting PAYE (Pay As You Earn) and reporting responsibilities to the IRD and are not using a third party.
  • Click the top option if you use an outsourced company to complete your payroll filing on behalf of your organisation.
Lodge reports to the IRD as the employer
  1. Click the   Business Settings menu.
  2. Click the Payroll Settings submenu.
  3. Click the   IRD Settings button.
  4. Click the circular box to the left of the the Employer option.
  5. Complete the following fields:
     
    • IRD number

      Note: For the IRD number field, the platform will not accept spaces or dashes. This example IRD number reflects the format required: 123456789
       
    • Contact first name
    • Contact last name
    • Contact phone
    • Contact email
    • Pay-day filing method
      • Manual file upload to IRD
      • Connect to IRD gateway services
    • Employer deductions payment frequency
      • Twice monthly
      • Monthly
    • Payday Filing Final Return

      Note: Clicking the checkbox beside 'Final Return' means the next payday filing return you submit to the IRD will be your final one as employer and you are no longer employing staff.
       
  6. Click the Save button.
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Lodge reports to the IRD as an intermediary
  1. Click the   Business Settings menu.
  2. Click the Payroll Settings submenu.
  3. Click the circular box to the left of the IRD Settings option.
  4. Click the circular box to the left of the An Intermediary option.
  5. Complete the following fields:
     
    • Intermediary IRD number
    • IRD number

      Note: For the intermediary IRD number and IRD number fields, the platform will not accept spaces or dashes. This example IRD number reflects the format required: 123456789
       
    • Contact first name
    • Contact last name
    • Contact phone
    • Contact email
    • Pay day filing method
      • Manual file upload to IRD
      • Connect to IRD gateway services
    • Employer deductions payment frequency:
      • Twice monthly
      • Monthly
    • Payday Filing Final Return

      Note: Clicking the checkbox beside 'Final Return' means the next payday filing return you submit to the IRD will be your final one as the employer, and you are no longer employing staff.
       
  6. Click the Save button.
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