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Testing and using payday filing (New Zealand)

Verifying payday filing is working correctly.

Updated over 4 months ago

After setup, it's recommended to test the payday filing connection.

Testing the connection

  1. Process a test pay (or use your next regular pay).

  2. Review the payday filing report before submission.

  3. Submit the payday filing.

  4. Check myIR to confirm the information was received correctly.

Ongoing payday filing

Once set up, payday filing happens automatically each time you process pays:

  1. Complete the pay process as normal.

  2. SmoothPay generates the employment information in the correct format.

  3. The filing is submitted to IR automatically.

  4. You'll receive confirmation via email.

  5. Check the confirmation for any errors or warnings.

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