It's the start of a new year! And that means that it is also time to do Tax Filing!
Please take note that the submission period for the IRAS Tax Filing generally starts from 1 January to 1 March. Currently, Payboy has IR8A and Appendix 8A submission through API (AIS).

Do prepare the following fields before generating IR8A, as the following fields are

Not generated by the system and would have to be manually input under the "Optional Declaration for individual employee."

• Directors' Fee Approval Date
• Exempt Or Remission Income Indicator
• Exempt Income
• Bonus Declaration Date
• Approval Date (Compensation for loss of office amount)
• Income For Tax Borne By Employer
• Partial Income Tax Borne By Employee

Step 1: From the left-hand side navigation bar,

Go to Payroll > select Tax Filing

Step 2: Click on "Create New Tax Filing"

Step 3: Select the Year and Organisation for which you are doing IR8A for.

Step 4: Input the information under "Authorized Submitting Personnel".

Step 5: Select the Employees that you want to generate IR8A for.

Step 6: Add (+) "Optional declaration for individual employee" accordingly only if it's applicable.

Lastly, click Submit to save the entry in the system. Please note that this action does not submit the information to IRAS, and the submission will not be done automatically.

Step 7: To Submit IR8A to IRAS:

Step 8: For Submission through API, click API Validate

Continue to sign in to your SingPass account and select the Organisation you would like to submit for.

After that, you will be redirected back to the Payboy website. Please ensure that the validation is successful, then proceed with the submission by clicking API Submit (APEX).

You will see a green prompt message confirming the successful submission of your tax filing.

Step 9: From the left-hand side navigation bar,

Go to Payroll > select Tax Filing > click View IR8A

Summary of the total of what was submitted:

This section provides a summary of the submission for each individual employee.

To view more detailed information, locate the employee and click View (eye icon).

Step 1: From the left-hand side navigation bar,

Go to Payroll > select Tax Filing

Step 2: Click on "Create New Amendment"

(*Note that IRAS adds up everything that was sent to them. For reference, please click on this.)

Step 3: Select the Year and Organisation

Step 4: Fill in the Authorized Personnel's details

Step 5: Select the Employees that you need to make amendments for.

Step 6: Click on "Add Amendment" and fill in accordingly

Step 7: Click on "Add Optional Declaration", if applicable, and fill in accordingly

Lastly, click Submit to save the entry.

Then, click (1) API Validate and ensure that the Validation Status shows Successful. Once validated, proceed to click (2) API Submit via APEX ☺

Please note that amendments must be submitted before the tax filing period closes, as IRAS only opens its portal/server for tax submissions via API from payroll software during this window.

Important: You can check the tax filing submission status by logging in to the IRAS Portal and navigating to View My Submissions.

To generate the IRAS report, navigate to Reports > IRAS > Select the relevant year, Organisations, and API Submission Status.

Kindly note that the FORM IR8A generated for the year 2026 is slightly different than the year 2025.