Upfront Employment Information Validations to Strengthen Payday Filing effective October 2025.

 Inland Revenue (IRD) New Zealand is implementing enhancements to payday filing by introducing upfront validations for employment information submitted through myIR and gateway services.
Effective October 2025, any return containing an error at the employee line-item level will be rejected at the point of submission, with the filer notified via an error message. The implementation will occur in two phases:

Phase 1 – October 2025 Release

Validations will apply to Total Deductions, Earnings liable for ACC Payments, Tax Credit for Payroll Donations, KiwiSaver for Schedular Payments, Family Tax Credit not authorised by MSD, and Hours paid to the employee.

Phase 2 – April 2026 Release

Validations will extend to IRD Numbers, Student Loan deductions, and Child Support deductions.

Note: No system changes will be delivered by PeopleSoft for the October 2025 validations, as the required validations are already available within the system. Further communication will be provided on the April 2026 validations.

Our Position Statement for 2025 is updated with the details of the validations for October 2025 as well as April 2026. We encourage our customers to review the latest statement to keep up to date. The updated Position Statement can be found on My Oracle Support. Doc ID 2973834.1