Auto-Inclusion Scheme (AIS) Submission

This support notes are suitable for:

• ABSS Payroll

Introduction

Inland Revenue Authority of Singapore (IRAS) have made the Auto‐Inclusion Scheme (AISAPI e‐Submission) compulsory for employers with 9 or more employees from Year of Assessment 2018 onwards. ABSS has incorporated this feature into ABSS Payroll version 9 where users can submit their employment income information with just a few clicks.

Employer can submit their employment income information by selecting the AIS e‐Submission function via Command Centre > Reports > AIS e‐Submission.

It is compulsory for users to generate the necessary IR8A, IR8S, Appendix 8A and Appendix 8B autopay text files through the normal AutoPay process, before they run AIS e‐Submission.

What if I received Submission Error?

Step 1

Users would be able to proceed to perform submission manually by downloading the AIS Salary File Validation and Submission Application from this link;

https://www.iras.gov.sg/media/docs/default-source/resources/ovp/aisalaryfilevalidator.jnlp?v=123

Requirements:

Kindly ensure your computer fulfills the minimum hardware/ software requirements:

Operating System

• Windows 7 and above
• Mac OS X 10.7 and above
• Java Runtime Environment Version 7 and above

Hardware Requirements

• Pentium 4 PC and above with 2 GB RAM (recommended)
• 512Kbps speed Broadband with connection to a local ISP

Browser

• Internet Explorer 6.0 and above
• Mozilla Firefox 1.0 and above
• Google Chrome 24 and above
• Safari Browser 4.0 to 5.0.3, and version 5.1.7 and above

*Please ensure that you have enabled Java and JavaScript for your Browser.

A normal internet browser security would display the message below at the bottom of the screen:

Kindly click on Keep button to save the file. Once the AISalaryFileValidator.jnlp file has been saved, simply double-click on the JNLP file to run the application.

You can also download manually the application by referring to the guide which was prepared by IRAS;

https://www.iras.gov.sg/irashome/uploadedFiles/IRASHome/Businesses/Validation%20and%20Submission%20Application%20User%20Guide.pdf

Step 2

Kindly launch the application and click Next:

Click on Browse:

Select the relevant file to validate (for ABSS Payroll, kindly select the text file (.txt):

Once the file name appears, click on Validate:

Errors will be shown once it has been validated. You will need to rectify the error before re-generating a new file for validation:

You can click on the Save Errors for Reference to save the list of errors in .csv format for easy reference.

Once the error has been rectified, the application will display ‘File validation is successful’.

Click on Next to view the Summary. From the Summary page, please ensure that all the employees’ NRIC/FIN and respective salary information are correct. You may Print Summary or Validate Another File if necessary. Maximum of 4 files can be validated at one time.

Step 3

Click Login to Submit if you are ready to submit.

A warning message prompt will be shown if you submit IR8A records with excess CPF contributions / benefits-inkind / gains from share options without the corresponding appendices.

Please click OK to proceed with submission and you will be brought to myTax Portal page if you are connected to the internet.