Organisations with 50 or more employees are required to file the remuneration of all their employees (including directors) electronically from Year of Assessment (YA) 2010.
Once employers participate in the Auto-Inclusion Scheme for Employment Income, they will no longer need to issue hardcopies of IR8A/ IR8S/ Appendix 8A/ Appendix 8B to their employees.
Find out if your organisation is in the Auto-Inclusion Scheme for YA2010 and whether any submission for YA2010 has been made from the lists below.
Description of the file submission status:
| Submission status |
What it means |
| Received |
IRAS has received at least one IR8A file from the employer. Employers may submit more than one file. |
| Not received |
IRAS has not received any IR8A file from the employer. Please contact your employer to enquire about the status of the submission. You may wish to check with your employer on the submission of your IR8A. |
| Withdrawn for YA2010 filing |
Your employer has withdrawn from the Auto-Inclusion Scheme for the Year of Assessment 2010. Your employer is required to issue the hardcopy Form IR8A to you. When filing your Income Tax Return, please declare your employment income and claims for tax deductible expenses as such as CPF contributions, donations and life insurance premium deducted from your salary, as provided in the hardcopy Form IR8A, as your employer is not in the Auto Inclusion Scheme. |
My organisation or employer is in the Auto-Inclusion Scheme and the submission status is ‘Received’, how do I know if they have submitted my employment income to IRAS?
To check if your employment income information has been submitted by your employer electronically:
- Login to myTax Portal using SingPass or IRAS PIN.
- On the left-hand menu, under “e-Services For”, click on “View Employment Income Record”.
What do I have to do if my organisation or employer is in the Auto-Inclusion Scheme for Employment Income?
You are still required to file your tax return as long as a SingPass letter, IRAS PIN mailer, paper form or SMS to file has been sent to you.
If your employer is in the Auto-Inclusion Scheme for Employment Income, you do not need to declare your employment income and deductions (made through your salary) in your tax return. This is because your employer will transmit the information electronically to IRAS. The details of your employment income and deductions will be reflected in the Income Deduction Relief Statement (IDRS).
- If the details are not shown in the IDRS and your employer is in the Auto-Inclusion Scheme, you may still proceed to e-File by clicking on the box under “Employment” in Section A of the main Tax Form Income Page so that your employment income will be automatically included in your assessment when we received the information from your employer.
- If you are filing a paper return, you should enter '0' for your employment income and any donations, CPF contributions and life insurance premium deducted from your salary.
However, you still need to declare other sources of income (e.g. rental) and indicate your claims for tax reliefs (e.g. child relief, parent relief) where applicable.