NZ Payroll - Separate "Post" and "Submit to IRD" actions
Currently, when you connect your Xero login to myIR, Xero automatically files the pay run with the IRD as soon as it is posted. Unfortunately, there is no option to opt out of this automatic filing without disconnecting from myIR entirely.
It would be much more flexible if posting and filing could be done as separate steps. While it's possible to have another user who isn't connected to myIR handle this, small businesses often rely on a single person to manage the entire payroll process.
We would prefer to post the pay run, send payslips, complete banking, and then submit to the IRD as the final step. It would be ideal if Xero could introduce two separate icons—one for "Post" and another for "Submit to IRD"—to give users more control over the process.
Cissy Tong
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Monique Harsant
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For users who are linked to IRD to file payroll, could we please have a separate option to 'Post' without filing. Currently we only have 'Post and File' as a combined option, which can create issues either when a client wants to review final reports and be sent the bank file before being lodged with IRD, or when you need to revert a filed payrun (with no filing changes) and don't want the risk of it trying to file with IRD again (I don't know if it does or not, but regardless, don't want the chance). I've been told there are two separate options in AU, so should be able to be done here too?