Singapore Pay Categories, Pay run & IRAS Reporting Updates

Singapore Pay Categories, Pay run & IRAS Reporting Updates

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In response to recent Inland Revenue Authority of Singapore (IRAS) tax reporting changes for Year of Assessment (YA) 2026, we are actively implementing necessary updates to the Employment Hero payroll platform to ensure compliance and accuracy.

These product updates, which are rolled out in November 2025, aim to meet the new IRAS requirements:

1. Pay categories have been updated to align with the new payment classification format in YA 2026 forms. This adjustment has been automatically applied to all new and existing businesses. See the table below for the new payment tax classification:
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2. The "Excess CPF contributions report" within IRAS Reports has been removed, consistent with the discontinuation of form IR8S.
3. In Pay runs, the selection for Gross commission selection type will no longer be visible, as it is no longer required for form IR8A.
4. The selection of share options with ERIS nature under Employee's benefits in kind (Employee > Other Income /Benefits) has been hidden, as this is no longer required within form Appendix8b.
5. The IRAS lodgement functionality to send amendments is now retired, and a revision functionality has been introduced to facilitate re-lodgement of income for historical or current year taxes.

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Important note: Further updates regarding Singapore's end-of-financial-year reports readiness and an updated guide will be provided in a subsequent partner communication. We are currently in the process of fully incorporating all end-of-financial-year changes related to IRAS's 2026 enhancements, with an anticipated readiness in January 2026.

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We strongly advise clients to defer submitting their end-of-financial-year tax lodgements to IRAS until the next partner update is released.

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