You want to create the IRP5 import file but are unsure of which payroll release the system should be on.

It is imperative that you create the IRP5 file on the correct release. This is to ensure that the file is validated corectly by SARS e@syFile.

NOTE: Please check the SARS website for details on the latest e@syFile software release.

For tax year-end 2022, your the payroll system should be on Release 5.7b or 5.8a when creating the IRP5 import file.

NOTE: A tax year-end instance will auomatically be created when you start the new tax year in any company, and all other companies in the final period of the tax year, will be copied to the the tax year-end instance as you start a new year. If the data is on a higher version than the existing tax year-end instance, the instance will be updates to the latest version.