Agents and Payroll Bureaux

16.1 Using an agent or payroll bureau

An intermediary, like an agent or a payroll bureau, can help you run your payroll and may be able to file online for you.

If you use an agent or payroll bureau, you are still responsible for making sure that your Employer Annual Return is filed online, on time, and that it is accurate, and that in-year forms are filed online.

If you are a small employer and an agent or payroll bureau files online for you, you will still qualify for a tax-free payment for early online filing. Remember that you will not qualify for an online filing tax-free payment if an agent makes an unnecessary Return on your behalf.

Talk to your agent or payroll bureau to agree who will file what online and when. Where an agent or payroll bureau files online for you, get your agent or payroll bureau to check the Return with you first, because it is your responsibility to make sure that your Return is accurate.

You will need to agree with your agent or payroll bureau who is keeping your archive records.