Employer Annual Returns

6.14 Filing your Return online and the acceptance message

When filing Returns online, some people press ‘submit’ again while waiting for an acceptance message. This is particularly common during the very early part of the Return filing period because sometimes our systems are slower because lots of people are using them. Pressing 'submit' again leads to duplicate submissions. You will get an on-screen acknowledgement that we have got your submission within 60 seconds. Very large submissions (more than one megabyte) may take up to five minutes.