Once you close and submit a pay period to Revenue, you need to make any corrections in the current period of the current tax year.
In this guide, we explain how to make corrections to a previous tax year. We also have the following guides:
If you overpaid an employee
Avoid manual adjustments. Fix the overpayment in your next pay run.
Example:
An employee normally earns €500 a week. In week 52 of the previous tax year, they were off sick for one day and were due €400. Because the payroll wasn’t ready in time, you paid €500. To correct this, reduce their gross pay by €100 in the next pay run.
If you underpaid an employee
Don’t adjust manually. Add the missing amount in your next pay run.
Example:
An employee usually earns €500 a week. In week 50 of the previous tax year, they worked overtime worth €100, but you paid €500. To fix this, increase their gross pay to €600 in the next pay run.
If an employee left in a previous tax year
If you paid the employee correctly, but they left in a previous year, record the change in the current period.
- Go to Processing, then select Time and Pay.
- Under Entry mode, select Random, then Continue.
- Next to Employee, select Browse, then choose the employee.
- In Leaving/Suspend, select Leaving.
- Select No Pay Due to clear their time sheet.
- In Date, update the employee's finish date.
- Select Save, then Cancel.
When you send your next submission, Revenue automatically receives the leaver update.
Incorrect details on a submission
If you update a pay period after sending your submission, resend a payroll submission to Revenue so they receive the corrected figures. The new submission replaces the old one automatically.