The auto-enrolment pension contributions submission

Send the auto-enrolment pension contributions submission in Sage 50 Payroll Ireland.

Submit your auto-enrolment file to NAERSA every time you complete a pay run. Send it on or before your payday.

 NOTE: Before submitting your auto-enrolment contribution submission, check that your payroll status is End of Period. 

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What the auto-enrolment submission includes

• The date and time of the submission
• The pay period for the submission
• The date you paid your employees
• The employee's and employer's contributions

NAERSA creates a monthly statement based on your submissions. You can view this in your NAERSA account.

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Submission timing and deadlines

Submit your file on or before your payday. If a submission is late, NAERSA still processes it, but they review late reporting for compliance and can apply fines, penalties or interest.

Correction submissions

You can correct a submission up to 18:30 on the day you send it, so make corrections straight away. If you miss the 18:30 deadline, fix the issue in your next pay run unless it involves personal data.

For more information on corrections, see corrections to auto-enrolment submissions.

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Send an auto-enrolment submission

After you complete your pay run:

1. Select Direct Payroll Reporting, then Send Auto Enrol. Contrib. Submission.
2. To locate your ROS Digital Certificate, select Browse.
3. Select Certificate Files (*.p12,*.p12.bac), then Open.
   • If you can't see your certificate, select All Files (*.*)
   • When you download a new certificate, select the one with the most recent Date-Modified date
   • Download your ROS certificate again if you can't locate it
4. Enter your ROS Digital Certificate password.
   Download your ROS certificate again if your password fails.
5. Select Next, then Submit.

If any errors appear, you need to resolve them first.

• Errors and warnings for pension submissions and AEPNs

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Receipts of submissions

Open the auto-enrolment submission log to view all successful, failed, and pending submissions.