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Returns and reports: EPF, ETF, APIT and the payroll register

Get the figures for the EPF C form, the ETF half-year return, APIT for the month and the year with each person's certificate, and the payroll register.

Who can do this: Needs see payroll (TenantAdmin by default). The reports include each person's NIC.

Open a report

Only approved and paid months count. The figures are taken from the payslips themselves, so a return always agrees with what people were paid. Check them against the official form before filing.

  1. Go to People → Payroll → Returns & reports.
  2. Under Report, choose the one you need.
  3. Choose the Month, or for ETF the Year and Half-year, or for APIT for the year the Year of assessment starting in April.
  4. Read the table and its totals.
  5. Press Download CSV to open it in a spreadsheet, or Print for an A4 page with your employer numbers.

The five reports

  1. EPF contributions (C form): for one month, each person's EPF member number, NIC, name, total earnings for EPF, Employee 8 %, Employer 12 % and Total 20 %. These are the figures the EPF C form asks for.
  2. ETF contributions (half-year): each person's earnings and the 3 % ETF over January to June or July to December, with the number of months, for the ETF return.
  3. APIT deducted (month): for one month, each person's NIC, name, gross pay, taxable pay and APIT deducted, for the monthly APIT schedule.
  4. APIT for the year of assessment: each person's taxable pay and APIT from April to March. Press Certificate on a person to print their APIT deduction certificate, listing each month.
  5. Payroll register: everyone paid in a month with gross, deductions, net, the EPF, ETF and APIT amounts, and whether paid by bank or cash.

Good to know

If a period has no approved payroll, the report says so.

The reports give you the figures; they do not file anything themselves. For EPF, the e-return file below is ready to upload; for ETF and APIT, copy the figures into the official forms or give the CSV to your accountant.

Uploading the EPF return (e-return file)

If you file EPF online, Sevo makes the two files the EPF e-return upload takes, EVEMP.TXT and EVEMC.TXT, in one zip. Paper filing with the printed schedule above still works as before.

Before the first upload: enter the EPF employer number (for example A/12345) and the EPF district office code under People → Payroll → Employer, and give everyone an EPF member number (digits only) and an occupation grade on their pay. Their NIC and their first and last names in English letters come from People → Employees.

  1. Open the approved or paid run under People → Payroll → Runs.
  2. Press EPF e-return file.
  3. Choose how the EPF is paid, enter the date and, if you have one, the payment reference. Leave the submission number at 1 unless you send several files for the month.
  4. Press Download EPF file. If anyone is missing an NIC, a member number or a grade, you are told who; fix it and press again.
  5. Upload the zip's two files in the EPF e-return system, and keep the acknowledgement.

Check the first month's acknowledgement from the EPF Department carefully; if it reports a format problem, tell us and we will adjust the file.

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