Add new employees to your payroll account in myIR

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Employing staff Dates

OCT 5

Employer deductions payment due for 16 to 30 September for large employers.
OCT 20

Employer deductions payment due for September for small to medium employers.
OCT 20

Your FBT quarterly return and payment are due for the period ending 30 September if you have a March balance date.

All Employing staff dates

Follow these steps to add a new employee in myIR.

In myIR, select your payroll account

Select 'Employees'

Select 'Add new/departing employees'

Fill out the information about your employee

Enter your employee's first and last name, and all the other information we ask for.

When you've finished, select 'Next' and submit the form

Log in to myIR

Other ways to do this

You can complete a New employee and KiwiSaver details – IR346K form for any new employee(s).

Send it to us:

before the employee’s 1st payday
with the Employment information – IR348 form that includes the employee’s 1st pay.

Include your employee's:

first and last name
contact details
IRD number and tax code
KiwiSaver status
date of birth, if you know it.

New employee and KiwiSaver details IR346K 2020 (PDF 109KB) Download form

Last updated: 12 Sep 2026