NEW! Starting YA 2026, you can submit Appendix 8A together with IR8A and the Appendix 8A will be generated from IR8A form
Auto-Inclusion Scheme (AIS)
To ensure you can use this feature to submit Appendix 8A easily, you have to be under AIS. If you are not under AIS, you can simply apply for AIS accordingly.
New! AIS registration is now available year-round.
Registration is currently open for Year of Assessment (YA) 2026. If you register between 1 Jan 2026 and 1 Mar 2026, you may choose to register for either YA 2026 or YA 2027. Employers may register for AIS once they have started hiring. 👍
Submitting Appendix 8B directly to IRAS
To generate Appendix 8B in IR8A, you can refer to the guide below or follow these steps:
1. Head over to Payroll > Payroll Settings > IR8A. Choose your Year of Assessment (YA) and click on "Generate IR8A for ... " option that appears.
2. Head to the specific employee's IR8A form to manually enter ESOP amount in D7(i) field and click Save
3. Click Generate Appendix 8B
4. Click View/Edit Appendix 8B to make changes to the form
5. Update your Employer Info and double check all the Appendix 8B forms to ensure that everything is in place.
You can submit Appendix 8A along with IR8A and Appendix 8B, starting from YA2026.
You can refer to the steps in this article: Submit IR8A Directly to IRAS via AIS on how to submit all the tax forms
Checking Your Submission Status
IRAS will get back instantaneously with an acknowledgement email to the authorised person and contact that is updated in myTaxPortal.
You can also check your status over at myTaxPortal and find the status update under:
Employers > Auto-Inclusion Scheme (AIS) > Submit Employment Records
Click on "BEGIN AIS SUBMISSION"
The record will be found at the bottom half of the page.
After generating and submission of Appendix 8B, you can now choose to publish individual tax forms to employees via email.
Have a great tax submission season! 😎