14 February 2025 – There is currently no requirement to validate the Payment Reference Number (PRN) when a Comma Separated Values (CSV) file is submitted. A new rule has been added to address invalid PRNs that are submitted for Admin Penalties via the Bulk and Additional Payments on eFiling. This rule aims to prevent transactions from being posted to the SAP Clarification account.
To prevent taxpayers from submitting files where the PRNs is filled with zeros (000…) or nines (999…) for Admin Penalties, the following validation rule has been introduced:
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- When a taxpayer selects the Tax Type “ITPEN” (Payments towards Third Party Appointments for Admin penalties, such as AA88 notices issued by employers), the 12th character of the PRN must always be a “I”.
- The characters between positions 13 and 19 must be numeric and cannot consist entirely of zeros or nines. The 19-digit modules must apply.
- If any of the above conditions are not met, as per the specifications, then the file must be rejected.
For more information see the updated Guide to Bulk and Additional Payments on eFiling.
