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Attaché Payday Filing (New Zealand): Error code 139

‘Error code 139 – the employee must have an ‘SL’ type tax code, as they have a student loan and do not have student loan repayment exemption’

Updated over 2 months ago

This error occurs when an employee has a Student Loan to repay and does NOT have a Student Loan Repayment Exemption in place with Inland Revenue.

If you are not sure of the employee's correct Tax Code, please contact Inland Revenue for assistance.

Solution 1

  1. Correct the employee’s Tax Code in the employee Masterfile.

  2. Submit the batch that was in error.


Solution 2

If the employee's Tax Code is incorrect in the employee Masterfile, you will need to correct the pay:

  1. Restore the data from a backup. See: Restore an Archive backup.

  2. Correct the employee’s Tax Code in the employee Masterfile.

  3. Re-process the pay and submit the new correct batch to Inland Revenue.

  4. Hide the rejected batch from Batch List.

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