Revenue On-Line Services

Version 1.3

Change Since Version 1.1

Element / Change
P30 / Addition of attribute period.

Change Since Version 1.2

Element / Change
Employer / This now supports new format registration numbers.

Document Type Definition

The P30 file should be a well formed XML document conforming to the Document Type Definition given here.

<!DOCTYPE P30File [

<!ELEMENT P30File (Employer, P30)>

<!ATTLIST P30File

formversionCDATA#REQUIRED

language (E|G) #REQUIRED

currency(E|P) #REQUIRED>

<!ELEMENT Employer EMPTY>

<!ATTLIST Employer

number CDATA #REQUIRED

nameCDATA #REQUIRED

address1CDATA #IMPLIED

address2CDATA #IMPLIED

address3CDATA #IMPLIED

contactCDATA #REQUIRED

phoneCDATA #IMPLIED>

<!ELEMENT P30 EMPTY>

<!ATTLIST P30

period (0|1)#REQUIRED

startCDATA#REQUIRED

PAYECDATA#REQUIRED

PRSICDATA#REQUIRED

type(0|1)#REQUIRED>

Notes on Elements

The file will consist of a root P30File element.

P30File

The P30File element has the following attributes:

formversion / Numeric, required / Must be equal to ‘1’ for this version of the file format.
language / E or G, required / Language through which the return is being filed:
- E for English, or
- G for Irish
currency / E or P, required / The currency through which the return is being filed:
- E for Euro, or
- P for Pounds
This should always be ‘E’ for Euro as ROS will not accept P30 Returns in Punt.

It then consists of one Employer and one P30 element.

Employer

The Employer element has the following attributes:

number / Alpha, required / The PPSN (RSI) number of the Employer (length 8 or 9).
Required format is 7 numerics (including leading zeros) followed by one or two letters.
name / Alpha, required / The name of the Employer.
Up to and including 30 characters in length.
address1 / Alpha, optional / First Line of Address.
Up to and including 30 characters in length.
address2 / Alpha, optional / Second Line of Address.
Up to and including 30 characters in length.
address3 / Alpha, optional / Third Line of Address.
Up to and including 30 characters in length.
contact / Alpha, required / Contact Name.
Up to and including 20 characters in length.
phone / Numeric, optional / Contact Phone Number.
Up to and including 12 numerics in length (parentheses not required e.g. 016733533).

P30

The P30 element has the following attributes.

period / 0 or 1, required / Type of Period:
- 0 for Monthly
- 1 for Quarterly
start / Date, required / Begin Date of the P30 Period (DD/MM/YYYY).
PAYE / Numeric, required / PAYE declared for the Return in Euro only. (No cent)
Maximum value of €499999999
PRSI / Numeric, optional / PRSI declared for the Return in Euro only. (No cent)
Maximum value of €499999999
type / 0 or 1, required / Type of P30 Return:
- 0 for an Original P30 Return
- 1 for a Supplementary P30 Return

EXAMPLE

<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>

</P30File>