If you have trouble understanding what to enter in your bank submission in EasyPay, contact your bank and request your bank disk specification. In this document, the bank has provided all the explanations for the items that you need to enter before you save the bank file from Access EasyPay and upload it to your bank. Incorrect input in these fields may result in incorrect submission, so it is best that you get advice from the bank itself.
Different bank formats will have different requirements. Below are some of the basic terms:
Purpose Code: Usually entered as SALA
Account Number: The employer bank account number
Batch ID: A series of numbers to indicate the advice code, usually 00001, then the next batch of submission of the same month will be 00002
To check your bank format in EasyPay, please follow the steps below (only applicable to some of the latest bank formats):
Go to the Payroll module, Report, Bank Disk Generation.
Select Bank Format HSBC iFile.
Select the payment group over, and click Launch.
Click Bankdisk Specification to download.