{"id":5563,"date":"2020-07-14T10:00:00","date_gmt":"2020-07-14T02:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.workstem.com\/?p=5563"},"modified":"2024-11-07T15:21:25","modified_gmt":"2024-11-07T07:21:25","slug":"employee-termination-ir56f-inland-revenue","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.workstem.com\/hk\/en\/blog\/employee-termination-ir56f-inland-revenue\/","title":{"rendered":"Which Form to Submit to IRD When an Employee Who Is About to Cease to Be Employed?"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>When an employee ceases to be employed, an employer has to file one copy of IR56F or via Electronic Filing of Employer\u2019s Return one month before the date of termination of his employment. In addition to the basic information, pay attention to the following particulars:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Reason for cessation (e.g. resignation, retirement, dismaillsal, death, etc.)<\/li>\n<li>Date of cessation and details of income from 1 April to the date of cessation of employment (not include the severance payment\/long service payment made under Employment Ordinance, only report the excess amount made)<\/li>\n<li>Includes any payment subsequently received or is taken to have been received from the scheme(s) in respect of voluntary contribution by employer<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>For example:<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Tim will leave the company on July 31, 2020, but will not leave Hong Kong. A completed form IR56F is required to be returned on or before June 31 (or via Electronic Filing of Employer\u2019s Return). The company should provide a copy of the completed IR56F form to Tim for reference.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Note:<\/strong>\u00a0if the company has already filled in form IR56F for Tim, there is no need to file form IR56B in the following Annual Reporting of Employees\u2019 Income for him for that year, so as to avoid double counting.<\/p>\n<p><em>Please refer to <span style=\"color: #3366ff\"><a style=\"color: #3366ff\" href=\"https:\/\/www.ird.gov.hk\/eng\/pdf\/ir56f.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">IR56F<\/a><\/span><\/em><\/p>\n<p>If an employee ceases to be employed, it will be very inconvenient to file the form if he fails to record the correct time, date, and reason. As HR, it is very time-consuming to ask them again.<\/p>\n<p>Therefore, the<span style=\"color: #3366ff\"><a style=\"color: #3366ff\" href=\"https:\/\/www.workstem.com\/hk\/en\/product\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"> HRM system\u2014\u2014Worsktem<\/a><\/span> can help you solve this problem. When an employee resigns, select the date and fill in the reason, and<span style=\"color: #3366ff\"><a style=\"color: #3366ff\" href=\"https:\/\/www.workstem.com\/hk\/en\/product\/tax-reporting\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"> IR56F can be exported in one click<\/a><\/span>, and there is no need to manually enter the data one by one!<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-20305 aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/www.workstem.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/07\/\u4f01\u4e1a\u5fae\u4fe1\u622a\u56fe_16817868751910-min.png\" alt=\"temination \" width=\"790\" height=\"316\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.workstem.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/07\/\u4f01\u4e1a\u5fae\u4fe1\u622a\u56fe_16817868751910-min.png 1920w, https:\/\/www.workstem.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/07\/\u4f01\u4e1a\u5fae\u4fe1\u622a\u56fe_16817868751910-min-300x120.png 300w, https:\/\/www.workstem.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/07\/\u4f01\u4e1a\u5fae\u4fe1\u622a\u56fe_16817868751910-min-1024x410.png 1024w, https:\/\/www.workstem.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/07\/\u4f01\u4e1a\u5fae\u4fe1\u622a\u56fe_16817868751910-min-768x308.png 768w, https:\/\/www.workstem.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/07\/\u4f01\u4e1a\u5fae\u4fe1\u622a\u56fe_16817868751910-min-1536x615.png 1536w, https:\/\/www.workstem.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/07\/\u4f01\u4e1a\u5fae\u4fe1\u622a\u56fe_16817868751910-min-624x250.png 624w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 790px) 100vw, 790px\" \/><\/p>\n<p><em><strong>Read More<\/strong>: <span style=\"color: #3366ff\"><a style=\"color: #3366ff\" href=\"https:\/\/www.workstem.com\/hk\/en\/blog\/employee-leaving-hk-ir56g-inland-revenue\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Which Form to Submit to IRD when an Employee Leaves Hong Kong?<\/a><\/span><\/em><\/p>\n<div class=\"mceTemp\"><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>When an employee ceases to be employed, an employer has to file one copy of IR56F or via Electronic Filing of Employer\u2019s Return one month before the date of termination of his employment. 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