Employee Portal users who are enabled to download their IR56E (Notification by an employer of an employee who commences to be employed) form must meet all the following conditions:
The checkbox Enable "Download IR56E" in the Employee Portal Setup under the Employee Self Service tab is turned on.
The employee has Hong Kong Income Tax Taxable checked in the Employee Master under the Inland Revenue tab.
The employee has Non-Employee for IR56M unchecked in the Employee Master under the Inland Revenue tab.
The Show "Download IR56E" option is enabled in the Employee Master under the Eportal tab.
The employee’s IR56E form has been generated, exists in the system, and is protected (i.e., finalized and archived).
Only employees who satisfy all these criteria will be able to access their IR56E forms through the Employee Portal’s "Download IR56E" function. This ensures that only eligible, properly processed, and finalized IR56E records are made available securely to employees for download.
Click the Download button to download IR56E in PDF format.
Click the View button to view the IR56E on screen.
Please note that only protected IR56E batches are available to download. Please follow this procedure to prepare, submit, and protect IR56E (How to prepare IR56E).