To upload pension contributions, we use the PAPDIS standard. PAPDIS is a standard that was developed by a group of payroll and pension providers so it is likely that your payroll application can already produce a PAPDIS csv file.

If you have never prepared a PAPDIS file, we recommend asking your payroll provider for help.

Check your payroll software supports PAPDIS

Download our PAPDIS csv file template

See our PAPDIS file specifications

What you can do with PAPDIS:

• use your own payroll application to assess your staff.
• create and update existing employee records.
• submit pre-calculated pension contributions.
• include assessment results and we will write to your employees with the relevant statutory letters.
• set your pay period start and end date, we accept all frequencies: weekly, fortnightly, every 4 weeks, monthly, quarterly, bi-annually, annually
• once uploaded edit or delete records if you have made a mistake.

Assessment and event codes

Assessment and event codes are numeric values that are produced by your payroll application. You will need to include these in your PAPDIS upload.

If your payroll application does not provide these codes, we can accept the equivalent word. For example, 1 could also be Eligible Jobholder.