Running the IRAS Line Archive Process

This process archives the data required to create the year-end magnetic tapes. You must ensure that the details you have set up in the extra information types or special information types store the correct information. The IRAS Line Archive process validates the information you enter in any information types and reports the errors in the log file. When you run this process, you archive data for assignments that:

Attention: To process A8A data in IRAS Line Archive process, select Yes in the Enable A8A Processing field of the Legal Entity window.

See: GREs/Legal Entities: Entering Legal Employer Details

You run this process from the Submit Requests window.

arrow icon   To run the IRAS Line Archive process:

  1. Enter IRAS Line Archive in the Name field.

  2. In the Parameters window, select the legal entity that you are running the process for.

  3. Select the basis year. This is the tax year on which you are reporting.

  4. Click Submit.

Rerunning the IRAS Line Archive Process

If, after error checking, you find errors in the archive, you can repeat the process in one of the following ways:

You must check the control listing again to ensure that the data is now error-free.