If you experienced difficulty in accessing ROS on Tuesday 17 April, the reason for the downtime was that ROS was being upgraded. Revenue had issued eBrief No. 21/2007 on Monday 16 April advising of the downtime.

This ROS release has a new online facility for ROS customers and practitioners to notify Revenue of a new employee commencement where the employee has provided a P45 (Part 3) from the former employer.

In addition, it was noted in the eBrief that the extended deadline of 15 November for Income Tax customers who both file and pay online is available for customers filing 2006 returns on ROS from Wednesday 18 April.

The eBrief is reproduced at Section 2.06.