Quick Answer What Is an IRP5 Certificate? An IRP5 is the annual tax certificate an employer issues to each employee, showing total earnings, PAYE, UIF and other deductions for the tax year. Employees use it to complete (or verify) their own SARS returns; employers generate it as part of the EMP501 reconciliation. What this means in plain language For employees, the IRP5 is the summary of your work year in SARS‘s language. For employers, it is the proof that what you deducted matches what you paid over. Most employees now find their IRP5 data pre-loaded on eFiling – because the employer’s EMP501 submitted it directly. If your eFiling return and…