A 2025 End of Year (EOY) guide for Contributors and Contractors at Toku!
**Contributors (Full Time and Part Time Employees) EOY Guide**
As we approach year-end, please review the payroll schedule and deadlines below to make sure your information is accurate.
Because of global bank holidays, processing windows are shorter than usual, so late updates may cause delays
🗓️ Payroll Schedule
| Month | Region | Pay Frequency | Pay Dates | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| November 2025 | All Employees | Monthly / Semi-Monthly | Standard November cycle | No changes to regular schedule. |
| December 2025 | Brazil, U.S., Canada, Philippines | Semi-Monthly | December 15 & December 30 | Standard semi-monthly dates. |
| December 2025 | All Other Countries | Monthly | December 30 (some may receive funds as early as Dec 22nd due to bank holidays) | Final payroll for 2025. |
📋 Information Update Deadlines
If you have any changes that impact payroll, please make sure they’re updated in the HRIS before the following dates:
| For Pay Month | Update Deadline | Effective Pay Cycle |
|---|---|---|
| November Payroll | By November 10, 2025 | Reflected in November payroll |
| December Payroll | By December 1, 2025 | Reflected in December payroll |
🔄 What You Should Review
- 🏦 Bank account details (for salary payments)
- 🏠 Home address (for tax and local compliance)
- 🕒 Time off requests or adjustments
- 💸 Expense reimbursements
⚠️ Changes submitted after the deadlines will be processed in the next available pay cycle.
💬 Reminder
Please double-check your HRIS profile early. Ensuring your details are current helps avoid delays and ensures your final 2025 payroll runs smoothly.
**Contractor EOY Guide**
As we approach year-end, please review the payment schedule and deadlines below.
Due to upcoming bank holidays, invoice submission and payments will take place earlier than usual to avoid delays.
Submitting your invoices and updates on time ensures your payments are processed in the correct cycle.
🗓️ Contractor Payment Schedule
| Month | Invoice Submission Deadline | Pay Date | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| November 2025 | November 14 | November 28 | Approvals and funding close early due to bank holidays. |
| December 2025 | December 10 | December 30 (some may receive funds as early as Dec 29th due to bank holidays) | Final contractor payout for 2025. |
📋 Information Update Deadlines
If you have any changes that affect your payments - such as bank details, address, or expense updates - please make sure they are updated in the HRIS before the deadlines below.
| For Payment Month | Update Deadline | Effective Cycle |
|---|---|---|
| November Payments | By November 10, 2025 | Reflected in November payouts |
| December Payments | By December 1, 2025 | Reflected in December payouts |
⚠️ Changes or invoices submitted after these dates will be included in the next payment cycle.
✅ What You Should Do
- 📤 Submit your invoices in the platform by the stated deadlines.
- 🏦 Confirm your bank details and wallet information is correct.
- 🏠 Check your personal information.
- 💸 Upload any reimbursable expenses before the cut-off.
💬 Reminder
Payments are processed based on approved invoices and current account details in the Toku Platform.
Submitting and updating everything before the deadlines ensures your November and December payments are received on time.
📄 Country-by-Country 2025 Tax Year-End Forms
Each country has specific employee forms, reporting requirements and Tax year dates. Once the forms are ready, you’ll be able to find them on the Toku platform in your Document Section.
👉 Attention: In most countries tax year end aligns with calendar year and runs from 1st of January until 31st of December. However, Tax year dates may vary and provision of tax forms also have a cut off dates.
🏥 General Benefits Information
📄 Benefits Documents - Availability Update
Your official benefits documents (such as health insurance, pension, or retirement plan summaries) are typically issued directly by the carrier or made available through each carrier’s online portal.
These documents usually become available in late January once carriers finalize year-end reporting.
If you need assistance accessing your documents or have any benefits-related questions, please reach out to [email protected] or visit the Benefits Section of our Help Center for support.
🇺🇸 United States
- Tax year end dates: 31st of December
- Forms to be issued to employees by date: by January 31 following the end of the tax year (which ends December 31).
- Forms Issued: W-2 (employees), 1099-NEC (contractors).
- Reported Information: Annual wages, federal and state income tax withheld, Social Security, Medicare, benefits, retirement contributions.
- Notes:
- State-specific reporting may vary (e.g., California requires electronic filing, New York has additional wage notices).
- Employees may also receive state/local forms depending on jurisdiction.
🇨🇦 Canada
- Tax year end dates: 31st of December
- Forms to be issued to employees by date: by the last day of February following the end of the calendar year. If February 28 falls on a weekend, the due date moves to the next business day.
- Forms Issued: T4 (employees), T4A (contractors/other income).
- Reported Information: Employment income, CPP, EI, provincial tax withholdings, benefits.
- Notes: Quebec also issues RL-1 slips in addition to the T4.
🇲🇽 Mexico
- Tax year end dates: 31st of December
- Forms to be issued to employees by date: Employers must issue a CFDI for each employee payment
- Forms Issued: CFDI (digital tax receipts).
- Reported Information: Salary, taxes withheld, social security contributions.
- Notes: End-of-year bonus (Aguinaldo) is mandatory and must be reported.
🇵🇷 Puerto Rico
- Tax year end dates: 31st of December
- Forms to be issued to employees by date:
by January 31 following the end of the tax year - Forms Issued: Form 499R-2/W-2PR.
- Reported Information: Puerto Rico income, tax withheld, and other compensation.
🇬🇧 United Kingdom
- Tax year end dates: 05.04.2026
- Forms to be issued to employees by date: p60’s by 31 May 2026, P11d’s must be submitted to HMRC by 6th July 2026 as benefits are payroll we do not issue P11d’s to employees. P45’s are issued after leave date. If employee leaves before 05.04.2026 no P60 is issued they just get P45
- Forms Issued: P60 (annual summary), P45 (termination), P11D (benefits).
- Reported Information: Total pay, income tax, National Insurance contributions, benefits in kind.
🇮🇪 Ireland
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Tax year end dates: 31st of December
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Forms to be issued to employees by date:
Since January 1, 2019, the Irish Revenue introduced real-time PAYE reporting, and P60s were abolished. Instead: Employers now report pay, tax, and deductions every time an employee is paid, through the Revenue Online Service (ROS). Employees no longer receive a P60 - they can access their year-end summary directly from Revenue’s myAccount portal. -
Forms Issued: P60-equivalent is now digital through Revenue (Employee End of Year Statement).
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Reported Information: Pay, tax deducted, USC, PRSI.
🇫🇷 France
- Tax year end dates: 31st of December
- Forms to be issued to employees by date: Since 2017, France has replaced all annual wage declarations (including the old “Certificat de salaire”) with the DSN, a monthly electronic filing
- Forms Issued: Certificat de salaire (provided to authorities, available to employees).
- Reported Information: Annual gross pay, income tax withheld, social contributions.
🇩🇪 Germany
- Tax year end dates: 31st of December
- Forms to be issued to employees by date: Employers must transmit the Lohnsteuerbescheinigung electronically to the Finanzamt by February 28 of the following year. The employee must also be given access to a copy (print or digital) by the same date.
- Forms Issued: Lohnsteuerbescheinigung.
- Reported Information: Total taxable wages, income tax withheld, solidarity surcharge, social contributions.
🇪🇸 Spain
- Tax year end dates: 31st of December
- Forms to be issued to employees by date: Payers (employers or entities) must issue the Certificado de Retenciones to recipients by the end of January of the following year
- Forms Issued: Certificado de retenciones.
- Reported Information: Annual income, withholdings, social contributions.
🇮🇹 Italy
- Tax year end dates: 31st of December
- Forms to be issued to employees by date: Employers must deliver the Certificazione Unica to each recipient by March 16 of the year following the income year
- Forms Issued: Certificazione Unica (CU).
- Reported Information: Employment income, tax withheld, social security.
🇵🇹 Portugal
- Tax year end dates: 31st of December
- Forms to be issued to employees by date: This is the individual’s own declaration of income, not something “issued” to them. It must be submitted by the taxpayer to the Autoridade Tributária between April 1 and June 30 of the year following the tax year
- Forms Issued: Declaração Anual de Rendimentos.
- Reported Information: Annual wages, withholdings, social security.
🇵🇱 Poland
- Tax year end dates: 31st of December
- Forms to be issued to employees by date: by the end of February of the following year
- Forms Issued: PIT-11.
- Reported Information: Employment income, tax withheld, social security.
🇧🇪 Belgium
- Tax year end dates: 31st of December
- Forms to be issued to employees by date: by the end of February of the following year
- Forms Issued: Fiche 281.10.
- Reported Information: Income, tax withheld, social security.
🇳🇱 Netherlands
- Tax year end dates: 31st of December
- Forms to be issued to employees by date: by the end of February of the following year
- Forms Issued: Jaaropgaaf.
- Reported Information: Wages, tax withheld, social contributions.
🇨🇭 Switzerland (Vaud, Zurich)
- Tax year end dates: 31st of December
- Forms to be issued to employees by date: typically by end of January of the following year
- Forms Issued: Salary certificate (Lohnausweis / Certificat de salaire).
- Reported Information: Annual salary, benefits, tax withholdings.
- Notes: Canton-specific variations exist.
🇦🇹 Austria
- Tax year end dates: 31st of December
- Forms to be issued to employees by date: for active employees: By end of February of the following year. For terminated employees on their termination
- Forms Issued: Lohnzettel (Form L16).
- Reported Information: Annual wages, taxes withheld, social contributions.
🇩🇰 Denmark
- Tax year end dates: 31st of December
- Forms to be issued to employees by date: releases it between March 9 & March 15
- Forms Issued: Annual income statement (Årsopgørelse via Skat).
- Reported Information: Income, tax withheld, labor market contributions.
🇸🇪 Sweden
- Tax year end dates: 31st of December
- Forms to be issued to employees by date: Starting January 2019, Sweden replaced the annual Kontrolluppgift system with real-time monthly reporting called AGI (Arbetsgivardeklaration på individnivå) — “Employer Declaration at Individual Level.”
- Forms Issued: Annual income statement (Kontrolluppgift).
- Reported Information: Income, tax withheld, employer contributions.
🇱🇹 Lithuania
- Tax year end dates: 31st of December
- Forms to be issued to employees by date: by 15th of February
- Forms Issued: Annual income report provided to tax authorities.
- Reported Information: Gross salary, taxes withheld, social contributions.
🇷🇴 Romania
- Tax year end dates:
- Forms to be issued to employees by date:
- Forms Issued: Form D112 reporting submitted; employees receive salary certificates if requested.
- Reported Information: Wages, tax withheld, social security.
- Tax year end dates: 31st of December
- Forms to be issued to employees by date: by 25 or 26 May of the year following the tax year
- Forms Issued: Declarația unică privind impozitul pe venit și contribuțiile sociale datorate de persoanele fizice.
- Reported Information: Gross salary, taxes withheld, social contributions.
🇨🇿 Czech Republic
- Tax year end dates: 31st of December
- Forms to be issued to employees by date: By February 15 of the following year. Employee must ask employer in writing to perform the reconciliation.
- Forms Issued: Roční zúčtování daně (annual tax reconciliation).
- Reported Information: Wages, taxes withheld, social security.
🇬🇷 Greece
- Tax year end dates: 31st of December
- Forms to be issued to employees by date: by the March 31 of the following year
- Forms Issued: Yearly salary statement (Βεβαίωση Αποδοχών)
- Reported Information: Wages, social contributions, tax withheld.
🇧🇬 Bulgaria
- Tax year end dates: 31st of December
- Forms to be issued to employees by date:
- Forms Issued: Yearly income certificate Служебна бележка за доходите (Annex to Ordinance H-8) by the end of January of the following year
- Reported Information: Gross income, tax withheld, social contributions.
🇹🇷 Turkey
- Tax year end dates: 31st of December
- Forms to be issued to employees by date: By January 31 (upon request or routinely in many firms) - but not mandatory
- Forms Issued: Annual income certificate — known as the Yıllık Gelir Bildirimi or Maaş Bordrosu (annual wage statement)
- Reported Information: Salary, tax withheld, insurance contributions.
🇦🇺 Australia
- Tax year end dates: June 30 of the following year
- Forms to be issued to employees by date: Income Statement (through ATO via myGov)
- Forms Issued: Income Statement (through ATO via myGov).
- Reported Information: Salary, tax withheld, superannuation.
🇦🇺 New Zealand
- Tax year end dates: March 31 of the following year
- Forms to be issued to employees by date: Earnings Summary (via myIR), Kiwisaver Annual Statement
- Forms Issued: Earnings Summary (via myIR), Kiwisaver Annual Statement (issued by Kiwisaver provider)
- Reported Information: Salary, tax withheld, Kiwisaver, student loan deduction.
🇯🇵 Japan
- Tax year end dates: December 31
- Forms to be issued to employees by date: Gensen-Choshu-Hyo (withholding tax slip)
- Forms Issued: Gensen-Choshu-Hyo (withholding tax slip).
- Reported Information: Salary, tax withheld, social insurance.
🇮🇳 India
- Tax year end dates: March 31
- Forms to be issued to employees by date: Form 16 - issued on or before 15 June following the end of the financial year.
- Forms Issued: Form 16
Form 24Q (quarterly TDS return) - due dates:
- Q1 (Apr - Jun): 31 July
- Q2 (Jul - Sep): 31 Oct
- Q3 (Oct - Dec): 31 Jan
- Q4 (Jan - Mar): 31 May
- Reported Information: Form 16: Employee’s name and PAN, employer’s TAN, period of employment, gross salary, exemptions, deductions (under Chapter VI-A), taxable income, tax computed, TDS deducted, and deposited with the government.
Form 24Q: Employer’s TAN, employee-wise TDS details, salary paid, tax deducted, deposited, and challan details.
🇵🇭 Philippines
- Tax year end dates: December 31
- Forms to be issued to employees by date: Issue Form 2316 to employees: on or before 31 January of the following year for those still employed as of 31 December.
- Forms Issued: BIR Form 2316 - Certificate of Compensation Payment / Tax Withheld. Issued to each employee summarising total compensation income and tax withheld for the year.
- Reported Information: Employee’s gross compensation income; non-taxable and taxable compensation; total tax withheld; employer and employee particulars (TINs, names).
🇰🇷 South Korea
- Tax year end dates: December 31
- Forms to be issued to employees by date: Wage & Salary Income Tax Withholding Receipt (근로소득 원천징수영수증) — issued after year-end settlement to each employee, summarizing total pay, tax withheld, deductions, and credits.
- Forms Issued: Wage & Salary Income Tax Withholding Receipt (근로소득 원천징수영수증).
- Reported Information: Employer and employee details (name, registration number), total annual wages, taxable income, non-taxable benefits, tax withheld, tax deductions, and total income tax due or refunded.
🇲🇾 Malaysia
- Tax year end dates: December 31
- Forms to be issued to employees by date: EA Form to employees: by last day of February of the following year.
- Forms Issued: The employer must issue Statement of Remuneration: the Borang EA (also called EA Form).
- Reported Information: Employee’s gross salary/wages, allowances, benefits-in-kind, deductions, tax withheld, employer/employee contributions etc.
🇮🇩 Indonesia
- Tax year end dates: December 31
- Forms to be issued to employees by date: The annual tax statement to employees (Form 1721-A1) must be issued by end of January of the following year (or when employment ceases).
- Forms Issued: The annual withholding slip: Form 1721-A1 (for permanent employees). Employers must provide evidence of amounts withheld for the year.
- Reported Information: Employee’s gross annual wages/compensation, tax withheld under PPh 21, any benefits in kind taxable under BIK rules, and final annual tax reconciliation.
🇸🇬 Singapore
- Tax year end dates: December 31
- Forms to be issued to employees by date: IR8A (and Appendices)
- Forms Issued: IR8A (and Appendices).
- Reported Information: Salary, benefits, allowances.
🇹🇼 Taiwan
- Tax year end dates: December 31
- Forms to be issued to employees by date: Withholding statement
- Forms Issued: Withholding statement.
- Reported Information: Annual salary, tax withheld.
🇭🇰 Hong Kong
- Tax year end dates: March 31
- Forms to be issued to employees by date: Form IR56B - for each employee employed as at 31 March of the year of assessment.
- Forms Issued: Form IR56B - for each employee employed as at 31 March of the year of assessment.
Employer’s Return (Form BIR56A) - summarises the employer’s return of remuneration and pensions.
- Reported Information: Full remuneration for the year (salary, allowances, benefits-in-kind, housing benefits, share options etc) regardless of whether employment service is wholly in Hong Kong or partly outside.
🇦🇪 UAE
- Tax year end dates: No idividual income tax year as there is no income tax due
- Forms to be issued to employees by date: n/a
- Forms Issued: No income tax reporting. Employers may provide salary certificates.
🇳🇬 Nigeria
- Tax year end dates: December 31
- Forms to be issued to employees by date: Annual Statement of Emoluments (PAYE Summary) by 31st of January of the following year
- Forms Issued: Annual tax deduction card.
- Reported Information: Wages, tax withheld.
🇿🇦 South Africa
- Tax year end dates: 1 March to 28/29 February of the following year.
- Forms to be issued to employees by date: By 31 May (same date as EMP501 submission)
- Forms Issued: IRP5.
- Reported Information: Income, tax withheld, UIF, benefits.
🇮🇱 Israel
- Tax year end dates: December 31
- Forms to be issued to employees by date: “Form 106” (or equivalent annual salary summary) which shows annual remuneration and tax withheld.
- Forms Issued: Form 106.
- Reported Information: Withheld income tax and social security contributions; gross wages; employer contributions for pension/severance; health tax; etc.
🇰🇪 Kenya
- Tax year end dates: 31st of December
- Forms to be issued to employees by date: By 28 February of the following year
- Forms Issued: P9 Form.
- Reported Information: Salary, tax withheld, NSSF, NHIF.
🇨🇷 Costa Rica
- Tax year end dates: 31st of December
- Forms to be issued to employees by date: by February 28 of the following year
- Forms Issued: Certificado de Ingresos y Retenciones.
- Reported Information: Income, tax withheld, social security.
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