How to upload/update NSITF and ITF | Nigerian Payroll

A step-by-step guide on how to update NSITF and ITF on Workpay

  • Navigate to the 'Payroll' module.
  • Click on 'Run payroll' and then 'View Payroll Data'.

  • Scroll to the right on the Payroll data page and confirm you have No in 'Deduct NSITF' and 'Deduct ITF' columns. If No, our goal in this article is to change the values to Yes. Or otherwise too.

  • Click on 'Bulk Import'

  • Select the effective month and employment type for NSITF and ITF deductions.
  • Click 'Generate template' to download the payroll data sheet.

  • Open the sheet and find the 'Deduct NSITF' and 'Deduct ITF' columns.
  • Type in 'YES' for employees to be deducted NSITF and ITF, 'NO' otherwise.
  • Type in 'Recurring' or 'One Time' for deduction frequency.
  • Optionally, set an end date for recurring deductions.
  • Only update NSITF and ITF info for relevant employees; delete other rows if not needed.

    N.B: Please do not delete columns to avoid issues when reuploading the sheet.

  • Save the updated sheet.
  • Reupload it via 'Bulk Import' on the payroll data page.
  • Click 'Browse files', select the saved file from your PC, and save.
  • Confirm that the details have been correctly picked up on the Payroll data sheet.
  • Reprocess the payroll afterwards.