PR-02A Soft Data Format
 
 

Download PR-02A Soft Data Format (Spread Sheet)

PR-02A is annual return submitted by an employer by 30th Sep each year giving details of employees who have worked during the preceding financial year i.e. (July 01- June 30)

INSTRUCTIONS:

  • PR-02A Data  be in Tab delimited  FORMAT

  • Date should be in  BRITISH FORMAT (DD/MM/YYYY)

  • The PR-02A Data file name should be (registration-NO-MMYY.txt) e.g. ABC-12345-0708.txt

  • Generate MD5 hash and send along with data file

  • While sending the file the covering letter must be accompanied stating total number of records being sent.

PR-02A SOFT DATA FORMAT
IMPORTANT NOTES
FIELD NAME FIELD DESCRIPTION   FORMAT

YEAR

Enter ending year of the Financial year for which information is being provided. e.g. 2010 for 2009-2010

MANDATORY

MMMYYYY

MAIN_CODE

Employer registration code allotted by EOBI for Head Office. Use leading zeros if numeric part is less than five digits 

MANDATORY

XXX99999

SUB_CODE

Employer registration code allotted by EOBI for Sub Office. Use leading zeros if numeric part is less than three digits

Where applicable

XX999

EOBI_NO

Registration number allotted to insured person by EOBI. Fourth character in EOBI number is always alpha.

MANDATORY

9999X999999

NIC

Old NIC number. Use hyphens as given in the format. Recommended as it would prevent issuance of duplicate EOBI nos

Highly Recommended

999-99-999999

CNIC

New NIC number. Use hyphens as given in the format. Mandatory

MANDATORY

99999-9999999-9

NAME

Name of the insured person for whom contribution is paid

MANDATORY

Alphabets and spaces only

DOB

Date of birth of insured person. e.g. 21/07/1989

MANDATORY

DD/MM/YYYY

DOJ

Date of insured person joining employer. e.g. 21/07/2002

MANDATORY

DD/MM/YYYY

DOE

Date of exit (in case employee has left). e.g. 30/06/2008

MANDATORY

DD/MM/YYYY

EMP SHARE

Employer share of contribution (Rate is 5% of minimum wages for the year)

MANDATORY

999

IP SHARE

Employee share of contribution (Rate is 1% of minimum wages for the year)

MANDATORY

99

TOKEN NUMBER

Employee ID, as given by the employer

Optional 

Text

Please note:

  • Cells are pre-formatted to accept required values

  • Minimum wages are prescribed by the Government for each year

  • CNIC is mandatory

  • All other fields are also mandatory, except sub_code and Token_No. Sub code where applicable should and must be provided.

  • Soft data may be returned to the employer if found incompatible with the prescribed format or is incomplete

  • In case soft data is required to be sent for different years, using separate spreadsheets for each financial year

  • Date columns are to be “entered” as MM/DD/YYYY. They would automatically be converted as “DD/MM/YYYY”

In case of PR-02A data file format differ from above mentioned format, the data will be rejected

  • Upon receiving the file and MD5 hash we would:

  • Verify the hash for authenticity of data

  • Verify the file name

  • Verify the total number of records

  • Verify the total number of valid records

  • Verify the record based on above criteria and duplication based on NIC & CNIC

For Further Details Contact:

EOBI IT Department, Head Office,
Karachi
021-9217933, 021-9217934, 021-9217941-43, ext 2030                                       Last updated as on 28.09.2010

 

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