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  • South Africa: Employer Annual EMP501 Reconciliation submission (1 April 2024 until 31 May 2024)

    The Employer Annual EMP501Reconciliation submission period for 2023/2024 is from 1 April 2024 until 31 May 2024. as confirmed with the South African Revenue Services (SARS). During this period, employers are required to submit their annual reconciliation…
  • INTERIM SUBMISSIONS-ERROR

    Good day Please advise what this error means and how to fix it. Reason code for IT3(a) (4150), Value 4 or 04 is only valid from transaction year >= 2024 if directive information has been completed or the value of source code 3696 is greater than…
  • Easy File Mid year submission

    Hi, I'm having an issue whereby the payment for August EMP201 has not synced to Easyfile so my EMP501 for 202308 shows an underpayment. Is anyone else experiencing this? The Empsa is Zero and the EMP501 recon has no differences.
  • UPDATED - SARS e@syFile: EMP501 declarations issue - August financial particulars not populated

    Update (3 October 2023) The Payroll Authors Group (PAGSA) received confirmation from the South African Revenue Authority (SARS) that the issue has been fixed/resolved and will be implemented on their systems during the course of this week. It is…
  • UPDATED - SARS e@syFile: EMP501 declarations issue - August financial particulars not populated

    Update (3 October 2023) The Payroll Authors Group (PAGSA) received confirmation from the South African Revenue Authority (SARS) that the issue has been fixed/resolved and will be implemented on their systems during the course of this week. It is…
  • Importing of IRP5 Certificate files

    Hi I have a company who is not registered for SDL (nor do they meet the requirements) but I'm receiving an SDL error on the IRP5 exception repot. Is there a solution to this issue?
  • EMP501 Annual Employer Reconciliation - E@syfile

    Hi, Has anyone experienced that by accepting SARS' data when auto populating the EMP501 form values that it populates the payments section including the penalty and interests which is locked for editing.
  • EMP501 Submissions - 202302

    Dear Sage, Please advise when you will be allowing the reports to be generated for the EMP501's? Keep getting the error - " You will be able to generate your tax certificate submission file and reports once filing season opens." Thank you Steph…
  • South Africa: Annual Employer EMP501 Reconciliation submissions

    The EMP501 Annual Reconciliation submission period for 2022/2023 is from 1 April 2023 until 31 May 2023. For more information, please click here and review the timeline section of the South Africa Revenue Service (SARS) PAYE page . If your need…
  • South Africa: Annual Employer EMP501 Reconciliation submissions

    The EMP501 Annual Reconciliation submission period for 2022/2023 is from 1 April 2023 until 31 May 2023. For more information, please click here and review the timeline section of the South Africa Revenue Service (SARS) PAYE page . If you need information…
  • South Africa: How can I prepare for the EMP501 Annual Employer Reconciliation Declaration to SARS (2022/2023)

    The South Africa Revenue Services require employers to submit accurate and correct information during the submission period, and employers can check the following for a successful submissions The months of January and February allow employers to check…
  • South Africa: How can I prepare for the EMP501 Annual Employer Reconciliation Declaration to SARS (2022/2023)

    The South Africa Revenue Services require employers to submit accurate and correct information during the submission period, and employers can check the following for a successful submissions The months of January and February allow employers to check…
  • SARS Notification - Employer Interim EMP501 Submissions 2022/2023

    The South African Revenue Service (SARS) has issued a notification to employers regarding the Employer Interim EMP501 Reconciliations Submissions for 2022/2023. Visit the SARS website to view the notification, and click here to download the letter to…
  • SARS Notification - Employer Interim EMP501 Submissions 2022/2023

    The South African Revenue Service (SARS) has issued a notification to employers regarding the Employer Interim EMP501 Reconciliations Submissions for 2022/2023. Visit the SARS website to view the notification, and click here to download the letter to…
  • Reminder: Deadline for EMP501 Annual Reconciliation Submission Period for 2021/2022 - 31 May 2022

    The deadline for submission of your EMP201 Annual Reconciliation to the South Africa Revenue Service (SARS) for the 2021/2022 tax year is Tuesday 31 May 2022. If you have not submitted your reconciliation as yet, we urge you to start as soon as possible…
  • Reminder: Deadline for EMP501 Annual Reconciliation Submission Period for 2021/2022 - 31 May 2022

    The deadline for submission of your EMP201 Annual Reconciliation to the South Africa Revenue Service (SARS) for the 2021/2022 tax year is Tuesday 31 May 2022. If you have not submitted your reconciliation as yet, we urge you to start as soon as possible…
  • Reminder: Deadline for EMP501 Annual Reconciliation Submission Period for 2021/2022 - 31 May 2022

    The deadline for submission of your EMP201 Annual Reconciliation to the South Africa Revenue Service (SARS) for the 2021/2022 tax year is Tuesday 31 May 2022. If you have not submitted your reconciliation as yet, we urge you to start as soon as possible…
  • SARS E@SYFILE DATABASE FILES MISSING

    Has it happened to anybody else that you log out of SARS e@syfile and when you go back all your database files are missing? If you didn't make a backup after each submission you will not have the latest info on your e@syfile . How can this "just happens…
  • EMP501 Annual Reconciliation Submission Period for 2021/2022

    The EMP501 Annual Reconciliation submission period for 2021/2022 is from 1 April 2022 until 31 May 2022. For more information, please click here . Visit the Sage 300 People Year-end Centre for to access information on submitting your EMP501 and tax…
  • Bi Annual returns and uFiling

    Hi. I have been asked to assist with a payroll for a sole proprietor, where none of her employees earn above the tax threshold. UIF has only been declared and paid on Ufiling. Would she be required to do a bi annual EMP501? She has only 5 employees…
  • Amount for Code 3713 is negative ( -1101.98)

    Hi All, I am using Sage VIP Payroll Premier and when trying to generate the CSV for EMP501 mid-year submissions I am getting the following error: "Amount for Code 3713 is negative ( -1101.98)" The employee was over compensated for travel in February…
  • Testing of an Import File for EMP501 2021/08

    I am trying to test on of my client's Import Files on the newest version of Easyfile, however i get this failure report & have no idea to fix this? Can anyone maybe advise? IMPORT LOG REPORT =======================================================…
  • SARS Notice - Penalties for Employers

    Updated Post (14 July 2021) Please take note of the new SARS notice about penalties for employers due to late EMP501 submissions: https://www.sars.gov.za/whats-new-at-sars/ Original Post (8 July 2021) Please take note of the below SARS notice…
  • CSV File error

    Good day, I have a client with a CSV File error when importing into Easyfile. According to payroll validation everything was in order and the CSV File generate but when it gets imported into Easyfile it fails to import with this reason. End of Record…
  • rollback

    hi guys my manager is missing files from february ,i need assistance in rolling back the system to the previous version.5.5a. NB: she did the copy of the version before we could rollover but now she gets an error that says its locked out but…