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Hello, I have been searching a while and cannot find direct legislation for this - perhaps someone can assist. We have casual workers that only worked 23 hrs for the whole month - are the exempt from SDL? These employees was on a LDC so there…

According to the attached Finance Act No. 2 of 2023, the Vocational Education and Training Act has been amended to reduce the Skills Development Levy (SDL) rate from 4% to 3.5 %. Effective 1 July 2023. Click here to view the gazette What changes must…

According to the attached Finance Act No. 2 of 2023, the Vocational Education and Training Act has been amended to reduce the Skills Development Levy (SDL) rate from 4% to 3.5 %. Effective 1 July 2023. Click here to view the gazette What changes must…

Good day What income and benefits make up the SDL contribution on Sage pastel payrol and what is excluded and what is included (Medical aid ,Provident fund company contributions ,sraff contributions. It cannot just be 1% of income as that does not…

Good day I am on VIP Premier and i would like to know why my system changes SDL amounts. Example we pulled all our reports on the 2nd NOV and there was one staff member that did not have SDL, when we had to repull the report on the 3rd NOV then…

From the 2020 year of assessment, SARS is performing payroll taxes calculation validations on the IRP5/IT3(a) certificates. Where it is found that the incorrect amount of taxes were withheld/contributed, a letter will be issued, accompanied by a file…

From the 2020 year of assessment, SARS is performing payroll taxes calculation validations on the IRP5/IT3(a) certificates. Where it is found that the incorrect amount of taxes were withheld/contributed, a letter will be issued, accompanied by a file…

Release 5.6a has been implemented to include the following modification: When loading this release, if the SDL % is zero, it will be changed to 1.00%. If the ‘Period SDL Calculation’ is selected (ticked), it will be unselected (ticked removed). We…

Release 5.6a has been implemented to include the following modification: When loading this release, if the SDL % is zero, it will be changed to 1.00%. If the ‘Period SDL Calculation’ is selected (ticked), it will be unselected (ticked removed). We…

Release 5.5b for Sage Classic and Sage Premier is now available for download from the Sage Portal Release 5.5b is only mandatory for Ghana payrolls. It is strongly recommended that Lesotho users load the update by February 2021. All other tax countries…

Hi Everyone, Please help. We had a mix up with our system & never updated our 1% on SDL when we updated in September. Our EMP201 thus calculated on SDL as R0.00 since September. We would like to do a manual calc & payment for each month, but Im…

A new report template has been made available for download. Ensure that your directory is on Release 5.5a before downloading the patch file. The zip file contains the report files and information document. Please click here to visit the software downloads…

If the update to Release 5.4c was not installed in May 2020, but installed in June or later, year to date corrections must be made to remove the SDL values for May (or any other month within the 4 month SDL payment holiday period). Find out how to complete…

If the update to Release 5.4c was not installed in May 2020, but installed in June or later, year to date corrections must be made to remove the SDL values for May (or any other month within the 4 month SDL payment holiday period). Follow the steps…

If the update to Release 5.4c was not installed in May 2020, but installed in June or later, year to date corrections must be made to remove the SDL values for May (or any other month within the 4 month SDL payment holiday period). Follow the steps…

Hi, The client changed the SDL to exempt in week 4 of 5 May . If I have a look in the system I see there is SDL for week 1,2,3. Can we import an adjustment batch in the current period (Aug) with the correct effective date ? I did this for one…

Good Day, I need a report that indicates the SDL amounts for the months of May to August (per month) that would have been payable if there was no payment holiday. Thank you

31 August 2020 marks the end of the SDL payment holiday, which was implemented as a Covid-19 tax relief measure. The following actions are required: - Once your payrolls are in month of September 2020, update the SDL from 0% to 1% on the Basic Company…

31 August 2020 marks the end of the SDL payment holiday, which was implemented as a Covid-19 tax relief measure. The following actions are required: - Once your payrolls are in month of September 2020, update the SDL from 0% to 1% on the Basic Company…

With the release of the Finance Act 2020 , a decrease in the Training Levy Rate (SDL) was announced. The Training Levy Rate (SDL) decreased from 4.5% to 4%, effective 1 July 2020 . To refer to a previous post on Sage City regarding these changes,…

SDL Holiday was for April, May, June and July 2020. Do we need to make any changes to the payroll setup after we've done a start of a new period into Aug 2020? Additional ETI has been extended until the end of July 2020. Do we need to deselect any current…

In the recent Budget Speech held by the Minister of Finance, a few tax changes were proposed. To refer to a previous post on Sage City regarding these proposed changes, please click here . Click here to view The Finance Act 2020, confirming the tax…

If you where a little late to implement the SDL Payment Holiday, there is no need to worry, a corrective transaction can be processed in the June Period. It is essential that your firstly implement the Payment holiday using this guide . Multiple Transaction…

Hi All, Here is what I am doing for us and at our clients regarding the 0% SDL, I have created a calculation that calculates R0.00 and linked it to SDL definition, you just need to do a recalc afterwards and remember to change back when everything is…

Good morning I believe that SARS has implemented a 4-month SDL payment holiday (SDL automatically blocked out on Efiling Declaration). However, Sage still pulls the SDL figure on the EMP201. Will Sage Payroll be putting something in place to account…