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 Info screen. This must be done in all payroll companies, in the first week of September!

Take note:

• The system will not automatically apply the 1% change.
• The 'Period SDL Calculation' must remain ticked.

For more information please refer to our Sage Knowledgebase article, click here

The following message will display in the system when you do a Start New Period from August into September:

Please access the Basic Company Information Screen at the beginning of the processing period for September 2020, then enter the SDL Percentage as 1.00%. 

The 'Period SDL Calculation' must, however, remain selected (ticked) for the rest of the year.

Note:

• Payroll Administrators must action this change as the system will not automatically update this field to reflect the 1%
• Wage and Bi-weekly payrolls must have the 1% SDL activated in week 1 of September 2020.
• Should this be done in any period after the first week/bi-week, manual SDL adjustments will have to be completed by the user on each employee record