• South Africa: Tax Relief measures announced by President Cyril Ramaphosa on 25 July 2021

    The President of South Africa announced some tax relief measures during his speech on Sunday 25 July 2021, which includes Employment Tax Incentives (ETI) changes. In the President’s address to the Nation on 25 July 2021, he announced measures to support…
  • Important notice for customers who claimed ETI during the 2020-2021 tax year

    If you haven't submitted your EMP501 Annual Employer Reconciliation submission as yet, we recommend that you start the process by verifying your ETI data first. With the introduction of various Covid-19 tax relief measures at the start of lockdown,…
  • URGENT NOTICE: ETI calculated incorrectly in April 2020 for employees earning R6500 or more after updating to Release 5.4c.

    We have become aware on an issue which affects the ETI recalculation for April 2020 on the new Release 5.4c software. The software was initially released on 30 May 2020. If you updated your payroll companies to Release 5.4c before the 2nd of June 2020…
  • Updated Important Information: Release 5.4c

    The following message has been updated on the landing page of Sage Business Cloud Payroll Professional: Updated (27/05/2020) National Treasury and SARS published a second draft Disaster Management Tax Relief Bill on 19 May 2020. This revised draft…
  • President’s Speech 23 March 2020: Payroll Impact due to country lockdown

    We are aware of potential legislative changes that may impact your Payroll following the Presidential address to the nation on the 23rd of March. Our Compliance and Legislative teams are awaiting final confirmation from Government on these measures…