• Tanzania - Change in SDL rate effective 1 July 2023

    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…
  • Updated Africa Tax Country Reports for Mauritius and Tanzania (2022/08/03)

    We have deployed a patch file on 3 August 2022 with an update on reports for Mauritius and Tanzania. The following message currently displays on your subscription page: Country Report Details Mauritius Mauritius Monthly PAYE…
  • Tanzania - New Workman's Compensation Fund rate effective 1 July 2022

    The Workers Compensation (Payment of Tariffs) (Amendment) Regulations have been amended to reduce the Workers Compensation Fund (WCF) contribution rate from 0.6% to 0.5%. Click here to read more. This means that the contribution rate for the Private…
  • Tanzania - Tax proposals for the 2022/2023 tax year

    The Tanzania Finance Bill 2022 has been approved by Parliament and it is subject to the President’s assent in order to become a law. Take note: The changes listed below are the proposed changes and they may be subject to change, The amended Finance…
  • Tanzania: New WCF rate July 2021

    The R egulatio n has been updated for the Tanzania Workers Compensation Act. The Workers Compensation Fund rate for private entities has been decreased from 1% to 0.6%. Effective 1 July 2021. You may refer to the Knowledge base article for guidance…
  • Tanzania Tax changes 2021/2022

    As per Finance Act 2021, No 3, Section 25, the PAYE tax tables were updated. These tax changes have been deployed to your system. To find out more about the changes made and more, please click on the What's New button, from the Quick Links menu…
  • Tanzania - Proposed changes 2021/2022

    Below are the proposed changes for employment taxes based on the recent Tanzania Budget Speech 2021. Proposed tax table Workers Compensation Fund The Minister has proposed to decrease the contribution rate to the WCF from 1% to 0.6% for the private…
  • Software update: Release 5.6a released on 10 March 2021

    When you launch your system the first time as from 10 March 2021, you will be prompted to update all your payroll companies to Release 5.6a. Take note of the important notice on the subscription landing page: When you launch your subscription, you…
  • Release 5.6a for Sage Business Cloud Payroll Professional: Scheduled for release 10 March 2021

    Release 5.6a is scheduled to be deployed on 9 March 2021 and will be available as from 10 March 2021 , which will include the latest tax tables for 2021/2022 for South Africa. Release 5.6a will also include: RSA: Tax Related Changes Affecting the…
  • Software update: Release 5.5b released on 19 January 2021

    When you launch your system the first time as from 20 January 2021, you will be prompted to update all your payroll companies to Release 5.5b. Take note of the important notice on the subscription landing page: Please Note: Please clear your browser…
  • Tanzania: SDL Monthly Return and Statement and Payment of Tax Withheld

    The following new reports for Tanzania have been added to the Africa Reports platform. From the Company Main Menu, select Report > Tanzania Reports. Please refer to “What’s new” on your subscription Landing page for more details.
  • Software update: Release 5.5a released on 4 September 2020

    When you launch your system the first time as from 4 September 2020, you will be prompted to update all your payroll companies to Release 5.5a. Take note of the important notice on the subscription landing page: You will have the option to Update…
  • Tanzania: New Tax Tables – Effective 1 July 2020

    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 changes…
  • Release 5.4c: Patch Files (Release date 14 July 2020)

    A patch for Release 5.4c was deployed on the cloud on 14 July 2020 to address a few issues recently reported on Payroll Professional. The following were included in the release: Tanzania tax files (applicable from 1 July 2020) Malawi tax files…
  • Tanzania - Proposed change in tax rates for 2020/2021

    Below is the proposed tax table for employment income based on the recent Budget Speech. Please click here for more information. The SDL is also proposed to be reduced from 4.5% to 4% . We expect the effective date to be 1 July 2020 . Update…