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  • 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…

  • Employment Tax Certificate Validation Feedback (ETV) related to SDL

    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: SDL 1% and Period Calculation

    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…

  • The following post explains how to remove the SDL amounts for the Skills Payment Holiday period (May - August 2020) which was introduced as a Covid-19 tax relief measure. This is only required if Release 5.4c was installed in a period after May 2020.

    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…

  • RSA Skills Development Levy (SDL) - Important system change in September 2020 - user intervention required

    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…

  • SDL contribution holiday

    Employers who are registered for SDL will be exempt from the SDL liability and payment of the SDL contribution. Effective date: 1 May 2020 – 31 August 2020 Click on the link below to read more and access the Draft Bills: Revised Disaster Management…

  • Revised Disaster Management Tax Relief Bill and draft Disaster Management Tax Administration Relief Bill published on 1 May 2020

    The South African Ministry of Finance published the revised draft Disaster Management Tax Relief Bill and draft Disaster Management Tax Administration Relief Bill on 1 May. To view the Draft Bills, click on the link below: https://www.sars.gov.za…

  • ETI additional allowance and SDL 4 month relief

    I would like to find out when the update for April will be available to implement the change to the additional ETI allowance from R500 to R750? In addition, SARS has issued that the SDL relief will be for May to August 2020. Will this update be available…

  • Covid-19 relief measures on Skills Levy Contributions

    President Cyril Ramaphosa's addressed the nation on 21 April 2020 regarding Covid-19 economic and social relief measures. See the link below for details: https://www.gov.za/speeches/president-cyril-ramaphosa-additional-coronavirus-covid-19-economic…

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