• 2022/23 Interim EMP501 Reconciliation Submission - 'ERROR 0001' when submitting EMP501 to SARS on SARS e@syFile

    The South African Revenue Service (SARS) has issue the following notice* in regards to a specific error experienced when submitting the EMP501 on SARS e@syFile, related to the pre-populating of the EMP201 declared liabilities. Employers impacted by…
  • ETI value differences errors when importing Interim EMP501 IRP5 files into SARS e@syFile

    We are aware of the following scenario resulting in SARS e@syFile import errors: You are generating the IRP5.23 file using the IRP5/IT3a report on Release 5.8a, for the 2022/2023 Interim EMP501 Reconciliation (mid-year) Submission The SARS e@syFile…
  • Known issue: SARS e@syFile error "If Year of Assessment (3025) is 2022 and ETI Month (7006) equal not to 08, 09, 10, or 11 and ETI SEZ code (7009) is not completed and if employees age for the specified month ..." where age in error more than 100

    We are aware that a number users have experience an error message referring to ETI values calculated where the employees age is invalid, when importing the IRP5/IT3a file into SARS e@syFile, Refer to the example below where the employee's age in the…
  • SARS e@syFile Status Dashboard response error "1777"

    It has come to our attention that employers have received ETI errors (Error 1777) on the EMP501 Status Dashboard in e@syFile after submission (see below). SARS has confirmed that this is a system error on their side where e@syFile accepts the submission…
  • SARS e@syFile: Relaxed validations on IRP5 code 4587 (Exempt foreign employment income in terms of section 10(1)(o)(ii) of the Income Tax Act)

    One of the new IRP5 codes for for the 2020/2021 tax year is 4587 . Code 4587 reports the exempt foreign employment income in terms of section 10(1)(o)(ii) of the Income Tax Act, taken into account by the employer for PAYE purposes. This is to accommodate…