• Update | Ghana: Tax changes effective May 2023 (previous effective date April 2023)

    Release 6.0b was released on 8 May 2023 and include the new tax tables for Ghana applicable from May 2023. Your payroll system will prompt your to update to Release 6.0b when accessed.

    For more information, click here.

     

    Update post 02/05/2023

    The Ghana…

  • Malawi: New tax table 2023/2024 tax year

    The Taxation (Amendment) Act No.17 of 2023 was enacted by the President of Malawi. and was published on 5 April 2023.

    Related document: Malawi: Act No. 17 of 2023 Taxation (Amendment) 2023/2024 tax year

    The following changes have been made to Table B of…

  • Lesotho: Income Tax Amendments for 2023/2024 tax year

    The Minister of Finance of Lesotho published the Income Tax (Amendment of Monetary Amounts) Regulation (Legal Notice No.23 of 2023) on 24 March 2023.

    INCOME TAX (AMA) REGULATIONS NO.32 OF 2023.pdf

    The regulation included the following changes:

    • Increase…
  • New Tax Files deployed on 19 January 2023 : Ghana, Namibia, Zambia and Zimbabwe

    Please note that new tax files were deployed for Sage Business Cloud Payroll Professional Release 5.9b for the following tax countries:

    • Ghana - New SNITT limits
    • Namibia - Tax file for 2022/2023
    • Zambia - Tax File for 2023
    • Zimbabwe - Tax Files for 2022…
  • Important notice: Deployment of updated tax files for Ghana, Namibia, Zambia and Zimbabwe on 19 January 2023

    The latest tax files for the following tax countries will be deployed during the evening of 19 January 2023:

    • Ghana 
    • Namibia
    • Zambia
    • Zimbabwe

    The What's Up which will be available after the tax files was deployed, will include details of the changes.…

  • Rwanda: New Tax File deployed on 14 November 2022 - Effective 1 November 2022 (Version 202205)

    The new Tax File (Version 202205) for Rwanda effective 1 November 2022 was deployed on 14 November 2022.

    All Rwanda customers were contacted prior to the deployment of the tax file.

    The Rwanda Income Tax Law No. 027 of 2022 includes the following changes…

  • Mauritius: Tax changes 2022/2023 tax year

    The Finance (Miscellaneous Provisions) Act 2022 has been enacted and is effective from 1 July 2022.

    MRA Circular - PayrollTaxes - Aug 2023.pdf

    The following key changes that affect payroll taxes,  was published by the Mauritius Revenue Authority Circular…

  • Malawi: New Tax File deployed - Effective 1 April 2022

    The new tax tables for Malawi effective 1 April 2022  has been deployed on Sage Business Cloud Payroll Professional.

    The following message will display on the Active Payroll Subscription screen:

    The tax table changes will be applied in your Malawi companies…

  • Lesotho: New Tax File deployed - Effective 1 April 2022

    The new tax tables for Lesotho effective 1 April 2022  has been deployed on Sage Business Cloud Payroll Professional.

    The following message will display on the Active Payroll Subscription screen:

    The tax table changes will be applied in your Lesotho companies…

  • Software Update | Release 5.8a for Sage Business Cloud Payroll Professional available 11 March 2022

    Release 5.8a is now available.

    Release 5.8a includes the RSA Tax Table and ETI Remuneration changes as well as a change to the Malawi tax year. Please consult the What’s New document and Known Issues in the Help File for more details.

    All RSA and Malawi…

  • Release 5.7a IRP5 files and SARS [email protected] 7.1.5 - Import validation errors

    Take note that users will receive errors when importing files on SARS [email protected] 7.1.5 from Release 5.7a, as the SARS software has not been updated to their latest version which includes the 2021- 2022 ETI tax relief and latest BRS changes.

    Our software was…

  • Malawi: New tax tables 2021/2022

    Please note that the tax tables for Malawi have been reviewed. Please refer to the post on the CORRECTED Tax tables for Malawi.

    The Malawi Revenue Authority has released the New tax tables for the 2021/2022 tax year.

     Monthly tax table

    The effective…

  • Botswana - New Tax Rates Effective 1 July 2021

    The new tax rates for Botswana have been published in the Income Tax Amendment Act, 2021 and are effective 1 July 2021.

    Please click here to view the Income Tax Amendment Act and click here to view the Income Tax Amendment Act Commencement Order.

    New…

  • Update|Resolved: Lesotho - Error: "No tax tables exist for this specific tax year. This program will now shut down. Please contact your Sage VIP Support Desk."

    Updated Post 15 April 2021

    We are pleased to inform you that this incident has been resolved. 

    A fix was deployed into the system to correct the below known issue.

    How do I know the deployed fix was installed successfully?

    The start new period process will…

  • Have you updated your payroll to Release 5.6a?

    Release 5.6a for Sage Business Cloud Payroll Professional was deployed on the 10th of March 2021

    This is a mandatory update for all users.

    When you launch your system the first time as from 10 March 2021, you will be prompted to update all your payroll co…

  • 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 Sys…
  • Zimbabwe: New tax tables 2021

    The Zimbabwe Revenue Authority(ZIMRA) has issued tax tables for the 2021 tax year.

    Effective date is 1 January 2021.

    See below, the tax tables for the various tax periods in both the local (RTGS/ZWL) and foreign currency (USD).

     

    RTGS Annual tax table…

  • Malawi: New PAYE tax Rates 2020/2021 - Effective 3 November 2020

    The Malawi Revenue Authority has announced that the Taxation (Amendment) Act has been gazetted. Please click here to view the Public Notice.

    The Eleventh Schedule to the Taxation Act has the following amended tax table for PAYE:

    Monthly

    The effective…

  • Zimbabwe: New Tax Rates – Effective 1 August 2020

    The Zimbabwe Revenue Authority (ZIMRA) has issued tax tables which is effective from 1 August 2020.

    Below is the new full annual tax table for 12 months:

    Click on the below links to view the Tax tables for both the local ZWL and the USD currency. Note…

  • Software update: Release 5.4a released on 06 March 2020

    When you launch you system the first time as from 06 March 2020, you will be prompted to update all your payroll companies to Release 5.4a.

    Take note of the important notice on the subscription landing page

    You will have the option to Update Now (which…

  • Release 5.4a (including 2020/2021 tax tables) - When will the new tax update become available?

    When will the new tax update become available?

    Release 5.4a will be released in early March 2020.

    Notification will be posted on your subscription landing page, which will indicate the date when the update will be available. Please ensure you setup your…

  • Nigeria: Tax relief for disability, children and dependent relatives removed - effective 13 January 2020

    Amendments to the Finance Act 2019 of Nigeria have been gazetted. Click here to visit and download the Finance Act.

    According to Section 27 of The Finance Act 2019, Section 33 of Personal Income Tax Act has been amended by deleting subsections 4, 5 and…

  • Sierra Leone: New tax tables – Effective 1 January 2020

    The income threshold on which tax is payable by employees and sole traders has been adjusted, following the enactment of the Finance Act 2020.

    Below is the new tax tables for the 2020 tax year, effective 1 January 2020:

    In addition to the above changes…

  • Zimbabwe: Correction of August to December tax tables (Highest marginal rate change from 45% to 40%)

    Based on the information confirmed with ZIMRa (Zimbabwe Revenue Authority), the highest tax rate is 45% and is currnetly implemented on Release 5.3a.

    According to the latest information released on 20 September 2019 by ZIMRA:

    "The highest tax rate of…