Good day

I would advise that you request a remote consultation to assist with the ETI changes.

Click here to book a consultant.

The consultant can assist and make sure all the changes were applied and the ETI is correct on the system.

Hi S02907,

Were you able to resolve your ETI issue?

The step you were referring to is to activate the Wage Regulating Measure - since the national minimum wage is an hourly rate, the application needs to compare the employees rate of pay with the minimum wage code they are linked to, to be able to determine if the employee fulfills the qualifying factor. The option described is to activate this using the Global Function. This can also be flagged on the Employee Information screen (IS) to activate the Wage Regulating Measure per employee.

Please let us know if this was resolved.

Finally something I can use, too!!  I had the same issue after installing 5.4C. The above helped.

My next question is: For April, ETI calculated at R1 500, but now that the update is installed, for April, it shows R1 750. When I do my SARS return, do I claim R2 000 for May instead of the R1 750 calculated for May, to recoup the additional R250 for April? 

Hi DMB007,

That is correct. I have included the information we received which in line with what you suggested.

During the conversion to Release 5.4c, the system will do a recalculation of ETI values on the ETI History screen, to adjust the ETI values. To view the values, refer to the ETI COVID report (Main Menu > Reports > Audit Reports > ETI COVID Report) for more details on the changes. More details on this report is available on the product release notes.

• If ETI for April 2020 is more than previously declared and utilised (which should be the case) just add the additional ETI for April as “ETI calculated” on the May EMP201. Therefore, the 6-monthly reconciliation period will balance. If you decide to add the ETI to the brought forward value on the May 2020 EMP201 then the April 2020 EMP201 must be resubmitted to reflect the correct values so that the carried forward of the previous month is the brought forward of the current month which is not correct procedure to follow – just add to the current month’s (May) EMP201 because it is in the same 6-month reconciliation period.Please make not of this for reconciliation purposes during midyear and annual EMP501 submissions.
• If the ETI is less (which should not be the case) then April EMP201 must be restated with the corrected value and payment must be made to SARS (see extract from SARS website below) and also see page 51 of the Sage Payroll Pocket Guide.

If you are unsure of how to allocate or revise your EMP201 on eFiling, please discuss with your accountant or tax practitioner, or contact SARS for assistance