C19 Ters Proof of Payment to UIF

SUGGESTED

Good day, 

I would like to know which report I can use to proof to UIF I paid my employees. We did not pay out the UIF money in rands but we converted the Ters Payments into Leave. The employees that received payments didnt have to take 22 day leave but less. So we used the Ters money in the following way:

"An employer, who has required an employee to take annual leave during the period of the lockdown in terms of the BCEA may set off any amount received from the UIF in respect of that employee’s Covid-19 benefit against the amount paid to the employee in respect of annual leave provided that the employee is credited with the proportionate entitlement to paid annual leave in the future."

So in other words our employees did not receive the money in Rand but in leave. I confirmed with a VIP consultant and this is how I handled the TERS payment.

Ters Amount Received from UIF devided by the Employees Day rate as per the increase screen = the days paid by UIF

Then I prosessed a Leave Transaction as follow (Lockdown was 22 days/ Ters paid for instance 7 days out,then I only procesd leave of 15 days)

Then I entered the Ters amount in earnings TERS UIF Payout and Deductions Advance.

How will I now be able to proof to TERs I paid all the TERs money to my Employees?

Your assitace will be greatly appreciate!

  • 0

    Hi I3Group,

    I don't have a answer for you from my side, but I have asked a few people for advice in this regard. We will respond as soon as possible.

  • 0 in reply to Francois Brand

    Thank you Francois, do you perhaps have an answer yet?

  • 0 in reply to I3Group
    SUGGESTED

    So from what we understand is that the employer made the employees take annual leave in terms of BCEA.

    Based on the new TERS Directive, the TERS amount can be set-off against leave, if the employer refunds the same ratio as leave days.

     

    We assume that you deducted it again as an advance since the employee already received the payment, if this is not the case, please let us know.

    In our opinion, you can send the payslips showing the TERS earning line, proof of net salaries paid to the employees, and then create an affidavit on a letter head, explaining that the TERS amount was set-off against the annual leave and that the leave days were refunded. Alternatively you should contact the DoEL to confirm what you can send as proof of payment if TERS has been set-off against annual leave.

    Please take special note that this is our opinion, and you will need to confirm with the Department of Labour whether this will be acceptable.