Sage VIP & Sage 200c VIP Support Snippets January 2019

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Our employees will be receiving their annual increase in January. How can I easily implement a fixed % increase for everyone?

Increases must be given on payroll before any other input is processed. This is especially important as the new rates need to reflect on VIP first, so that earnings like overtime, shift allowances and other variable earnings will calculate on the higher rate per hour. VIP has a global increase feature which allows users to easily apply a fixed percentage increase for everyone.

When are the online equity reports due?

The deadline for the submission of online equity reports is 15 January 2019. Submit your reports timeously to avoid hefty penalties.

When starting a new period, the following message appears: "The number of weeks left in the tax year is not sufficient." What does this mean?

There are few scenarios relating to why this message will display.

Leave pay was activated for all our employees in December, but some of our employees have returned to work earlier than the 4 weeks originally planned. Are there any implications of deactivating leave pay now?

Yes, a special tax calculation is applied when leave pay is activated to ensure that the tax is calculated correctly when the additional earnings are paid. When leave pay is then deactivated, the VIP system will recalculate the tax immediately. Further payroll corrections are also required.

Note. Leave pay is only applicable to weekly/biweekly payrolls.

I cannot start a new period as there are separate payslip differences on a few of my employees. How do I make the corrections? 

Differences will arise when input was processed after the separate payslips were paid and frozen

Is there an import file to update the leave calendar for the Africa public holidays (Non RSA tax countries)?

Yes, we have created files for import into the various non RSA payrolls.

The RSA leave import file can also be accessed here.