• National Minimum Wage increase effective 1 March 2024

    The Minister of Employment and Labour published a Government Notice increasing the national minimum wage from R25.42 per hour to R27.58 per hour effective 1 March 2024. The R27.58 per hour rate also applies to farm workers and domestic workers, an…
  • National Minimum Wage increase effective 1 March 2023

    The Minister of Employment and Labour published a Government Notice (No. 3096, 21 February 2023) increasing the national minimum wage from R23.19 per hour to R25.42 per hour effective 1 March 2023. The R25.42 per hour rate also applies to farm workers…
  • 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…
  • ETI Validation Utility: Updated report for 2022/2023 tax year now available (7 April 2022)

    The updated Release 5.8a ETI Validation Utility for the 2022/2023 tax year is now available to download from the Sage Portal and Software Downloads page. The Utility has been updated with the ETI tables as from 1 March 2022, which was already included…
  • Tax Year-end 2021/2022 - ETI Validation utility not applying addition ETI tables (August 2021 - November 2021) during recalculation

    Take note - This post is only applicable to users who have updated their Tax Year-end 2021/2022 copy systems to Release 5.8a, and employers who registered with SARS for employee's tax purposes on or before 25 June 2021. Release 5.8a for Sage VIP Classic…
  • Employment Tax Incentive (ETI) - Amendment effective 1 March 2022 - ETI Remuneration

    There are a few amendments to ETI effective 1 March 2022. Firstly, the Minister of Finance announced an increase to the ETI values which may be claimed by qualifying employers, and a table with the ETI values was published soon thereafter. These values…
  • ETI Validation patch for Release 5.7a

    Customers claiming ETI must install the latest ETI Validation patch as soon as possible. We’ve identified a few scenarios which requires updated ETI payroll files to ensure that your ETI reflects accurately. What does the patch fix? It was established…
  • ETI Validation tool for Release 5.7a

    The updated ETI Validation tool for Release 5.7a is available on Software downloads (under Patch Files) and on the Sage Portal . Customers claiming ETI in the current tax year (TYE2021/2022) must download and save the ETITool_R57a.zip file, then extract…
  • Important notice – Reconciliation of ETI before Mid-year Submission

    With the introduction of additional Employment Tax Incentive relief during 2020, multiple software updates and required changes being implemented by the payroll administrator, we understand that many have found it difficult to reconcile their ETI easily…
  • ETI Change Update?

    I read an article indicating that the software update with the ETI changes, will be available from 23 August 2021, however no recent updates have been made available on the customer zone?
  • Covid-19 Relief Measures Affecting Payroll - All you need to know

    Find our recently updated (as of August 2021) guide here: Covid-19 Relief Measures Affecting Payroll - All you need to know
  • Release 5.7a - What you need to know

    The next software release (Release 5.7a) will be available early September 2021, which will include IRP5 changes and 2021 tax relief measures. Important Sage takes the security of customer data seriously and works proactively each day to prevent misuse…
  • South Africa: Tax Relief measures announced by President Cyril Ramaphosa on 25 July 2021

    In the President’s address to the Nation on 25 July 2021, he announced measures to support the recovery of the economy by – expanding the Employment Tax Incentive (ETI) for a period of four months to include any employee earning below R6 500 and to…
  • Patch file released | Known Issue: ETI Validation Tool applying COVID rules in the 2021 calendar year

    The following issue has been identified: Currently the ETI Validation tool applies the 2020 Covid-19 ETI tax relief measure rules for month 4, 5, 6 and 7 in the 2021 year (April 2021, May 2021, June 2021, and July 2021), which is incorrect. Read more…
  • Known Issue: ETI Validation Tool applying COVID rules in the 2021 calendar year

    We are aware of the following known issue on the ETI Validation tool on Release 5.6a/b Description of Problem: For any year other than 2020, the Covid-19 ETI tax relief measures should not be applied in calendar month 4, 5, 6 and 7 (April, May, June…
  • Important notice for customers who claimed ETI during the 2020-2021 tax year

    If you haven't submitted your EMP501 Annual Employer Reconciliation submission as yet, we recommend that you start the process by verifying your ETI data first. With the introduction of various Covid-19 tax relief measures at the start of lockdown,…
  • Release 5.6a: ETI Validation tool

    During the mid-year reconciliation period, it came to our attention that some customers Employment Tax Incentive (ETI) company setups were incorrect resulting in incorrect amounts being utilised. A new in-system tool is available from Release 5.5b for…
  • Sage 200c VIP, Sage Classic and Sage Premier- Support Newsflash February 2021

    Click here to download the Sage 200c VIP, Classic and Premier February Support Newsflash
  • Tax and ETI Amendments 2021 effective March 2021

    The Taxation Laws Amendment Act, 2020 and the Tax Administration Laws Amendment Act 2020 were published on 20 January 2021. The document explains the most important payroll related amendments according to these Acts. All changes are effective March…
  • National Minimum Wage Increase effective 1 March 2021

    The Minister of Employment and Labour published Government Gazette 44136 on 8 February 2021, amending the following: The National Minimum Wage Act (NMWA) Schedule 1 and Schedule 2 effective 1 March 2021 Effective 1 March 2021, the national minimum…
  • Known Issue: ETI Validation tool not responding on Step2 (Patch file available)

    The following issue has been identified which affect some users: When selecting to run Step two (Extract Data and Amend) on the ETI Validation tool, the system hangs in the following scenario: An employee with a Date engaged in a prior year, e.g.…
  • ETI Validation Tool is now available for Sage Classic and Sage Premier!

    During the mid-year reconciliation period, it came to our attention that some customers Employment Tax Incentive (ETI) company setups were incorrect resulting in incorrect amounts being utilised. A new system tool is now available for Sage Classic and…
  • Release 5.5b is now available on the Sage Portal for Sage Classic and Sage Premier!

    Release 5.5b for Sage Classic and Sage Premier is now available for download from the Sage Portal Release 5.5b is only mandatory for Ghana payrolls. It is strongly recommended that Lesotho users load the update by February 2021. All other tax countries…
  • Important information regarding ETI reconciliations and ETI validation errors

    Important – Companies claiming ETI please take note of the following: We recently released an ETI Validation report (for Classic and Premier only) . If you claim ETI, please ensure that you run this validation before beginning the EMP501 reconciliation…
  • ETI Validation Export: New ETI Take-on option for Sage Classic and Sage Premier is now available

    An updated ETI Take-on export report for Sage Classic and Sage Premier Release 5.5a has been made available on the Software Downloads page. The validation export will only include employees affected by the following scenarios: ETI incorrectly calculated…