• TERS Benefit Extended - Online submission template

    The Minster of Employment and Labour has extended the TERS benefit from 16 March 2021 to 25 July 2021. Click to read more TERS Benefit Extended Our Product Delivery Team have reviewed the TERS Extension Employer Letter dated 18 July 2021, and an updated…
  • TERS Benefit Extended

    The Minster of Employment and Labour has extended the TERS benefit from 16 March 2021 to 25 July 2021. Please click here to view the new Direction. Currently no new CVS template has been made available by the Fund for this application period and it…
  • TERS Benefit Extended - Update

    The Minster of Employment and Labour has published a new Direction. Please click here to view the new Direction. The changes contained in the new Direction are indicated in red in the original sage city post: TERS Benefit Extended from 16 October…
  • TERS extension letter to employers dated 06/04/2021

    We are aware that some employers have received TERS letters dated 06/04/2021. The letter was sent by the Department of Employment and Labour to all employers registered for TERS earlier this month related to claims on the online portal The information…
  • TERS Benefit Extended from 16 October 2020 to 15 March 2021

    The Minster of Employment and Labour has extended the TERS benefit from 16 October 2020 to 15 March 2021. Please click here to view the new Direction. The Fund has created a new template with one change to column O (Remuneration for Work Done or Work…
  • Withdrawal of TERS Effective 15 October 2020

    The Minister of Employment and Labour has withdrawn the Covid-19 TERS (Temporary Employee/Employer Relief Scheme) effective 15 October 2020. Qualifying employers can claim TERS for qualifying employees until 15 October 2020, after this, TERS will no…
  • TERS Benefit Extended until 15 November 2020

    According to Government Gazette 43693 , the TERS benefit shall remain in operation for as long as the declaration of Covid-19, in terms of the National Disaster Management Act, as a national disaster subsist or until withdrawn by the Minister, whichever…
  • Sage200cVIP Classic Premier Newsflash for September 2020

    Click here to view the Sage200cVIP Classic Premier Newsflash for September 2020
  • New deadlines for TERS benefit applications

    TERS benefit applications for March 2020 to May 2020 will close on 25 September 2020, TERS benefit applications for June 2020 will close on 15 October 2020, and TERS benefit applications for July to 15 September 2020 will close 30 October 2020 …
  • TERS benefits extended until 15 September 2020

    The Minister of Employment and Labour published a new TERS Direction. This Direction is effective 16 August 2020 and shall remain in operation for as long as the declaration of the Covid-19, in terms of the National Disaster Management Act, as a national…
  • C19 TERS Report: Updated report now available with new selection option "BCEA Remuneration" (for period 1 June - 15 August)

    An updated version to the TERS Data Report is now available on the Software Downloads page (31/08/2020). This version of the report includes the following changes: The option to select BCEA Remuneration as UIF Remuneration. The values extracted…
  • C19 TERS Report: Extension of TERS benefit and new TERS Direction (19/08/2020)

    The South African Minister of Employment and Labour published a new TERS Direction . This Direction is effective 27 June 2020 and extends the TERS benefits until 15 August 2020 with new rules. Below is a summary of the changes/new information. Categories…
  • Extension of Temporary Employee/Employer Relief Scheme (TERS) benefit until 15 August 2020

    The Department of Employment and Labour Ministry has extended the TERS benefit until the 15th of August 2020, to align with the extension of the national state of disaster by the President of the Republic of South Africa.. The benefit structure and…
  • TERS Report: Updated report now available with an additional option "UIF Remuneration" for the field Leave Income (during Shutdown)

    An updated version to the TERS Data Report is now available on the Software Downloads page (06/07/2020). This version of the report includes the option to include the current month's UIF Remuneration in the Leave Income/Remuneration (during Shutdown…
  • Sage200cVIP Classic Premier Newsflash for June 2020

    Click here to view the Sage200cVIP Classic Premier Newsflash for June 2020.
  • Important Update: TERS and 'Covid-19 relief fund organisation' payment IRP5 codes

    On 23 April 2020, SARS released the original PAYE BRS (V19.3) which confirmed the IRP5 code to be used for TERS payments (i.e. IRP5 code 3724). On 25 April 2020, SARS published FAQ’s for employers to explain the tax relief measures. This page has been…
  • Covid-19 TERS: Benefit Application Process Guideline video published by the Department of Employment and Labour

    The Department of Employment and Labour has published a YouTube video explaining and illustrating the online TERS application procedure. Please click here to view the video.
  • UIF Guide: TERS Benefits - what happens after application

    The Department of Employment and Labour has published a TERS Guide on what happens after application. Please click here to view their guide.
  • C19 TERS (Temporary Employee/Employer Relief Scheme) - Amended Directive released 15/05/2020

    The Minister of Employment and Labour has issued a new amended TERS Directive . Previous posts related to the TERS Directive: COVID-19 Temporary Employee/Employer Relief Scheme (RSA) (Release 26/03/2020) C19 TERS (Temporary Employee/Employer Relief…
  • Important information in preparation of Release 5.4c (to be released towards end of May 2020)

    The South African Ministry of Finance published the revised draft Disaster Management Tax Relief Bill and draft Disaster Management Tax Administration Relief Bill on 1 May 2020. Additional relief and changes to existing measure and calculations were…
  • New C19 TERS report for Sage Classic, Sage Premier and Sage 200c VIP

    A new C19 TERS report is now available for Sage Classic, Sage Premier and Sage 200c VIP. The report is generate from your Reports and Maintenance menu, and does not require ODBC to extract data. This report replaces the interim ODBC report solution…
  • C19 TERS (Temporary Employee/Employer Relief Scheme) - Amended Directive released 04/05/2020

    The South African Minister of Employment and Labour has issued a new amended TERS Directive . Al the changes in the new directive are indicated in red. Summary of changes: If the employer should close its operations (or part of its operations…
  • C19 TERS Report for Sage Classic, Sage Premier and Sage 200c VIP - New TERS report to be released next week

    During this unprecedented and uncertain time it may be difficult for you to keep up with the various changes and interpretations on the Covid 19 Temporary Employee/Employer Relief Scheme. Equally, the same on how to use your Sage Payroll application to…
  • C19 TERS Report: FAQ documents and Solution User Guide made available by the Department of Employment and Labour

    The Department of Employment and Labour (DoEL) has published a new TERS FAQ document and a TERS Solution User Guide . These documents contain more information on how the TERS benefit is calculated, which employees and employers qualify for the benefit…
  • C19 TERS Report requirements - clarification

    Over the past few weeks we have posted various information on Sage City. Below are the links to all the posts covering the relevant topics around the relief options available, with many of them containing overlapping content: COVID-19 Temporary…