• South Africa: Covid-19 relief measures affecting the payroll - All you need to know

    Due to the COVID-19 pandemic, declared as a national disaster, various relief measures were announced and published. Sage release a guide on https://www.sage.com/en-za/coronavirus availble to customers to discuss and explain the relief measures and…
  • 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…
  • Botswana: Covid-19 Wage Subsidy Claim Form is available to download (updated 11/05/2020)

    The Minister of Finance has announced a wage subsidy for certain business registered for tax effective April 2020 until June 2020. The Wage Subsidy Claim Form will be available as a selection on your Botswana Reports - COVID-19 Wage Subsidy Claim Form…
  • Swaziland: Covid-19 Employment Contingency Measures

    The Ministry of Labour published a statement containing employment contingency measures in response to the Covid-19 National Emergency. Click here to view the statement. The following employment measures shall be observed by employers and workers…
  • Namibia: National Employment and Salary Protection Scheme for Covid-19 - guidelines to complete application

    The Namibian Social Security Commission has implemented the National Employment and Salary Protection Scheme for Covid-19 (SSC Stimulus Package) on 27 April 2020. Click here to view our original post. The Namibian Social Security has published some…
  • Botswana Covid-19 Wage Subsidy - how should the payments be treated on the payroll?

    Sage has received confirmation from Botswana Unified Revenue Service (BURS) that the wage subsidy should be included in the employee’s employment income/remuneration and is subject to PAYE. BURS has also created a list of officers who are able/responsible…
  • Skills Development Levy (SDL): Payment holiday May to August 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. Click on the link below to read more and access the Draft Bills: Revised Disaster…
  • Revised Disaster Management Tax Relief Bill and draft Disaster Management Tax Administration Relief Bill published on 1 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. To view the Draft Bills, click on the link below: https://www.sars.gov.za…
  • Namibia: National Employment and Salary Protection Scheme for Covid-19

    The Namibian Social Security Commission has implemented the National Employment and Salary Protection Scheme for Covid-19 (SSC Stimulus Package) on 27 April 2020. This is an employment scheme designed to dissuade employers from retrenching employees…
  • Lesotho: Covid-19 Relief Measures Affecting Payroll

    Following an announcement by the Government of Lesotho to assist businesses with relief measures to mitigate the economic impact of Covid-19, certain tax relief measures have been introduced for tax compliant businesses. Please click here to view the…
  • Angola: Covid-19 Social Security measures – effective from April 2020

    Presidential Decree No. 98/20, of 9/04 , following the declaration of the State of Emergency, resulting from the World Pandemic (COVID-19), established a set of measures to support the economy and families. Within the scope of social security (INSS…
  • 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…
  • Kenya: Covid-19 Relief measure as from 25 April 2020 - New tax file available (updated 28/04/2020)

    President of the Republic of Kenya outlined the measures the government intends to make to cushion the country against the economic effects of COVID-19. He assented to the Tax Laws (Amendment) Act, 2020 on 25 April 2020. See attached. The Tax Laws …
  • New IRP5 codes for TERS payments and contributions by employers on behalf of employees towards Covid-19 disaster relief funds

    SARS published a new PAYE Business Requirements Specification V19.3 on 23 April 2020: 23 April 2020 - Updated PAYE BRS for Employer Reconciliation (2020 release) version 19.03 The PAYE BRS for Employer Reconciliation (2020 release) has been updated…
  • 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…
  • Covid-19 relief measures on Skills Levy Contributions (23 April 2020)

    President Cyril Ramaphosa's addressed the nation on 21 April 2020 regarding Covide-19 economic and social relief measures. See the link below for details: https://www.gov.za/speeches/president-cyril-ramaphosa-additional-coronavirus-covid-19-economic…
  • 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…
  • Botswana Covid-19 Wage Subsidy

    The Minister of Finance has announced a wage subsidy for certain business registered for tax (irrespective whether they ow tax) effective April 2020 until June 2020. Please click here to view the guidelines for the Covid-19 wage subsidy. Qualifying…
  • Software update: Release 5.4b for Sage Classic, Sage Premier and Sage 200c VIP is now available to to download

    The latest version for Sage Classic, Sage Premier and Sage 200c VIP is available to download on the Customer Zone from 20 April 2020 . This is not a compulsory update, however, must be installed by the following users: RSA: Skill Module users …
  • C19 TERS applications can only be submitted online (17/04/2020)

    Please note that employers must apply for TERS online at https://uifecc.labour.gov.za/covid19/ Employers can no longer apply for TERS via email as previously communicated. Application procedure: The employers shall apply by reporting their closure…
  • UIF-Covid 19 TERS National Disaster Application system now available (14/04/2020) - Updated 17/04/2020

    The Department of Employment and Labour (DoEL) has created an online system for TERS applications. Please see link below to access the online system. https://uifecc.labour.gov.za/covid19/ The users can either apply using the online system or email…
  • C19 TERS (Temporary Employee/Employer Relief Scheme) Export Report available to download (updated 06/05/2020)

    During the COVID-19 lockdown period, most companies have shut down/closed and for some employers it is not economically possible to continue to pay employees. In this case, the Department of Employment and Labour (DoEL) have created a special benefit…
  • C19 TERS (Temporary Employee/Employer Relief Scheme) - Amended Directive released 08/04/2020

    The Minister of Employment and Labour published an amended TERS Directive (Notice 240 of 2020) on 08 April 2020. Refer to the original post: COVID-19 Temporary Employee/Employer Relief Scheme (RSA) All the changes from the original post is highlighted…
  • C19 TERS Report (Temporary Employee/Employer Relief Scheme) - Interim report solution available (Release 06/04/2020) - Updated 09/04/2020

    The Department of Employment and Labour (DoEL) recently made the C19 TERS export report template available in order to extract information for the payroll. (see original post here ) The Sage development teams are awaiting confirmation for certain fields…
  • Draft Disaster Management Tax Relief and Relief Administration Bill (published 1 April 2020)

    The following information was published on 1 April 2020 and is available on the SARS website ( https://www.sars.gov.za/Media/Pages/CoronaVirus.aspx ): "Following the media statement issued by the Minister of Finance on 29 March 2020 on Tax Measures…