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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…

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…

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…

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,…

I am really concerned about this tool. It is inconsistant. Example: You run the tool and it displays the red error columns and the adjustment totals. If you run the tool again, figures change to R1-00. How is this possible? The next question I have…

We have received numerous enquiries related to ETI during employer EMP501 filing season. Some of the queries reported: The system was setup to calculate ETI but no ETI was claimed on the declaration (EMP501 does not balance) Changes were made to…

When you run the IRP5/IT3a Report to generate the tax certificates, the ETI values for the months of January 2019 and February 2019 is zero, and not included on the export. On all other reports the ETI values are included for the mentioned months…

The Minister of Finance has designated the following 6 Special Economic Zones in Government Gazette 41759, effective 1 August 2018 : • Coega Special Economic Zone (COE) • Dube Tradeport Special Economic Zone (DTP) • East London Special Economic…