Sage VIP Classic and Sage VIP Premier

Botswana has enacted/promulgated the Income Tax Amendment Act of 2024, effective 15 January 2024. The amendments increase the tax exemption from one third to 50% for certain lumpsums received by an employee, below is summary of the changes: Gratuity…

A patch file has been released for Sage VIP Classic and Sage VIP Premier Release 6.0a and 6.0b and is available on the Sage Portal . The patch file includes an updated Excel template for the Botswana ITW8 Pre-printed stationary, where the page breaks…

The new tax rates for Botswana have been published in the Income Tax Amendment Act, 2021 and are effective 1 July 2021. Please click here to view the Income Tax Amendment Act and click here to view the Income Tax Amendment Act Commencement Order. …

A new report template has been made available for download. When the ITW10 report is generated for the current tax year, the report includes employees who do not form part of the current year submission. Before installing the software, take note…

Click here to view the Sage200cVIP Classic Premier Newsflash for July 2020

Click here to view the Sage200cVIP Classic Premier Newsflash for June 2020.

When printing the ITW7a Online Submission from release 5.4c+, employees who were terminated 5 years ago are now incorrectly included in the report. A new Report template has been made available for download, please click here to visit the software downloads…

BURS has published a notification that the PAYE submission deadline of the 15th of April and the 15th of May 2020 has been extended to the 30 th of June 2020. This extension is due to technical problems experienced with the transition to the new Tax…

The latest version for Sage Classic and Sage Premier is available to download on the Customer Zone from 1 June 2020. The initial version Release 5.4c was replaced with Release 5.4c+ as from 2 June 2020, in order to rectify an ETI recalculation issue…

The latest version for Sage Classic and Sage Premier is available to download on the Customer Zone from 29 May 2020. The initial version Release 5.4c was replaced with Release 5.4c+ as from 2 June 2020, in order to rectify an ETI recalculation issue…

We have received more details on the software release date for Release 5.4c. Product Scheduled Release Date Sage Classic / Sage Premier 29 May 2020 Premier ESS 10.2 (compatible with 5.4c)* 29 May 2020 (afternoon only) Premier…

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…

The Botswana Unified Revenue Service (BURS) issued a notice stating that the new Lekgetho Live Tax Management System will go live on the 11 th of May 2020. Click here to view the notice. In preparation for the switch-over, Domestic Tax related systems…

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…

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…

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 …

The Botswana Unified Revenue Service (BURS) issued a notice stating that the new Lekgetho Live Tax System that was schedule to go live on 1 April 2020 has been postponed until further notice. Please click here to view the notice and details on postponement…