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From time to time, Sage receives requests from customers to assist with the process to adjust the final tax deductions on some employees. These changes are not recommend, as this might result in rejected tax certificates. The South African Revenue…

We are aware that some employers have been getting failed employee taxes validation (ETV) errors for invalid directive dates issued after submitting the EMP501 Reconciliation, even though the directive dates on the tax certificates are correct. SARS…

For the 2021/2022 year of assessment, SARS is performing ‘back-end’ payroll taxes calculations (validation process on PAYE and SDL) on the IRP5/IT3(a) certificates after the submission of the EMP501. If any errors are found by SARS, the employer will…

From the 2020 year of assessment, SARS is performing payroll taxes calculation validations on the IRP5/IT3(a) certificates. Where it is found that the incorrect amount of taxes were withheld/contributed, a letter will be issued, accompanied by a file…