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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…

Find our recently updated (as of August 2021) guide here: Covid-19 Relief Measures Affecting Payroll - All you need to know

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…

We are aware of the following known issue on the ETI Validation tool on Release 5.6a/b Description of Problem: For any year other than 2020, the Covid-19 ETI tax relief measures should not be applied in calendar month 4, 5, 6 and 7 (April, May, June…

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…

The Minister of Employment and Labour has withdrawn the Covid-19 TERS (Temporary Employee/Employer Relief Scheme) effective 15 October 2020.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…

The Disaster Management Tax Relief Act and the Disaster Management Tax Relief Administration Act were published on 5 November 2020. Click here for an updated document to reference the Acts and to include the extension of the PAYE deferral. Although…

SARS published a notice on their website on 7 October regarding the payment of deferred amounts. See original post here . A new notice regarding the repayment of the deferred PAYE amounts was published by SARS on 26 October 2020. View the notice…

If the update to Release 5.4c was not installed in May 2020, but installed in June or later, year to date corrections must be made to remove the SDL values for May (or any other month within the 4 month SDL payment holiday period). Find out how to complete…

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the declaration of Covid-19, in terms of the National Disaster Management Act, as a national disaster subsist or until withdrawn by the Minister, whichever…

SARS published a notice regarding the repayment of the deferred PAYE amounts. View the notice here . We are aware that there have been questions on the forums related to this subject. Should you have any inquiries, please contact SARS .

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 …

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…

SARS published a notice on their website on August 2020 informing employers that the Covid-19 PAYE deferral is extended to include August 2020. The amended Disaster Management Tax Relief Administration Bill containing this amendment has not yet been…

If the update to Release 5.4c was not installed in May 2020, but installed in June or later, year to date corrections must be made to remove the SDL values for May (or any other month within the 4 month SDL payment holiday period). Follow the steps…

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…

31 August 2020 marks the end of the SDL payment holiday, which was implemented as a Covid-19 tax relief measure. The following actions are required: - Once your payrolls are in month of September 2020, update the SDL from 0% to 1% on the Basic Company…

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There has been a few questions and enquiries about dealing with The PAGSA has asked SARS for confirmation about ‘Covid-19 disaster relief organisations’ payments due to number 28-30 on their FAQ page. These payments are made from the ‘SMME relief…

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…

National Treasury and SARS published a second draft Disaster Management Tax Relief Bill on 19 May 2020. This revised draft Bill contains the information i.r.o the further proposed tax relief measures as announced by the President . To view the responded…

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.

The Department of Employment and Labour has published a TERS Guide on what happens after application. Please click here to view their guide.

We have received inquiries regarding the awaited software update (Release 5.4c) required for the RSA SDL and ETI changes as published in the Amendment Bills on 1 May 2020. The scheduled date for release has been 21 May 2020, however the release…

On 14 May 2020, the Rwanda Revenue Service made a public announcement to all private schools and taxpayers operating in tourism and hotel sector, registered on Pay As You Earn(PAYE). The PAYE tax for employees earning up to FRW150 000 net salary* is…