Resubmission of EMP501 and Tax Certificates which reflect Solidarity Fund donations, by 9 July 2021

As part of our continued effort to always keep you compliant and signal potential issues which may affect your business, we noted a recent issue which warrants this blog post.

The information in this post is aimed at employers who may have facilitated donations by employees to the Solidarity Fund, between 1 April and 30 September 2020, via their payroll.

SARS Notice

Last week SARS released updated software to enable the filing season of individuals and trusts that commenced on 1 July 2021.

As part of the testing cycle during the release, it was discovered that e@syfile incorrectly processed EMP501 source code 4055 data, which relates to employee donations to the Solidarity Fund through their respective payroll systems.

SARS has apologised for the error and will be taking steps to have the issue resolved and the errors corrected.

Resubmission of EMP501 data

To address the issue, it will be required that affected employers resubmit their EMP501 data to SARS. Resubmitting the data is the only way that SARS will be able to recognise the donations by employees for tax purposes during the upcoming filing season. It is essential that donations to the Solidarity Fund are reported on the tax certificate against code 4055.

SARS has urged all affected employers to resubmit by Friday 9 July 2021 to enable them to process the data successfully.

If you have any queries about this or are unsure if you are affected, please call the SARS Contact Centre on 0800 00 7277.

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