The August 2017 Employer Interim Reconciliation filing season is now open and will run until 31 October 2017. This is, in essence, where you will reconcile your EMP501s and IRP5s / IT3(a)s with payments made to SARS.
Another exciting new feature has just gone live! We have added two brand new user roles, which will enable you to exercise greater control over what users can see and do on the system.
We are very excited to announce the introduction of a new payslip design. All of the same payslip features and functionalities that you have become accustomed to will still be available.
We have just released a new feature that enables you to post ETI Utilised with the click of a button - no more need to do manual journals for this in Xero.
There has recently been an increase in the limit that must be used when UIF benefits are calculated. However, the limit for monthly contributions has not changed yet. The maximum monthly contributions are still R148.72 for employer and employee. As soon as a change to the contribution limit is announced, our system will be updated to keep you compliant.
SARS has announced that the 2017 Employer Annual Reconciliation filing season will run from 18 April 2017 to 31 May 2017. This is, in essence, where you will reconcile your EMP501s and IRP5s / IT3(a)s with payments made to SARS.
The deadline for the OID / Workman’s Comp submission has been extended to 31 May 2017. In addition, the maximum amount of earnings per employee subject to assessment will increase to R403 500 from 1 April 2017.
With SimplePay you’re always compliant! We’ve already updated our system with the tax changes announced in the budget speech on 22 February 2017. You can continue processing as usual and no special year-end procedures are required.
Amongst all the big updates that always come with the start of a new financial year, our tenacious developers have been able to sneak in some small but very useful features that we’re hoping will make your life just that little bit easier.
The 1st of March 2016 brought with it a number of significant changes that will affect employees with pension, provident and retirement annuity funds. This legislation introduces a uniform tax treatment for all three of the above-mentioned funds (total taxable income deduction limited to 27.5% of income, with an annual cap of R350 000).
