Quite a crowd. SARS has taken the whole Gateway cinema complex for the show here in Durban.
Quite a crowd. SARS has taken the whole Gateway cinema complex for the show here in Durban.
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AND..............well, c'mon...what did you learn? Can't wait for the quick and sensible low-down.
Well, they spoke about (as opposed to demonstrated) the changes and updates in e@syFile and covered the incoming penalty system on late PAYE returns kicking in from 3rd June (or thereabouts) for about 45 minutes.
From there they answered questions, some of which were pretty interesting - but after an hour it did get a little tedious (alternatively translated as "I left for a comfort break and failed to return").
Let me cover the penalty issue first. What they're introducing is a per-month late penalty similar to what they've done with income tax returns. But at 10% of the value* per month as penalty, being late on returns is going to get really expensive!
*For late EMP501 returns we're talking 10% of the annual value! I didn't catch what the EMP201 late return penalty would be based on, but it's clear they're not playing games here.
The two main new features of e@syFile are getting the income tax numbers of individuals imported from SARS, and then dealing with adjustments on your EMP501 recon.
I think the main take-aways are this:
- Start early on the EMP501 recon. You could hit snags along the way so don't count on it being a breeze and leave it for the last day.
- Start by making sure your employee detail data is up to date.
- Capture the payment and deduction info for the full tax year in the end-of-year recon.**
- Make sure the PAYE value per certificates balances with the PAYE payments made during the year on the EMP501. (If it doesn't, there's an adjustment tool that you'll have to use).
- Backup the database before you upgrade e@syFile. In fact, backup the db before (and after) doing anything significant.
**The subject of the interim recon filed in August 2010 did come up and they did try to justify the excercise - not a very convincing argument though. Certainly nothing important enough to justify having the entire nation's employers fiddling through the process twice a year. Some cr*p about they didn't want employers scratching for information too long after the event.
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Oh joy - importing employee income tax numbers looks like a real stuff-up.
Last night I tried to update all my staff's income tax numbers via e@syFile and it didn't go well.
No problem, I thought. They did say it could take up to 24 hours for someone previously unregistered to propogate a number and just try again later.
So tonight I did.
This is the message for someone who wasn't registered yesterday:
I thought e@asyFile was supposed to import the income tax number! This is not working as advertised.
But wait - it gets better.
Here is the message when I tried to import the income tax number for someone I know has been registered for income tax for years!
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