SARS announces 2011 Employer Filing Season

[Dave A]

Oh FFS! Now the latest version is 4.3.3.

Apparently there was a problem with the synchronisation script in 4.3.2 - which is why the income tax numbers weren't being updated

This time it better work!

[Martinco]

Does this mean I must now download and install again ?

[Dave A]

Yes - and to help improve your humour, so far it hasn't worked out very well.

On my first install attempt it crashed my laptop. I had to revert to a restore point, uninstall 4.3.2 again and install 4.3.3 again.

After that Synchronise just hung the first time I tried it - I gave it half an hour then logged out.
Second time Synchronise only had one error - unable to update income tax reference numbers
Third time (and this happened while I'm online reading and typing this content now) it tells me I'm working in an offline state and I should try again when I'm online.

I'm taking the rest of the day off - from SARS e@syfiling anyway

[Martinco]

I am supposed to do mine on Monday but reading this I think I am postponing this exercise.

[Dave A]

I just had another shot just on the off-chance.

Synchronisation did not return the two missing income tax numbers and when I do the IT reg it returns *Taxpayer not verified*

Enough is enough. I'm sending the two of them into SARS on Monday with strict instructions that they are not to return without their income tax numbers. I've had enough of working for SARS...

[Martinco]

Dave,

Have you managed to get your Efiling done with 4.3.3 ?
I am attempting tomorrow !

[Martinco]

Yes also FFS ! I have now downloaded twice and both times when unpacking " the file is corrupt ! " These guys are p*ss*ng me off now !

[Dave A]

I got there in the end (I think).

• EMP501's for 2011 period 2 are now submitted.
• I have an income tax reference number for every employee, although I did have to send a couple of them into SARS and get them to register the old fashioned face-to-face way - so about an 80% success rate for registration of employees for income tax via the e@syfile program.
• The synchronisation button did produce an income tax number for all but one employee who was already registered for income tax in the end. I solved that by insisting the staff member provide me his income tax number.
• IRP5's and IT3a's all seemed to generate fine.
• My EMP501 returns balance within a few cents.

However, my PAYE dashboard seems to indicate problems (minor - under R10.00 nett discrepancy somewhere) and the recon assistant doesn't seem to be working at this stage.
I think there might be a historical reconciliation problem from a prior period

So in summary, not exactly what I'd call e@sy

I think I'm going to wander past a SARS office sometime in the next few days with my laptop, check everything is as it should be and iron out any wrinkles, current or historical.