Avoid penalties by being prepared for the SARS interim PAYE reconciliation...
The bi-annual company tax return season opens on 1 September 2013 and it makes sense for companies to prepare their mandatory information in August to avoid SARS e@syFile rejections and late submission...
View ArticlePayroll software subscription offering helps small businesses
Subscription is here, making it affordable for start-up and SME businesses to automate their payroll. With payroll subscription users pay a low monthly fee and don’t incur the usual initial investment...
View ArticleSage South Africa launches new business unit for HR and payroll software and...
Sage South Africa has announced the launch of Sage HR Africa, a new business unit for HR and payroll software and services in Africa. This comes as a result of Sage’s drive to expand operations in...
View ArticleTax time again for SA companies as SARS interim PAYE reconciliation is due by...
All RSA companies are required to submit their SARS interim PAYE reconciliation that is due from 01 September – 31 October 2013, including their employee tax certificates and EMP501 reconciliations for...
View ArticleOctober deadline looms for 2013 company employment equity return submissions
All designated employers who employ 50 or more employees or whose turnover value exceeds the annual thresholds must submit Employment Equity reports this year. Employers may deliver printed reports to...
View ArticleSmartphone software application simplifies payroll and HR for companies and...
We live in an era where most individuals, everyday use their smartphone to call, sms, WhatsApp, Facebook you name it. Many experts in the industry believe that global mobile internet usage is projected...
View ArticleCompanies should submit interim reconciliations by end October to avoid SARS...
All companies, small, medium and large, have to submit their SARS interim reconciliation returns for the period 1 March to 31 August 2013 before the end of this month. Should they not make the 31...
View ArticleSage Pastel wins Accounting,Payroll and HR software categories at the 2013...
Sage Pastel, comprising Sage Pastel Accounting and Sage Pastel Payroll & HR, racked up impressive achievements this year in the software category of the fourth annual Channelwise Awards. Impartial...
View ArticleSage survey reveals challenges and solutions for payroll administration in SA...
The 2013 Sage Business Index (SBI) survey globally interviewed more than 11 000 SME business decision-makers, revealing that SMEs generally agree that excessive Government bureaucracy and legislation...
View ArticleSelf service leave tool ensures efficient leave planning and processing
With the end of the year in sight companies face the administrative burden of making the complex calculations related to determining the correct leave pay due to employees. The Basic Conditions of...
View ArticleSARS Employment Tax Incentive comes into force in January 2014
The Employment Tax Incentive (ETI) initiative devised by the Minister of Finance as part of the Wage Subsidy proposed in 2010, is being promulgated and will become effective from 1 January 2014....
View ArticleSARS Employment Tax Incentive comes into force in January 2014
The Employment Tax Incentive (ETI) initiative devised by the Minister of Finance as part of the Wage Subsidy proposed in 2010, is being promulgated and will become effective from 1 January 2014....
View ArticleR10,000 up for grabs as Sage Pastel Payroll and HR helps SA prepare for the...
Sage Pastel Payroll & HR is creating South Africa’s first-ever live infographic and you can win R10,000 by helping to build it. The infographic displays in real time what South Africans like you...
View ArticleSage Pastel Payroll and HR Budget 2014/15 commentary
Some tax relief for tax payers in the 2014/15 Budget Speech announcement Finance Minister Pravin Gordhan delivered no surprises in his Budget Speech on 26 February, favouring consistency and steadiness...
View ArticleHow did the Budget Speech affect the tax credits for medical scheme...
People older than 65 will also be subject to the medical aid tax credit system Finance Minister Pravin Gordhan delivered his Budget Speech on 26 February, favouring consistency and steadiness over...
View ArticleSage Pastel Payroll and HR infographic offers insights into South Africans’...
South Africa’s first-ever live infographic – created by Sage Pastel Payroll & HR – shows that few South Africans were surprised by the announcements made in Finance Minister Pravin Gordhan’s budget...
View ArticleMy Payroll Online enhanced with free support, multi-user log-in
Sage Pastel Payroll & HR has added new features to My Payroll Online to make it easier for entrepreneurs and small businesses to manage their payrolls using the software. These include support for...
View Article2014 SARS Employer Filing season now open
As a South African employer, you are required to reconcile and submit PAYE, UIF and SDL contributions for the period 01 March 2013 to 28 February 2014. You need to submit accurate and complete employee...
View ArticleConnected Services lightens the workload of HR and payroll managers
By Madelein van der Watt, Development Manager, Sage Pastel Payroll & HR If you are an HR manager or payroll administrator at an SME, you can now ease your ever-increasing workload with Connected...
View ArticleSage takes to the cloud on the power of Azure
Microsoft and Sage Pastel Accounting and Sage Pastel Payroll & HR today announced a partnership to provide a Microsoft Azure cloud platform solution that will enable Sage Pastel to build, deploy...
View Article
