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Written by BlueApplePartner Payroll   
Friday, 12 February 2010 11:54

 

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Extensive field and page help guides the user on functional input as well as provides legislative advise.

 

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Blue Apple Payroll will cater for all your legislative requirements with regards to PAYE, UIF, SDL, RSC, OID and these will be updated as and when new laws are promulgated.

 

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Monthly UIF declarations will be submitted to the department of labour on your behalf as well as Payroll history available for a period of five (5) years as per South African Legislation.

 

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AUDITS...

 

HR audits made easier through an Online Payroll System

HR audits should be done on a regular basis to establish whether employee and payroll issues are handled efficiently. In addition HR audits also have the benefit of identification of poor employee morale, sick leave patterns and high labour turn-over rates. In short audits are essential to ensure a healthy to an online payroll system as offered by Blue Apple Payroll where the factors below can be tracked will save time, cost and manpower regarding HR audits:

  • Leave applications
  • Sick leave days taken throughout the year
  • Training done
  • Employee complaints
  • Manager or Supervisor complaints
  • Performance appraisals
  • Labour turn-over
  • Promotions
  • Salary increases
  • Injuries at work
Rather than having to conduct hundreds of interviews and going through a pile of paper work to establish the above during HR audits make use of Blue Apple's Online Payroll System that ensures easy reporting on ALL of the above mentioned.

Companies have no reason to fear audits

Companies feel threatened by the audits and new requirements for reporting employee deductions from the South African Revenue Services (SARS). Companies fear that they will have to spend more on accountants and there will not be enough from profits to absorb the costs. SARS has supplied all employers with necessary tools and assistance on easy bookkeeping techniques to help reduce cost of accountants to small | medium and large companies. SARS have a video available to allow employers get a better grasp on the process and the software has been offered free of charge and assistance available to you from SARS in learning the program and processes.

TRAVEL Allowances under the spotlight for SARS Audits...

Payroll Administrators must take note that more SARS audits are to be expected on the front of travel allowances. There are multiple reasons why SARS can decide to audit Employee tax returns and Company payrolls on travel allowances. There are for instance, many employees that provide false mileage accounts or false distances, overestimate the distance traveled and for which purpose. Although regular SARS audits have been done in the past on travel allowances SARS will also investigate in future whether a person is entitled to forms of travel allowances at all. If SARS finds that an Employer under deducted because of unallowable travel allowances or salary structuring, the Employer may face penalties. As such it is recommended that payroll administrators find out exactly what is allowed and how much should be deducted from PAYE to prevent penalties.

Tax deduction tables as part of a Payroll System

SARS provides several tax deduction tables to help Employers fill in the correct tax deduction codes and of course also make the correct tax deductions and submissions. Problem with many payroll software solutions is that they need to be updated... If the user doesn't pay the annual license renewal fee you the Employer will not get the latest updates and thus risk using outdated tax deduction tables. Ignorance won't help a lot when an audit is called or when a company needs to pay heavy penalties for mistakes. Blaming it on the payroll software won't help either... The best remedy is prevention by making use of an online payroll solution that is guaranteed to be up to date with the latest tax deduction tables.

EMPLOYEE TAX

 

SARS doing its part in improving PAYE submissions

SARS is doing its part in improving Payroll and HR submissions. Some of the steps taken by SARS to improve payroll & PAYE submissions include:

  • Meeting with Employers struggling with the reconciliation forms
  • Holding workshops and seminars to inform Employers about regulations and help you with the e-filing system
  • Making payroll software available for tax submissions
  • Holding meetings with Employers that need help
  • Setting up call centre's to address concerns
Employers should get in contact with SARS with payroll reconciliation and PAYE submissions.

Register for Employee TAX

Small businesses should not take exemption for granted. If you don't fall in the category being exempt then make your way to SARS and follow the required steps to register. If not, you will face penalties, fines and possible imprisonment. As a Employer you must deduct the (PAYE) Pay As You Earn from your Employee's income. In addition you need to follow the correct procedure of splitting the tax between SITE and PAYE. Making use of our online payroll software solution offered by Blue Apple Payroll will help you make the correct split and deductions. Keep up to date with the latest regulations and ensure that you have the correct tools to get the payroll job done EFFICIENTLY.

Which electronic tax returns are available?

The SARS e-filing system has the aim of making electronic submission of taxes hassle free. As such SARS offers electronic filing for instance:

  • Provisional Tax & Secondary Tax
  • PAYE
  • UIF
  • Provisional Tax
  • VAT
  • Income Tax
  • Tax Clearance Certificate
  • Transfer Duty
  • Additional Payment
  • Tax Practitioner
  • Advanced Tax Ruling
  • Stamp Duty
Make payroll administration easier by using the e-filing system available from SARS. Blue Apple Payroll's online solution can be used streamline the process even further and thus ensuring timely submissions; helping to avoid penalties and possible prosecution.
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