The Generic Tax files for various African countries have been updated with the ‘Release PDF Tax Certificates to ESS’ functionality:

• Botswana
• DRC
• Eswatini
• Ghana
• Kenya
• Lesotho
• Malawi
• Mauritius
• Mozambique
• Namibia
• Tanzania
• Zambia
• Zimbabwe
• Zimbabwe USD 

The following countries have additional changes included in the updated Generic Tax Files –  please refer to the release notes for more detail:

• DRC – Performance improvement for the Employee IPR Annual Tax Certificate report
• Ghana – Add No Tax Status and updated IT51S Report Filter screen to accommodate older operating systems
• Kenya – Add Provision CC Type, P10 iTax Report change to HOSP field and two bug fixes for the P9 Tax Deduction Card report
• Lesotho – P16 Report bug fix
• Mauritius – Statutory Changes effective July 2023 and Rounding of all statutory contributions
• Namibia – Updated the VET Levy Calculation and Report to use a Consolidated Total
• Zambia – P13 Report bug fix
• Zimbabwe USD – Updated the P16 Annual NSSA Report Filter screen to accommodate older operating systems

Important:  Before customers import any of the updated Generic Tax Files, they must first update to version 23.2.3.0.

The updated Generic Tax Files with the applicable release notes are now available on the Sage Knowledgebase

The files must be imported in any pay period before doing any payroll processing, printing payslips or reports or making any payments. Do a recalculation of all your various African countries company rules. 

Click here on steps to import the Generic Tax File