As part of the Covid-19 Tax Relief measures you, as an employer, may be able to claim additional ETI for qualifying employees.   These measures are deemed to come into operation on 1 April 2020 for a 4-month period until 31 July 2020 and will only apply to employers who are registered for employees’ tax with SARS on or before 1 March 2020.

More information regarding the Covid-19 release measures can be found here:
1263.COVID-19_Relief_Measures_Affecting_Payroll_V3.pdf

How will this impact your ETI calculation?

If you selected that your company was registered with SARS before or on 1 March 2020, the ETI amounts will increase/change to the following for April 2020 to July 2020:

If you selected that your company was registered with SARS after 1 March 2020 you can still claim ETI based on the current ETI amounts, but the additional ETI amounts will not be applied by the application.

How will this be applied in Sage Business Cloud Payroll?

The first time you access any cycle in your company, you will receive a modal to confirm whether your company was registered with SARS before or on 1 March 2020:

Once your selection has been made, your Company Details will be updated accordingly.

It is important to note that this update can take some time, especially in bigger companies so please be patient.

If you made the incorrect selection, you can go can change this in Company, Company details: