Important notice for DRC Users: Updated tax files available correcting highest tax bracket maximum rate

Sage released the DRC tax files effective 1 January 2019 on 28 January 2019.

In the initial tax files released, the highest tax bracket maximum rate was incorrectly incorporated, resulting in the tax value to be incorrect for some employees..

The tax files have been corrected, and is available to be downloaded and installed in your system folder.

Take note, this will cause a recalculation in the current period for affected employees.

We apologise to all users affected by this issue.

  • Click here to view the original tax change post (the tax files have been updated on the post)

  • Click here to download the latest tax file for DRC (updated 07/02/2018, containing the correction on the highest bracket maximum value)

  • Click here for steps on how to extract the latest tax file.

How to verify if the tax file was installed correctly:

  • Access you DRC company
  • Go to Payroll > Definitions > Africa Rule Linking
  • Click on the second tab "Tax Tables"
  • Double click on MONTH001 > Tax Table
  • The values will reflect as below (highlighted in yellow):

Should you have any concerns or enquiries, please contact our team via e-mail [email protected]