ETI relief for August 2021

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We can not wait for the upgrade because our month-ends and processing for EMP201 etc. need to happen not later than 02.09.2021.

We have over a 1000 workers ( in more than one VIP company, on weekly and bi-weekly), and it is not practical to re-do the September wages later after loading back a backup of the last week in August.

Can we make use of the adjustment field on the ETI screen to claim the R750 extra for all older employees as well as employees over their 24 months period of claiming?

An adjustment of R750 for these people with nothing seems to be easy to capture, but for people currently on R1000, you will be unable to add the R750, due to the limit being R1000.

For people currently on R500 you can add another R500. You need to be careful for partial claims on ETI, and need to take the R6500 limit into account, since VIP will not check that for you.

By doing this you are at least claiming some of this benefit, instead of loosing out on everything. 

Is there a valid reason for not trying to do this, or special rules to keep in mind when trying to do it like this?

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    Hi All,

    We see many ETI queries all over, so these are the steps that we are considering and will most likely implement.    

    1. Backup of Aug 2021 on 5.6a
    2. Copy system of Aug 2021
    3. Roll live system over into Sept 2021 on 5.6a.
    4. Print EMP201 before the update
    5. Update copy system of Aug 2021 from 5.6 to 5.7a6
    6. Backup Aug 2021 that is now on 5.7a
    7. Do general recall
    8. Reprint EMP201 and discuss changes
    9. Roll Aug 2021 Copy System (5.7a) over to Sept 2021 - this will allow the correct Period Set and Count to calculate for Aug 2021
    10. Export ETI from the Copy System - that is now in Sept 2021 (5.7a)
    11. Import ETI from March 2021 - Sept 2021 into the live Sept 2021 (5.7a)

    Contact your Sage Business Partner and ask if they are doing the same.  Let us talk about this – let me know if you need assistance.