Payroll compliance in South Africa is unforgiving. Between SARS submissions, UIF, the Employment Equity Act and ever-changing tax tables, it is easy for a growing business to fall behind, often without realising it until an audit or penalty notice arrives.
Common Mistakes We See
- Manually calculating statutory deductions instead of relying on automatically updated tax tables.
- Missing or late SARS EMP201 and EMP501 submissions due to manual, spreadsheet-based processes.
- Incorrect UIF and SDL contributions caused by outdated employee or salary information.
- Poor record-keeping that leaves a business exposed during a labour or SARS audit.
- Payroll and accounting systems that do not talk to each other, creating reconciliation gaps.
How Sage Payroll Helps
Sage 50 and Sage Business Cloud Payroll automatically apply the latest statutory tax tables and rates, generate compliant payslips, and produce the reports you need for SARS and UIF submissions. Because payroll and accounting live in the same ecosystem, your books and your payroll stay reconciled without duplicate data entry.
Compliance is not a once-off project, it is an ongoing discipline. As Sage Pastel Certified consultants, we help businesses configure payroll correctly from day one and keep it that way as regulations change.
Talk to us about a payroll compliance health check for your business.