Year End: Export Tax certificates
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CAUTION: The 2024 Year End file will only be available after SARS has published the submission dates.

NOTE: In order to export your TYE file, the submission period needs to be open.  You can check the submission deadlines on the SARS website.

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On your Sage Business Cloud Payroll (SBCP) home screen:

  1. You will need to revert your company back to the previous tax year. Review steps to navigate to previous tax year by viewing our guide here.
  2. Click on the More menu.
  3. Click on Tax Certificates.
  4. The company details will be pre-populated based on the Company Details entered (if this is not entered please enter them under Company, Company Details).
  5. Under the submission section:
    1. Click on the drop down of Select the tax year and select 2024.
    2. Click on the drop down of Select the submission period and select Tax Year End.
    3. Click on the drop down of Select a type of submission and select Live:

  6. If all of your validations have been completed you will have a Create Submission button on the top left of your screen:

    *If you do not have a create submission button, then it means that you have not cleared all of the validation in order to generate file:
    To clear your company validations, view this guide
    To clear your employee validations view this guide.
  7. The name of the file will be TYE_2024.txt and unless otherwise specified, this file will save to your Downloads Folder.

    CAUTION: TYE_2024 is in the correct format to be imported into E@syfile.  Please do not alter the file to any different format.

  8. The system will now generate reports relating to your Year End.  We suggest that you download or print these reports for record purposes.  The reports that will be generated: Tax Certificates, Reconciliation Report, EMP501, Error Report.

NOTE: We do not support the import into SARS Efilling.  We only support the import of the file to SARS e@syfile and nothing else regarding the e@syfile software.

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