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Validation Error: "Employee linked to a SEZ Code"

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Summary

How to resolve the validation error Employee linked to a SEZ Code on Sage Business Cloud Payroll Professional

Description

You are generating the IRP5 files for either the Annual or Interim SARS Submission and instead of creating the IRP5 files the system informs you there is mandatory information outstanding. A report will then print with a list of errors and this error is in the repor

Cause

When doing a Validation Run, a warning will print to indicate if an Employee is linked to a Special Economic Zone. (SEZ). This will only be a warning and it will not STOP the IRP5
export. Clients flag their Employees as part of a Special Economic Zone for ETI purposes and then the system calculates ETI accordingly (ignores age as a qualifying test)

Resolution

  • The user must confirm if this is correct in all ETI History periods and should remove it with the ETI Takeon.
  • To remove the SEZ code in history, you can import a # to clear the field