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Guide for the RSA SARS Submission Utility

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Summary

Complete your Interim/Annual EMP501 Reconciliation Submission with the RSA SARS Submission Utility on Sage Business Cloud Payroll Professional.

Description

The South African Revenue Service (SARS) required employers to submit their reconciliations twice a year.

The RSA SARS Submission Utility assists you with the successful completion of the submission process for Interim and Annual EMP501 Reconciliation.

 

Resolution

How to access the RSA SARS Submission Utility:

  • Access your payroll company from the Company Listing screen
  • From the Main Menu, go to Utilities, RSA Submission, then select SARS Submission Process
  • An onscreen message shows the current pay period within the tax year
  • Employee submissions are as at the end of August (Interim Reconciliation) and February (Tax year-end)
  • Select Continue to proceed

The submission process has two sections:

    • Preparation: Review all payroll data, reconcile financial values and test IRP5 tax certificate files 
    • Submission: Generate the final IRP5/IT3(a) tax certificates and submit to SARS

 NOTE: Mark each step on the Preparation tab as completed, to continue with the steps on the Submission tab. The Help and Guide buttons provides additional information on each step.

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Preparation steps:

  • Step 1: Validate Company Information
  • Step 2: Validate IRP5/IT3(a) Warnings and Errors
  • Step 3: Validate Additional Information
  • Step 4: Validate Retirement Fund Values
  • Step 5: Reconcile EMP501 Values
  • Step 6: Perform Test Run
  • Step 7: Import Test Run into e@syFile 

NOTE: If you include multiple companies in your submission, complete Step 1 to 4 for each company respectively before starting Step 5.

Submission steps:

  • Step 8: Perform Live Run
  • Step 9: Import Live Run and complete the e@syFile process
  • Step 10: Upload Tax Certificates to ESS/Infoslips
  • Step 11: Print Final Reports and Complete Tax Year End

 TIP: Each step of the process has a Help button and in some instance, Guidelines to complete the step. 

 NOTE: All the reports and files generated during the RSA Submission or OID process saves the folder as set in your browser.