Importing your IRP5 payroll file into South African Revenue Service (SARS) eFiling

Find out more about importing an IRP5 payroll file into South African Revenue Service (SARS) eFiling when using Sage Classic, Sage Premier and Sage Payroll Professional.

The South African Revenue Service (SARS) allows employers to submit payroll certificates and EMP501 reconciliations using different methods:

• Employers with 50 or fewer employees use either SARS eFiling or e@syFile™ Employer 
• Employers with 50 employees or more use e@syFile™ Employer to file their EMP501 declarations
• Employers with five or fewer IRP5/IT3(a) certificates can visit SARS for help

Yes, you can import your IRP5 payroll file into SARS eFiling.

 TIP: Review the SARS Employer Guide for submissions steps. 

Sage recommends employers submit using e@syFile™ Employer for the following reasons:

• SARS provides testing tools for payroll vendors to validate IRP5 files for e@syFile™ Employer
• eFiling doesn’t provide a testing environment for payroll vendors, and is unable to validate file imports

We expect both platforms to apply the same validations as per the Business Requirement Specifications (BRS) published by SARS.

 NOTE: Sage Customer Support only assist with e@syFile™ Employer import-related queries. 

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