What is it?
Employees’ Tax refers to the tax required to be deducted by an employer from an employee’s remuneration paid or payable. The process of deducting or withholding tax from remuneration as it is earned by an employee is commonly referred to as PAYE.
An employer who is required to register with SARS for PAYE and/or Skills Development Levy (SDL) purposes, is also required to register with SARS for the payment of Unemployment Insurance Fund (UIF) contributions to SARS.
Who is it for?
The amounts deducted or withheld must be paid by the employer to SARS on a monthly basis, by completing the Monthly Employer Declaration (EMP201). The EMP201 is a payment declaration in which the employer declares the total payment together with the allocations for PAYE, SDL, UIF and/or Employment Tax Incentive (ETI), if applicable. A unique Payment Reference Number (PRN) will be pre-populated on the EMP201, and will be used to link the actual payment with the relevant EMP201 payment declaration.
When do I need to Register for PAYE?
You need to register for PAYE if any of your employees will receive an income over and above the Income Tax threshold. The threshold for the 2015 tax year is R70 000 or R5 833 per month. If the owner/member draws a salary from his business then you need to register as well.
Some interesting facts regarding your business' payroll:
- Did you know if you are a member of a CC you need to deduct PAYE/UIF from your salary/money you draw from the business and pay over monthly.
- Did you know if you use a casual woker for more than 24 hours in a month you need to deduct UIF from his salary, declare and pay over to the Department of Labour.
- Did you know that UIF deductions from employees must be declared to the Department of Labour monthly on a seperate form, stating details of every single employee?
- Did you know if your total payroll amount exeeds R500 000 a year you need to pay over Skill Development Levy (SDL) to SARS?
- Did you know that if you use Positive Trends Financial Services as your payroll partner you don't need to know all these "tricky" laws as we will handle everything on your behalf.