How SimplePay Handles Feature Requests
In this blog post, we outline the process that we follow to evaluate feature requests and select features to add to our development pipeline.
2021
2021 Year in Review and Annual Price Adjustment
Our annual price adjustment, effective 1 January 2022, allows us to continue maintaining our high standards.
Official Interest Rate Change for Employer Loans
The South African Reserve Bank has announced an increase to the repurchase rate, effective from 19 November 2021. You can read about how this increase will effect the SimplePay system in this blog post.
Introducing SimplePay Webinars
Our new series of webinars provides another easy way to learn more about payroll in South Africa.
Important Changes to our ETI Functionality and User Interface
A cornerstone of the culture at SimplePay, which has greatly contributed to our development to date, is our commitment to continuous improvement. This culture is what drives us to continually review and critique both our processes and our system to see where we can be even better.
2022 Employer Interim Filing Season Submissions (13 September to 31 October 2021)
It’s approaching that time of the year again! We’d like to use this blog post to remind you that the employer Interim Reconciliation submission period, which is one of the Bi-Annual Filing periods for the 2022 tax year, will run between 13 September and 31 October 2021.
Additional Employment Tax Incentive (ETI) 2021
This blog is a follow up to our previous blog post dated 30 July 2021, regarding the Expanded ETI scheme being introduced by the National Treasury and SARS for the period of 1 August 2021 to 30 November 2021.
New Feature: Pro-Rate Custom Items
SimplePay automatically calculates and applies a pro-rate percentage to the Basic Salary of employees if they do not work for a full pay period i.e. the are appointed after the start of a pay period or terminated before the end of a pay period. We’ve received several requests to allow for the pro-rata percentage to be applied to other items, and are delighted to announce that this functionality is now available for certain custom items.
TERS Update and Claims for Workers Affected by Unrest
Today’s post covers the opening of TERS applications for new claim codes, as well as some information about the recently announced benefit program for workers affected by the recent civil unrest in Gauteng and KwaZulu-Natal.
SARS e@syFile Testing – Preparing for September 2021
SARS recently notified us that testing of the latest updated e@syFile software would commence today in preparation for its release to the public in September 2021.