Made for South African buyers. Every price in rand, read from the vendor.
The Software Register guides · 20 guides
What business software costs in rand, how to choose and test it, and what SARS, POPIA and the BCEA ask of it. Written for South African buyers, from the vendors' own pages, and none of it paid for.
The day the EMP201 is due, every month
7th
VAT, payroll, provisional tax and the annual returns each have their own rhythm. One page showing what falls when, and what your software should do about it.
Read the guideWhere a full tax invoice starts to need more detail
R5 000
A customer who is registered for VAT can only claim back the VAT on an invoice that meets the law. Your software should produce one every time, and you should know what to look for.
Read the guideSoftware Register
Where your customers' data lives, and who can touch it
Your customers' and employees' details sit in the software you choose. The law makes you responsible for them, and the vendor is acting for you. Here are the questions to put to a vendor before you hand over the data.
Read the guidePrepared by your software, filed on SARS eFiling
VAT201
The VAT201 is the return a registered vendor submits to SARS. Accounting software can prepare it, and some can transfer it into eFiling. Those are different things.
Read the guideDue by the 7th of every month
EMP201
South African payroll produces a chain of statutory documents. A mistake in one link costs penalties in the next.
Read the guideMinimum annual leave under the BCEA
21 days
The Basic Conditions of Employment Act sets minimum leave. HR software that accrues it wrongly will quietly misstate what you owe.
Read the guideThe South African banks the register asks about
8 banks
A product that feeds from Chase and Barclays is useless to a business banking with Capitec. The register asks about eight South African banks.
Read the guideThe guides explain rules in plain words. They have not been reviewed by a registered tax practitioner or a labour lawyer, and they are not tax, legal or financial advice. Check SARS, the Department of Employment and Labour and the Information Regulator for the rule that applies to you.
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