PaySpace Seminars

Practical Payroll Solutions
Virtual Seminar

This virtual seminar is the most comprehensive and practical of its kind, and you will leave with a vastly improved understanding of these important areas of practical payroll administration policy and their tax implications.

Stay Up-to-Date on Payroll Tax Regulations with PaySpace Tax Seminars

The legal and administrative requirements of the payroll topics discussed in this virtual seminar hold significant potential benefits for both your company and for your employees if correctly applied.

They can be difficult to understand, complicated by the fact that changes have been made in recent years that makes it difficult to apply them compliantly in your payroll office and payroll system.

Changes have been made in recent years that makes them difficult to understand and to apply compliantly in your payroll office and payroll system.

This morning virtual seminar will explain the following topics in detail, using examples where possible to give you a clear understanding of the requirements and how to apply them.

Principles of Allowances and Reimbursements

An understanding of the basic principles will help you to understand and apply allowances and reimbursements correctly, particularly in areas where they appear to overlap one another.

Subsistence Allowances – Meals & Incidental Expenses

Subsistence allowances are discussed in detail to explain how to assist your employees with meal and incidental expenses. If calculated and reported as explained in the webinar, they are tax free. 

‘Day Business Trip’ Reimbursements – Meals & Incidental Expenses

The ‘Day Business Trip’ reimbursement was introduced to help employers to manage this aspect of business travel. If the guidance in this webinar is followed, these reimbursements can be tax free. 

Bursaries and Scholarships

Bursaries are often a neglected area of employment policy. If properly applied, they are a significant motivational and tax benefit for your employees and for your company.  Discussed in detail in the webinar.

Long Service Awards

The types of Long Service Awards have been expanded and are explained in detail in the webinar, allowing you to change your long service award policy to get the best results for your company and to remain within tax free limits for your employees while rewarding them appropriately.

Update on Other Employment Tax Matters

Time permitting, the webinar will also include a short update of UIF, Compensation Fund, and the SARS Monthly Tax Certificate project.

You will be provided with the slides and a comprehensive workbook for later reference purposes.

If the answers to your questions can’t be found in the workbook, questions by email for a limited period of time after the webinar are welcome. 

Book your place now and payroll expert Rob Cooper and ex-SARS PAYE specialist Neil Nel will help you to legally improve your payroll administration to the benefit of your employees and your company.

Join us for our informative Payroll Tax Seminars!

Gain valuable insights from industry experts on the latest payroll tax updates and best practices. Whether you’re a seasoned professional or just starting out, our seminars will equip you with the knowledge you need to navigate the ever-evolving world of payroll taxes.

In the meantime, explore our valuable resources!

We offer a variety of resources, including downloadable guides and informative webinars, to help businesses stay compliant with payroll tax regulations.

As always with these engaging presentations, questions are welcome, and you will be provided with the slides, a comprehensive workbook for later reference purposes, and access for 14 days to the recording.

Book now to secure your virtual seat and to join us to understand how these changes will affect your company.

About Rob Cooper

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Rob is a founding member of the PAGSA, a body that represents the payroll industry in discussions with the statutory bodies.

As chairman of the PAGSA, his focus over the past 30 years has been on the diverse legislation that governs the employment and payroll industry.

He is held in high regard as an employment tax expert and is a respected writer and presenter at tax seminars and workshops around the country.

Rob Cooper

About Niel Nel

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Niel Nel started working for the Port Elizabeth branch of SARS in 1977 when it was still Inland Revenue and retired from SARS on 31 January 2023.

During these many years of distinguished service, Niel acquired a National Diploma in Tax and Financial Accounting and was instrumental in the implementation of the Employees’ Tax (PAYE) system, the codified electronic certificates, the automation of the PAYE reconciliation system and the subsequent e@syFile and eFiling systems, as well as the Skills Development and the UIF Contribution processes, and the Employment Tax Incentive.

Over the years, Niel collaborated with the PAGSA and other external stakeholders and managed the SARS/PAGSA relationship from March 2020 until his retirement. He is now a Managing member of the PAGSA.

Niel Nel

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