
Learn essential payroll concepts, from remuneration and direct and indirect taxes to deductions, fringe benefits, and tax classifications, with practical templates and cpd points.
Participants earn CPD points via verifiable assessments with options for automated or manual certificates; course notes include 2025–2026 tax legislation and updated worksheets.
Master practical payroll calculations, reconcile payroll in Excel, and distinguish direct and indirect taxes, while evaluating labour brokers, PSPs, and independent contractors.
Explains variable remuneration such as overtime, lump sums, travel allowances, and fringe benefits, and outlines residence-based taxation and ordinary vs deemed residents for payroll implications on gross income and allowances.
Learn to calculate a reasonable travel allowance using a logbook to separate private and business kilometers, compute fixed, fuel, and maintenance costs per kilometer, and apply the 80/20 tax rule.
Explore how to classify exempt income such as war pensions and uniform and relocation allowances, apply correct payroll source codes (3714, 3713), and optimize retirement, medical credits, and education costs.
Explore common payroll fringe benefits, including asset value and VAT impacts, depreciation and right-of-use calculations, maintenance plans, residential accommodation rules, loans, medical costs, retirement fund contributions, and reconciliations.
Apply the eti for employees aged 18–29 earning under 6500 rand, beneficial for restaurant staff with untaxed tips and a two-year per-employee limit.
Please note that this course is based on South African tax
Have very little knowledge on how to even beginThis course is designed for accountants, bookkeepers, business owners, admin staff, HR professionals, and any individual with little or no knowledge of payroll requirements and payroll structuringWhat does the Tax Administration Act say about the employer's responsibilities with regards to the employee's payroll
According to the TAA Tax Administration Act, every employer must keep a record of all remuneration paid, employees' tax deducted in respect of each employee, and SDL and UIF contributions This register must contain personal particulars as well as financial details of each employee
This record must be kept for a period of five 5 years from the date of submission of the return and from the end of the relevant tax period The employer must retain such records and make them available for scrutiny for the prescribed periodEmployers who supply the tax certificate information on an electronic medium or electronically must also keep such records for the prescribed period
During the course, the following topics will be discussed
Definitions
Tax Tables, Rates, and Rebates
Exemptions Individuals
Deductions Employees
Deductions Retirement
Fringe Benefits
Subsistence Allowance
Travel Allowance
Deductions Travel Expense
Youth Employment Incentive ETI
Relocation of an Employee
Wear and tear allowance
Skills Development Levy
IRP5 and IT3 Certificates Source Codes
Bursaries and tuition fees
Independent Contractors
Salary Sacrifice
Medical Aid Rebates
Retirement, Pension, or Provident Fund Contributions
About the presenter
Ruzel van Jaarsveld
She has over 23 years of financial and bookkeeping experience, working with many industries and corporate environments, with extensive knowledge and practical application of trial balance, payroll, VAT, PAYE returns, inventory control, management accounts, efiling, and procedures for importing and exporting
She is a seasoned facilitator with Biz Facility and, for numerous years, has been presenting various national practical financial workshops to business owners and corporate financial staff