Tag: Employment Tax Incentive Act
Employment Tax Incentive – the gift that keeps on giving, or...
It goes without saying, but South Africa faces a significant and concerning unemployment rate. The 2025 State of the Nation Address reiterated South Africa’s persistent employment challenges. In particular, the Quarterly Labour Force Survey reported an unemployment rate of 31.9% in Q4 of 2024.
What payroll managers need to know for the tax year ahead
South Africa’s finance minister Mr. Enoch Godongwana presented the 2022/2023 Budget Speech on 23 February, announcing a few changes that, from a legislative perspective, payroll managers need to know about to remain compliant.
Curbing abuse of the Employment Tax Incentive project
Amendments to the Employment Tax Incentive Act, 2013 geared towards halting the abuse of employment tax incentives came into force on 1 March 2022. The Employment Tax Incentive (ETI) project was introduced in the ETI Act, 2013 to help combat the scourge of youth unemployment in South Africa.
Constitutional Court ruling | A change in the nature of labour...
On 26 July this year, the Constitutional Court clarified that organisations are deemed to be the employer of workers they accessed through labour brokers after those employees have been employed at their workplace for more than three months.
