e-Tax Software Update - n04 released

Finally the pressure is starting to ease off and much of the uncertainty surrounding the application of the 8% adjustment has been cleared. With assistance from Charles Orbach & Company, we received confirmation from Gary Edwards (Manager for Personal Income Tax in the SARS Legal & Policy team) that the "percentage increase" calculation is correct in e-Tax when the following Control settings are enabled:

• Apply ProvTax 8% increase per Note A.4 = must be ticked
• Apply ProvTax 8% increase to end of Year = must be ticked

SARS finally authorised the live pilot testing of the IRP6 Return submissions via the new e-Filing interface. This was done on Monday and the results are positive. We expect the IRP6 submission function to be activated sometime next week - just in time for the crunch part of the IRP6 filing season.

We have now commenced the installation and training of the new e-Filing interface for Taxpayer Registrations and IRP6 Requests.  On Tuesday, a firm in Stellenbosch queued 900 taxpayer registrations in 5 minutes and over 90% of these were successfully activated and available on the SARS web site the next morning.  Please contact your account manager to arrange for a consultant to assist with the implementation of the new interface. I would like to extend our appreciation to the partners and tax compliance teams from Nolands, Pyper Turner, Mazars and ELB for their assistance and advice with the pilot testing phase for the new e-Filing interface.  Pyper Turner Inc. has also provided us with more comprehensive letter templates which will be available for download from our ftp site. Please do not delay loading the latest version of e-Tax as it addresses all the issues and change requests from clients.  Our response centre teams have raised a concern that some firms are still using older versions of e-Tax.  We have now released build n04 with the following changes:   n04 Change Details Rel7 Rel5 1 Apply the Interest Rate change for Over Payments at 5.5% from 01/07/2010.  The rate for underpayments was updated in m04. x x 2 Added a Global Letter field for "ProvPayePaid" to correctly display P1 and P2 Paye. The Paye amount incorrectly appeared for the full year on the P1 returns.  Global Letters will need to be updated with the new field and reprinted for Individuals having a provisional tax liability. x x 3 Added Global and Manual Letter Fields for "CGTAmount" and "AssTotInc". x x 4 When Printing a Client Letter for a Global Record using the Provisional form, the system will now apply the relevant manual letter if the Global letter was not edited. x n/a   n03 Change Details Rel7 Rel5 1 Restore the Payment Reference Number to the original formula. The previous change was caused by an error on the SARS e-Filing QA testing system. x x 2 Removed the Cheque Payment address from the ProvTax Analysis report following many requests from clients. x x 3 The Letter Templates have been updated to reflect this change and are included in the Zip.  These templates have been renamed so they are easily identifiable for this IRP6 release. x x 4 Tax Year selection filter.  This filter is normally displayed when the Tax | Provision Tax | Provisional menu option is selected (also applies to Tax Returns and Assessments).  Once a selection is made the filter will not re-open.  In order to manually open this filter choose Tax | Show Tax Year Filter. x n/a Download Updates The latest releases can be obtained from the Download link on our web site www.greatsoft.co.za. You will need to be registered as a user before you can access the Download area. To register as a user, follow the instructions given on the web site or send an email to This e-mail address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it . Should you require a CD version of the software please contact the response centre with your shipping details.  Courier fees will be charged for this. These changes are available in e-Tax versions available for download: Rel 5.10n04 and Rel 7.03n04. Thank You Imtiaz Lorgat