{"id":68663,"date":"2020-04-09T16:04:59","date_gmt":"2020-04-09T14:04:59","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.sage.com\/en-za\/blog\/?p=68663"},"modified":"2026-01-29T15:53:44","modified_gmt":"2026-01-29T13:53:44","slug":"covid-19-relief-options-for-south-african-businesses-eti-measures-explained","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.sage.com\/en-za\/blog\/covid-19-relief-options-for-south-african-businesses-eti-measures-explained\/","title":{"rendered":"COVID-19 relief options for South African businesses: ETI measures explained"},"content":{"rendered":"<header class=\"entry-header has-dark-background-color entry-header--has-illustration entry-header--has-illustration--generic\">\n\t<div class=\"container\">\n\t\t<div class=\"entry-header__row row align-center\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"col col-lg-7 col-xlg-6 entry-header__content\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"component component-single-header\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"entry-header__misc text--subtitle text--uppercase text--small\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/www.sage.com\/en-za\/blog\/category\/strategy-legal-operations\/compliance\/\" class=\"entry-header__link\">Compliance<\/a>\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"entry-title-wrapper\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h1 class=\"entry-title\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\tCOVID-19 relief options for South African businesses: ETI measures explained\t\t\t\t\t<\/h1>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p class=\"entry-header__description\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"single-post-details container\">\n\t\t<div class=\"col\">\n\t\t\t<span class=\"posted-on \">Published <time class=\"entry-date published\" datetime=\"2020-04-09T16:04:59+02:00\">April 9, 2020<\/time><\/span><span class=\"reading-time\"> min read<\/span>\n\t\t<button\n\t\t\ttype=\"button\"\n\t\t\tclass=\"social-share-button button button--icon button--secondary js-social-share-button\"\n\t\t\tdata-share-title=\"COVID-19 relief options for South African businesses: ETI measures explained\"\n\t\t\tdata-share-url=\"https:\/\/www.sage.com\/en-za\/blog\/covid-19-relief-options-for-south-african-businesses-eti-measures-explained\/\"\n\t\t\tdata-share-text=\"Please read this interesting article\"\n\t\t>\n\t\t\t<span class=\"social-share-button__share-label\">Share<\/span>\n\t\t\t<span class=\"social-share-button__copy-label\" hidden>Copy Link<\/span>\n\t\t\t<span class=\"social-share-button__copy-tooltip\" aria-hidden=\"true\" hidden>Copied<\/span>\n\t\t<\/button>\n\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t<\/div>\n\t<\/header>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-post-author has-dark-background-color alignfull\">\n\t<div class=\"container\">\n\t\t<div class=\"col\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"co-authors\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t<div class=\"entry-author-wrapper\">\n\t\t\t<a class=\"entry-author\" href=\"https:\/\/www.sage.com\/en-za\/blog\/author\/yolandiesterhuizen\/\">\n\t\t\t\t<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"40\" height=\"40\" src=\"https:\/\/www.sage.com\/en-za\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/9\/2019\/07\/Yolandi-Esterhuizen-Sage-1-350x350.jpg\" class=\"entry-author__image\" alt=\"Yolandi Esterhuizen\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.sage.com\/en-za\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/9\/2019\/07\/Yolandi-Esterhuizen-Sage-1-350x350.jpg 350w, https:\/\/www.sage.com\/en-za\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/9\/2019\/07\/Yolandi-Esterhuizen-Sage-1.jpg 512w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 40px) 100vw, 40px\" \/>\t\t\t\t<span class=\"entry-author__name\">Yolandi Esterhuizen<\/span>\n\t\t\t<\/a>\n\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"h-eti-measures-offer-one-of-the-simplest-covid-19-relief-options-for-south-african-businesses\">ETI measures offer one of the simplest COVID-19 relief options for South African businesses<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p>South African companies, especially small and medium businesses, are facing tough times as the second week of the national lockdown takes effect and as the COVID-19 pandemic continues to cause turmoil in economies across the world.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>One relief measure that may help these businesses is the National Treasury\u2019s expansion of the Employment Tax Incentive (ETI). These proposed changes are included in the Draft Disaster Management Tax Relief Bill and the Draft Disaster Management Tax Relief Administration Bill, 2020.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Although not yet final legislation, these draft Bills provide the necessary legislative amendments required to implement tax relief measures announced by the President. These tax relief measures are effective from 1 April 2020.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The ETI benefits apply to employees earning less than R6 500 a month and can be claimed by qualifying companies hiring anyone between the ages of 18 and 29 or employees of any age who are mainly employed in a special economic zone (SEZ) by an employer operating inside the SEZ. For the next four months (1 April to 31 July 2020) the ETI amounts are being increased and expanded to employees who would not usually qualify:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>During this period, the maximum ETI employers can claim being increased from R1 000 to R1 500 for an employee\u2019s first qualifying 12 months and from R500 to R1 000 in the employee\u2019s second qualifying 12 months.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Also during this limited timeframe, an ETI of R500 per month will be available for qualifying employees aged 18 to 29 who are no longer eligible because the employer has already claimed ETI for them for 24 months; and those aged 30 to 65 who do not qualify for the ETI due to their age. For qualifying employees in this category who earn R4 500 or more but less than R6 500, a reduced ETI amount will be claimable, based on a formula.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Government is accelerating the payment of ETI reimbursements from twice a year to monthly as a means of getting cash into the hands of tax-compliant employers as soon as possible.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"single-cta gated-content\">\n\t<div class=\"single-cta__positioner\">\n\t\t<div class=\"single-cta__wrapper has-dark-background-color\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"single-cta__content\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<h2 class=\"single-cta__title h3\">Covid-19 relief measures affecting payroll.<\/h2>\n\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"single-cta__description\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>COVID-19:\u00a0 all you need to know about the various relief measures available to businesses and how these will affect your payroll software and payroll processing.<\/p>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a\n\t\t\t\t\t\thref=\"#gate-d2314644-b3f0-432e-b15d-2df978c72325\"\n\t\t\t\t\t\tclass=\"single-cta__button button button--primary\"\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t>Download Guide<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\n\t\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" width=\"1213\" height=\"810\" src=\"https:\/\/www.sage.com\/en-za\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/9\/2020\/02\/Khumalo-Mabuya-Chattered-Accountants_2019_Sage-Accounting_18-1213x810.jpg\" class=\"single-cta__image\" alt=\"\" loading=\"lazy\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.sage.com\/en-za\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/9\/2020\/02\/Khumalo-Mabuya-Chattered-Accountants_2019_Sage-Accounting_18-1213x810.jpg 1213w\" sizes=\"auto, (min-width: 48em) 33vw, 100vw\" \/>\t\t\t<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<p>In practice, an employer with ten qualifying employees earning R4 000 a month could, for example, benefit from an additional R5&nbsp;000 of tax relief per month. This can free up some money to pay bills and keep the engine running at a time when many businesses are expected to experience cash flow challenges.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Note that the increased and expanded ETI is available to employers who were registered for employee tax on or before 1 March 2020. A qualifying employer will be allowed to defer 20% of the employees\u2019 tax withheld or deducted for four months, without SARS imposing penalties and interest for the late payment thereof. Therefore, the PAYE payable for April (due on or before 7 May) can be reduced by 20% and only 80% will be payable. The same will apply for the following three months of May, June and July. The deferred PAYE liability must be repaid to SARS in six equal instalments, i.e. the first payment must be made on or before 7 September 2020. For the purpose of deferral of PAYE, a \u201cqualifying employer\u201d is defined in the draft Bill.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Employers who want to take advantage of these measures will need to be tax compliant. It is therefore essential to ensure that all your VAT, PAYE and income tax filing and payments are up to date. Businesses can start by auditing their payroll to see how much relief they can claim under the expanded ETI. 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