About the Seminar
This half day seminar, presented by Ron Warren, will deal with all legislative changes made during 2010 relevant to payrolls and payroll practitioners from 2011, explaining how they will be affected in practice.
Ron will discuss in detail, the e@syFile program issued by SARS that has changed rather dramatically to include:

• biannual tax returns,
• the submission of ITA88 agent appointments which require employers to deduct amounts due to SARS from employees’ remuneration, and
• the processing of monthly EMP 201 returns. 

He will also explain any practical problems he encountered affecting payrolls that have occurred during the past year.

Why you should attend
It is well known that Ron focuses on the practical application of the relevant legislation, and less on the theory. He will also delve into possible difficulties which may arise around new procedures and explains these in simple terms.
The seminar is scheduled to be held just before the end of the tax year, and deals with all SARS’ requirements for reporting of tax certificates as well as procedures that will change from the beginning of the new tax year.

Who should attend?

• Payroll managers
• Payroll practitioners
• Accountants
• Human resource practitioners
• Remuneration managers

The Programme

08h00 Registration
09h00 First session
10h30 Tea 
11h00 Second session
12h45 Close

• Radical changes in the taxation of company cars.
• Comparison between the taxation of company cars and travel allowances.
• How SARS will advise you of missing employees’ tax reference numbers, and how to obtain these numbers for new employees.
• Information that was previously optional but is now mandatory on tax certificates.
• Radical additions that have been made to the SARS e@syFile program.
• SARS ITA88 agent appointments for collection of outstanding penalties from employees’ remuneration – how to handle these both manually and using hew computerised facilities offered by SARS.
• How to handle different starting dates for increased COIDA earnings limits.
• Whether you can refund over-deducted tax to an employee.
• Should a tax directive requiring an employer to deduct tax from an employee at a specified rate be calculated on gross remuneration or the balance of remuneration?
• Fringe benefits tax on 2010 FIFA World Cup items
• Interesting queries received from readers of Payroll World.

Ron Warren CA(SA) is an acknowledged expert in employees’ tax and other legislation affecting payrolls.  With extensive experience in the legal and practical requirements of payrolls, Ron is also the designer of several highly successful computerised payroll systems including the nuQ payroll system.

A founding member of the Payroll Authors Group (PAG), which was formed at the behest of the then SARS Director of Law, Ron has represented the PAG at SARS meetings for more than 15 years, liaising on tax matters of practical importance to the payroll industry.

Ron explains the practical application of legislation changes, and not just the content of the changes.  The seminar also deals with practical problems reported by readers of the Payroll World magazine during the year, so that their experiences can be shared with those attending.

Dates and venues 
21 January 2011 – Johannesburg, Emperors Palace (011-928 1000)
24 January 2011 - Johannesburg, Gallagher Convention Centre (011-266 3000)
25 January 2011 - Pretoria, CSIR International Convention Centre (012-841 3884)
26 January 2011 - Durban, Garden Court Umhlanga (031-514 5500)
27 January 2011 - Cape Town, Townhouse Hotel (021-465 7050)
28 January 2011 - Cape Town, Lord Charles Hotel (021-855 1040)

The Fees (VAT Inclusive) 
One delegate – R2000.00
Two or more delegates – R1800.00 per delegate