Submit the Monthly EMP201

Goal: declare the month's PAYE, UIF, SDL and ETI to SARS.

When

Monthly, after the payroll is submitted and posted. SARS requires the EMP201 and payment by the 7th of the following month (or the preceding business day).

Steps

1. New EMP201 Submission. SA Payroll workspace → EMP201 Submission → New.
2. Set company and month.
3. Pull the figures. The submission gathers, from the month's submitted salary slips: total PAYE, total UIF (employee + employer), total SDL, and total ETI, plus per-employee detail.
4. Check the ETI offset. The cash PAYE you pay over is total PAYE − total ETI (not below zero). Confirm ETI only includes eligible employees.
5. Reconcile. Compare the totals to the EMP201 Report and to the ledger (PAYE Payable, UIF and SDL balances for the month) — see Payroll Reports.
6. File and pay. Capture the EMP201 on SARS eFiling and pay. The system produces the working paper; the submission is manual.

Readiness checks

The submission flags problems such as the company PAYE reference number missing, slips for the period not yet submitted, or employees missing SARS payroll codes. Clear these before treating it as final.

Keep every month

The annual EMP501 reconciliation needs all twelve monthly EMP201s. Create and keep one each month — even small or nil months — so year-end is clean.

Next

At year-end: Year-End: IRP5 & EMP501.