Query Tax Codes {FPRC-21}

Tax Codes are determined by the Revenue Office of each country and are used for reporting on the generation and submission of employees tax certificates. These codes are displayed only and are mountview by AdaptIT.

Tax Certificates are generated with totals per Tax Code as prescribed by the various Receivers of Revenue of each country. 

Tax Codes are assigned to Salary Transactions during the Full Salary Calculation {FPRN-2} or the Single Salary Calculation {FPRN-3}, as entered per Global Earning / Deduction Detail {FPRG-7} or Individual Earnings / Deductions {FPRI-2}.

Note that the following additional codes also display in this screen.

Tax Code “9999” (Non IRP5 Total) used for transactions that are not reported on the Tax Certificate.

For South African Clients:

1. Tax Code "9998" used for Retirement Fund Reform calculation, introduced with effect from 1st March 2016. This Tax Code is programmatically converted to the applicable code during the Full Salary Calculation or the Single Salary    Calculation process, depending on whether the Retirement Fund is Pension, Provident or R.A., when used in conjunction with Calculation Method 'X' {FPRG-25}

2. Reason Codes why no PAYE has been deducted from an employee which are reported on IT3a Tax Certificates.

For Ghana Clients

1. Tax code '13' is used for Overtime Payments. This is used to automate the calculation of PAYE on Overtime Payments. A different tax rate is applied for each of the following catergories; 'J' Junior, 'S' Senior, 'N' Non Resident which is used by calc method 'i' to determine the calculation path. 

Fields in the option:

Panel Box 1: Block Description

This Block cannot be updated by the user and displays the following information:

Field	Type & Length	Description
IRP5 Code	N4	This is the tax box code as supplied by the Receiver of Revenue.
Foreign IRP5 Code	N4	This tax box is RSA specific and is supplied by SARS (RSA). This tax box refers to income received whilst working outside the borders of the RSA.
IRP5 Code for Conversion	N4	This is the Tax Code that will be used for reporting purposes on the Tax certificate generated.
English Description	A80	This is the English description for the specifc tax box.
Alternate Description	A80	This is the alternate languge description for the specific tax box.
Taxable/Non-Taxable	A1	Is this tax box taxable Yes or No
Linked To E/D Code?	A1	May this tax box be linked to an ED code.
Tax Code Groupings	A2	This indicator groups tax boxes into the correct grouping for exampl Normal Income, allowances, lumpsums, tax deductions etc. These groupings determine both the printing order on tax certificates as well as tax calculations.

Example:

Processing Rules
	This screen is populated by AdaptIT and no field on this screen can be maintained by the user.

See Also:

• Procedures:
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History of Changes

Date	System Version	By Whom	Job	Description
17-Oct-2006	v01.0.0.0	Amanda Nell	t134030	New manual format.
17-May-2007	v01.0.0.0	Allie de Nysschen	t134030	New Development
14-Aug-2009	v01.0.0.1	Charlene van der Schyff	t161012	Edit language obtained from proof read language Juliet Gillies.
09-Dec-2015	v03.0.0.0	Sakhile Ntimane	t209237	Adding new field and updating image
30-Jan-2017	v04.0.0.0	Sakhile Ntimane	t219225	Change image to Integrator4.
09-Oct-2017	v05.0.0.0	Sthembile Mdluli	t220368	Convert image to intergrator 5. Panel Box 2 information is excluded in INT 5.
06-Mar-2020	v04.1.0.0	Kerrylee Naidoo	t236853	New tax calculation for Ghana clients for Overtime Payments