Payroll Audit / Review Service
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Payroll Audit / Review Service

We offer a payroll audit / review service to companies that are doing their own payroll. 

We recommend that all companies do a review of their payroll on either an annual or biannual basis.

During the payroll review / audit, we go through the company's payroll system and check (and correct) the following:


  1. Program version in use
  2. Latest legislation installed
  3. Application of legislation
  4. Company setup
  5. Pay Frequencies
  6. Banking details
  7. Bank transfer file
  8. Program features being used correctly
  9. Backup systems
  10. Employee profile setup
  11. Individual employee setup
  12. Transaction codes setup
  13. Transaction codes in use
  14. Linked SARS tax codes in use
  15. Payslip design
  16. Leave setup
  17. Leave processing
  18. Monthly EMP201 submissions
  19. Biannual EMP501 submissions
  20. Monthly UIF submissions
  21. Employee self service systems
  22. HR systems in place
  23. Processes in place
  24. Other program features not in use
  25. Employee self service
  26. ETI setup
  27. UIF limit
  28. SDL percentage
  29. PAYE method
  30. Funds

We are able to assist with businesses who use the following payroll products:

  • Sage Pastel Payroll
  • Sage VIP Payroll
  • Sage Business Cloud Payroll
  • Sage Business Cloud Payroll Professional
  • Sage Payroll & HR
  • SimplePay
  • Quick Payroll
  • Palladium Payroll
  • PaySpace


Our audits / reviews prepare companies for their biannual submissions as well as for any audits that SARS requests. We recommend that companies do a payroll audit / review before doing their next EMP501 submission.


Contact us for more information or to request an audit / review for your company.

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