PAYROLL AUTHORS GROUP (PAG)

The Payroll Authors Group (PAG) is a division of the ITA established in 1989 and aims to:

• Liaise with government departments and statutory bodies to maintain awareness of legislative changes.
• Ensure that payroll software incorporates legislative changes.
• Advise government departments and statutory bodies of most practical ways to implement changes.
• Review the draft version of the IRP10 Guidelines for Employees’ Tax and make suggestions on how it can be made more understandable for users.
• Act as a mouthpiece for the Payroll industry.
• Develop inter-industry relationships with users and related services such as pension funds, medical aid schemes, unions, bargaining councils etc.

 The following are some of the more recent PAG Achievements:

• Assisted SARS with the design and layout of the electronic IRP5.
• Successfully lobbied the phasing in of the new IRP5.
• Pointed out errors in the IRP10 to SARS which resulted in SARS correcting their notice to employers.
• Assisted SARS in clarifying definitions contained in IRP5 documentation.