South Africa VAT, UIF and SDL

# South Africa VAT, UIF and SDL

Rates and codes. Install the South Africa set from Taxes > Tax codes. It has standard rated 15%, standard rated capital goods 15%, zero-rated supplies, zero-rated exports, exempt supplies, and supplies outside the scope of VAT. All rates are starting points you verify with your tax office.

The VAT201 worksheet. Open Tax and payroll: Africa > South Africa. Choose the period and press Show the worksheet. It lists standard-rated supplies, zero-rated supplies, exempt supplies, output tax, input tax on capital goods, input tax on other goods, and the VAT payable or refundable. A capital purchase gets the capital-goods code, so its input tax is kept apart.

Copy the figures into your own VAT201 return. Pop Books does not file it.

What to upload where. File the VAT201 through your own South African Revenue Service channel. This pack makes the working, not the return file.

UIF and SDL. The UIF scheme has an employee rate, an employer rate, a monthly earnings ceiling and optional tiers. The SDL scheme uses the employer rate you enter. Save the rates, tick that you have checked them, pick a posted pay run, and press Contribution report or CSV file. The report shows each person's pay, the employee share and the employer share.

What the pack doesn't cover. Income tax, PAYE, the EMP201 return and the UIF or SDL declaration are not calculated or filed here. Pop Books works out no income tax.

Verify with your tax office. Last reviewed 2026-11-06.