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1. Should the youth employment tax scheme be scrapped?
(News)
Trade unions have made renewed calls for the scrapping of the Employment Tax Incentive four years after its launch. The scheme, which has paid qualifying employers R6.3bn in claims between 2014 and ...
Created on 19 May 2017
2. How can government fund higher education?
(News)
... to removing these incentives. Government has, said National Treasury, reviewed the urban development zone tax incentive in 2012 and the learnership and employment tax incentives in 2016. “The learnership ...
Created on 23 Feb 2017
3. Treasury scraps cap on employer’s employment tax incentive claims
(News)
Treasury has accepted the plea by business to scrap the proposed R20m cap on annual claims per employer under the employment tax incentive (ETI), which aims to promote youth employment.    ...
Created on 16 Nov 2016
4. Small & Medium Businesses should be saving money for a bad day – Here’s how
(Editor's Pick)
... can be a great way of identifying potential future hires for your business. Also, keep an eye on the Employment Tax Incentive (ETI), currently scheduled to end on 31 December 2016. If government chooses ...
Created on 2 Nov 2016
5. Youth employment and learnership tax incentives to be extended
(News)
The Treasury has proposed a two-year extension of the employment tax incentive (ETI) and a five-year extension of the learnership tax incentive. Both of which, it says, have yielded positive results.  ...
Created on 27 Sep 2016
6. Payroll tax: 6 things small business owners should know
(Editor's Pick)
... and SDL are calculated on your behalf. Incentives such as the Employment Tax Incentive can also automatically be calculated which can save you time and money. In a period of seismic technological change ...
Created on 9 Sep 2016
7. Treasury on progress of Employment Tax Incentive
(News)
The Employment Tax Incentive (ETI) was introduced by Government on 1 January 2014 as part of a package of programs to address the social and economic problem of youth unemployment. The incentive aims to ...
Created on 29 Aug 2016
8. ON THE JOB TRAINING AND WORK EXPERIENCE TRUMPS A DEGREE
(Opinion)
According to the 2016 IMF Working Paper on South Africa’s Labour Market Dynamics and Inequality, large skill mismatches, poor educational outcomes, and the apartheid legacies have hurt South Africa’s ...
Created on 8 Aug 2016
9. Public comment sought on tax bills
(News)
... bills do not deal with the youth employment tax incentive (ETI) and the learnership tax incentive, which are currently being reviewed through a separate but parallel process. “The two incentives will ...
Created on 11 Jul 2016
10. Youth and the economy
(Editor's Pick)
... in place, policies can be introduced to maximise the chances of providing South Africa’s youth with a fighting chance to achieve economic success. An example is the Employment Tax Incentive Act, which ...
Created on 17 Jun 2016
11. Call for a review of youth wage subsidy
(News)
... has risen from 3.14 million in 2009 to its current level of 3.38 million.” Bishop Gabuza, the chair person of SACBC Justice and Peace Commission has said. As an employment tax incentive, the youth wage ...
Created on 4 May 2016
12. 5 tax questions every business owner should ask in 2016
(Editor's Pick)
... payroll systems.  Here are the five tax questions every small business owner should be asking their tax consultant this year 1.    What is happening with the Employment Tax Incentive ...
Created on 15 Apr 2016
13. BBBEE benefits: A new view to increased profits
(Company Category)
... remains a highly profitable exercise. Any training provider worth their salt will complete the IT180 forms (SARS Learnership claim form) on your behalf. 3. Try the Employment Tax Incentive. Ensure your ...
Created on 21 Mar 2016
14. Dozens of unemployed assisted with CV’s
(News)
... model used in the Western Cape. Introducing a real Youth Wage Subsidy to address high levels of youth unemployment. Government’s current intervention, the Employment Tax Incentive (ETI), has failed to ...
Created on 4 Mar 2016
15. 5 Key aspects Rob Cooper will be looking out for in the Budget Speech
(News)
The Budget will be announced on 24 February at 14:00. Rob Cooper, Tax Expert and Director of Legislation Updates and Proposed Legislation at Sage HR & Payroll says that: • Finance Minister Pravin ...
Created on 11 Feb 2016
16. Evaluating the success of the Employment Tax Incentive
(Editor's Pick)
Now that we’re just over halfway through the current legal life of the Employment Tax Incentive (ETI), it is opportune to consider whether the legislation has met its goal of creating new jobs for young ...
Created on 14 Sep 2015
17. Study shows that subsidy has little impact on youth jobs
(News)
... 1 January last year. “In the first six months (after) the introduction of the (employment tax incentive), we find no evidence that it has had any substantial, positive and statistically significant effect ...
Created on 21 Jul 2015
18. Workforce Holdings reaps the rewards of its diversification strategy
(News)
... The company also advises clients on the recently introduced Employment Tax Incentive (ETI) Programme. Financial and Lifestyle Products Workforce is responding to its assignees’ desire for a better ...
Created on 8 May 2015
19. Labour brokers harvest employment tax incentive
(Recruitment)
The employment tax incentive introduced to promote youth employment is translating into a cash windfall for the country’s much-maligned labour brokers. Workforce Holdings, SA’s second-largest labour ...
Created on 5 May 2015
20. The social and economic impact of youth unemployment
(Editor's Pick)
... Understanding the role that businesses have to play in boosting the employment of young work seekers, the South African government launched the Employment Tax Incentive (ETI) Act in January 2014. Commonly ...
Created on 21 Apr 2015