PAYE. UIF. SDL. EMP501. IRP5. ROE.
All handled.
Payroll is the bit that breaks loudly when it goes wrong: missed deadlines, incorrect submissions, unhappy staff. We run the full statutory stack monthly: from variance through to payslip, payment and submission. Standalone, or bundled with Accounting, Tax & Business Compliance (ATBC) for smaller payrolls.
Practising since 2009. The client and retention figures are our own estimates across that time.
Credentials
- CA(SA) ledChartered Accountant (South Africa)
- SAICA memberSouth African Institute of Chartered Accountants
- Reg. 2009/018813/07Managing Advancing Wealth (Pty) Ltd
The full statutory stack, monthly.
Every recurring payroll deliverable for a SA employer, on a single monthly engagement. Senior-reviewed before anything is paid or submitted.
Monthly Payroll Runs
Gross-to-net calculation per employee, including deductions and benefits.
Payslips
Distributed to each employee on the agreed day, by the agreed channel.
Statutory Calculations
PAYE, UIF and SDL calculated per employee per period and reconciled monthly.
Monthly Submission
EMP201 prepared, reviewed and submitted to SARS on time, every month.
Bi-annual Recon
EMP501 reconciliation prepared and submitted at interim and annual cycles.
Annual Issuance
Annual employee tax certificates issued and reconciled to EMP501 submissions.
Annual Submission
Return of Earnings prepared and submitted to the Compensation Fund annually.
Leave & Distribution
Leave management; debit-order salary distribution available as an optional add-on.
From variance to submission, in five steps each month.
The cadence is the same every month. The detail varies; the rhythm doesn’t.
Three areas where generalist payroll providers come unstuck.
These aren’t add-ons: they’re in scope where the payroll requires them. Knowing how to handle each is the difference between competent and trustworthy.
Director’s remuneration.
Director payroll handled correctly: employee/director status, deemed remuneration, fringe benefits, loan-account interactions, and the tax treatment that flows from each.
Bargaining council compliance.
Where a bargaining council applies to your sector, compliance with the relevant collective agreement: contributions, levies, dispute reporting and member returns.
Complex & multi-payroll groups.
Multiple entities, multiple payrolls, multiple statutory references. Group-level consolidation and reconciliation, with each entity’s submission accurate in its own right.
Per-employee monthly fee. Online or offline.
Pricing reflects whether your payroll runs through cloud-based systems or requires offline handling. Quoted on engagement. No published rate card: specifics in the engagement letter.
Cloud-based payroll.
Where your payroll runs through cloud-based systems (employee self-service, automated bank-feed payments, electronic submissions), pricing reflects the efficiency. Lower per-employee fee, faster turnaround.
Offline handling.
Where payroll requires manual processing (printed payslips, manual variance capture, hand-delivered or branch submissions), pricing reflects the additional handling. Quoted per the actual workflow you need.
Industry-standard payroll software.
We run our payroll engagements on industry-standard cloud payroll software with comprehensive SA statutory compliance built in.
Tax tables current. Submissions formatted right.
SARS changes tax tables, brackets and submission formats more often than most realise. Running on industry-standard software means those updates land automatically, and the EMP201 and EMP501 outputs match SARS’s current expectations on submission day.
The software is a tool, not a magic answer. The work still gets reviewed by a senior team member before anything is paid or submitted.
Three audience profiles.
Payroll Management is the standalone monthly service. Below 6 employees, it usually sits inside ATBC.
Businesses with 6+ employees.
Where headcount has grown past what ATBC’s included payroll scope covers, standalone Payroll Management takes over.
Payroll-only engagements.
Where you want senior-reviewed payroll without the full ATBC monthly accounting and tax engagement around it.
Complex payroll requirements.
Director’s remuneration, bargaining council compliance, multi-entity payroll groups, or other specialist scope.
Payroll Management vs ATBC.
ATBC includes monthly payroll for up to 5 employees as part of the standard scope.
Payroll Management is the standalone service for businesses with 6+ employees, or for payroll-only engagements without the full ATBC stack around it.
If you’re an ATBC client whose headcount has grown past 5, we move the payroll onto Payroll Management without disruption.
Already on ATBC?
Your payroll is already running through us. If headcount grows past 5 employees, or specialist scope kicks in, we shift the payroll onto the standalone engagement: same team, same standard, different invoice line.
ATBC Service PageThe honest list of what gets quoted separately.
The standard monthly engagement covers the recurring statutory work. The items below happen less often and are scoped and quoted when they arise: no hidden surprise fees.
- Bonus runs: quoted per run, separately from the standard monthly fee.
- 13th cheque processing: quoted per cycle.
- Retrenchment processing: calculations, statutory notices and submissions quoted per matter.
- Severance & final settlement: tax treatment, directives and final-payment processing quoted per matter.
- Multi-payroll groups: group-level consolidation across multiple entities scoped separately.
- Out-of-cycle adjustments: corrections, recalculations and re-submissions outside the monthly cycle.
The questions we hear most often.
How is this priced?
How do bonuses and 13th cheques work?
What about severance and retrenchments?
Do you handle director’s remuneration correctly?
What if our sector has a bargaining council?
Can we engage Payroll Management without ATBC?
Do you process employees abroad?
When are payslips delivered?
Do you sell financial products (insurance, RAs, investments)?
Take payroll off your plate.
Start with a discovery call: free, no commitment. We scope, you decide.
What happens on the call: 30 minutes, online. We get to know your business and check that we are the right fit for each other, answer the questions you bring, share best practice for your setup, and quote for any work that falls within our services.
CA(SA) led practice +27 10 592 7717 info@mawinc.co.za 101 Rose Avenue, Lenasia, Johannesburg