Resources & Guides

Payroll & Pastel insights

Practical guidance on Sage Pastel payroll, data recovery and SARS reconciliation — written for South African business owners who’d rather get it right the first time.

Payroll Recapture

What is payroll recapture, and when does your business need it?

A plain-English guide to what payroll recapture is, the situations that call for it, and how to tell whether to do it yourself or bring in help.

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Disaster Recovery

Recovering payroll after a server crash or ransomware attack

Lost your payroll with no backup? How it can be rebuilt from bank statements, payslips and SARS records — and how to prevent a repeat.

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Payroll Systems

Switching payroll systems mid-year without losing your YTD figures

Moving systems part-way through the tax year? How to carry your year-to-date figures and leave balances across so your EMP501 still reconciles.

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Rather have an expert handle it?

From a single missing month to years of manual records, we recapture and reconcile payroll inside Sage Pastel Payroll & HR — remotely and to your deadline.

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