Skills Development Levy (SDL) is a levy paid by employers who are registered for this levy by SARS and are thereby registered with their allocated Seta. These funds are used to contribute to developing their employees by conducting training. This assists the employees in developing the skills they require and to advance in their career. All companies who have an annual payroll equal to or exceeding R500 000 per annum are liable to register for SDL with SARS, and they will then pay this SDL as a total of 1% of their payroll every month through the submission of their EMP201. Employers who project that their payroll will exceed this amount in the next 12 months also become liable to register. Companies can claim back 20% of their SDL amount by submitting a Workplace Skills Plan (WSP) and Annual Training Report (ATR), also referred to as a Mandatory Grant, to the Seta which they have been allocated through this registration.
SEESA has a team of qualified Skills Development Facilitators (SDF’s) who can assist companies with these applications.
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