Services Overview

SERVICES

• QCTO and SETA Accredited Training (NQF Level 1 – NQF Level 6)
• Accredited Skills Programmes and Learnerships
• Non – Accredited Training (Inhouse – Training)
• Consulting in Broad-Based Black Economic Empowerment (B-BBEE)
• Consulting in Employment Equity and Employment Equity Plans (EEP)
• Business Advising and Consulting
• Guiding Entities in terms of Learnerships and SARS TAX REBATES – Section 12 H

Discretionary Funding from Seta’s

Employers who pay the Skills Development Levy can Claim Cash Grants when they Provide Training for their Employees.

These Grants can be Used to Offset Training Costs. Sector Education and Training Authorities (SETA’s) may also Provide Grants for the Implementation of Learnerships.

Employers should get in touch with their SETA to which their Skills Levies are paid, to find out if Learnership Grants are available.

In addition to the 50% of Levy, which can be Claimed for a Workplace Skills Plan (WSP) and the Annual Training Report (ATR) you may apply for a Learnership Grant from your SETA before you start the Learnership.

Skills Development is one of the easier Elements to Gain BEE Points

• You can earn 8 Points if you invest 6% of your payroll on the training of black people. It used to be 3%.
• Another 4 Points can be received if you spend 0.3% of your total payroll on Learning Programmes for disabled, black Employees.
• By participating in Learnerships, Apprenticeships and Internships you can claim 4 Points if 2.5% of your Staff is enrolled on such Programmes and another 4 Points if 2.5% of your company’s headcount are black unemployed Learners.
• You earn an additional 5 Bonus Points if all your unemployed learners will be gainfully Employed at the end of the Learnership.

SARS TAX REBATES

Training and Development for Employees plays a Vital Role in the growth and success of your business. Learnership Allowance is intended to be an incentive for Employers to encourage Skills Development within their Workforce, with the hope to Create Jobs and Economic Growth.

It is effectively a Tax Deduction, which an Employer (company or individual) may claim. It is paying for Training or an Apprenticeship – for any of it’s Employees in terms of a Registered Learnership Agreement. It is an Agreement Registered with the SETA (Skills Education Training Authorities) in accordance with the Skills Development Act. It is Important that the Employer completes the IT180’s in respect of all Learnership Agreements for which a Tax Allowance will be claimed. The Allowance will be higher for Employees who are Disabled and are taking part in a Learnership Agreement.

The Allowance is made up of the following parts:

a) An Annual Allowance – this is available for each year of assessment in respect of which the Learner partakes in the learnership. It’s divided up, if the Agreement was not in effect for the full year.

b) A Completion Allowance – a Once off Allowance available in the year of assessment in which the Learner successfully completes the Registered Learnership Agreement. It is claimed in full regardless of which month, in the year, the Learnership was completed. It is claimed in addition to the Annual Allowance, meaning that in the year of Completion, the Employer can Claim both the Annual Allowance and the Completion Allowance.

For Learnerships entered into After 01^st of October 2016 but Before 01^st of April 2024:

The Allowance will depend on the NQF (National Qualification Framework) Level of the Learnership. For NQF level 1- 6, the Employer can claim a Tax Allowance of R40,000 (R60,000 for Disability) per year and NQF level 7-10, the Employer can claim a Tax Allowance of R20,000 (R50,000 for Disability) per year.

The Employer can claim a R40,000 “Completion Allowance” for NQF level 1- 6 (R60,000 for Disability) and R20,000 for NQF level 7-10 (R50,000 for Disability).

If the Learnership exceeds 24 Months, then the Completion Allowance is multiplied by the number of Consecutive 12 Month periods within the duration of that Learnership.