No, uFiling is specific to UIF declarations and contributions.
Visit the following web address
https://ufiling.labour.gov.za/ and from this home page, click on the ‘Activate my uFiling account’ button and follow the on-screen instructions.
Please ensure that you have available the following information:
For Domestic Employers
Your valid UIF registration number, your valid 13 Digit bar-coded RSA identity number, a valid e-mail address and your banking account details from which you will pay your UIF contributions.
For Commercial Employers
Your valid UIF registration number, your valid RSA identity number or passport number, a valid e-mail address, Your company’s official registration name and details as provided by the Registrar of Companies which is the CK1 form for CC’s and CM1 or CM3 for Proprietary Limited companies, and lastly your banking account details from which you will pay your UIF contributions.
For Practitioners
Valid UIF registration numbers for Domestic or Employers as above, your valid 13 Digit bar-coded RSA identity number or passport number, a valid e-mail address, Your company’s official registration name and details as provided by the Registrar of Companies which is the CK1 form for CC’s and CM1 or CM3 for Proprietary Limited companies, and lastly your banking account details from which you will pay your UIF contributions.
For Foreign Domestic Employers
Your valid UIF registration number, passport number, a valid e-mail address and your banking account details from which you will pay your UIF contributions.
For Applicants
Your valid ID Number, a valid e-mail address and your banking account details to which payment of benefits will be made.
To register a Commercial uFiling account you need to have the following documents and information available.
The Owner / Partner / Director / Member’s valid 13 Digit South African ID number or a valid Passport number
The Owner / Partner / Director / Member’s e-mail address where all correspondence will be emailed
The company’s official registration name and details as provided by the Registrar of Companies which is the CK1 form for CC’s and CM1 or CM3 for prietary Limited companies
The companies owner details
Banking account details and valid branch code that you will nominate to be used to securely pay your UIF contributions. For commercial employers this would be your company’s bank account
Your employee’s valid 13 Digit South African ID number or a valid Passport number
Your employees employment details
To register your Domestic uFiling account you need to have the following documents and information available.
The Domestic employers valid 13 Digit South African ID.
Your e-mail address where all correspondence will be emailed.
If a practitioner is registering a domestic employer as a, the domestic employers details are required.
Your banking details and valid branch code that you will nominate to be used to securely pay your UIF contributions.
The employees valid 13 Digit South African ID number.
The employee’s employment details.
uFiling is a free service, please note that your bank will still charge you their agreed fee for transactions should you make use of the payment options to settle your UIF contribution liability.
All of your outstanding returns can be submitted via uFiling for the past five years. The Act requires an Employer to submit monthly returns, you may have to do multiple return submissions and payments.
Yes. uFiling keeps a minimum of five years history of both returns and payments. These only apply to those returns and payments made via uFiling.
The return remains active until it has been paid. Under the returns history section you can change your return as many times as required until paid. If a payment was effected, the return cannot be reversed due to transaction processes with the bank. You can submit an alteration in the following month’s declaration period to affect a change on a previous declaration period.
When a period on your declarations grid displays as Red, uFiling is notifying you that a problem exists with the period highlighted in “Red” as there are either missing employee declarations for the period or there are no declarations at all for the period.
No, you cannot pay a single UIF contribution from different bank accounts. You may set up different bank accounts in uFiling and when paying you can then select a bank account for that contribution.
Once you have received confirmation that your uFiling account is activated, you can load your banking details under the menu “Employer” and “Bank Account Details”.
Future-dated transactions are allowed for activated uFilers for all the major banks. It must be noted however, that ABSA Direct does not allow future dated transactions, and Standard Bank Business Online (CATS) require transactions on the day that the transaction is created.
You will receive a case number upon submitting your claim, please login to uFiling to check the progress or contact the call centre at 012 337 1680.
You will be notified once the claim is approved when to submit a payment request form.
The assessor has been allocated your application and if your application is found to be complete it will be assessed within the prescribed Turnaround times ( 15 days for unemployment claims, 5 days for maternity claims).
