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Learnership Cash Grant 2010/11 due 31 March 2011

The deadline for submission of the Learnership Cash Grant (LCG) for the period 1 January 2010 to 31 December 2010 is 31 March 2011.

The grant is applicable to organisations with less than 150 employees who are either:

levy-paying members registered with Fasset whose levy payments to SARS are up-to-date and who have an approved Workplace Skills Plan for the period 1 April 2010 to 31 March 2011
non-levy-paying members who are registered with Fasset

The learner for which the grant is being applied must:

have commenced the learnership during the period 1 January 2010 to 31 December 2010
be african, coloured, Indian or a learner with a disability
be correctly registered on a Fasset learnership or other selected learnership
hold a valid South African identity document

The Learnership Cash Grant is based on the duration of the learnership. For 2010/11, the following amounts apply:

R11 000 for a 1-year learnership
R18 000 for a 2-year learnership
R27 000 for a 3-year learnership

For Disabled learners the cash grant amount is as follows:

R19 250 for a 1-year learnership
R31 000 for a 2-year learnership
R47 250 for 3-year learnership

There are two grant application forms: one for levy paying employers and one for employers who are not eligible to pay the Skills Development Levy to Fasset.

Click through to Downloads for the Learnership Cash Grant application forms.

Completed application forms should be submitted to the Skills Planning Department at Fasset.

Other Seta Learnerships applicable to the Fasset Sector

The criteria for the provision of the Learnership Cash Grant for 2008/09 is now available to employers in the Fasset sector that have implemented other Seta learnerships. Employers would be entitled to apply for the Learnership Cash Grant if they have registered learners for the following learnerships that are offered by other Setas.

List of Other Seta Learnerships

Seta	Title of Qualification	SAQA QUAL ID	NQF Level

BANKSETA	Diploma: Technician: Internal Auditing	20358	NQF 6

BANKSETA	Diploma: Treasury : International Banking	20334	NQF 5

INSETA	Postgraduate Diploma : Financial Planning	48866	NQF 7

SERVICES SETA	Further Education and Training Certificate :Small Business Advising (Information Support)	48883	NQF 4

SERVICES SETA	National Certificate : Business Advising	48886	NQF 5

SERVICES SETA	National Certificate: Business Consulting Practice (Enterprise Resource Planning)	48874	NQF 5

Go to Fasset Learnerships for the list of Fasset learnerships.

The tax deduction (to be claimed from SARS as per section 12H of the Income Tax Act 2009) is as follows.

Type of Learner	Commencement Allowance	Completion Allowance



Basic	R 30,000 per annum	R 30,000 * no. of completed 12-month periods



Learner with disability	R 50,000 per annum	R 50, 000 per annum * no. of completed 12- month periods

The employer may claim a commencement allowance for each year of the learnership, however the completion allowance may only be claimed by the employer with whom the learner completed their learnership contract.

The commencement allowance must be pro-rated if the learnership is in existence for less than 12 months (and across employers, should the employee transfer from one company to another) however the completion allowance may not be pro-rated. It must be claimed in full by the employer where the learner completes the learnership. For each 12-month period of the entire programme completed, an allowance of R 30, 000 may be claimed.

For example, if a learnership was 2 and a half years, a deduction of R 75, 000 would be allowable in terms of the commencement allowance(i.e. 2.5*R 30,000) whereas only 2 years would be allowable in terms of the completion allowance i.e. R 60,000.

* The legislation referred to is section 12 H of the Income Tax Act. A copy of this legislation, the SARS IT 180, and frequently asked questions are all available on the website.

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