⚡ Quick answer Q4’s employer deadlines: 1 October closes manual EE reporting, 31 October closes the EMP501 interim season, the monthly EMP201 runs through, and December demands an early payroll plus public-holiday pay planning. The quarter ends with the 7 January EMP201 already looming. The last quarter compresses the year’s hardest scheduling into twelve weeks. The employer deadlines from October to December combine a genuine filing deadline (31 October), the trickiest payroll month of the year, and a January obligation that must be prepared before everyone goes on leave. Employers who plan Q4 in October enjoy December; the rest spend it on hold with SARS. Here is the quarter. Employer…