Questions about payroll in Africa

Yes. PayrollMaster calculates PAYE using KRA’s current graduated bands, applies personal relief, and produces the monthly PAYE return in the format KRA’s iTax system expects. Statutory deductions for NSSF, SHIF and the Affordable Housing Levy are calculated on the same payslip and remitted together.

Yes. SHIF replaced NHIF as Kenya’s statutory health deduction in October 2024, and PayrollMaster deducts SHIF on every payslip and remits it to the Social Health Authority. If your payroll still produces an NHIF line, it is producing an incorrect payslip.

PayrollMaster charges KES 100 per employee per month on Starter and KES 150 on Professional, quoted and charged in Kenyan shillings. Statutory filing is included rather than charged per submission, there is no setup fee, and Enterprise is priced on request.

It prepares the payment; your bank or mobile-money provider moves the money. PayrollMaster calculates net pay in Kenyan shillings and records each employee’s payment method — bank, mobile money, cash or cheque, with multiple accounts and salary splits — then produces the bank payment file and tracks the status of every payment on the run. Payslips are generated and emailed in bulk, and no run is final without an authorised approval.

Yes. Nigerian PAYE is administered by state revenue services, not federally, so PayrollMaster assigns each employee to their state of residence and produces a separate return for each — Lagos staff file with LIRS, Abuja staff with the FCT authority — from one payroll run.

Yes. The Nigeria Tax Act 2025 took effect on 1 January 2026 and replaced the previous PAYE bands, and the Federal Inland Revenue Service is now the Nigeria Revenue Service. PayrollMaster applies the current bands; payroll spreadsheets built on the old table are now producing incorrect deductions.

PayrollMaster charges KES 100 per employee per month on Starter and KES 150 on Professional, quoted and charged in Kenyan shillings, while the payroll itself runs in naira. Statutory filing is included rather than charged per submission, there is no setup fee, and Enterprise is priced on request.

It prepares the payment; your bank or mobile-money provider moves the money. PayrollMaster calculates net pay in naira and records each employee’s payment method — bank, mobile money, cash or cheque, with multiple accounts and salary splits — then produces the bank payment file and tracks the status of every payment on the run. Payslips are generated and emailed in bulk, and no run is final without an authorised approval.

Yes. The Income Tax (Amendment) Act 2026 raised the monthly tax-free threshold from UGX 235,000 to UGX 335,000 and made 20% the first taxable band, from 1 July 2026. Assent came on 20 August 2026, so July and August payrolls run on the old bands may need correcting. PayrollMaster applies the new bands from 1 July 2026.

Local Service Tax is not a normal monthly deduction — it is spread over the first months of the financial year and paid to the local authority. PayrollMaster schedules it across the correct months and stops it automatically, so employees are never over-deducted.

PayrollMaster charges KES 100 per employee per month on Starter and KES 150 on Professional, quoted and charged in Kenyan shillings, while the payroll itself runs in Ugandan shillings. Statutory filing is included rather than charged per submission, there is no setup fee, and Enterprise is priced on request.

It prepares the payment; your bank or mobile-money provider moves the money. PayrollMaster calculates net pay in Ugandan shillings and records each employee’s payment method — bank, mobile money, cash or cheque, with multiple accounts and salary splits — then produces the bank payment file and tracks the status of every payment on the run. Payslips are generated and emailed in bulk, and no run is final without an authorised approval.

Yes. Tanzanian employees belong to either NSSF or PSSSF depending on the sector they work in. PayrollMaster records each employee’s fund and routes their contribution to the right one, so a mixed workforce does not need two payroll runs.

Yes. PayrollMaster calculates PAYE using TRA’s current graduated bands, applies the Skills and Development Levy where the employer meets the headcount threshold, and produces the monthly return TRA expects, with Workers Compensation Fund charges calculated on the same run.

PayrollMaster charges KES 100 per employee per month on Starter and KES 150 on Professional, quoted and charged in Kenyan shillings, while the payroll itself runs in Tanzanian shillings. Statutory filing is included rather than charged per submission, there is no setup fee, and Enterprise is priced on request.

It prepares the payment; your bank or mobile-money provider moves the money. PayrollMaster calculates net pay in Tanzanian shillings and records each employee’s payment method — bank, mobile money, cash or cheque, with multiple accounts and salary splits — then produces the bank payment file and tracks the status of every payment on the run. Payslips are generated and emailed in bulk, and no run is final without an authorised approval.

PayrollMaster calculates PAYE using RRA’s current graduated bands and produces the monthly declaration. The RSSB contributions — pension, maternity, occupational hazards and community health insurance — are not yet built into the Rwanda rules, so employers set them up as percentage pay components on the payroll.

Yes, substantially. The RSSB pension contribution doubled in January 2025 and rises again in January 2027 under a phased schedule that runs to 2030. Check the step that applies to each pay month: 6% + 6% for 2025–2026, then 7% + 7% from 1 January 2027.

PayrollMaster charges KES 100 per employee per month on Starter and KES 150 on Professional, quoted and charged in Kenyan shillings, while the payroll itself runs in Rwandan francs. Statutory filing is included rather than charged per submission, there is no setup fee, and Enterprise is priced on request.

It prepares the payment; your bank or mobile-money provider moves the money. PayrollMaster calculates net pay in Rwandan francs and records each employee’s payment method — bank, mobile money, cash or cheque, with multiple accounts and salary splits — then produces the bank payment file and tracks the status of every payment on the run. Payslips are generated and emailed in bulk, and no run is final without an authorised approval.

Yes. PayrollMaster calculates PAYE using GRA's current annual graduated bands on a cumulative-monthly basis, deducts the SSNIT Tier 1 employee contribution from chargeable income before applying the bands, and produces the monthly return the GRA expects.

PayrollMaster deducts the Tier 1 employee contribution (5.5% of basic, capped at the SSNIT ceiling) and remits it with the employer share to SSNIT. The Tier 2 employer contribution (5% of basic, same ceiling) is routed to the employee's licensed private trustee. Both ceilings update automatically when SSNIT revises them each January.

PayrollMaster charges KES 100 per employee per month on Starter and KES 150 on Professional, quoted and charged in Kenyan shillings, while the payroll itself runs in Ghanaian cedis. Statutory filing is included rather than charged per submission, there is no setup fee, and Enterprise is priced on request.

It prepares the payment; your bank or mobile-money provider moves the money. PayrollMaster calculates net pay in Ghanaian cedis and records each employee's payment method — bank, mobile money, cash or cheque, with multiple accounts and salary splits — then produces the bank payment file and tracks the status of every payment on the run. Payslips are generated and emailed in bulk, and no run is final without an authorised approval.

Yes. PayrollMaster calculates PAYE using ZRA’s current graduated bands and produces the monthly return, with the Skills Development Levy declared on the same return. NAPSA and NHIMA contributions are calculated on the same payslip and remitted by the 10th of the following month.

Yes. NAPSA contributions are capped at an insurable-earnings ceiling that NAPSA revises every January, tied to national average earnings. PayrollMaster applies the current ceiling automatically, so high earners are not over-deducted — and you are not maintaining a number that changes annually.

PayrollMaster charges KES 100 per employee per month on Starter and KES 150 on Professional, quoted and charged in Kenyan shillings, while the payroll itself runs in kwacha. Statutory filing is included rather than charged per submission, there is no setup fee, and Enterprise is priced on request.

It prepares the payment; your bank or mobile-money provider moves the money. PayrollMaster calculates net pay in kwacha and records each employee’s payment method — bank, mobile money, cash or cheque, with multiple accounts and salary splits — then produces the bank payment file and tracks the status of every payment on the run. Payslips are generated and emailed in bulk, and no run is final without an authorised approval.

Yes. PayrollMaster calculates IPR using the DGI's annual progressive bands, applies the 30% effective-rate cap, deducts CNSS pension contributions before computing taxable income, and produces the monthly return the DGI expects.

PayrollMaster flags each employee as resident or expatriate and applies the IERE only to expatriate payslips. The 25% charge is calculated on the IPR base and shown as an employer cost — it does not reduce the expatriate's net pay.

PayrollMaster charges KES 100 per employee per month on Starter and KES 150 on Professional, quoted and charged in Kenyan shillings, while the payroll itself runs in Congolese francs. Statutory filing is included rather than charged per submission, there is no setup fee, and Enterprise is priced on request.

It prepares the payment; your bank or mobile-money provider moves the money. PayrollMaster calculates net pay in Congolese francs and records each employee's payment method — bank transfer, mobile money, cash or cheque — then produces the bank payment file and tracks the status of every payment on the run. Payslips are generated and emailed in bulk, and no run is final without an authorised approval.

PayrollMaster calculates PAYE on graduated monthly bands and NSIF contributions on every payslip, and produces the monthly return the NRA expects. South Sudan’s bands change often, so they are maintained centrally and applied on the day you run payroll — there is no formula to update when a Finance Act moves them.

Because the South Sudanese pound has lost much of its value, successive Finance Acts and Bills have raised the tax-free threshold and widened the bands so inflation does not drag low earners into tax. Published tables still disagree with each other, so confirm the bands in force for your pay period before relying on any single source.

PayrollMaster charges KES 100 per employee per month on Starter and KES 150 on Professional, quoted and charged in Kenyan shillings, while the payroll itself runs in South Sudanese pounds. Statutory filing is included rather than charged per submission, there is no setup fee, and Enterprise is priced on request.

It prepares the payment; your bank or mobile-money provider moves the money. PayrollMaster calculates net pay in South Sudanese pounds and records each employee’s payment method — bank, mobile money, cash or cheque, with multiple accounts and salary splits — then produces the bank payment file and tracks the status of every payment on the run. Payslips are generated and emailed in bulk, and no run is final without an authorised approval.