Accounting firms in Rwanda
Payroll software for accounting firms in Rwanda
PayrollMaster lets an accounting firm in Rwanda run every client's payroll from one account. Each client organisation carries Rwanda's statutory rules — PAYE, RSSB Pension, Maternity and CBHI — calculated on every payslip and filed with Rwanda Revenue Authority. Switch into a client's books in one click and see the whole book on one dashboard.
What every client needs
What must you get right on a Rwandan client’s payroll?
5 statutory items, collected by 2 different bodies — on every client, every month. We maintain the rates; you keep the client.
Rwandan employers pay monthly. The RSSB pension contribution is in the middle of a phased increase — it doubled in 2025 and steps up again in January 2027 — so a payroll process that hardcodes the rate will be wrong within a year.
| Deduction | Authority | Paid by | Rate |
|---|---|---|---|
| PAYE Pay As You Earn | Rwanda Revenue Authority (RRA) | Employee | 0% up to RWF 60,000/month, then 10%, 20% and 30% Source · in force from 2023-11-01 |
| RSSB Pension Compulsory pension scheme contribution | Rwanda Social Security Board (RSSB) | Employer + employee | 6% employee + 6% employer (12% total) for 2025–2026, stepping up to 7% + 7% on 1 January 2027 Source · in force from 2025-01-01 Commonly misreported. Content still showing the old 3% + 3% rate is stale. The phased schedule keeps rising annually through 2030, so any hardcoded figure here has a short shelf life — which is rather the point. |
| Maternity Maternity leave benefit contribution | Rwanda Social Security Board (RSSB) | Employer + employee | 0.3% employee + 0.3% employer of gross salary Source |
| Occupational Hazards Occupational hazards insurance contribution | Rwanda Social Security Board (RSSB) | Employer | 2% of gross salary, employer-paid Source |
| CBHI Community Based Health Insurance | Rwanda Social Security Board (RSSB) | Employee | 0.5% of net salary, employee-paid Source · in force from 2020-01-13 |
Rates last reviewed 2026-07-14 against Rwanda Revenue Authority and other official sources. Where a figure is widely misreported elsewhere, we say so above rather than leave you to find the contradiction yourself. Statutory rates change with every finance act — confirm current figures with a local practitioner before relying on them. PayrollMaster applies the current rates centrally, so your payroll run does not depend on this table being fresh.
How it works
One account, every Rwandan client
- 1
Add the client
Create a managed organisation for a client who has nothing yet, or invite one that already runs on PayrollMaster. Their employees, pay components and statutory setup live in their own books.
- 2
Scope who sees what
Grant your team access per client. A junior can work one client’s payroll without seeing the rest of the book; a partner sees everything.
- 3
Work the book
Switch into any client’s books in one click, run their payroll on their country’s statutory rules, and switch back. No second login, no separate tool per client.
- 4
See it all at once
The agency dashboard aggregates clients, employees, payroll runs and gross payroll, with a cross-client activity feed showing who did what, where.
- Agency accounts that manage multiple client organisations
- Create managed clients or invite existing ones, with granular per-client permissions
- One-click tenant switching — operate inside a client’s books and back
- An agency dashboard aggregating clients, employees, runs and gross payroll
- A cross-client activity feed
The rest of your book
Clients outside Rwanda?
Each client organisation carries its own country. Hold them all in the same agency account.
Questions
Client payroll in Rwanda: common questions
Can an accounting firm in Rwanda run payroll for multiple clients?
Yes. An agency account manages multiple client organisations from one login. Each Rwandan client runs on Rwanda's statutory rules, and you switch into their books in a click. The agency dashboard aggregates clients, employees, runs and gross payroll across the book.
Which Rwanda deductions are handled for each client?
Every statutory item a Rwandan payslip carries — PAYE, RSSB Pension, Maternity and CBHI — is calculated on each client's payroll and filed with Rwanda Revenue Authority. The rates are maintained centrally, so a change does not become a per-client task for your firm.
Can I manage Rwanda clients alongside clients in other countries?
Yes. Each client organisation carries its own country, so one agency account can hold Rwandan clients next to clients in every other market PayrollMaster supports. There is no separate account or tool per country.
Can my team be limited to specific Rwanda clients?
Yes. Permissions are granular and per client. A team member assigned to one Rwandan client sees that client's payroll and nothing else, which keeps the rest of the book closed to them.
Run one Rwandan client free
Start free, add a single Rwanda client, and run one real month end to end — the deductions, the payslips and the filing with Rwanda Revenue Authority. Compare it against your current process before you move the book.