Accounting firms in Tanzania
Payroll software for accounting firms in Tanzania
PayrollMaster lets an accounting firm in Tanzania run every client's payroll from one account. Each client organisation carries Tanzania's statutory rules — PAYE, NSSF / PSSSF — calculated on every payslip and filed with Tanzania 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 Tanzanian client’s payroll?
4 statutory items, collected by 3 different bodies — on every client, every month. We maintain the rates; you keep the client.
Tanzanian employers pay monthly. Employees belong to either NSSF (private sector) or PSSSF (public sector), and payroll must route contributions to the right fund. Zanzibar-registered employers face different SDL rules from the mainland.
| Deduction | Authority | Paid by | Rate |
|---|---|---|---|
| PAYE Pay As You Earn | Tanzania Revenue Authority (TRA) | Employee | Graduated 0%–30%; the first TZS 270,000/month is untaxed Source · in force from 2021-07-01 |
| NSSF / PSSSF Social security contribution | NSSF (private sector) or PSSSF (public sector) | Employer + employee | 20% of gross salary in total, commonly split 10% employee + 10% employer Source |
| SDL Skills and Development Levy | Tanzania Revenue Authority (TRA) | Employer | 3.5% of gross monthly payroll, for mainland employers with more than 10 employees Source · in force from 2023-07-01 Commonly misreported. Several live "2026 tax guide" sites still quote 4% or 4.5%. Those are stale — the rate was cut to 3.5% in July 2023. Zanzibar-registered employers use different figures and a different employee-count threshold from the mainland. |
| WCF Workers Compensation Fund | Workers Compensation Fund (WCF) | Employer | 0.5% of the gross monthly wage bill, employer-paid Source · in force from 2022-07-01 |
Rates last reviewed 2026-07-14 against Tanzania 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 Tanzanian 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 Tanzania?
Each client organisation carries its own country. Hold them all in the same agency account.
Questions
Client payroll in Tanzania: common questions
Can an accounting firm in Tanzania run payroll for multiple clients?
Yes. An agency account manages multiple client organisations from one login. Each Tanzanian client runs on Tanzania'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 Tanzania deductions are handled for each client?
Every statutory item a Tanzanian payslip carries — PAYE, NSSF / PSSSF — is calculated on each client's payroll and filed with Tanzania Revenue Authority. The rates are maintained centrally, so a change does not become a per-client task for your firm.
Can I manage Tanzania clients alongside clients in other countries?
Yes. Each client organisation carries its own country, so one agency account can hold Tanzanian 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 Tanzania clients?
Yes. Permissions are granular and per client. A team member assigned to one Tanzanian client sees that client's payroll and nothing else, which keeps the rest of the book closed to them.
Run one Tanzanian client free
Start free, add a single Tanzania client, and run one real month end to end — the deductions, the payslips and the filing with Tanzania Revenue Authority. Compare it against your current process before you move the book.