Payroll software in Tanzania
Payroll software in Tanzania
PayrollMaster Africa is payroll software for Tanzanian employers. It calculates PAYE, social security contributions, the Skills and Development Levy and Workers Compensation Fund charges on every payslip, files monthly with the Tanzania Revenue Authority, and pays staff in Tanzanian shillings.
Compliance
What must a Tanzanian employer deduct from every payslip?
4 statutory items, collected by 3 different bodies. PayrollMaster calculates each one on the same payslip.
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.
What we solve
What PayrollMaster does for Tanzanian payroll teams
Compliance is table stakes. What makes Tanzanian teams switch is everything around it — the casual workers, the staff loans, the leave, and the questions that land on HR every payday.
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Multi-country payroll
One account, one process, and each market’s statutory rules kept current for you.
For Tanzania, that means PAYE, NSSF / PSSSF, SDL, WCF applied on every payslip and filed with the TRA.
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Casual & gig workforce
Casuals paid correctly and compliantly, on the same run as everyone else.
Tanzanian casual workers are checked against local minimum-wage floors, with sub-monthly PAYE and any withholding tax handled automatically.
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Payroll for accounting firms
Every client’s payroll in one place, switchable in a click, visible at a glance.
Manage Tanzania clients alongside the rest of your book, each on Tanzania’s own statutory rules.
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Statutory compliance
When the law changes, you do nothing — your next run is already right.
In Tanzania, PayrollMaster tracks PAYE, NSSF / PSSSF, SDL, WCF and the the TRA filing calendar for you.
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Staff loans & advances
Loans issued, deducted and tracked to zero without a side spreadsheet.
Deductions run on the Tanzania payroll cycle and show on each employee’s Tanzania payslip.
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Employee self-service
The payroll questions stop reaching your inbox.
Tanzanian employees see their statutory deductions itemised, on the phone they already own.
What we have
Everything in the Tanzania payroll platform
Fifteen areas, one system, for Tanzania. Not a feature list bolted on — the platform a payroll team actually runs on.
Payroll
Run a pay cycle end to end, at any size.
Payroll engine
A full pay run, calculated in one click.
Pay components
Any earning, deduction or contribution, your way.
Payslips
Payslips your way, delivered for you.
Approvals
One inbox for every sign-off.
Compliance
Statutory rules, returns and reports that hold up to an audit.
Statutory compliance
Statutory rules that update themselves.
In Tanzania, PayrollMaster applies PAYE, NSSF / PSSSF, SDL, WCF and produces the returns the TRA expects.
Reports & analytics
The numbers your accountant asks for.
People
The whole employee record, leave and self-service.
Employee management
The whole employee record, in one place.
Leave & holidays
Leave balances that count themselves.
Employee self-service
The questions stop reaching your inbox.
Flexible workforce
Casual and gig payroll, loans and advances.
Casual & gig payroll
Casual and gig workers on the same platform.
Tanzanian casual workers are paid against local minimum-wage floors, with sub-monthly PAYE handled correctly.
Loans & advances
Staff loans that reconcile themselves.
Platform
Integrations, agencies, security and the things that scale.
Accounting integrations
Payroll lands in the system you already run.
Multi-company & agencies
Run payroll for every client from one account.
Security & access
The most sensitive data you hold, treated that way.
Platform
Localised, branded and built to grow into.
Pricing in Tanzania
What does payroll software cost in Tanzania?
PayrollMaster is priced per employee per month and billed in Tanzanian shillings (TZS). There is no setup fee, and statutory filing with Tanzania Revenue Authority is included rather than charged per submission.
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Payroll in Tanzania: common questions
Does PayrollMaster route contributions to NSSF or PSSSF correctly?
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.
Is PayrollMaster compliant with the Tanzania Revenue Authority?
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.
How much does payroll software cost in Tanzania?
PayrollMaster charges per employee per month, billed in Tanzanian shillings, with no setup fee. Statutory filing is included in the price rather than charged per submission, which keeps payroll cost predictable as the team grows.
Can PayrollMaster pay Tanzanian employees in shillings?
Yes. 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 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.
Run Tanzanian payroll without the spreadsheet
Start free and run one real Tanzania month — the deductions, the payslips, and the filing that comes out of it. Compare it against whatever you use today before you switch anything.