Payroll Services
South Africa

Yes, you can complete and manage the Payroll of your business. 

It is however advised that you have the proper training and experience related to South African employment taxes and employment law. Failing which you can receive penalties from SARS or the Department of Labour.

If you pay any salaries (even just for yourself), then payroll and payroll compliance will be compuslory.

As the employer you will be responsbile to deduct the applicable taxes and pay it to SARS (such as PAYE).

Furthermore, Section 33 of the Basic Conditions of Employment Act requires you to provide certain information to your employees relating to their remuneration.  This gets captured on their payslips.

As a business owner you wear many hats in the business. Payroll services allows you to have professionals handle the payroll while you build the business.

Payroll services ensure that your payroll is accurately calculated and processed for your staff salaries, providing your employees with the required payslips, and to comply with the tax laws and reporting obligations to avoid penalties.

No we do not make payments to your staff members. Our payroll services focus on completing all the “admin” relating to managing a Payroll in South Africa.

The information is then sent to the Company to make payment to the applicable employees.

There is no simple answer as it can differ from employee to employee, industries and even employers.

In general it is calculated using the applicable tax rates on the employees earnings (PAYE), UIF contributions, the employees hourly wage times the hours worked, or his/her monthly salary which is adjusted for any unpaid leave or overtime worked.

Once again it will depend on the internal structures of the company. Such as what payment cycles do they have (weekly, fortnightly, monthly), do they have a dedicated team to manage the payroll, how is the staff remunerated (based on their time, or set salary) and so forth.

In most cases payroll processing can take anything from 1 day to 2 or 3 days depending on the complexity and volumes.

Our payroll services start at R279 p/m for 1 employee.

Contrary to other payroll service providers who charge between R30 – R70 per payslip we offer additional value ads such tax submissions at SARS, payroll tax registrations, professional consultation with a registered accountant and more 

Yes!

It ensures your your payroll is setup properly, the correct taxes are deducted and declared to SARS. Addittional that your payroll system adheres to South African legislation.

The best way to do your payroll is to outsource it a reputable accountant or specialists like Company Partners.

Unless you are suitable qualified or experienced, it will take you hours each week/month to create payslips and calculate the payroll taxes. This time could be better spent on building your business.