Built for South-African payroll

Smarter Payroll Starts Here

Accounter Payroll runs South-African payroll on a calculation engine verified to the cent — PAYE, UIF, SDL, ETI, medical credits and the full statutory filing set, all in one modern platform.

No enforced period close. Edit any historical period safely. Recompute a migrated year through our own engine — and reconcile it line by line.

EMP201 & EMP501 e@syFile IRP5/IT3(a) Netcash EFT Hosted in Johannesburg
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Filing
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Settings
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Monthly · ending 31st
No.NamePay pointJulJunMay
0002Thabo NkosiHead office Draft Done Done
0003Gerhard BothaHead office Draft Draft Done
0004Lerato MokoenaCape Town Done Done Done
Completed Draft Draft — was completed
Full South-African statutory coverage
PAYE UIF SDL ETI Medical credits EMP201 / EMP501 IRP5 / IT3(a) OID
Why Accounter Payroll

Payroll that works the way you do

We stripped the friction out of running payroll while keeping every bit of the statutory rigour.

No enforced period close

Payslips are simply Draft ⇄ Completed. Calculation and persistence happen on Completed, and reports and exports become available — no rigid "close the period" gate before you can do anything.

Approval is opt-in

Need sign-off? A per-cycle checkbox adds a Release step that gates reports and exports only — never calculation. Turn it on for the businesses that require it, off for the rest.

Edit any historical period

Fix a past period with tiered warnings and a correct per-employee, YTD-aware cascade. Once a period is filed, changes are captured as proper correction records.

Many businesses, one login

Built for accountants and bookkeepers: switch between client businesses from a single dashboard, each with its own pay points, cycles and component catalogue.

Import that fits your month

A downloadable per-business template your clients complete each pay period — new employees plus transactions — validated with a completeness check before it lands.

In-country by design

Employee PII stays in Johannesburg for POPIA, fronted by Cloudflare for security. Your sensitive payroll data never leaves the country.

Correctness is proven, not assumed

Verified to the cent

The engine implements the current SARS tables exactly — cross-checked against live data, line by line.

PAYE (cumulative)
R29 652
YearlyTax(258 000) − rebate ✓ matches live trace
Medical credits
R1 006/mo
376 + 376 + 254 ✓ matches YTD trace
UIF
R177.12
1% × R17 712 ceiling ✓ verified
IRP5 control total
R837 025.76
code 6030 reproduced ✓ matches certificate
The interface

A processing hub, not a maze

Four modules, collapsed by default. Everything you touch every pay run is one or two clicks away.

Employee dashboard

See every period at a glance

One grid per pay cycle showing the last three periods, newest first. Colour tells the story instantly.

  • Click a name to edit the employee; click a status to open the payslip.
  • Filter by pay point and payment type; search across the whole book.
  • Completed green, Draft grey, and a distinct amber for a draft that used to be completed.
Monthly ending 31st
Thabo Nkosi · Head office · EFT Completed
Gerhard Botha · Head office · EFT Draft
Lerato Mokoena · Cape Town · EFT Draft
Payslip processing

Process a period, step by step

Open a period, capture inputs, and watch the payslip calculate with a per-line trace and SARS source codes on every value.

  • Move through employees with Prev / Next in the filtered order.
  • Mark completed to calculate and persist, or revert to reopen.
  • Returns you to the dashboard on save — no dead ends.
Payslip Jul 2026
Income21 500.00
UIF — employee177.12
Tax (PAYE)1 465.00
Net payR 19 857.88
Mark completed Revert
Import & migration

Move a whole year across — and prove it

Migration adapters don't trust the source's figures. We recompute every historical period through our own engine and reconcile against your source figures line by line, so the year is internally consistent from cut-over.

1
IngestRead employees, components and every historical transaction from your export.
2
RecomputeRe-run each period through the Accounter engine — PAYE, UIF, SDL, ETI, medical, YTD.
3
ReconcileMatch to your source figures to the cent and flag any difference before you go live.
SimplePayDocumented
SageDocumented
Per-period templateReady
More adaptersComing soon
Architecture & security

Built to protect your data — and grow with you

Secure by design, compliant by default, and ready to scale from your first business onward.

In-country & POPIA-ready

Your employees' personal data stays in South Africa, hosted in Johannesburg — built for POPIA compliance from the ground up.

Protected end to end

Enterprise-grade security guards every request, with encrypted data, controlled access and two-factor sign-in.

Scales with you

Starts lean for a single business and scales smoothly as you grow — no re-platforming, no disruptive migrations.

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Pricing

Simple, transparent pricing

Start free and upgrade as you grow. Save 15% on annual billing

Free
For very small teams getting started.
R0/ month
Up to 2 employees.
Start free
  • PAYE, UIF & SDL to the cent
  • Draft ⇆ Completed payslips
  • Monthly EMP201
  • Email support
Starter
Everything a small business needs to run payroll.
R99/ month
Up to 5 employees.
Get started
  • Everything in Free, plus:
  • EMP501 & IRP5 / IT3(a) filing
  • Netcash EFT & bank export
  • Leave tracking (BCEA)
Bureau
Built for accountants & payroll bureaus.
R299/ month
+ R12 per employee, across unlimited companies.
Talk to us
  • Everything in Business, plus:
  • Unlimited client companies
  • One login, all your businesses
  • Bulk processing across companies
  • Optional supervisor release
  • Dedicated support

Pro add-on — R99 / company / month for advanced capabilities on any company.  ·  Save 15% when you pay annually.

Run your next pay run on Accounter

See the engine reconcile your own numbers to the cent. Book a walkthrough and we'll migrate a sample business with you.