Live in Zambia

Payroll and HR software for Zambia.

SwiftlyPeople works out PAYE, NAPSA and NHIMA on every payslip, keeps leave to the Employment Code Act, and has your PAYE, NAPSA and NHIMA returns ready each month. Every employee gets their payslip by email or WhatsApp, locked with their ID number.

Set up from the first day

What SwiftlyPeople knows about paying people in Zambia.

Choose Zambia when you sign up and your company starts with its tax, contributions, leave and public holidays loaded. Pay in kwacha.

  • PAYE on ZRA's bands
  • NAPSA, 5% each way, up to the yearly ceiling
  • NHIMA, 1% each of basic pay
  • Skills Development Levy, 0.5% from the employer
  • The Employment Code Act's leave, hours and overtime

In Zambia, SwiftlyPeople is provided and invoiced by

Kingdom Technology Solutions

Registration number 120261040324 · TPIN 2004277902 · A47 Malawi Road, Damview SOS, Chipata, Eastern Province

Returns ready each month

  • ZRA PAYE return
  • NAPSA contributions
  • NHIMA contributions
  • Skills Development Levy

Kept up to date

When ZRA or NAPSA change their tables or rates, we load the new ones for every company in Zambia. Each payroll uses whatever was in force for the month being paid. See the current tax tables and public holidays.

On every employee’s record

TPIN, NAPSA number, NHIMA number, kept on each employee for the returns, with their contract, leave and pay history.

Everything in every plan

From the first hire to the last payslip.

Payroll that is checked before anyone is paid

Every run goes from draft to reviewed to approved. Pay below the minimum, negative net pay and missing tax tables are flagged on the payslip.

Leave by the rules

Days build up month by month, carry over to the legal limit, skip public holidays and go to the right manager to approve.

Payslips on every phone

Each payslip goes to the employee by email or WhatsApp, locked with their ID number. They see every payslip and their leave balance, ask for leave and claim overtime, on their phone.

Returns ready to file

Each month's statutory returns come out of the payroll, as files ready for the tax authority and the funds.

A journal for your accountant

Each approved payroll as a journal in your own account codes: Excel, CSV, Xero or QuickBooks.

Each person sees only their part

Roles for HR, payroll, finance and managers, approval by someone other than who prepared the payroll, and a log of every change.

Prices for Zambia.

Payroll and HR in one price, by the number of people you employ, with as many users as you need and no setup fee. In kwacha, invoiced and paid by bank transfer.

Starter

Up to 100 employees

K400

a month

  • PAYE, NAPSA and NHIMA on every payslip
  • ZRA PAYE, NAPSA, NHIMA and Skills Development Levy returns each month
  • HR included: leave, employee self-service and records
  • As many users as you need
  • No setup fee: we load your employees free
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Growth

RECOMMENDED

Up to 300 employees

K790

a month

  • PAYE, NAPSA and NHIMA on every payslip
  • ZRA PAYE, NAPSA, NHIMA and Skills Development Levy returns each month
  • HR included: leave, employee self-service and records
  • As many users as you need
  • No setup fee: we load your employees free
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Business

Up to 1,000 employees

K1,990

a month

  • PAYE, NAPSA and NHIMA on every payslip
  • ZRA PAYE, NAPSA, NHIMA and Skills Development Levy returns each month
  • HR included: leave, employee self-service and records
  • As many users as you need
  • No setup fee: we load your employees free
Start free trial

Enterprise

More than 1,000 employees, several companies, or terms of your own.

Ask us

  • Everything in every plan
  • A written quote for your size and number of companies
  • We load your employees and salaries for you
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Prices in kwacha, invoiced and paid by bank transfer.

Questions about payroll in Zambia

What should payroll software for Zambia do?

In Zambia, it should work out PAYE, NAPSA and NHIMA on every payslip, on the tables in force for the month being paid; have the PAYE, NAPSA and NHIMA returns ready each month; keep each employee's TPIN, NAPSA number and NHIMA number for the returns; pay in kwacha; and keep leave, public holidays and overtime to the Employment Code Act. SwiftlyPeople does all of this, in every plan.

Does SwiftlyPeople work out PAYE in Zambia?

Yes. Every payslip works out PAYE, NAPSA and NHIMA, using the tables and rates in force for the month being paid. When ZRA changes them, we load the new ones for every company in Zambia.

Which returns does it prepare?

Each month's ZRA PAYE return, NAPSA contributions, NHIMA contributions, Skills Development Levy, from the approved payroll, as files ready to submit.

Does it follow the Employment Code Act?

Leave types, public holidays and overtime are set up as the Employment Code Act has them when your company is created, and you can adjust them to your own policy or agreement.

How do companies in Zambia pay for SwiftlyPeople?

In kwacha. A week before each period we email an invoice with our bank details, and you pay by bank transfer.

Is there a free trial?

Yes: 30 days with every feature, and no card needed.