Expanding to a new country shouldn't mean a new payroll vendor.
Kenya, Uganda, Nigeria and Côte d'Ivoire are live. Each runs on its own country engine, with every rate in settings you can see and edit. Run one country or several from the same account.
KenyaLiveKenya
LiveOur deepest coverage. Every Kenyan deduction, with its employer share and effective date.
What Meridian computes
Each item has its own rates, employer share and effective date.
PAYEPay As You Earn income taxRates in settingsNSSFNational Social Security FundRates in settingsSHIFSocial Health Insurance FundRates in settingsAHLHousing LevyRates in settingsNITAIndustrial training levyRates in settingsReturns you can download
Generated from each pay run in the authority's format, ready for you to review and upload.
Every rate, in the open.
Tax bands, contribution rates and reliefs are settings, not code a vendor has to ship. Each one has an effective date and an employer share. Changes go through review and approval before they touch anyone's pay.
PAYE bands, as set in Meridian
| Band | Monthly taxable pay | Rate |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | KES 0 to 24,000 | 10% |
| 2 | KES 24,001 to 32,333 | 25% |
| 3 | KES 32,334 to 500,000 | 30%31% |
| 4 | KES 500,001 to 800,000 | 32.5% |
| 5 | Above KES 800,000 | 35% |
Every pay run, signed off
Runs move from draft to locked. Meridian records who acted and when at each step.
- DraftPayroll officer
24 Jun, 09:12 - ReviewHR manager
25 Jun, 14:40 - ApprovedFinance lead
26 Jun, 10:05 - LockedFinance lead
27 Jun, 16:30
Illustrative names and times
Many countries, one place.
Add an entity for each country you pay people in. Each one runs its own country engine in its own currency.
- One record per person, wherever they are paid.
- One set of approval flows across every entity.
- Reporting across the whole organisation, or one entity at a time.
Nairobi HQEntity- Engine
- Kenya
- Currency
- KES
Lagos branchEntity- Engine
- Nigeria
- Currency
- NGN
- People
- Approvals
- Reporting
Common questions
About countries, rates and running more than one.
Tell us where you're going next.
Each country's taxes and contributions are computed in Meridian, by an engine built for that country. Every band, rate and relief is a setting you can see and edit.
Returns are generated from the pay run in the authority's format, ready for you to review and upload.
Yes. Add an entity for each country. Each has its own country engine and currency. People, approvals and reporting stay in one place.
You edit the setting and give it an effective date. The change goes through review and approval before it touches anyone's pay.
Closed pay runs keep the rates that applied when they closed.
Ghana is in early access. South Africa has a waitlist. Expanding somewhere else? Tell us where.
Run your next payroll on Meridian.
Bring your current spreadsheets and we'll import them. Start on your own, or plan the move with our team.