/ country engine — six jurisdictions

Expanding to a new country shouldn't mean a new payroll vendor. Meridian speaks all six.

Each country is a native statutory engine — tax bands, social security, levies and filings computed in-product and updated on the legal effective date. Open an entity in Kampala or Lagos and run it from the same platform, the same records, the same approvals.

Countries live
6

Kenya · Uganda · Nigeria · Côte d'Ivoire · Ghana · South Africa.

Agencies in-product
15+

KRA, URA, FIRS, DGI, GRA, SARS — plus each country's social security and levy funds.

Rule updates
day-of

Pushed on the legal effective date, with the diff and the law citation attached.

Currencies
6

KES · UGX · NGN · XOF · GHS · ZAR — payslips and filings in the local format.

/ the track record — this year alone

Four regulators moved this year. No customer waited.

Every notice below was shipped as a rule update on its legal effective date — with the diff, both amounts, and the citation visible in-product before the next payroll run.

KRA · KRA/NOTICE/2026/047
Finance Bill 2026 · §8(2)

Top PAYE band moves from 35% to 37.5%.

EFFECTIVEMAY 1 · 2026
✓ SHIPPED · DAY-OF
URA · URA/CIRCULAR/2026/018
Graduated Tax Scale Amendment

New 40% surcharge band added above UGX 10,000,000 monthly.

EFFECTIVEJUL 1 · 2026
✓ SHIPPED · DAY-OF
FIRS · FIRS/PIT/2026/009
Personal Income Tax (Amendment) Act

Top PIT band moves from 24% to 25%.

EFFECTIVEJUN 1 · 2026
✓ SHIPPED · DAY-OF
DGI · DGI/NOTE/2026/031
Cotisation CMU — révision forfait

Forfait CMU augmenté de 1 000 à 1 500 XOF/mois.

EFFECTIVEJUL 1 · 2026
✓ SHIPPED · DAY-OF

This is the difference between a statutory engine and a statutory PDF: when the law moves, the software moves with it — and you can see exactly what changed.

/ the engines — pick a country

Pick a country. Everything's already wired.

🇰🇪
Kenya
Built in Nairobi, tuned for 47 counties.
KES · REGULATOR · KRA
14 STATUTORY FORMS AUTO-FILED
Income tax
PAYE — banded (10% → 35%)
Native
Social sec.
NSSF — Tier I + Tier II contributions
Native
Health
SHIF — 2.75% of gross (replaces NHIF)
Updated FY26
Housing
AHL — 1.5% employee + 1.5% employer
Native
Reliefs
Personal · insurance · mortgage · pension
Configurable
Filings
KRA iTax · NSSF · SHA · HELB
One-click
BANK FILES · EQUITY · KCB · NCBA · CO-OP + 9 MORE · PAY CYCLES · MONTHLY + MID-MONTH
🇺🇬
Uganda
Live in Kampala, through Jinja, into Mbarara.
UGX · REGULATOR · URA
9 STATUTORY FORMS AUTO-FILED
Income tax
PAYE — graduated scale (10% → 40%)
Native
Social sec.
NSSF — 5% employee + 10% employer
Native
Local service
LST — quarterly, graduated
Native
Reliefs
Personal allowance · dependents
Configurable
Filings
URA · NSSF portal
One-click
Pay cycles
Monthly · bi-monthly · custom
Configurable
BANK FILES · STANBIC · CENTENARY + 6 MORE
🇳🇬
Nigeria
Lagos to Abuja, 36 states, one payroll.
NGN · REGULATOR · FIRS
11 STATUTORY FORMS AUTO-FILED
Income tax
PIT — progressive (7% → 24%)
Native
Pension
PRA — 8% employee + 10% employer
Native
NHF
2.5% of basic salary
Native
ITF / NSITF
1% of payroll · employer
Native
Consolidated relief
₦200k + 20% of gross
Auto-computed
Filings
FIRS · state IRS · PFA
One-click
BANK FILES · GTB · ACCESS · ZENITH + 12 MORE · STATE-LEVEL PAYE PER RESIDENCE
🇨🇮
Côte d'Ivoire
Abidjan to Yamoussoukro — ITS, CN-PS, FDFP, natively.
XOF · REGULATOR · DGI
9 STATUTORY FORMS AUTO-FILED
Impôt sur salaires
ITS — barème progressif (0% → 32%)
Native
Sécurité sociale
CN-PS — retraite + prestations familiales
Native
Formation pro.
FDFP — 1.2% de la masse salariale
Native
Couverture santé
CMU — 1 500 XOF / employé / mois
Updated 2026
Abattements
Situation familiale · parts fiscales
Configurable
Déclarations
DGI · CN-PS · FDFP
One-click
BANK FILES · SGCI · ECOBANK · NSIA + 7 MORE · PAYSLIPS BILINGUAL FR/EN
🇬🇭
Ghana
Accra up to Tamale — GRA-aligned.
GHS · REGULATOR · GRA
EARLY ACCESS · DESIGN PARTNERS
Income tax
PAYE — banded (5% → 35%)
Q3 2026
SSNIT
Tier 1 (13.5%) + Tier 2 (5%)
Q3 2026
Reliefs
Personal · marriage · child education
Q3 2026
Filings
GRA · SSNIT
Q3 2026
Pay cycles
Monthly · bi-weekly
Q3 2026
BANK FILES · ECOBANK · GCB · FIDELITY · EARLY ACCESS OPEN FOR DESIGN PARTNERS
🇿🇦
South Africa
Jo'burg, Cape Town, Durban — SARS-aligned.
ZAR · REGULATOR · SARS
WAITLIST OPEN
Income tax
PAYE — 7 brackets (18% → 45%)
Q4 2026
UIF
1% employee + 1% employer (capped)
Q4 2026
SDL
1% of payroll · employer
Q4 2026
Reliefs
Primary · secondary · tertiary rebates
Q4 2026
Medical aid
Tax credits · configurable schemes
Q4 2026
Filings
SARS · Department of Labour
Q4 2026
12 STATUTORY FORMS PLANNED · WAITLIST OPEN

/ usually asked by expanding teams

Before you open the next entity.

The rules are computed in-product — bands, contributions, reliefs and filings run inside the payroll engine, not described in a help doc you implement yourself. You can open any rule and read the formula and the law it cites.

Yes — one tenant, multiple entities. Each entity runs its own country engine, currency and filings, while people, approvals and reporting stay on the same platform. A Nairobi HQ with a Lagos branch is one login, two engines.

Ghana ships Q3 2026 (early access for design partners is open), South Africa Q4 2026. The statutory roadmap covers 12 countries — tell us where you're expanding and we'll tell you the date.

/ the offer

Open your next country on Meridian.

Your existing entity keeps running while the new one comes up — same records, same approvals, new engine.

6 COUNTRIES LIVE · 12 ON THE ROADMAP