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Payroll on time. Every month.

Payroll looks like admin until one month goes wrong. Then it's a CPF penalty, an unhappy employee and a question from IRAS. We run it every month so none of that happens.

Three things every employer in Singapore must get right
01CPF has a hard deadline every month

Contributions for the month are due by the 14th of the following month. Late payment means interest and penalties, and CPF Board doesn't send a friendly reminder first.

We submit it the same week the payroll runs.
02IR8A and AIS by 1 March

Every employee's salary, bonus, benefits and director's fees go to IRAS by 1 March, so their tax returns are pre-filled. Miss it and your staff file wrong — and blame you.

Prepared from the same payroll we already run. No year-end scramble.
03Payslips and records are the law

Itemised payslips, key employment terms in writing, and records kept for the period MOM requires. Not a courtesy — a requirement, and MOM does check.

Issued every month, stored where you and the employee can find them.
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The payroll year

Six dates. None of them move.

Payroll isn't one job a month — it's a calendar. Tap any date to see when it falls, whose job it is, and what we do.

1
Payroll runEnd of every month+ details
Salaries, overtime, allowances, deductions and the CPF split for each employee — computed, approved by you, and paid. Itemised payslips go out the same day.
Whose jobUs, from your approved timesheet or headcount. You approve, we run.
What we doCompute, produce payslips, prepare the bank file, keep the records.
2
CPF submissionBy the 14th of the following month+ details
Employer and employee CPF for the month, submitted and paid through CPF EZPay. Late means interest and penalties, with no grace period to speak of.
Whose jobThe employer. We do it as part of the run.
What we doSubmit the same week as payroll, reconcile the CPF statement, keep the receipt on file.
3
SDL & leviesWith CPF, every month+ details
Skills Development Levy for every employee, and foreign worker levy where you have Work Permit or S Pass holders. Small amounts, but missed ones stack.
Whose jobThe employer. Also us.
What we doCalculate and pay alongside CPF; track levy changes when headcount changes.
4
IR8A / AISBy 1 March+ details
Every employee's employment income for the year sent to IRAS under the Auto-Inclusion Scheme, benefits-in-kind and director's fees included. Pre-fills their personal tax return.
Whose jobThe employer. Us, from the same payroll.
What we doReconcile payroll to the accounts, value the benefits, submit before 1 March, give staff their copy.
5
IR21 tax clearanceWhen a foreign employee leaves+ details
Before a non-citizen employee resigns, is posted overseas or leaves Singapore, IRAS must be notified and the final salary withheld until clearance. Usually at least a month ahead.
Whose jobThe employer. The one everyone forgets.
What we doFlag it the moment a resignation comes in, file IR21, release the withheld pay once IRAS clears.
6
HR records & MOMAll year round+ details
Key employment terms, leave and MC records, working-hour records where required, and the documents MOM asks for in a check. Kept current, not reconstructed.
Whose jobThe employer. We keep it tidy.
What we doContracts and KETs issued, leave tracked, records kept for the required period, ready if MOM asks.
And when a rule changes — you hear it from us first.

CPF rates, levy tiers, leave entitlements, pass rules — they change, and they change payroll. We tell you before the month it applies, not after.

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Where payroll usually goes wrong

Not in the maths. In the month nobody was watching.

Payroll software does the arithmetic. What it doesn't do is notice the resignation, the new pass holder, the bonus that changes the CPF ceiling, or the 14th falling on a public holiday.

"The boss does it on a spreadsheet."

It works until the boss is travelling, the spreadsheet has a copied formula from last year, or a CPF rate changed in January and nobody updated the cell. One wrong month is a year of corrections.

CPF paid "a few days late"

There is no quiet week. Interest starts the day after the deadline, penalties follow, and it shows on the record the employee can see. We submit the same week payroll runs, so the 14th is never close.

The foreigner who resigned last week

IR21 has to reach IRAS before they leave, and the last salary has to be held until clearance. Miss it and the tax becomes the company's. We flag it the day the resignation lands.

What's included

From the monthly run to the year-end forms — one team, one calendar.

Monthly Payroll & Payslips

Salaries, overtime, allowances and deductions computed monthly, with itemised payslips issued to every employee.

CPF, SDL & Levy Submissions

Submitted and paid on time every month through CPF EZPay, reconciled against the statement, receipts kept.

IR8A / AIS Filing

Every employee's income, benefits and director's fees to IRAS by 1 March, reconciled to the accounts first.

IR21 Tax Clearance

Filed when a foreign employee leaves, with the final salary held and released correctly.

Contracts, KETs & HR Records

Employment contracts and key employment terms issued, leave and MC tracked, records kept for the period MOM requires.

Pass Holders & Headcount

Levy, quota and CPF treatment tracked as your headcount changes — the same team that handles your work passes.

Already running payroll elsewhere?

Move mid-year. It's fine.

We take your year-to-date figures, reconcile them, and carry on from the next month — so the IR8A at year-end still adds up. You don't have to wait for January to get payroll off your desk.

We don't just run the numbers. We run the calendar — and we tell you before a rule changes it.

Your business, our business.
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Frequently asked questions

HR & payroll, answered.

Yes. The moment you pay a salary, CPF (for citizens and PRs), payslips, key employment terms and year-end reporting all apply, whether it's one employee or fifty. Small headcount makes it simpler, not optional.

Contributions for a month are due by the 14th of the following month. Pay late and CPF Board charges interest and can impose penalties. We submit in the same week the payroll runs so the deadline is never close.

The Auto-Inclusion Scheme is how employers send each employee's income to IRAS by 1 March so it appears pre-filled in their tax return. It becomes compulsory once you reach IRAS's headcount threshold, and we recommend it below that. We register you and file it from the same payroll.

Notify IRAS with an IR21 before they leave and hold their final salary until IRAS gives tax clearance. Tell us the moment you know, and we handle the filing and the release.

Yes. Send us the year-to-date payroll records, we reconcile them, and we run from the next month onward. The year-end IR8A will still be complete.

Both. Employment contracts and key employment terms, leave and MC tracking, records for MOM, and the pass-holder side (levy, quota, renewals) through our work pass team.

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