Some searches say more about software than any brochure. «Open the new year» is one of them:
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Google autocomplete for the German search «bexio lohnbuchhaltung» — retrieved September 2026. Switzerland googles for setup help, costs and the year-end step.
The January ritual
Whoever googles this step faces a ritual that classic payroll systems demand every January: close the old year, open the new one, check parameters, update rates — in the right order, or things jam. That guides and checklists exist for it is no accident: the step is error-prone, and it arrives exactly when salary certificates and declarations are already pressing.
Why the step exists at all
The year-change step is a legacy of batch thinking: systems that think in closed periods need a hard cut between years — including manually updated rates and thresholds. That used to be the state of the art. It no longer is.
A year without an opening
An event-based system has no year boundary for you to trigger: January is the next month, nothing more. The new AHV/ALV rates, pension thresholds and withholding tax tariffs are loaded centrally and apply from their effective date — without you touching a table. Salary certificates and annual declarations are produced from the running data, not from a closing project. January stress shrinks to what it should be: a normal payroll month.
If you want this year's ritual to be your last: the switch works at the turn of the year — or any time mid-year. And from 30 employees, our service team takes over the whole package.
Frequently asked questions
Do I have to open a new payroll year at payrollnow?
No. The system works event-based and has no year boundary you would have to trigger: January is simply the next month. New contribution rates and thresholds are loaded centrally and apply automatically from their effective date.
Who updates the contribution rates and thresholds for the new year?
We do — or rather the system: AHV/ALV rates, pension thresholds, withholding tax tariffs and collective agreement rates are kept current without you maintaining tables or switching parameters.
And year-end — salary certificates, declarations?
They are produced from the running data: salary certificates at the click of a button, wage declarations to the compensation office and insurers via Swissdec ELM 5.1 through a partner. No separate closing project with its own manual.
Can I switch to payrollnow at the turn of the year?
Yes — the year change is a natural moment to switch, but not a requirement: the move also works mid-year, with re-entry, back-testing and an optional parallel month.