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Payroll outsourcing & payroll services Switzerland

Payroll outsourcing for Switzerland.
We run your payroll.

payrollnow is your payroll service in Switzerland: we take over the complete operational payroll administration for your SME — registrations, social-security contributions, withholding tax, daily-allowance cases, and all communication with authorities and insurers. You stay in control and approve. We handle the rest.

Swiss service team Swissdec ELM 5.1 via partner All 26 cantons covered
Platform included
CHF 25
per employee per month — from your very first employee
Minimum feenone
One-off setupCHF 1'500–5'000
Minimum termnone
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Why payrollnow

Four things that set us apart from Bexio, SwissSalary and Abacus.

Classic payroll software is just one module locked inside an ERP cage. payrollnow is a stand-alone solution that connects to your existing tools, recalculates in real time and adapts to how your business actually works.

Payroll calculates live.

Recalculated on every input — no month-end run, no correction scramble. Retroactive recalculations are free, payroll runs are available any time.

  • Real-time engine Payroll recalculates on every input
  • Free retroactive recalculations Up to 12 months back, no extra fee
  • Payroll runs anytime Advance, correction, final — same period
  • A system that thinks ahead Flags deviations and follow-up tasks

Employees handle everything themselves.

Native app with AI chat — answers in seconds instead of HR callback loops. Included, not an add-on.

  • Pay slip & wage statement In the app, available any time
  • AI chat for employees "How much holiday do I have left?" — instantly
  • Requests & self-service Holiday, expenses, address changes direct
  • Modular extensions Knowledge base, shifts, workflows

Connects to your existing tools.

We don't replace your accounting, HR software or time tracking — we connect to them. No ERP cage.

  • Accounting & ERP Bexio, Abacus, SAP, SwissSalary, Banana
  • HR & time tracking Personio, BambooHR, ZEP, Tipsoft, Mocoapp
  • Banking · ISO 20022 All Swiss banks: UBS, ZKB, Raiffeisen, PostFinance
  • Industry tools Mirus, SORBA, zvoove, Lightspeed

Tailored to your operation.

Custom pay elements, workflows and industry specifics — no coding required. payrollnow adapts to your business, not the other way round.

  • Custom pay elements Follow-on pay-element technology for complex logic
  • Task workflows Custom tasks definable per event type
  • Industry configuration L-GAV, LMV, staffing CLA — natively supported
  • Expenses, reporting, languages Configurable individually per employee
Payroll outsourcing scope

The entire operational payroll workload. From a single provider.

On top of the platform, payrollnow runs the day-to-day operational side of your payroll process — organised into four areas. You stay in control and approve. We handle the rest.

Registrations & mutations.

Joiners, leavers, tariff changes, workload mutations — we coordinate every filing to authorities, end to end.

  • Compensation office & pension fund OASI, BVG, accident insurance (UVG) coordinated and submitted
  • Withholding-tax initial registration All 26 cantons, tariff determination, follow-up filings
  • BVG provider registration BVG salary calculated, transmitted via interface
  • UVG/KTG insurer registration Single-earner status, side income, cross-border workers handled

Daily-allowance cases & income compensation.

Income-compensation claims (EO), daily-allowance cases, family-allowance applications — plus end-to-end status monitoring until resolved.

  • Income-compensation claims (EO) Military service, maternity, paternity, adoption
  • Accident, illness, family allowances Claim notifications, follow-up certificates, daily-allowance bookings
  • Communication with insurers BVG, UVG, KTG correspondence including reclaims
  • Status monitoring Application → approval → payout — we track every step

Authorities, statistics & unemployment insurance.

Statistics, certificates, interim earnings forms — submitted on time and correctly filled in.

  • FSO wage survey & cantonal Salary structure survey + cantonal statistics
  • Employer certificates (ALV) RAV forms, OASI certificates, archiving
  • Interim earnings forms Preparation, submission, follow-up filings
  • Work permits B, L, G, Ci — official processes organised

Compliance & audits.

We support OASI and SUVA audits on site or remotely — you don't need to be there in person.

  • OASI audits Preparation, attendance, follow-up
  • SUVA audits Documents, objections, corrections
  • Dedicated client lead A Swiss point of contact — no call centre
  • Availability Phone, email and direct via the platform
Comparison

Classic Swiss accountants vs. payrollnow service.

The key difference: you see everything in real time, you pay per employee instead of per hour — and your employees resolve their own queries inside the app.

payrollnow service
Classic accountants
Processing

Event-based · real time

Every change is processed instantly — no run phase, no correction loop the following month.

Monthly run

Changes only processed on the cut-off date. Corrections arrive weeks later by email.

Visibility

Live dashboard

You see every open step in real time. Status per employee. Approval in one click.

Black box

Status only via email follow-up. You wait for answers and hope everything is in order.

Pricing

CHF 25 per employee/month

Transparent, predictable, scales linearly. From your very first employee, no minimum fee.

Hourly / time-and-materials

Every question, mutation or edge case pushes the bill up. Hard to budget.

Employee self-service

App with AI chat included

Pay slips, holiday, requests, shifts — instant answers without an HR loop.

PDFs by email or post

Employees call HR, send emails, wait for answers.

Authorities & insurers

Fully managed

EO, family allowances, UVG cases, statistics, permits, OASI/SUVA audits — all included.

Often billed separately

Claim filings, statistics, audit support — usually an extra fee.

Employee app · included

Your employees get the app with it.

While we handle the operational payroll work behind the scenes, your employees use a modern app with AI chat. They ask, the app answers — and you as HR or owner deal with fewer phone calls, fewer emails, fewer follow-up questions.

  • AI chat for employees — "How much holiday do I have left?" in seconds
  • Pay slips & wage statements available directly in the app
  • Holiday, expenses, address changes via self-service — no HR phone calls
  • Unlimited logins — already included in the CHF 25/employee outsourcing package
Employee app in detail
12:18
Company ABC AG

Chat

How much holiday do I have left?
You have 18.5 days of holiday left for 2026.
  • Entitlement: 25 days
  • Taken: 6.5 days
  • Planned Aug: 5 days
Submit request →
When will I get my wage statement?
Your 2025 wage statement has been in your inbox since 18 January. Open →
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Frequently asked

Answers about the service.

The questions we hear most often from owners, CFOs and HR leads.

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The platform (CHF 12 / employee / month) gives you the tool — you run payroll yourself. Payroll outsourcing (CHF 25 / employee / month) includes the platform plus our service team, which runs the operational payroll work for you. See the platform →

You get a dedicated Swiss client lead as your direct point of contact — no call centre, no rotating case workers. Available by phone, email and through the platform.

You report events (joiners, illness, bonus, leavers) and approve payroll runs and filings to authorities. We handle every operational step: registrations, calculations, correspondence with authorities and insurers, statistics, permits, audits.

Typically 4 to 8 weeks depending on complexity. Our onboarding tool imports your data from Bexio, Abacus, SAP, SwissSalary or your ERP. 12 months of back-testing and a parallel run de-risk the switch. More on onboarding →

One-off setup of CHF 1'500–5'000 depending on scope (data volume, source systems, custom integrations, number of mandates). We give you a fixed quote before you sign — no time-and-materials billing after the fact.

Yes. No minimum term, cancellable monthly with a fair notice period. We trust that you'll stay because the service works for you — not because you're locked in by contract.

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See payrollnow in 15 minutes.

We'll show you the platform, calculate your savings potential and discuss the right service scope for your team.

  • 15-min live demo of the platform
  • Concrete pricing quote for your headcount
  • Migration plan from your current system
  • Answers to all your compliance questions

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