Payroll Services in Johannesburg

Accurate payroll processing helps your employees get paid correctly while keeping monthly employer obligations organised and up to date.

MC Accounting & Taxation provides structured payroll services for owner-managed businesses across Johannesburg

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Monthly Payroll Support

Our payroll service is managed through an agreed monthly cut-off and approval process.

Depending on your selected scope, the service may include:

  • Monthly payroll processing

  • Employee payslips

  • PAYE, UIF and SDL calculations where applicable

  • EMP201 preparation and submission

  • UIF declarations where included

  • Payroll reports

  • Monthly payroll journals

  • Employee onboarding and terminations where included

  • Review of approved allowances, deductions, leave and overtime

Your quotation will confirm the number of employees and services included.

What We Need From You Each Month

To process payroll accurately and on time, we require:

  • New employee information

  • Details of terminations

  • Approved salaries and changes

  • Hours, overtime and leave information

  • Allowances, deductions and reimbursements

  • Any relevant SARS or Department of Employment and Labour notices

  • Final approval before payroll is completed

A monthly cut-off date will be agreed during onboarding.

Employer Compliance During the Year

Monthly payroll is only one part of employer compliance.

Depending on your company’s registrations, it may also require:

  • Monthly EMP201 submissions

  • Interim EMP501 reconciliation

  • Annual EMP501 reconciliation

  • IRP5 and IT3(a) certificates

  • Annual Compensation Fund Return of Earnings

Interim and annual employer submissions are included only where they are listed in your selected Monthly Accounting package or written quotation.

Standalone Payroll or a Complete Monthly Package

Payroll can be provided as:

  • A standalone monthly payroll service; or

  • Part of a broader Monthly Accounting package that includes bookkeeping, payroll and applicable company compliance.

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Annual financial statements and company income tax returns are not included in a standalone payroll engagement. They are included only where expressly listed in the selected Monthly Accounting package.

Work Quoted Separately

The following services are assessed and quoted separately:

  • Historical payroll corrections

  • Rebuilding prior payroll periods

  • Complex payroll reconciliations

  • SARS verifications, audits or disputes

  • Labour-law and human-resources advice

  • Employment contracts and disciplinary matters

  • Payroll work outside the agreed monthly cut-off

  • Additional employees or entities outside the agreed scope

Payroll Services Across Johannesburg

We support owner-managed businesses across Johannesburg North, including Randburg, Sandton, Bryanston, Rivonia, Morningside, Waterfall and Kyalami.

Our payroll service is managed digitally through secure information sharing, agreed monthly cut-offs and clear approval procedures.

Frequently Asked Questions

Need Structured Payroll Support?

We will review your employee numbers, payroll frequency, statutory registrations and current process before confirming the appropriate monthly service.