Deel Local Payroll

Switching payroll providers feels like a big decision, and it should be. But sticking with the wrong one is more expensive than most teams realise. The slow erosion of trust, the workarounds that compound, the legislative updates that...

Manual payroll looks like the cheap option. No software licence, no subscription, no implementation cost. But the accounting logic stops there. Every error in a manual run creates rework. Every compliance update that's missed creates...

Industry: Retail (Apparel)  Region: South Africa  Company Size: 550+ employees  Product Used: Deel Local Payroll powered by PaySpace Seamless Payroll Integration with Workday PUMA South Africa modernised its HR and payroll systems with...

When businesses go global with payroll, they face an early choice that shapes everything that follows: do you run the payroll yourselves on self-service software, or do you outsource it to a managed payroll provider? Both models have...

By Bruce van Wyk CEO at Deel Local Payroll, powered by PaySpace.  Are there skills gaps in your business? What is the cost of hiring and onboarding a new employee? How should you forecast for overtime? What will your upcoming expense costs...

Deel Local Payroll powered by PaySpace, um provedor líder de soluções inovadoras de folha de pagamento, e PMóvel, um nome proeminente em soluções de Ponto e Acesso (T&A) no Brasil, anunciaram hoje uma parceria comercial estratégica. Esta...

Following the Chancellor’s Autumn Budget announcement on 30 October 2024, several legislative changes affecting payroll have been approved by Parliament and will apply for the 2025/2026 tax year. Key updates effective from 6 April 2025...

PaySpace moves closer to the Deel family with new branding yet the same people, dedication, and innovation. One year after being acquired by Deel, PaySpace by Deel has officially transitioned into Deel Local Payroll, powered by PaySpace....

In Brazil, employee benefits are a significant component of compensation packages and often contribute to attracting and retaining top talent. However, many employers and employees are unaware of the complexities of taxing these benefits....

The “official rate of interest” for calculating the taxable benefit on low-interest or interest-free debt will decrease by 0.25% with effect from 01 February 2025. For more information, click here to view the current market rates on the...

Enterprise resource planning software is a cornerstone technology for many enterprises. But times are changing, and outdated ERP software is doing more harm than good. When a major South African bank needed to make changes to its ERP, it...

Payroll is one of the most critical aspects of managing a business. In Brazil, where labour and tax laws are complex and stringent, making payroll mistakes can lead to hefty fines and legal issues. To help your business start 2025 on the...

Why do companies experience new possibilities when they connect payroll and HR systems? While most companies focus their energy on optimising processes and productivity, they often overlook a crucial pairing. HR and payroll both focus on...

Scaling payroll across multiple countries is where most businesses hit their hardest HR and finance problems. What worked in one jurisdiction breaks in the second, and by the fourth or fifth country, every manual workaround has compounded...

In March 2024, Deel acquired PaySpace in what was, at the time, the largest acquisition in Deel's history. The move was significant for two reasons. First, it was one of the rare cases where a young Employer of Record (EOR) company bought...

Load shedding reshaped how South African businesses think about operational continuity. When the power goes out for two, four, or six hours at a time, every business function depending on local infrastructure grinds to a halt. Payroll...

Deel Local Payroll started as PaySpace in a Johannesburg garage in 2002. Four founders came from a background in international payroll software and saw the same thing from inside the industry: the products were built on decades-old...

Every payroll provider claims their software is reliable, accurate, and compliant. In practice, most of them are. So why do customers still switch? Because when something breaks (a tax calculation goes wrong, a submission fails, an...

Payroll system software is the platform that calculates employee pay, applies statutory deductions, generates payslips and tax certificates, and produces the submissions required by tax authorities. It sits at the intersection of HR...

White-label HR and payroll software lets you deliver payroll services to your clients, or employees, under your own brand, without building the underlying technology from scratch. For accountants, bookkeepers, HR consultants, and...

Do you need automated employee payslips? No matter how one approaches it, payroll is complicated. However, there are tools that can simplify this complex and oftentimes overwhelming process. Automating your payroll process will provide you...

The last year has seen organisations across the board rapidly switch to remote working. Although this mass migration went reasonably well, there were a few pitfalls that business leaders had to take into account. After all, the...

The benefits of the cloud have been well documented. Cloud solutions are accessible anywhere, are more flexible, offer agile service, there is no hardware to maintain, no manual backups to keep on top of, no more paper-based processes, and...

Cloud adoption has gone mainstream, with research showing around 94% of organisations have some kind of cloud strategy. But a lot of what's sold as cloud is actually legacy software repackaged with a web interface. The difference between...

The Employment Tax Incentive (ETI) is one of the most underused tools in South African payroll. Implemented on 1 January 2014, it was designed to encourage employers to hire young job seekers, a group hit hardest by structural...

When COVID-19 hit South Africa in 2020, the job market for payroll and HR professionals changed overnight. Companies froze hiring, retrenchments climbed, and skilled people found themselves out of work through no fault of their own. In...

Running payroll in one African country is one set of skills. Running it across 10 is another. The legislative rules, contribution ceilings, reporting formats, and statutory submissions vary in every jurisdiction — and the payroll...

The businesses that came through recent crises best had one thing in common: they were prepared. They had made the investment in cloud infrastructure, remote-capable systems, and flexible operating models before they needed them. Payroll...

PaySpace, a cloud-native Payroll and Human Capital Management software solutions, announced that it has been selected as the preferred cloud service provider to former Sage Managing Director for Africa and the Middle East, Anton Van...

A security breach puts a company’s reputation at risk and can have costly consequences. The 2017 Trustwave Global Security Report states that cyber-criminals often identify ‘soft-targets’, such as commonly used software platforms with...

Digital connectivity is transforming how many African companies and governments are doing business. As more countries bring their financial services online, digital tax returns are becoming more common. South Africa, Zambia, Botswana and...

There are many good reasons to outsource your payroll. A robust, global solution can help companies simplify the process of managing their payroll in multiple locations. Instead of having to source and manage various service providers in...

Moving payroll and HR to the cloud isn't a technology project. It's an operating model change. Done well, it automates time-consuming tasks, reduces administrative load, and gives employees self-service access they've wanted for years....

When companies expand into Africa, they typically have excellent intentions. Sure, they want to advance their financial interest, but they also want to create jobs for locals, contribute to their communities, and – perhaps most importantly...

South African tax year-end falls on the last day of February. The weeks before are when good payroll teams pull ahead and avoidable mistakes get baked in. This checklist covers what to verify, what to reconcile, and the deadlines that...