Configure Taxes for Payroll
Step 1: Log in to your Bujeti Dashboard and click Payroll to open the Payroll Overview page. Click the Configure taxes button in the top-right corner of the page.
Enter your Employer PAYE ID and Employer Pension Code , then click Save
Employer PAYE ID *: Your organisation's Pay-As-You-Earn registration number, issued by the relevant tax authority. This is used to identify your organisation for statutory PAYE remittances.
Employer pension code *: Your Pension Fund Administrator (PFA) employer code. Required for Bujeti to calculate and remit employee pension contributions.
Once both fields are filled, click Save to store your tax identifiers. Your statutory configuration is now active and can be used in Compensation Policies.
How to Create a Compensation Policy on Bujeti
Step 1: On the Overview page, click Create policies in the 'Set up compensation policies' row or click Compensation policies in the left sub-navigation and then click + Add New policy.
Fill in the policy details:
Policy name : A clear, descriptive name for this policy — e.g. 'Full-time Staff', 'Interns / Graduate Trainees', 'Contract Staff'. This name appears when assigning the policy to employees.
Employment type: Select the employment type this policy applies to: Full time, Part time, Contract, or Intern. This helps categorise the policy and may affect statutory deduction rules.
Description: Optional internal note describing the policy — e.g. 'Applies to all permanent hires at Grade Level 1–5'.
Set up the Salary breakdown
Add custom salary items (optional)
Configure Additional allowances (optional)
Add Deductions (optional)
Configure PAYE settings
Enable PAYE tax calculation: When on, Bujeti automatically calculates each employee's PAYE tax deduction on every payroll run based on their gross salary and the applicable tax band.
Enable PAYE tax remittance: When on, Bujeti automatically transfers the calculated PAYE amount to a dedicated Bujeti account each payroll cycle, ready for remittance to the tax authority.
Enable WHT calculation: When on, Bujeti automatically calculates Withholding Tax contributions based on the percentage you set. Enter your WHT rate in the 'WHT contribution' field (e.g. 5%).
Enable WHT remittance: When on, Bujeti automatically transfers WHT contributions to a dedicated Bujeti account each payroll cycle.
Configure Pension settings, then click Create.
Enable pension calculation: When on, Bujeti automatically calculates employee pension contributions on each payroll run based on the statutory rate and the employee's gross salary.
Enable pension remittance: When on, Bujeti automatically transfers pension contributions to a dedicated Bujeti account each payroll cycle, ready for remittance to the Pension Fund Administrator.
When all settings are configured, click Create to save the compensation policy. It will now appear in your Compensation policies list and can be assigned to employees.
Note: Pension remittance requires your Employer Pension Code to be configured first. Go to Payroll Overview → Configure taxes if you haven't done this yet.
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