Payroll accounting

Wage and salary payroll for companies and private households in Hamburg.

Almost every adult has held a pay slip in their hands at one time or another, and the subject of wages is, after all, as old as mankind itself. Some deserve more than they get, others may get more than they deserve. Nowadays, however, gross salary, tax class, wage tax, social security and a number of other factors always have an impact on the amount that is ultimately paid to the employee and on the amounts that you as the employer must also pay over.

We cannot tell you how much salary you should pay your employees, but we can calculate the pay for you, support you with our payroll accounting and advise you on how to get the best result for you and your employees.

We all know: a company cannot operate without its employees. It is therefore all the more important to pay them an appropriate salary and to retain them with attractive fringe benefits. Non-cash benefits, Christmas bonuses and a company car are just a fraction of the things you as an employer can offer your employees to secure their services.

But how are these fringe benefits accounted for? Are there certain limits and deadlines that you must observe as a business owner? How high is the minimum wage? What reports do you as an employer have to submit to public authorities and other institutions? Questions we are happy to answer.

Private individuals can be employers too

Naturally, employers are not always the heads of large companies. Private individuals may also employ staff. For example, the domestic help who comes every afternoon for three hours to keep the home in order, look after the children or do the shopping. Or the gardener who mows the lawn twice a week. It is important to know: What are the options for paying domestic help? Do I have to continue paying their wages if they are ill? Should the gardener receive a fixed salary or an hourly wage?

Just ask our experts. Working with you, we are sure to find a solution that is satisfactory for all parties concerned.

What we do for you

As part of our payroll accounting, we offer the following services, among others:

• Processing the ongoing wage and salary payroll
• Maintaining master data
• Sending analysis reports
• Checking travel expense reports
• Preparing trial payroll runs
• Preparing wage tax certificates
• Issuing A1 certificates for field staff employed in the EU
• Preparing AAG reports (reports under the Expenses Compensation Act (AAG) for continued payment of remuneration in the event of sickness or for maternity benefits)
• Preparing EEL reports (Entgeltersatzleistung, wage replacement benefits: sickness benefit, child sickness benefit, sickness benefit under social compensation law (Versorgungskrankengeld), transitional allowance etc.)
• Issuing certificates of employment
• Issuing salary certificates for landlords
• Calculating maternity benefits
• Dealing with employer's liability insurance matters

Please do not hesitate to contact our tax advisers if you would like us to support you with your payroll accounting. As with all our services, we are happy to provide this in digital, i.e. paperless, form too.