Payroll & HRPayroll that already knows Egyptian tax law.
Contracts hold real compensation history, tax and social insurance compute themselves, and a pay run reconciles overtime and deductions before you ever open a spreadsheet.
What is Payroll in Kayan?
Kayan's payroll module holds employee contracts with salary, hourly or commission pay on any frequency, computes income tax and social insurance as a percentage or flat amount, with recommended defaults for Egypt, folds overtime and deductions into each pay run automatically, posts the payment as a journal entry and exports a bank file.
Contracts that hold a real history
Salary, hourly, or commission compensation, on any pay frequency — and a new contract automatically expires the old one instead of overwriting it, so an employee's compensation history stays intact.
- Salary, hourly, or commission compensation types
- Weekly, biweekly, semimonthly, monthly, or annual pay frequency
- A new contract expires the previous one automatically — nothing is overwritten
| Accounts receivable | 12,312 | |
| Sales revenue | 10,800 | |
| VAT payable (14%) | 1,512 |
EGP · posted from Order #1042
Egypt-ready tax and social insurance
Income tax and both employee and employer social insurance can be set as a percentage or a flat amount, with recommended defaults for Egyptian employers built in — not a generic global payroll calculator retrofitted for EGP.
- Income tax and social insurance as percent or flat amount, per employee
- Recommended Egyptian defaults, applied automatically for EG-based organizations
- Every rate is visible and overridable on the contract, not hidden in a formula
| Accounts receivable | 12,312 | |
| Sales revenue | 10,800 | |
| VAT payable (14%) | 1,512 |
EGP · posted from Order #1042
Pay runs that reconcile themselves
A pay run pulls in every active contract for the period, folds in overtime and salary-linked deductions automatically, and totals gross, tax, and net before anyone approves it. Once it's paid, it posts a real payment journal entry — and you can export a bank file straight from the run.
- Overtime and deduction entries roll into the period automatically
- Approve, then pay — status and permissions gate every step
- Bank export file generated straight from the pay run
| Accounts receivable | 12,312 | |
| Sales revenue | 10,800 | |
| VAT payable (14%) | 1,512 |
EGP · posted from Order #1042
Common questions
Does Kayan handle Egyptian income tax and social insurance?
Yes — both can be set as a percentage or a flat amount per employee, with recommended Egyptian defaults built in.
Can I pay someone on commission instead of a fixed salary?
Yes — a contract's compensation type can be salary, hourly, or commission.
How do overtime and deductions get into a pay run?
They're recorded against the employee as they happen, and the next pay run for that period pulls them in automatically — nothing to re-enter by hand.
How do I actually pay people?
Approve the pay run, then export a bank file straight from it — paying it also posts the payment as a real journal entry.
Run payroll that already speaks Egyptian tax.
Set up contracts once — tax, social insurance, and every pay run follow from there.