Payroll Services in Somerset West
Somerset West employers sit inside the Cape Town economy but run their own payroll cycle — different headcount, different pay dates and different council obligations. Around here that usually means tech & saas startups, tourism & hospitality, wine & agriculture employers. We take over mid-tax-year without breaking the IRP5 reconciliation for your Somerset West staff.
What a Somerset West payroll includes
Monthly or weekly payslips, emailed or delivered through the employee portal
EMP201 filed with SARS every month and EMP501 reconciled twice a year
UIF declarations, SDL calculations and COIDA return of earnings support
Leave, overtime, commission and allowance tracking per employee
IRP5 / IT3(a) certificates at tax year-end
Bargaining council and provident fund returns where they apply
Patuza is a Registered Tax Practitioner and Certified Payroll Practitioner. Pricing for Somerset West employers runs from R80 to R160 per payslip per month, fixed, with no setup fee and no lock-in contract.
Industries we run payroll for around Somerset West
Tech & SaaS startups
A first payroll set up properly — registrations, payslips, EMP201 and UIF — without hiring in-house.
See payroll for this sectorTourism & hospitality
Tips and service charges, split shifts, live-in staff, and high turnover with constant engagements and terminations.
See payroll for this sectorWine & agriculture
Seasonal and piece-rate workers, sectoral determination minimums, in-kind deductions and packhouse crews that change week to week.
See payroll for this sectorRetail & franchises
Weekend and public holiday pay, commission structures, casual and student staff, and multiple store cost centres.
See payroll for this sectorCall centres & BPO
Share and incentive schemes, remote and cross-border staff, contractor versus employee classification, and IRP5 codes for equity.
See payroll for this sectorFilm & media
Share and incentive schemes, remote and cross-border staff, contractor versus employee classification, and IRP5 codes for equity.
See payroll for this sectorSomerset West payroll questions
Do you handle payroll for businesses based in Somerset West?+
Yes. Somerset West is part of our Cape Town service area and we run payroll for employers there every month — payslips, EMP201, UIF declarations, SDL, leave records and year-end IRP5s.
What does payroll cost for a Somerset West employer?+
Most Somerset West businesses pay between R80 and R160 per payslip per month, with no setup fee. The fee is fixed monthly and includes SARS submissions and statutory filing.
Do we need to meet in Somerset West?+
No. Patuza is fully cloud-based. Documents are exchanged securely, payslips are delivered electronically and approvals happen online — the same turnaround whether you are in Somerset West or elsewhere in Western Cape.
Can you take over an existing payroll system?+
Yes. We migrate Somerset West employers off Sage, SimplePay, PaySpace, Pastel or spreadsheets mid-year, with a parallel run so the figures agree before go-live. Take-on usually takes two to four weeks.
Do you file with SARS on our behalf?+
Yes. As a Registered Tax Practitioner we file EMP201 monthly, EMP501 reconciliations twice a year and IRP5/IT3(a) certificates at year-end for every Somerset West client, and we handle SARS queries directly.
Talk to a payroll specialist for Somerset West
- 4 Daventry Street, Bloukrans Building, Lynnwood Manor, Pretoria, Gauteng 0081 — serving Somerset West and the rest of Cape Town.
- 012 012 6137
Opening hours
- Monday09:00 – 16:30
- Tuesday09:00 – 16:30
- Wednesday09:00 – 16:30
- Thursday09:00 – 16:30
- Friday09:00 – 15:30
- SaturdayClosed
- SundayClosed
Other areas we serve around Cape Town
Get a payroll quote for your Somerset West business
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