Getting started with payroll
Set up your organization, add your first employee, run your first payroll and file your first return — in that order.
PAYE explained
How Pay As You Earn is calculated on every payslip — the bands, the personal relief, and the four PAYE reliefs that reduce the bill.
NSSF, SHIF, AHL and NITA — statutory contributions
The four mandatory contributions deducted on every payroll in Kenya, plus the current 2026 rates Vendly applies automatically.
PAYE reliefs and exemptions
Pension, mortgage interest, private medical insurance, PWD exemption and the wholly PAYE-exempt flag — what they do and where to enter them.
File your monthly P10 (PAYE return)
Generate the iTax-ready CSV from Vendly, upload to KRA, and pay the PAYE due. Due by the 9th of the month following the pay period.
Bonuses, gratuity and lump-sum PAYE spread
How a one-off payment is taxed without pushing the employee into a higher PAYE band by accident.
Overtime — 1.5× on regular days, 2× on rest days
Employment Act 2007 §27 mandates two different overtime multipliers. Vendly applies each one automatically from the AttendanceRecord flags.
Non-cash benefits (Benefits in Kind)
Car, housing, school fees, telephone — what KRA charges PAYE on when the employer pays the cost directly.
NSSF — Tier I, Tier II and the Feb 2026 ceiling raise
What the two NSSF tiers mean, how the rates have stepped up since Feb 2024, and what employers owe today.
SHIF — what changed from NHIF
The Social Health Insurance Fund replaced NHIF on 1 October 2024. Here's the short version of what shifted for employers.
Affordable Housing Levy
1.5% from the employee, 1.5% matched by the employer, no cap, filed via KRA.
Salary components — earnings, deductions and the taxable flag
Reusable building blocks for every employee's pay structure. Set them up once and every run picks them up correctly.
Statutory filing calendar — when to file what
Every Kenya payroll return, its authority, its deadline and the Vendly page that generates the file.