TSS Payroll
Switching Guide

Still Doing Payroll in Excel?

Excel is great for analysis — but it's a risky tool for payroll. One broken formula, one outdated tax table, and you're non-compliant. See why businesses are switching to TSS Payroll.

The real cost of Excel payroll

Tax tables change every year — you have to update formulas manually or pay the wrong PAYE

One copy-paste error in 200 rows creates a compliance problem you may not catch until year-end

No built-in EMP201 generation — you still have to manually capture figures in SARS eFiling

No payslip PDF generation — employees get emailed a spreadsheet

No audit trail — you can't prove what was calculated and when

Shared Excel files cause version conflicts when multiple people edit

No automatic leave balance tracking per employee

No SARS tax directive support

Feature
TSS Payroll
Excel Spreadsheet
PAYE tax tables
Updated automatically every year
Must be updated manually
UIF calculation
Automatic with ceiling cap
Manual formula required
SDL calculation
Automatic
Manual formula required
Payslip generation
PDF payslips in one click
No built-in PDF
EMP201 report
Pre-populated and ready
Captured manually in eFiling
Leave balance tracking
Automatic per employee
Separate sheet required
Audit trail
Full history of every run
None
Multi-user access
Role-based, cloud access
Email/shared drive chaos
SARS tax directives
Supported
Manual override required
Year-end IRP5s
Auto-generated
Hours of manual work

How to switch from Excel to TSS Payroll

  1. 1

    Sign up for a free TSS Payroll trial — no credit card required.

  2. 2

    Import your employee list (CSV template provided) — name, ID number, salary, bank details.

  3. 3

    Set your company details — tax numbers, pay frequency, leave policies.

  4. 4

    Run your first payroll — TSS Payroll calculates everything automatically.

  5. 5

    Download your EMP201 report and payslips. Done.

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Leave Excel Behind

Payroll that calculates itself

TSS Payroll updates PAYE tables automatically every tax year, calculates UIF and SDL to the cent, and generates EMP201-ready reports — no formulas, no errors.

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