Payroll Software for Nigeria — Correct to the Kobo, Built for the NTA 2026

Payroll in Nigeria changed. Most software is catching up.

KoboHR is a Nigeria-first payroll platform built on the Nigeria Tax Act 2026 — not adapted to it. It computes PAYE the way the law defines it (annually, through the progressive bands, then divided by twelve), applies rent relief and per-employee NHF opt-ins, and accrues every employer-side line: pension, NSITF, ITF, NHIA. Every figure is correct to the kobo, and we invite you to verify that the hard way: run a month in parallel with your current process and compare every payslip, line by line.

The NTA 2026 rewrote the arithmetic — new bands, rent relief, voluntary NHF — and NRS data analytics rewrote the stakes. Software built for the PITA era with a patch on top carries the old assumptions in its bones; KoboHR carries the statute.

What KoboHR computes

• PAYE under the NTA 2026 — annualized, band by band, with rent relief and the minimum-wage exemption applied per employee.
• Pension at 8% employee / 10% employer on basic + housing + transport.
• NHF as a per-employee opt-in, never a blanket deduction.
• NHIA, NSITF, and ITF accruals with remittance schedules per scheme.
• WHT flagging for non-employee payments, so contractor fees never masquerade as salary.
• Leave accrual and proration on hire and exit that respects the annual-first PAYE method.

Full rates, bases, and deadlines for each scheme are in the statutory deductions we compute.

Precision is the product

Annual-first PAYE, always

The law defines bands on annual chargeable income, so KoboHR taxes the year and divides by twelve — never a monthly-rate shortcut that drifts at every band boundary.

Deterministic engine

Same inputs, same output, to the kobo, every run. Finalized payruns are locked and reproducible — the record can't quietly change under you.

Evidence, not assertions

Every payslip line is traceable to the rule, rate, and basis that produced it, and the audit log keeps before/after snapshots of every change. The A. Okafor payslip on our homepage is real engine output, not marketing arithmetic.

The parallel-run guarantee

Bring us a real month. We compute it on KoboHR while you run your usual process — spreadsheet, vendor, or bureau — and you compare every line of every payslip. Switch only when the numbers agree; if they don't, walk away and keep the comparison report.

• Import your current payroll data — employees, packages, statutory settings.
• Run the month on KoboHR beside your existing process.
• Review the line-by-line diff, to the kobo, before anything switches.

Who it's for

SMEs running their own payroll

Finalize a compliant run in minutes with self-service payslips and a built-in audit trail. Start with the payroll guide for HR professionals to see the cycle KoboHR automates.

Consulting and accounting firms

Each client runs in an isolated engine with its own settings and audit trail — see payroll for consulting and accounting firms.

Larger organisations

Isolated single-tenant deployment is available on the Enterprise tier for organisations that need their payroll infrastructure to be theirs alone.

Plans

Pricing follows seat tiers — 1–15, 16–30, 31–50, 51–100, and 101–500 employees, with Enterprise above 500. No setup fees.

Try the arithmetic first

Check our numbers before you talk to us: try the free PAYE calculator, the net-to-gross negotiation calculator, and the employer total cost calculator. They run the same statutory rules as the engine — that's the point.