Payroll, built for Sri Lanka

Payroll your finance team can trust, every cycle

CoreHR Payroll automates salary calculations, statutory deductions, and disbursement — so every pay run is accurate, auditable, and on time, without spreadsheets or manual rework.

100%
EPF / ETF / PAYE compliant
Auto
Tax & statutory calculations
Bank
Ready disbursement files
Audit
Trail on every change

Built around Sri Lankan statutory requirements — not bolted on afterwards

EPF, ETF, PAYE (APIT), and labour law rules are core to the calculation engine, not an add-on module. Every pay run produces the records finance, audit, and regulators expect.

EPF compliant ETF compliant PAYE / APIT Audit trail

Payroll fails quietly — until it doesn't

Most payroll problems aren't dramatic. They're small, recurring frictions that cost hours every cycle and create real risk at audit time.

Manual spreadsheet calculations

EPF, ETF, PAYE, and overtime computed by hand or in fragile spreadsheets — one formula error away from a payroll incident.

Disconnected attendance & pay

Overtime, no-pay, and leave data live in a separate system, requiring manual reconciliation before every pay run.

No audit trail on changes

When a payslip is queried months later, there's no record of who changed what, or why a figure differs from last month.

Late or error-prone disbursement

Bank files built manually each month, with formatting errors discovered only after rejection at the bank.

Slow statutory reporting

EPF/ETF returns and tax sheets recompiled from scratch each period instead of generated directly from payroll data.

No visibility for management

Leadership has no real-time view of payroll cost trends, department spend, or budget variance until finance compiles a report.

Everything a pay run needs, in one cycle

From salary structure setup to month-end close — CoreHR Payroll covers the full cycle.

Setup & structure

Salary structures

Configure fixed earnings, allowances, deductions, and grade-wise pay structures per designation.

Payroll allocation

Allocate cost by department, project, cost centre, or business unit for accurate financial reporting.

Payroll control panel

Centralised control for managing payroll cycles, locks, reviews, and multi-level approvals.

Run & calculate

Variable entries

Enter or bulk-upload monthly variable allowances, deductions, overtime, and no-pay adjustments.

Attendance integration

Regular hours, overtime, and no-pay flow directly from Attendance — no manual reconciliation.

Automated tax & statutory calculations

EPF, ETF, and PAYE (APIT) computed automatically from each employee's pay items and tax tables.

Overtime & no-pay engine

Flexible overtime rates and premiums, with proportional no-pay deductions across salary and EPF.

Local labour law compliance

Calculation rules follow current Sri Lankan labour and tax regulations, reviewed as rates change.

Month-end processing

Automated closing, validation, and publishing of the payroll cycle once review is complete.

Built for audit, from the first pay run

Controls and statutory logic are part of the core engine — not a checklist applied afterwards.

Statutory compliance

EPF contributions

Employer and employee EPF calculated automatically from EPF-qualifying earnings.

ETF contributions

Employer ETF computed in line with current contribution rates each cycle.

PAYE / APIT

Tax computed against current income tax slabs, with employee tax sheets generated automatically.

Statutory returns

EPF/ETF return-ready data and annual tax schedules generated directly from processed payroll.

Process & access controls

Role-based access

Payroll preparation, review, and approval are separated by role — no single user can do all three.

Multi-level approval

Each payroll cycle moves through review and sign-off before it can be locked and published.

Full audit trail

Every adjustment to a payslip is logged with who made it, when, and what changed — linked to Lifecycle history.

Locked cycles

Once a payroll cycle is published, figures are locked — corrections require a tracked adjustment in the next cycle.

What comes out the other end

A completed payroll cycle produces everything finance, employees, and regulators need — ready to use.

Payslips
Per-employee, downloadable & emailed
Bank files
Disbursement-ready formats
Statutory reports
EPF, ETF, PAYE / APIT, tax sheets
Management reports
Cost analysis, budget variance, increments
General reports
Payroll summary, department, cost-centre
Self-service sync
Payslips & tax sheets in employee portal

Try the Sri Lankan APIT (PAYE) calculator

Estimate monthly APIT (formerly PAYE) for a given salary using the 2025/26 IRD tax tables (effective 1 April 2025) — the same logic CoreHR Payroll applies automatically each cycle.

Based on IRD Tax Table No. 01 for the 2025/26 year of assessment (1 April 2025 onward). For an exact figure, including non-cash benefits and EPF treatment, run a calculation in CoreHR Payroll.

Next step

See CoreHR Payroll against your own pay run

Walk through a live demo with a sample of your salary structures, or sit down with our team for an architecture discussion on integration, data migration, and rollout for your organisation.