No bolted-on compliance module, no generic template with Zambia added as an afterthought. Veridian was built by a ZICA-qualified payroll accountant who's filed the NAPSA return by hand, argued with an auditor over NHIMA, and tracked gratuity on a spreadsheet until it broke.
"Ten years running Zambian payroll by hand taught me exactly where it breaks — the NHIMA basis argument with an auditor, the gratuity nobody sees coming until contract end, the one salary edit that quietly throws off the whole sheet. I built the tool I wished existed."Raphael Chikuka Raphael Chikuka - Founder, Veridian Payroll
Every feature here exists because it solved a real Zambian payroll problem first — not because a template needed another card.
NAPSA, NHIMA and PAYE returns come out in the format each portal expects, plus Excel copies for your files. No more retyping the payroll into a return at month end.
Every payslip carries a code a lender, landlord or shop can check in seconds against what your payroll actually issued. Your staff stop being turned away over a payslip nobody can verify — and you never field the phone call asking whether this one is real.
25% of basic pay over the contract, tax-free, for every fixed-term employee — with the running liability visible on your dashboard months before it's due, not the week you have to pay it.
Same calculation methodology as ZRA's official PAYE calculator, NAPSA capped at the statutory ceiling, and an NHIMA basis your auditor can actually choose.
Automatic accrual, commutation, and payouts at the statutory daily rate of basic salary ÷ 26 — no side spreadsheet to keep in step.
Generate EFT files in the format your bank expects for the whole payroll at once, plus a signature-ready cash list for anyone paid outside the bank.
Email every employee their payslip the moment payroll is confirmed, instead of printing, signing and handing out paper each month.
Every salary change, statutory exemption, and role change is logged with who, when, and why — so you're ready to demonstrate the basis to ZRA, NAPSA, or NHIMA if they ever ask.
Import your whole staff list from a spreadsheet. Repeated NRC or employee numbers are flagged before they import, so nobody gets paid twice.
The four tiers ZRA taxes income through — the same ones Veridian applies automatically to every payslip, and updated for every national budget.
Running monthly payroll for one company, without needing to also be a tax specialist.
Managing payroll for several SME clients under one login, switching companies in a click.
Processing pay for their own staff directly, without a finance team to lean on.
Anything else, send a WhatsApp message and you'll get an answer from the person who built it.
No. Veridian runs in your web browser, so you sign in from any computer with an internet connection and your payroll is there.
Your records are stored in a secure cloud database. Each company's data is walled off from every other company, so only the users you add to your company can see it, and every change is recorded in the audit log.
Yes. Save your staff list as a CSV file from Excel and import everyone at once. Duplicate NRC or employee numbers are flagged before anything is saved.
No. One login can manage several companies, and you switch between them in a click. Each company keeps its own employees, settings and payroll history.
Your data stays exactly where it is. Choose a plan to carry on processing payroll; nothing you set up during the trial needs to be redone.
Yes. Message us on WhatsApp and we'll help you import your staff and run your first payroll.
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