Zoho Payroll for Saudi Arabia | WPS, GOSI & Nitaqat Compliance | Wanas Apps

Built for the Saudi Compliance Reality

WPS via Mudad — Pay on Time, Every Time

Saudi Arabia's Wage Protection System (WPS), administered through the Mudad platform, requires employers to transfer salaries electronically and report payment data to the Ministry of Human Resources. Late or missing WPS transfers can trigger fines and affect your Nitaqat classification. Zoho Payroll generates WPS-ready salary files in the exact format required by Mudad, letting payroll managers at Riyadh contracting firms or Jeddah trading companies submit with a few clicks rather than manual bank uploads.

GOSI Contributions — Calculated Automatically

Every Saudi employer must remit General Organization for Social Insurance (GOSI) contributions each month — 9% from the employer and 9% from the employee for Saudi nationals (annuity + occupational hazard), with different rates applying to expatriate workers. Zoho Payroll applies the correct GOSI split automatically based on each employee's nationality, contract type, and gross salary in SAR, and produces the monthly GOSI report ready for submission. No more manual rate lookups or reconciliation errors at month-end.

Saudization (Nitaqat) Quota Tracking

Under Saudi Labor Law, businesses registered via a Commercial Registration (CR) issued by the Ministry of Commerce must maintain minimum percentages of Saudi national employees — thresholds that vary by industry sector and company size. Falling into the Red or Yellow Nitaqat band restricts your ability to sponsor new work visas and renew existing ones. Zoho Payroll's workforce dashboard tracks your current Saudi-to-expatriate headcount ratio in real time, alerting HR teams before a hiring decision pushes you out of the Green or Platinum band. For Vision 2030 transformation projects where rapid headcount changes are common, this visibility is critical.

End-of-Service Gratuity — No More Manual Calculations

Saudi Labor Law mandates end-of-service awards based on length of service and final basic salary. The formula differs for employees who resign versus those who are terminated, and partial-year proration adds further complexity. Zoho Payroll calculates each employee's accrued gratuity automatically, updates the liability on every payroll run, and produces a final settlement breakdown the moment an employee's record is closed — essential for Jeddah trading companies managing high staff turnover.

ZATCA & Financial Integration

While Zoho Payroll handles the HR and salary side, it integrates natively with Zoho Books, which supports ZATCA (Fatoorah) Phase 2 e-invoicing with cleared, integrated e-invoices submitted to the ZATCA platform. This means your payroll journal entries, accruals, and cost-centre allocations flow directly into a ZATCA-compliant accounting environment — giving finance controllers a single source of truth across the 15% VAT-registered entity without duplicate data entry.

SAR-Native Payslips & Reporting

All payslips, salary registers, and statutory reports are generated in Saudi Riyals (SAR) with Arabic-language support, meeting the expectations of both employees and government auditors.