A Wanas Apps productPayroll for Egypt on Zoho
Egyptian payroll, built on Zoho People
Wanas Payroll turns the employees, attendance and leave you already keep in Zoho People into correct Egyptian payroll: income tax, social insurance, payslips, bank files and reports, in Arabic and English.
- Income tax per Law 7/2024
- Social insurance per Law 148/2019
- Arabic and English
- 3-month free trial
What Wanas Payroll does
Everything a monthly Egyptian payroll needs, from the data in Zoho People to the bank transfer, in one place.
Zoho People sync
Employees, custom fields, attendance, leave and holidays come straight from Zoho People, read-only. No double entry.
Egyptian income tax
Law 7/2024 brackets, the personal exemption and the high-income phase-out, with annualized-monthly or cumulative year-to-date calculation.
Social insurance
Law 148/2019 employee and employer shares, applied within the legal insurable-wage floor and ceiling.
Health insurance and martyrs’ fund
Universal Health Insurance contributions and the martyrs’ fund deduction, calculated on every run.
Attendance deductions and shifts
Late arrivals, early leave, absence and overtime rules, shift schedules and shift-adherence reports.
Approvals
Approval workflows for pay runs, salary hikes, loans and penalties, so nothing is paid before the right person signs off.
Loans, penalties and court orders
Instalment loans, disciplinary penalties and court-ordered deductions with their remittances, tracked per employee.
Payslips by email and WhatsApp
Bilingual PDF payslips sent by email or WhatsApp, and an employee self-service view for their own payslips.
Bank files
Salary transfer files for CIB, QNB, Banque Misr and NBE, plus a generic CSV, with editable column layouts.
ETA tax codes
Every earning and deduction carries its Egyptian Tax Authority tax treatment code (01 to 05).
Bonuses, profit share and salary hikes
One-off bonuses, profit-share distributions and salary hikes with effective dates and approvals.
Reports
Payroll register, cost by department, insurance, tax, attendance and audit reports, plus custom reports you can export to Excel.
Every way you pay people
Mix pay types in the same organization and the same pay run.
- Monthly salaryFixed monthly packages with allowances and deductions.
- HourlyPay by the hours worked, from attendance.
- DailyDay-rate workers paid for the days they work.
- Production / piece-ratePay per unit produced, with quantities entered per run.
- CommissionSales commission profiles, including commissions pulled from Zoho CRM.
- WeeklyWeekly pay cycles alongside the monthly payroll.
- Per shift or taskA fixed amount per shift worked or task completed.
- Performance-linkedVariable pay tied to performance scores.
See it working
Real screens from the app, shown with a fictional demo company and sample figures.
Demo data only. No customer data is shown.
Works with the tools you already use
Built for companies running on Zoho, and open to the AI assistants your team uses.
Zoho People
The source of employees, attendance, leave and holidays. One read-only consent; Wanas Payroll never edits your Zoho records.
Zoho Books
Posts a balanced payroll journal to Zoho Books after each run, with AI-suggested account mapping you confirm once.
Zoho CRM
Pulls sales commissions from Zoho CRM into the pay run, using your commission profiles.
AI tools via MCP
Run payroll from Claude, ChatGPT or Cursor through the Wanas Payroll MCP server, with your own role and permissions.
https://payroll.wanasapps.com/mcpFor outsourcing agencies and payroll bureaus
Run payroll for other companies, not only your own.
Outsourcing agencies (agency add-on)
Manage the client companies your employees are placed at: placements, rate cards and client invoices that re-bill the payroll, with VAT.
Payroll bureaus (bureau console)
Accounting and payroll firms run many client organizations from one console: pay dates, errors, approvals and attendance sync per client. Clients approve access before anything is shared.
Arabic and English, light and dark
- Fully bilingualThe whole app switches between English and Arabic (right to left).
- Bilingual payslipsPrint payslips in Arabic, English or both on one page.
- Light and dark themesPick the theme that suits your team and screen.
Security and audit
Payroll data is sensitive. Wanas Payroll treats it that way.
- Every action loggedThe audit log records who did what and when, with the source of each action: Web, API or MCP.
- Encrypted sensitive dataNational IDs, IBANs and tokens are encrypted, and each organization’s data is isolated.
- Role-based accessAdministrators, payroll officers and employees each see only what their role allows.
- Read-only Zoho accessWanas Payroll reads from Zoho People and never changes your Zoho data.
Pricing
Pricing: see payroll.wanasapps.com. Every organization starts with a 3-month free trial.
See current pricingFrequently asked questions
Wanas Payroll is cloud payroll software for Egyptian companies, built by Wanas Apps on top of Zoho People. It reads employees, attendance and leave from Zoho People, calculates income tax, social insurance and net pay under Egyptian law, and produces bilingual payslips, bank files and reports.
Yes, today Wanas Payroll works on top of Zoho People: that is where your employees, attendance and leave live. If you do not use Zoho People yet, Wanas Apps, a Zoho Premium Partner, can set it up for you.
Yes. Each organization’s data is isolated, national IDs, IBANs and tokens are encrypted, access is role-based, and every action is recorded in the audit log with its source (Web, API or MCP). Wanas Payroll only reads from Zoho People and never edits your Zoho records.
Yes. Invite your accountant as a payroll officer, or let a payroll bureau run your payroll from its bureau console once you approve its access. Outsourcing agencies that place staff at client companies can use the agency add-on for placements, rate cards and client invoices.
Income tax under Law 7/2024, social insurance under Law 148/2019 with the insurable-wage floor and ceiling, Universal Health Insurance and the martyrs’ fund. Rates live in versioned rule sets, and we recommend your accountant reviews your first pay runs.
Yes. The whole app switches between English and Arabic (right to left), with light and dark themes, and payslips can be printed in Arabic, English or both.
Yes. Add the Wanas Payroll MCP server (https://payroll.wanasapps.com/mcp) to Claude, ChatGPT, Cursor or another MCP client and sign in with Zoho. You get the same permissions as in the app, and every action is audit-logged as coming from MCP.
Yes. Every organization starts with a 3-month free trial at payroll.wanasapps.com.
Ready to run your next payroll?
Sign in with your Zoho People administrator account and start your 3-month free trial. Prefer to talk first? Book a free consultation with our team in Cairo.