Payroll

Swissdec-certified payroll software, designed for accounting firms

GeniusCount's payroll module is Swissdec-certified: salary slips, payments and ELM transmission compliant with Swiss standards. And because it's integrated into the accounting software, each mandate's payroll feeds directly into the accounts: no double entry between the payroll journal and the general ledger. For an accounting firm, payroll is a low-error-tolerance area: a misapplied rate or a late statement quickly turns into corrections and reminders. Relying on a certified module means processing your mandates' salaries on a verified basis, rather than on spreadsheets rebuilt every year.

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Your mandates' payroll, from slip to statement

Salary slips

  • Calculations compliant with Swiss standards
  • Certificates and annual documents
  • Administrative file per employee

Swissdec transmission (ELM)

  • Payroll module certification
  • Secure data exchange
  • Compliance verified by the reference body

Integrated into the accounts

  • Payroll entries generated in the journal
  • Payment preparation
  • A single tool for accounting, invoices and payroll
Swissdec-certified payroll module Data hosted in Switzerland Multi-mandate by design

Included in the per-mandate package

No paid module to stack on: payroll is part of the per-mandate package, from CHF 9.90/mandate/month with accounting and invoicing. The number of employees included follows the mandate's tier (S, M or L).

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What Swissdec certification changes in practice

Swissdec certification isn't a decorative label: it's the result of a validation procedure that checks the accuracy of salary calculations and the compliance of the data transmitted to compensation funds, insurers and the tax administration. The ELM channel (Lohnmeldeverfahren data exchange) standardises these submissions and avoids re-entering the same figures in each portal.

In practice, your firm relies on a proven basis for social deductions and withholding tax, produces compliant salary certificates and submits the annual statements through a single channel. Fewer manual checks, fewer back-and-forths with insurers, and traceability that makes audits easier.

A concrete case: payroll for fifteen mandates every month

An accounting firm handles payroll for fifteen small mandates, between two and twenty employees each. With payroll software separate from the accounts, every cycle means entering the slips on one side, then copying the payroll entries into the general ledger on the other, mandate by mandate, with the risk of a discrepancy between the two.

In GeniusCount, payroll and accounting live in the same mandate file. The slips produced directly generate the payroll entries in the journal, payments are prepared, and ELM transmission goes out to the insurers and the administration without an intermediate export. The team runs through the fifteen mandates in a single tool, with the same steps everywhere, and can trace at any time the link between a salary slip and its accounting entry.

The gain isn't just convenience: removing the double entry between payroll and accounting removes a recurring source of errors and hours of reconciliation at year-end.

Frequently asked questions

Yes. GeniusCount's payroll module is Swissdec-certified: the certification covers producing salary slips and ELM/Swissdec transmission.

Swissdec-certified software has passed a rigorous validation procedure: accuracy of salary calculations and compliance of transmissions to the authorities. You process your mandates' payroll on a basis verified by the Swiss reference body.

Yes: accounting, invoicing and payroll are included in the per-mandate package, from CHF 9.90/mandate/month. The number of employees included depends on the mandate's tier (S, M or L).

Yes, it's the heart of the product: each mandate has its own payroll file (employees, slips, payments), and your team moves from one mandate to another without changing tools.

The module handles the usual Swiss social insurances and deductions (AHV/IV/EO, ALV, UVG, BVG, withholding tax) and prepares the corresponding statements. Transmitting this data to the recipients is done via the certified ELM/Swissdec channel.

ELM/Swissdec transmission sends salary data to the connected recipients (compensation funds, insurers, tax administration) from GeniusCount, via a secure exchange and a standardised format.

Yes: withholding-tax rates are applied per canton, and the module tracks special situations mandate by mandate to stay compliant with cantonal rules.

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Demonstration on a real mandate: slips, transmission and accounting entries generated.

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Swissdec is a trademark of its holder; the mention describes the certification of GeniusCount's payroll module. Go further: our Swissdec certification · logiciel comptable pour fiduciaires · gestion de mandats