PAYROLL AND WAGES ACCOUNTING AND PERSONNEL MANAGEMENT

Qualified and motivated employees are the key to your success. We will take over your payroll and wages accounting and personnel management for you.

• Payroll accounting services
• Assistance with external wage tax audits
• Further certificates and notifications
• Travel expense management
• Personnel cost controlling  

Payroll accounting is more than just the accounting of your employees’ wages and salaries. This is an extensive subject area. This is the interface between your company and social insurance companies, tax authorities, health insurance companies and, of course, your employees. In addition, there are the reports to professional associations, wage tax certificates as well as the provision of data or data transmission to the banks.

For this extensive work in payroll accounting, small and medium-sized companies, as well as entrepreneurs and start-ups, do not have the necessary time to take care of payroll accounting themselves. In addition, errors occur very quickly in payroll accounting or the corresponding reports to the various authorities and offices. Due to the multitude of laws, requirements and regulations, which in addition change continuously, one has to deal intensively with the topic of payroll accounting in order to really be familiar with it.

It does not matter how many employees are working in your company. Every single employee wants and should receive his/her wage or salary on time and correctly every month and that ties up your valuable time. You could use this time more efficiently in your company. You can rely on our staff in Berlin and Dessau-Roßlau to reliably take care of your payroll accounting.

The services in the area of payroll accounting include in particular:

• Payroll accounting
• Payroll account management
• Wage tax returns
• Preparation of wage tax, remuneration and earnings certificates
• Social insurance registration, registration and deregistration at health insurance companies
• Trade association registrations
• Wages for mini-jobs, temp staff or minor employees
• Calculation of vacation, Christmas, public holiday and sick pay
• Tax-free wage components
• State allowances, e.g. Riester retirement benefits
• Advice on recording working hours, breaks, overtime by means of appropriate time recording
• Calculation of Sunday, public holiday and night surcharges
• Travel expense accounting
• Data transfer to banks and authorities
• Support during wage tax and social security audits

Another major advantage of IKARUS Steuerberatung’s payroll accounting is the professional support in wage tax audits and social security audits. We will support you in the preparation and communication with the tax office. In addition, the following services are often required:

• Conducting preliminary talks with the client and the auditor
• Comprehensive support during the examination
• Simulation of the results for your company
• Discussion of the effects of the results and possible options
• Certificates, registrations and applications

Further certificates and registrations or applications can be requested from the employer:

• Calculation and review of disability compensation levies
• Application for short-time allowance
• Reimbursement request for compensation benefits (e.g. in the event of illness and maternity leave)
• Earnings certificates for the job centre when an employee leaves the company
• Remuneration and work certificates
• Certificate of insurance for the social insurance
• Income tax certificates

Travel expense management

Many employers expect flexibility and mobility from their employees. The expenses for travel or off-site activities are reimbursed by the employer. In this area, too, we offer you comprehensive services. The following is an example:

• Preparing the travel expense calculation taking into account the tax exemptions/flat rates
• Consultancy and preparation of company-specific travel expense guidelines
• Analysis of the impact on personnel costs
• Business aspects of personnel management

Personnel cost controlling

For many companies, personnel costs are a significant cost factor. Successful companies therefore plan and monitor this with the necessary diligence. IKARUS Steuerberatung can offer you support in this area as well. Frequent services in this area are:

• Calculation of the effects of wage increases
• Example calculations for company pension schemes
• Analysis and discussion of effects
• Personnel cost controlling, e.g. determination of the billable working hours

Have we been able to convince you with our combined competences and services, or do you have further questions? Just get in touch with us we will be pleased to help.