Smart Payroll makes paying employees and contractors simple and easy

We Help Set You Up & Give You Free Training

We’ll help set you up, including set up your employees and transferring information from your current payroll process. We’ll then give you free one-to-one training!

World-class Security by NZ’s largest IT company – Datacom

All the benefits of 24/7 anywhere access on any device with automatic updates taken care of for you PLUS NZ’s largest IT company, Datacom, taking care of all the backups in datacentres across NZ and even in Australia for your ultimate data security peace of mind.

Kiwi-based Support

Our standout support team are here to help, whenever you need it! They’re trained payroll specialists, confident in the product and well respected by our customers. We offer free support for all customers, so you can feel confident that you’re doing right by your employees and the IRD.

Free help and support when you need it

Get expert advice from our Payroll and HR Angels.

We know that Payroll and HR is all about People so we have lots of expert Angels ready and waiting to help. Just call and we’ll take care of everything.

Call us on 0800 10 10 38

Get our free employer guide

Are you a first time employer or just want to make sure you’re doing everything right?
Download our super easy Employers’ Handy Guide

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Smart Payroll+HR’s free recruitment guide

How to hire and manage your team while reducing stress and staff hassles. Our HR booklet will ensure you are doing things correctly.

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Check out our new farmer-focussed special feature

We’ve developed payroll technology specifically designed for the unique needs of farming employers.

If you’re already a Smart Payroll customer, you can activate the new feature today. Find out more in our video overview.

With Smart Payroll you can make the changes you need to make your work more efficient and hassle-free.

Sign up now and see how we can help you focus more on what matters.

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Features farmers will love

With Smart Payroll’s new farming tool, you’ll be able to handle some of your trickiest payroll issues with ease.

See what Doug Avery, The Resilient Farmer, says about how Smart Payroll works for him.

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Add extra hours

Record additional hours worked by an employee without changing their salary.

Minimum wage alert

Receive an alert if the hours worked have taken the employee below minimum wage.

Top up option

You get the option to top up an employee’s weekly pay to meet minimum wage.

See all Smart Payroll features

More than 1,000 New Zealand farmers can’t be wrong

“I do not have any problem with recommending Smart payroll to more people.
Personally I find it easy to do, and if you do have an issue or query something you are unsure of the support team are brilliant and generally, there is a wait of no longer than 30 minutes to get a support person to get in touch with you and help you address the issue.
I find it brilliant that you deal with all the paperwork for the tax department so never have any late fees applied, we all know how they can add up. The cost is fine for getting it done right.
The reports you can get are good and give you an up to date record of the data you are requiring.
I personally have mentioned it to other dairy families that complain about doing the wages and suggest they jump on board with you.
I would encourage anyone with staff to use your lot.
Love being a client of yours. Thanks, Caroline Webster”

Caroline & Richard Webster Partnership

We changed our wages system to SmartPayroll because we were sick of the penalties for late filing PAYE. The program was easy to set up and has worked faultlessly ever since, and if you need any help the 0800 support people are very helpful and pleasant.

Dave McLean, D R McLean & Co

“We find SmartPayroll to be ideal for small clients with up to 5-6 employees. It is a practical, cost effective solution and the support is very good.”

Lynne Sohier, Peninsula Business Services

“Using SmartPayroll is second to none in my experience. It’s a great tool that’s well setup and has been well thought through. After familiarising myself with it in the initial stages, it’s provided a quick and easy payroll solution.”

Josh Mossop, Beelieve Enterprises Ltd

“At Bonavaree we have spent the last couple of years upgrading our systems, preparing to grow our business. For years I was the do everything farmer, but at Bonavaree we realise today that is yesterday’s thinking.
We are moving all of our people to higher value work and moving out all the jobs we see as “better” done by others. After my whole life of doing the wages, we moved to SmartPayroll. I had not even been doing it all correctly. The people at Smart made it seamless for our move and were hugely helpful. We now have correct records of everything that goes on and our staff know exactly where they are. This has released me to work on other things and look after myself far more. While many other companies have moved into this space recently I can say that our own experience with these people has been fantastic. I strongly recommend SmartPayroll.”

Doug Avery, Bonavaree Farm

Smart Payroll took all the headaches out of sorting our wages. Such a friendly team always willing to answer even the simplest queries.

Carmen Brenssell,Belmedia Farm (2013) Limited

“Would definitely recommend Smart Payroll to anyone. Very easy to use, and have always loved that it the PAYE is sorted – automatic deductions are great and payments made to IRD on my behalf take out a big monthly hassle.”

Karen, The Dog Garden

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Sign up now to check out our new farming payroll tool

We know farmers have been working hard to upgrade their businesses. Sign up for Smart Payroll today to see how our new farming payroll tool can help you.

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Smart Payroll pricing

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$1.99*

per employee per payrun

*Plus a monthly fee of $30.

ALL PLANS INCLUDE:

No annual fees
Free feature updates
Transparent pricing structures

Free automatic backups
Free Helpdesk

Please note, there is an initial one-time set up cost of $50. plus a $20 monthly fee. Prices are per payrun, per employee and GST exclusive. Normal bank fees apply.

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Questions?

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You can read more on our FAQ page, or call us on 0800 10 10 38.

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