Following changes which affects Payroll Needs to be implemented Effective from 01JUL2023.
- National Housing Development Levy (NHDL)
- Tax Slabs Change
Important Note:
- Make Sure Previous Years & Months are closed before making these Changes
- After making these changes No Auto Calculation of previous Months should be done i.e. June 2023 & Prior Months.
National Housing Development Levy
- Login to Pay Master
- Goto a Setup a Payroll Setupaclick payroll settings (Step 1 in Screenshot)
- Under payroll settings, scroll to NHDF Levy Calculation
- On Enable NHDF Levy field, mark the checkbox
- Under Employee/Employer,
- NHDF Levy Employee (%) should be 1.5%
- NHDF Levy Threshold Employee should be 00 Ksh
- NHDF Employer Chargeable On: select Gross

Setup Rounding
It is advisable to set Upward Rounding for National Housing Development Levy as mentioned in following screenshot
- Login to Pay Master
- Goto Setup à Payroll Setupà click Rounding
- Click Add New
- Select effective date
- Employment type: Regular/Casuals
- Search for NDHF Levy Amount
- Rounding type: select up
- On options click √ sign to save
Employee Settings
In Paymaster we have given an Option to Set NHDL at Employee Level, To Enable NHDL for all Employees follow these steps
- Login to Pay Master
- Goto Employee à Employee details (Step 1 in Screenshot)
- Select Employee (Step 3 in Screenshot)
- Scroll to Statutory Deduction
- Enable “Apply NHDF” by ticking it (Step 5 in Screenshot)
- Click Save it (Step 5 in Screenshot)
Tax Slabs Change
Monthly Tax Table
- Log in to Paymaster
- Go to Setup àselect Statutory (Step 1 in the screenshot)
- Select “Monthly IT Table” Menu which will Open a Form to Specify Tax Slabs (Step 2 in Screenshot)
- Click Add Button
- Select effective date 01/07/2023
- Specify Remarks
- Double Click on each cell and edit the figures by filling in the new figures as illustrated in Following Screenshot
- Click on the ‘save’ button
Yearly Tax Table
- Log in to Paymaster
- Go to Setup a select Statutory (Step 1 in the screenshot)
- Select “Yearly IT Table” Menu which will Open a Form to Specify Tax Slabs
- Click Add New Button
- Select effective date 01/07/2023
- Specify Remarks
- Double Click on each cell and edit the figures by filling in the new figures as illustrated in Following Screenshot
- Click on the ‘save’ button