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Payroll

Payroll in an hour instead of an evening.

For companies that run their own payroll. Online, with payslips as PDF and an app for your employees. Data and AI in Zurich. We handle the switch from Excel or another payroll software.

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Everything for payroll in one place

PayrollGross salary, deductions and benefits per person; copy the previous month or recalculate.
Social insuranceAHV, ALV, BVG, UVG and NBU, KTG and FAK with rates and thresholds per year.
Withholding taxTariffs and deductions for employees subject to withholding tax.
Payslips as PDFClearly laid out on one A4 page, by email or in the app.
Personnel fileContracts, payslips and certificates for each person.
Reports and filingsPayroll journal, salary certificate (Lohnausweis) and reports for the insurers.
ExpensesReview and approve expenses from the app and pay them out with the salary.
Collective agreements and industriesCleva knows the L-GAV for hospitality and answers questions about minimum wage, 13th month’s salary and holidays in the payroll chat.
Time tracking and holidaysEmployees clock in and request holidays in the app, you approve them in the portal.
Switching includedFrom Excel or another payroll software: we take care of the complete setup.
For accounting firmsAn overview of all payroll runs across your client companies, with flags for anything unusual.
For accounting firms

Every client, every payroll run at a glance.

The portfolio shows which client companies need a payroll run and which runs are open. In the overview of all payroll runs you review the runs per client, and you maintain the payroll settings per year.

Overview of all payroll runs for accounting firms
Overview of all payroll runs for accounting firmsSample data
In the same portalInvoicing: quotes and invoices to your customersPayroll and invoicing are both part of Cleva Lohn & Faktura. You work with the same login and the same company account.
Cleva comparedCleva, KLARA, Swiss21 and bexio side by sideWhere Cleva payroll is different, and where others are ahead.
Pricing

What Cleva Lohn & Faktura costs

Cleva Lohn & Fakturafrom CHF 19per monthplus AI usage, only for the chat, usually a few francs a year
  • Invoicing and 3 employees included
  • Each additional person CHF 3.50 per month
  • Employee app free for everyone

All prices excl. VAT. We bill AI usage by consumption once a year. Our experience from 13 annual closings in October 2026: on average around CHF 5 to 10 per client company and month, more with a very large number of documents. In Cleva Lohn & Faktura only the chat uses AI. The employee app is always free for employees. Try free for 30 days, no credit card needed. After that Cleva simply keeps running and is billed from the following month. If you don’t want to continue, a short message is enough and we delete your data. If you outsource your accounting entirely, you receive a fixed price after the initial consultation. Try free for 30 days →

References

Customers who run payroll with Cleva

  • LIN'S Restaurant
  • Esteban Castle Media
  • Henna Tattoo Schweiz
  • Triso Treuhand
  • Freetour.com
In a restaurant there’s hardly any time for office work. With Cleva, payroll is done quickly, and our staff see their payslips right in the app.
Lin ChenManaging Director, LIN'S Restaurant
Running a company in Switzerland with an international team means a lot of paperwork. With Cleva our payroll and invoices are in one place, and ZUFISO takes care of the rest. We finally know where we stand every month.
Ivan Reina CabelloManaging Director, Freetour.com

Frequently asked questions

Which social insurances does Cleva calculate?

AHV/IV/EO (old-age, disability and income compensation), ALV (unemployment), BVG (occupational pension), UVG with occupational and non-occupational accident insurance, supplementary UVG, KTG (daily sickness allowance) and FAK (family allowances). The statutory AHV and ALV rates are stored per year. BVG, UVG, KTG and FAK are set per company and year, because they depend on the company’s pension fund and insurers.

Can Cleva handle withholding tax?

Yes. Liability and tariff code are stored in the employee record, the deduction is calculated in the payroll run, and the withholding tax statement is available as a report. It is submitted by the company or the accounting firm.

Is Cleva payroll Swissdec-certified?

Not yet. We start certification in 2027; it will be completed in 2028 at the earliest. Until then all reports come as files and you submit them yourself.

Are payroll reports transmitted electronically?

Not at present. Payroll journal, AHV salary statement, BVG salary report, UVG and KTG declarations and FAK statement come as files, as Excel and partly as PDF, and are submitted by you. There is a data export for the salary certificate.

Where is personnel data stored?

In Switzerland: the database and files are in a data centre in Zurich, and the AI in the payroll chat runs in Microsoft Azure in Zurich. In the app, employees only see their own data.

How much does Cleva Lohn & Faktura cost?

From CHF 19 per month excl. VAT, including invoicing and 3 employees; each additional person CHF 3.50 per month. AI costs only arise if you use the chat, usually a few francs a year. The employee app is free for everyone. After the 30-day trial Cleva keeps running and is billed from the following month; if you don’t want to continue, we delete your data.

How do I switch from Excel or another payroll software?

We take care of the complete setup: employee records, wage types and previous year.

Can accounting firms manage many client companies?

Yes. The portfolio shows all client companies with open payroll runs and flags anything unusual for each one, for example empty runs, large jumps in gross salary or missing AHV numbers.

Which way suits you?

Try Cleva free for 30 days, no credit card needed. We set it up for you. Prefer to talk first? In a free consultation we look at your situation, or give us a call: +41 43 542 54 00.