Payroll in Munich and the surrounding area
Is a traditional payroll office in Munich too slow for you? cleverlohn is the smart alternative. We combine a personal payroll service for Munich with an intuitive HR platform. We run your payroll completely for you, guaranteed error-free, on time and with no hidden costs.
- ✓Dedicated contact
- ✓DATEV interface
- ✓From 1 employee
Payroll in Munich is chaos. For most companies.
cleverlohn solves the three problems that cost companies the most time, money and nerves.
Fear of mistakes
Wrong tax class, forgotten allowances, trouble with the health insurance fund or the tax office.
✓Test payroll and automatic validation.
Hours of Excel and email
Updating master data, collecting hours, answering questions, every single month.
✓Payroll self-service app for your team.
Too many tools, no system
Payroll office, Excel, time tracking, personnel files. Nothing talks to each other.
✓Payroll office and HR software in one platform.
Ready for error-free payroll in Munich that simply runs?
Payroll should no longer cost you valuable time that you need to grow your business. Retire your old payroll office or error-prone DIY tools. See how relaxed error-free payroll can be.
- 1Upload your payslips and start the setup.
- 2Get an error-free parallel test payroll.
- 3You decide. No obligation.
cleverlohn as your digital payroll office in Munich
When Munich companies want to outsource their payroll, they are looking for relief, security and error-free payslips. cleverlohn fills exactly this gap in the Bavarian capital as a hybrid of a smart HR platform and a real, personal payroll service.
- Who we are: A hybrid payroll service for SMEs that combines modern software (for your overview) with real expert service (for the payroll itself). Guided instead of self-service.
- What we take over completely: Ongoing payroll, wage tax returns (Lohnsteueranmeldungen) to the responsible departments of the Munich tax office (Finanzamt), contribution statements (Beitragsnachweise) to statutory health insurance funds (such as AOK Bayern), certificates and all communication with the authorities.
- The HR platform (included): You manage employee data, contracts, digital personnel files and time tracking in one app. Our in-house validation layer checks entries automatically in advance to consistently rule out errors (for example in the tax class).
- Who it is for: Ideal for Munich restaurateurs, high-tech and SaaS startups, craft businesses and agencies (1 to 100 employees) that quickly lose track due to variable wages, time-based supplements and staff turnover.
- Your price advantage: Usage-based model (billing per employee/payslip). No fixed tax firm hourly rate, no hidden costs. The platform grows seamlessly with your Bavarian business.
Companies
Response time
per payslip / month
GoBD and GDPR compliant
Payroll you can rely on: a full-service payroll provider
Payroll accounting covers every operational and legal task around your team and paying them correctly. Service businesses often pay fixed monthly salaries. Other industries struggle with very high staff turnover, variable wages, night allowances and a constant lack of time.
If you're looking for a reliable payroll office, cleverlohn is the right answer to this complexity.
- ✓Guided test payroll: You get a transparent preview of your payroll. Only after your final click does everything go into live processing.
- ✓Seamless system connectivity: Variable data from time tracking systems like Gastromatic or data for your financial accounting is transferred digitally with no manual steps.
- ✓Intelligent validation layer: Our system checks every entry automatically in real time for plausibility (for example tax class checks). Errors on the payslip are caught before they happen.
As a hybrid payroll service, we combine an automated, intuitive HR platform with real, personal support from experienced payroll experts.
You don't need to be a tax expert or deal with the fine print of official notifications. We run your entire payroll accounting safely in the background.
Our modular payroll service adapts to your company's needs. You simply enter your team's personnel data and monthly changes in our cloud-based software. We take care of all the remaining admin. Our standard core services include:
- Legally compliant digital payroll records, with complete documentation of all pay components.
- Precise calculation of social security contributions, allowances, levies (U1/U2) and wage tax returns (Lohnsteueranmeldungen).
- On-time creation of all individual payslips for your Munich workforce.
- All official notifications, including DEÜV notifications, health insurance contribution statements and direct submission to the tax office.
The biggest strategic advantage for your business is unlimited scalability. Whether you start as a micro business with 2 employees or pass the 50-employee mark as a fast-growing start-up, our usage-based pricing grows with your success. There are no system breaks and no sudden jumps in fixed costs.
You don't need to spend budget on expensive in-house staff or keep up with new tax law changes every week. Outsourcing to cleverlohn is fully predictable and cost-efficient. It gives you back the focus you need for your core business in Munich.
Being clever pays off.
One HR system.
Plus a payroll service.
Hybrid model
Service and software in one. You don't do it yourself. It isn't a classic payroll office either.
No room for errors
Test payroll and automatic checks of tax class, social security and allowances.
Everything from one source
One platform, one contact, one fixed price.
Grows with you
For companies of any size, from one employee to more than 10,000. You only pay for what you use.
From today to live: under 14 days.
No months of onboarding. Three steps, then your payroll runs automatically every month.
Getting to know you
A 30-minute call. We understand your setup, you see the platform. We agree on prices.
Setup
You send us your master data and we set up your cleverlohn. Your dedicated payroll accountant introduces herself.
First payroll
We run a test payroll. You check it and approve it. From then on it runs automatically every month.
Payroll runs. You build.
What changes when you outsource your payroll in Munich to cleverlohn.
The direct comparison: before and after.
Payroll as constant stress
- – No dedicated contact
- – Tools, spreadsheets and tax firm are all separate
- – The risk of errors is yours
Payroll runs. Every month.
- ✓A dedicated payroll accountant.
- ✓Everything in one place with one login.
- ✓Payslips are checked to rule out errors.
Works with the tools you already use.
cleverlohn connects seamlessly to your existing accounting, HR software and time tracking. No manual transfers, no duplicate data entry.
✓ Automatic handover to financial accounting via DATEV
✓ Master data and hours from your HR tool
✓ Industry tools like Gastromatic out of the box
Fair fixed prices.
No surprises.
No base fee. No hidden costs. You only pay per employee on the payroll.
per payslip, per month, plus VAT
- ✓Personal payroll accountant
- ✓HR platform fully included
- ✓All notifications automatic
Prices vary with the number of employees and the industry
What counts is time saved.
Our customers in Munich save a whole working day per month on average. They also save money that would otherwise go into corrections, late payment surcharges and tax advisor hours.
working time saved per month
Everything in one place, fast and digital.
hidden costs
A fixed price per employee. That's it.
fewer errors
Thanks to test payroll and automatic validation.
Your working day with cleverlohn
Three views of the platform and how you use it every day.
Overview
Every change at a glance, every month.
Employee data
Your employees manage their own data.
Digital app
Access it anytime, from anywhere.
Companies already on board.
“I'd recommend cleverlohn to anyone, especially start-ups and scale-ups. There's simply no downside to improving and digitising the service. It saves time, costs and nerves.”
Matteo Benedetti
Founder, Debtist
Frequently asked questions about the digital payroll office in Munich
What companies most often want to know before they talk to us.
Why should we outsource payroll accounting in Munich to cleverlohn instead of a traditional tax firm?
Traditional tax advisors and payroll offices often still work with slow, manual processes using Excel sheets and unencrypted emails. This leads to long response times. cleverlohn breaks this inefficiency with a hybrid system: you use a smart HR platform for a digital overview of your team. Meanwhile our payroll experts run the actual, error-free payroll completely for you. This saves you hours of admin every week with full legal certainty.
Which local authorities and health insurance funds does the payroll service in Munich report to as standard?
cleverlohn handles all official notifications for your location. We submit every wage tax return (Lohnsteueranmeldung) directly to the responsible tax offices in your city. We send the contribution statements to the regional social security agencies, the IHK and your employers' liability insurance association (Berufsgenossenschaft). You don't have to worry about any deadlines or forms.
Do we need additional HR software for documents and time tracking?
No. cleverlohn is built as an end-to-end system that replaces a patchwork of tools completely. Our integrated HR infrastructure covers the digital management of employment contracts, personnel files, absences and leave days in full. The platform also includes compliant time tracking. Hours worked flow directly into the monthly payroll without manual typing.
How does the switch from our current payroll office to cleverlohn work?
The switch is painless and simple because we guide you through a structured onboarding. You just give us your team's master data and the previous month's payslips. We run the current month once in parallel with your old system to spot any data differences right away. As soon as the test payroll is error-free, your payroll runs fully automatically through cleverlohn.
Which integrations are possible?
cleverlohn connects to the common accounting and HR systems, including DATEV, Agenda, Personio, Lexware and Addison. If needed, we also connect industry tools, for example gastromatic for restaurants. If you're not sure whether your setup fits, just get in touch.
Can I try cleverlohn first?
Yes. You can look at the platform yourself in a demo and click through it with us. This gives you a realistic feel for how cleverlohn works day to day before you decide.
