Payroll services in Bern
Payslips, social insurance and withholding tax for employers in the canton of Bern — handled in German, French or English, at a fixed price per payslip.
Correct salaries every month, without building a payroll department.
Bern is the federal capital and a bilingual canton: many employers work with staff, insurers and authorities in both German and French. Payroll has to work in both languages and follow the rules of the Bern compensation office and the cantonal withholding tax administration. Planet GmbH runs payroll for companies in Bern remotely — monthly payslips, social insurance declarations, withholding tax and salary certificates — at a fixed price per payslip.
We are based in Wildegg in the canton of Aargau, around an hour from Bern by train. Payroll does not require us to be in the same building: you send the monthly changes, we deliver payslips, bank file and postings. For an annual review or a first meeting we are happy to come to Bern.
Small companies, associations, medical practices and trades are typical clients. They do not need a full-time HR administrator, but they do need someone who knows that BVG becomes mandatory from around CHF 22,680 annual salary, that AHV contributions are currently 5.3 % for both employer and employee, and that the salary certificate must be right the first time. That someone is us.
LOHNPayroll for your Bern company
Monthly payslips
Gross-to-net calculation, payslips in German or French, and a payment file for your bank.
Social insurance
AHV/IV/EO, ALV, BVG, accident insurance and daily sickness benefits — registration, monthly deductions and the annual declaration to the Bern compensation office.
Withholding tax
Registration, monthly calculation with the Bern cantonal tariffs and corrections for employees without a C permit.
Salary certificates
Annual salary certificates for each employee, ready for the cantonal tax return.
Family allowances
Applications and adjustments for child and education allowances through the family compensation fund.
Personnel administration
Entries, exits, contracts, permits and notifications to the authorities — the paperwork around your staff.
Why employers in Bern work with Planet
Bilingual by design: we prepare payslips and correspondence in German or French, and we advise you in English as well. For companies with staff in Biel/Bienne, the Jura bernois or the city of Bern, that saves a lot of translation.
Bern has many small employers with one to ten staff — practices, workshops, shops, associations. Our per-payslip price is built for exactly this size: you pay for what you use, not for a package.
Deadlines are our job, not yours. Year-end declarations to the compensation office, the withholding tax reconciliation and the salary certificates are tracked and filed by us.
Fixed price per payslip
Monthly payslip, per employee
Employment contract (template and review)
Work permit application support
Employer confirmation
Corrections and special declarations
Guide prices from our price list of 1 January 2025, excl. 8.1 % VAT. You receive a written fixed-price offer after the free initial meeting, before any work starts.
Getting started with outsourced payroll
Free initial meeting
We check employees, insurers, pension fund, permits and withholding tax status — by phone, video or in Bern.
Fixed-price offer
A written offer per payslip plus the annual items, before any work starts.
Data takeover
Master data and running cases are taken over at any month-end, without delaying a payday.
Monthly routine
You send the changes, we deliver payslips, bank file and postings, and track the deadlines.
Payroll in Bern — your questions
Do you work in French as well as German?
Yes. Payslips, contracts and correspondence can be in German or French, and we advise you in English too. Italian is not one of our working languages.
We are an association with two part-time employees — is that too small?
No. Associations, practices and small workshops are typical clients. From one payslip per month upwards, the fixed price applies.
Who registers us with the Bern compensation office?
We do. If you hire for the first time, we register your company with the AHV compensation office, arrange the BVG affiliation and the accident insurance, and open the withholding tax account if needed.
What happens if an employee falls ill for a longer period?
We notify the daily sickness benefit insurer, calculate the benefits correctly on the payslip and adjust the deductions — you only forward the documents.
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