Is Snad's payroll compliant with the Saudi Labor Law?

You set the payroll rules to match the Labor Law and your contracts. The defaults are examples, such as overtime ×1.5 and 21 days of annual leave.

How do I record GOSI contributions in Snad?

Record the monthly GOSI bill as a journal entry in accounting, and work out the amounts with the free GOSI calculator. Rates and deadlines are in the GOSI guide.

How does payroll connect to accounting?

At close, one entry: salary expense debited, salaries payable credited. When you record the payment, a second entry moves the payable to the bank or cash box.

Can I run payroll for employees in different branches?

Yes. Employees of every branch go in one run, with a salary report per run.

Can employees see their pay and request leave?

Yes, from their own accounts: pay details and leave balances, leave, advance and document requests, and their reviews.

Is the HR app available on every plan?

Yes. Every Snad app is available on every plan, including the free Starter plan. Plans differ in users and in how many apps run at once.

Payroll software that starts at attendance and ends in a journal entry

Snad calculates each employee's lines from their attendance: lateness, early leave, absence, unpaid leave and overtime — then posts the run as one journal entry at close.

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The HR app is available on every plan, including the free Starter plan.

The payroll month: what runs in Snad, and what you handle outside it

Some steps run in Snad; others are yours, at the bank or on an agency portal. Outside deadlines come from their sources.

All month
Attendance
Employees check in and out on the web or mobile within a work-site radius, with an optional selfie. Absence is recorded automatically after a threshold.
In Snad
From these records Snad calculates lateness, early leave and absence when the payroll runs.
All month
Leave
Employees request leave from their own account, and the balance drops when it is approved: annual, sick, unpaid, maternity, paternity and Hajj.
In Snad
Only unpaid leave is deducted from pay in the payroll run.
Month end
Running and closing payroll
Snad calculates five lines from attendance, you add manual adjustments per employee, then you close the run.
In Snad
At close, one entry: salary expense debited, salaries payable credited with the run's net.
After close
Paying salaries
You transfer salaries from your organization's bank account.
Outside Snad
At your bank.
On payment day
Recording the payment
You mark the run as paid in Snad, from the bank or the cash box.
In Snad
The payment entry: salaries payable debited, bank or cash credited. It can be reversed.
Within 15 days of the next month
Notifying GOSI
Notify GOSI of anyone who joined or left within the first 15 days of the following month.
GOSI: employer questions
Outside Snad
On the GOSI portal.
Within 30 days
The wage protection file
Upload the monthly wage file on the Mudad platform. The allowed window is 30 days since 1 March 2025; it used to be 60.
Ministry of Human Resources: wage protection file window
Outside Snad
On Mudad.

One employee's lines in the month's run, and its two entries

Under Snad's default rules: a day's pay is salary plus allowances ÷ 30, and an hour's pay is a day's pay ÷ 8 shift hours.

Illustrative numbers.

This month's run · one employee

Line	From	Amount
Basic salary	Employee file	6,000
Housing allowance	Employee file	1,500
Transport allowance	Employee file	600
Overtime: 4 h × 1.5	Attendance	+202.50
Lateness: 40 min	Attendance	−22.50
Early leave: 20 min	Attendance	−11.25
Absence: 1 day	Attendance	−270
Unpaid leave: 1 day	Attendance	−270
Net pay		7,728.75

Closing entry

DrSalary expense: 7,728.75
CrSalaries payable: 7,728.75

Payment entry

DrSalaries payable: 7,728.75
CrBank: 7,728.75

Rules you set

The defaults are examples. Adjust them to match your contracts and company policy.

Policy scope: The whole organization, a department, a work schedule or one employee — the most specific wins.
Deduction basis: By daily, hourly or per-minute rate, a fixed amount, or a percentage or multiple of the daily rate.
Factor and caps: A factor per line (overtime ×1.5 by default), a lateness grace period, and caps per event and per month.
Month basis: A fixed 30-day month, the actual calendar days, or the working days in the employee's schedule.
Minimum net salary: Attendance deductions shrink so net pay never drops below it.
Manual adjustments: Add a line for an employee before close; it is kept with the calculated lines in the run.
Leave balances: An editable default balance per type, with annual leave at 21 days.

What runs in Snad, and what stays with you

The first list comes from the product itself; the second is what you handle yourself each month.

In Snad

Self check-in and check-out on the web or mobile within a site radius, with an optional selfie, and absence recorded automatically.
Fixed or split shifts per work schedule.
A payroll run that calculates five attendance lines and accepts manual adjustments.
An entry at close, and a payment entry you can reverse.
Employees of every branch in one run, with a salary report per run.
An alert 30 days before a contract ends, and attendance, salary, contract and leave reports.
An employee account showing pay details and leave balances, for requests and performance reviews.

On you, outside Snad

Work out GOSI contributions and pay them on the GOSI portal.
Work out the end-of-service benefit with the free calculator.
Transfer salaries from your organization's bank account.
Upload the monthly wage protection file on Mudad.

Free payroll calculators

Five calculators for the amounts around each payroll month.

Frequently asked questions about payroll

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