Payroll Software With GOSI Built In

Payroll in Saudi Arabia carries a requirement most payroll tools built elsewhere don't understand: GOSI contributions. Get that calculation wrong, and it's not just an internal accounting error, it affects what employees and the business actually owe. Booksara's payroll is built around this from the start.

What Booksara's Payroll Actually Does

  • Salary calculation. Set up each employee once, and their salary run calculates automatically, accounting for any changes in hours, deductions, or allowances that period.
  • GOSI contribution calculation. Employee and employer GOSI contributions are calculated as part of every payroll run, not a manual side calculation you do separately.
  • Bank-ready payment files. Once a payroll run is approved, Booksara generates a payment file formatted for your bank, so paying your whole team doesn't mean entering each transfer by hand.
  • Timesheets. For hourly or shift-based staff, timesheets feed directly into the payroll run instead of needing to be re-entered separately.
Payroll dashboard in Booksara showing upcoming runs and employee summary
Your payroll dashboard shows what's due, what's been run, and what's next, in one place.

GOSI Made Automatic

GOSI contributions depend on employee salary and category, and calculating them by hand across a growing team is where mistakes creeps in. Booksara's tax settings hold your GOSI configuration, and every payroll run applies it automatically, so the contribution amounts are consistent and accurate every time, not recalculated from scratch each month.

From Timesheets to Bank Transfer

A payroll run in Booksara moves through a clear process: employee hours and salary details come together into a draft run, you review it before approving, and once approved, Booksara generates the bank payment file and the payslip records for each employee. Nothing about that flow requires a spreadsheet on the side.

Creating a new payroll run in Booksara with GOSI contributions calculated automatically
Each run calculates salary, GOSI, and deductions together, ready for approval.

Payroll Connected to Your Books

Payroll isn't a side calculation sitting outside your accounting — every approved run posts directly to your ledger, and your payroll summary report shows total payroll cost alongside the rest of your financial reports. That means payroll expense shows up correctly in your profit and loss without a separate export-and-import step between two different tools.

Who Needs This

Any Saudi business with employees on payroll benefits from having GOSI handled automatically rather than calculated manually — this matters whether you have three employees or thirty, since the compliance requirement doesn't scale down for smaller teams. Payroll is included on Booksara's Professional plan and above, alongside custom domain and API access.

Frequently Asked Questions

Does Booksara's payroll calculate GOSI automatically?

Yes. GOSI contributions are calculated as part of every payroll run based on your configured settings, so you don't calculate them separately.

Can I generate bank payment files for payroll?

Yes. Once a payroll run is approved, Booksara generates a bank-ready payment file so you can pay your whole team without entering each transfer manually.

Does payroll connect to my accounting reports?

Yes. Every approved payroll run posts to your ledger automatically, and a payroll summary report is available alongside your other financial reports.

Which Booksara plan includes payroll?

Payroll is included on the Professional plan and above. See the full comparison on our pricing page.

Can I track hourly employees with timesheets?

Yes. Timesheets for hourly or shift-based staff feed directly into the payroll run, so hours worked don't need to be re-entered separately.

Payroll shouldn't be the part of running a Saudi business that requires a spreadsheet and a manual GOSI calculation every month. Start free with Booksara, or see our pricing page for the plan that includes payroll.