Global Payroll Services

Customized solutions based on the best practice applicable.

We will help you with your payroll operations

Payroll is a sensitive area that requires timely and accurate salary payments to your employees. As requirements become increasingly complex, it is essential to have a proactive and flexible payroll process. KPMG’s payroll team can assist you by providing an outsourcing package tailored to your company’s specific needs and as a trusted advisor allowing you to focus on your core business.  

KPMG assist with everything from ongoing payroll for locally employed staff with various complex collective agreements, to helping international corporations with expatriate staff in Sweden. We handle post-reporting, perform net-to-gross calculations, and provide qualified advice on your internal processes, payroll management, and more. 


  • To be up to date on new legislation, changes in CBA and what is ongoing.
  • Knowledge on how to handle specific compensation in payroll. 
  • Specific know-how and expertise on social security insurance and withholding tax.
  • Know how to correct the payroll if some compensation or benefits in kind have been processed incorrect or not processed at all.
  • Know how the operations internationally create payroll obligations in multiple countries due to cross-border movement, and a need for a global approach to payroll handling.
  • Efficient and compliant payroll process.
  • Implementing updates or changes from CBA into payroll.
  • Know how and what to report for pension purposes.

Our Payroll services are flexible and tailored to your needs. We offer customized solutions based on the best practice applicable. Below are some examples of how we can support you.

  • Monthly processing of the salaries, processing of special payments (such as bonus), absence etc. Preparing payment file, sending the Payslips directly to the employees (electronically).
  • Setting up payroll accounting in our system, based on your individual requirements and prepare in a file.
  • Coordinating payroll services for international groups, using our Global KPMG technology and network to facilitate a global process of handling your payroll operations.
  • Preparing and filing the monthly tax and contribution declaration to the Swedish tax agency.
  • Preparing and filing reporting to pension or insurance agency’s. 
  • Calculation of gross compensation for net salary components.
  • Calculation of salaries for foreign employees or multi-state workers.
  • Deliver daily support for any payroll question and advice.
  • Advice on taxable and non-taxable items regarding withholding tax from a Swedish perspective, on local and international hires.
  • Implementation and management of tax rulings into the payroll, such as expert tax relief, SINK and tax adjustments. 
  • Review of the compensation and benefits to ensure compliance with social security and withholding tax requirements. 

  • Assistance by KPMG payroll experts who are up to date on new legislations and regulation ensures a compliant payroll process. 
  • Access to multidisciplinary KPMG network, both at local and international level.
  • Our technology tools deliver data tailored to your specific needs in a timely manner.
  • Our Payroll consultants have a broad range of experience of different type of clients on a national and international level.
  • You will have a trusted advisor and payroll processor that will be one step ahead.

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Christine Johansson
Christine Johansson

Head of Payroll

KPMG in Sweden