# Payroll for your GmbH. Right inside your books.
Source: https://norman.finance/de/en/payroll

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Norman runs payroll for the managing director and employees, files the Lohnsteuer-Anmeldung via ELSTER and books every month into the ledger. No payroll office, nothing entered twice.

## From salary to ledger. In one flow.

Every month runs the same steps: calculate, review, approve, file, book.

- **Gross to net on the official formula:** Wage tax on the BMF Programmablaufplan, solidarity surcharge, church tax and every social contribution and levy.
- **Approve and pay:** You review taxes, contributions and net pay per person. One click approves the month and pays every salary in one bank transfer.
- **Booked, no import:** Salaries, employer contributions and liabilities land on your SKR03 or SKR04 accounts automatically.
- **Lohnsteuer-Anmeldung via ELSTER:** Norman totals wage tax, solidarity surcharge and church tax and files the return with the Finanzamt.
- **Vacation and sick leave:** Record absences. Norman calculates continued pay and prepares the U1 and U2 reimbursement.

## What goes away

- Cost: You don't pay people to press buttons in another software.
- Communication: You stop explaining every change to a payroll office.
- Time: No more three manual payments per employee. One click pays them all.

**Run payroll where your books already are.:** Payroll is a paid feature. Invoicing and bookkeeping stay free. [Start payroll](https://app.norman.finance/sign-up?cta_id=payroll-bottom)

## FAQ

### Who is payroll in Norman for?

For a GmbH or UG in Germany: the managing director, including the shareholder-director exempt from social insurance, and employees on a fixed monthly salary with statutory social insurance. Sole traders and freelancers cannot run payroll in Norman.

### Does Norman handle Minijobs and Midijobs?

Yes. Norman runs commercial Minijobs up to €603 with the flat contributions and the 2 % flat tax for the Minijob-Zentrale, and Midijobs up to €2,000 with the reduced contributions of the transition zone. Minijobs in private households and short-term employment still run through the Minijob-Zentrale or a payroll office.

### Does Norman send the social-insurance reports to the health fund?

No. Norman calculates the contributions and prepares the reports, contribution statements and the U1 and U2 reimbursement. You send them through the SV-Meldeportal, and Norman shows you the steps.

### What does payroll cost?

Payroll is a paid feature. Invoicing and bookkeeping stay free. The current plans are on the pricing page.

### Do I still need a payroll office?

Not for fixed monthly salaries: Norman is software, you run payroll yourself and approve each month. If you work with a tax advisor, invite them to Norman. They see payslips and postings.

### How do wage costs reach the annual accounts?

Each approved month books salaries, employer contributions and liabilities into the ledger. From there they flow into the P&L, balance sheet, E-Bilanz and DATEV export. You import nothing.