Brawta — Jamaican Payroll Software

Everything statutory

Built around how Jamaica actually files.

Not a foreign tool bent to fit. Brawta does the statutory maths and fills the real TAJ paperwork — so payroll stops being a monthly headache.

Never sweat the statutory maths

PAYE (periodic or cumulative), NIS, NHT, Education Tax and HEART — calculated to the current thresholds and rates, every pay run.

TAJ forms, done in clicks

Your S01, S02 and P45 returns populated straight onto the real government PDFs — plus upload-ready files and the S02 e-file.

Your salaries stay private

Everything lives on your own computer — no cloud, no third party holding your staff’s salaries. Automatic daily backups, one-click restore, and a full audit trail of every change.

Grow your team, not your bill

One clear price in JMD. No per-employee surcharges, no surprise USD billing. You grow your team without growing your bill.

Payslips & reports, sorted

Professional payslips and bank-transfer/cash schedules — plus a Payroll Register and a balanced GL journal entry your accountant can import into QuickBooks or Sage. Bulk-import staff from Excel.

Always on the right tax rates

When the thresholds change with the tax year, a one-click update brings the new official rates — you choose when it installs, and your data is never touched.

See it for yourself

The real product, not a mock-up.

Actual screens from Brawta — or skip the pictures and open the live demo in your browser right now.

Running a pay period in Brawta — a finished payslip with PAYE, NIS, NHT and Education Tax

Run payroll in secondsPick a date — every statutory figure is calculated and the payslip is ready to send.

Brawta dashboard — gross payroll, net paid and total statutory due with the employer liability report

Know what you oweThe employer liability report totals every remittance — PAYE, NIS, NHT, Ed Tax, HEART.

Brawta S02 Employer's Annual Return, filled and ready for upload

Returns, already filledS01 monthly, S02 annual and P45 — on the official layouts, upload-ready.

Manual vs Brawta

From days to minutes.

The same month-end, the old way and the Brawta way — typical for a 25–50 staff payroll.

Each month	The manual way	With Brawta
Work out gross-to-net	8–16 hours	Under 2 minutes
Bank file & payslips	4–8 hours	5–10 minutes
File the S01	4–6 hours	About 5 minutes
S02 year-end season	2–3 days	Instant export
Total each month	20–30 hours	Under 30 minutes

That's roughly three business days handed back to you every month.

The bottom line

See what payroll is costing you.

Move the sliders to match your business — this is the time, and money, Brawta gives back every year.

Employees12

Pay cycle

Hours per payroll now3.0

Your time is worthJ$1,500

Hours saved a year

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That's work-days back

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Value of that time

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Assumes Brawta takes about 12 minutes a pay run; your S02 year-end drops from a full day to minutes on top of this. A rough guide, not a quote.

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Compliance & peace of mind

Filed right, on time — headaches cancelled.

Brawta isn't just faster. It keeps you on the right side of TAJ, with the maths off your plate.

Never miss a TAJ deadline

S01 by the 14th, S02 by 31 March. A live countdown on your dashboard keeps you ahead of it — no late fees, no interest, no last-minute scramble.

Keep your Employment Tax Credit

Filing accurately and on time is what keeps you eligible for the Employment Tax Credit (up to 30%). Brawta makes on-time, correct filing the default — so you don't forfeit it.

The maths is never wrong

The engine applies the exact statutory rules on every single run — PAYE, NIS, NHT, Ed Tax, HEART. The only errors possible are the details you type in, and Brawta even flags a missing TRN before you file.

Risk & protection

The things that go wrong with payroll — and won't here.

A late filing, a lost database, a salary leak. Payroll mistakes are expensive and hard to undo. Brawta is built so they simply don't happen.

Never lose your payroll data

Automatic rolling backups while you work, encrypted backup files you can take off-site, and a recovery screen if a computer ever fails — so a lost or stolen machine never means lost payroll history.

Staff salaries stay private (JDPA)

Everything lives on your own computer — offline-first, with employee records encrypted on the device. Salaries never sit in someone else's cloud, helping you meet your data-protection duties under the JDPA.

Records you can defend

Every run is locked once saved, an audit trail records the changes, and the S01↔S02 reconciliation catches a mismatch before you file — so if TAJ ever asks, your figures tie out.

Simple, annual pricing

Pay once a year. File all year.

Every plan includes the full statutory engine and current-year tax tables. Choose by the size of your payroll — and start free.

Free

J$0

For sole traders & the very smallest teams.

Up to 4 employees
Full, correct payroll
One company

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Frequently asked.

Is my payroll data safe? Where is it stored?

Your data lives only on your own computer — Brawta has no cloud and never sends your figures anywhere. Set a passphrase and the app locks on every launch and encrypts every backup (AES-256), supporting your obligations under Jamaica's Data Protection Act. Automatic daily backups (last 14 kept), one-click manual backups, and a full audit trail of every change come built in.

What happens when the tax thresholds change?

We ship the new official rates as an update. The app tells you an update is ready; you click once to install it when convenient. Rate sets are effective-dated, so pay runs before the change keep the old figures and runs after it use the new ones — exactly how TAJ expects.

Does it work without internet?

Yes — fully. Calculations, payslips, forms and backups all work offline. You only need a connection to download the app, fetch an update, or send payslips by email/WhatsApp.

What if I don't renew my licence?

Brawta keeps working and your data stays yours — the app simply returns to the free tier's limits and stops receiving new-year tax tables. Nothing is ever locked away from you.

Can my accountant use it?

Yes. There's a read-only accountant view (they can inspect everything and export reports without being able to change a figure), a full audit trail, and a balanced GL journal export that drops into QuickBooks or Sage. Bookkeepers running many clients should ask about the Bureau plan.

How do I pay / get a licence key?

Message us on WhatsApp. You pay in Jamaican dollars (bank transfer), we send your licence key, and you paste it into the app once — that's the whole setup. Keys work offline.

Run payroll the easy way.

Download Brawta for Windows and run your first payslip in minutes — or message us and we’ll set you up.

Download for Windows WhatsApp (876) 848-9513