Tax classes, health insurance contributions, Lohnsteuer, DATEV LODAS export — all automated.
Most HR tools bolt payroll on as an afterthought. Kern ships with a full German payroll engine: gross-to-net calculations, employer cost breakdowns, and DATEV export in one click.
Designed for how HR actually works — not how consultants think it does.
Enter base salary. Kern calculates Lohnsteuer, Solidaritätszuschlag, Kirchensteuer and all social insurance contributions automatically.
See AG-Anteile (employer contributions) for health, pension, unemployment and care insurance alongside employee deductions.
One click exports a DATEV-compatible file for LODAS or LuG. Import directly into your Steuerberater's system.
Employees access their payslips from their dashboard. PDF download included. No printing, no postage.
Every monthly payroll run is archived with full amounts per employee. Reconstruct any period at any time.
IBAN, tax class, SV-Nummer — stored encrypted, accessible only to TENANT_ADMIN and HR_MANAGER. Full audit trail.
Enter tax ID, SV-Nummer, health insurance, tax class and IBAN. Kern flags missing fields before you run payroll.
Select the month and review the employee list. Kern pre-fills gross salaries from employee profiles.
Approve the gross-to-net breakdown for each employee. Edit individual payslips if needed. Lock the run when done.
Click Export. Download the DATEV file and hand it to your payroll accountant. Done.
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