Payroll that posts itself into your books
Bukku is accounting, not payroll — on purpose. Run payroll in the software you already like, then connect it or import one file a month, and Bukku records salaries, EPF, SOCSO/EIS, PCB and Zakat for you. No double entry, no month-end spreadsheet.
Bring your own payroll
Four providers hand Bukku the payroll summary they already export; JustLogin connects directly through our API. Pick the one that fits your team — we don't play favourites.
Malaysian HR & payroll with leave, claims and attendance. Free for very small teams.
CSV Payroll filekakitangan.com ↗Payroll, leave and profiles for Malaysia and Singapore. Simple per-employee pricing with a free trial.
XLSX Payroll summarytalenox.com ↗Straightforward Malaysian payroll with statutory forms and payslips — a free plan for the basics.
XLSX Payroll summarypayrollpanda.my ↗HR platform for Malaysian SMEs — attendance, leave and payroll, with a mobile app for staff.
XLSX Payroll summarymysyarikat.com ↗Full HRMS for growing teams — multi-country payroll, leave, claims and appraisals. Connects to Bukku directly through the API — no file to export.
API Direct syncjustlogin.com ↗Plans and free tiers are set by each provider and change from time to time — check their sites for current pricing. Using something else? Tell us — we add providers as our users ask.
Two ways in. Same entries out.
Most providers hand Bukku a monthly file; JustLogin connects directly. Either way there's nothing to babysit — payroll is processed where it always was, and the entries land in Bukku.
- Run payroll as usualPayslips, EPF, SOCSO/EIS and PCB calculated in your payroll software, like always.
- Export the payroll summaryThe same monthly report you'd hand to your accountant.
- Import it into Bukku
Accounting › Journal entry › Import payroll file— pick the provider, tick what to record, set the dates. Done.
- Connect onceIn JustLogin, switch on the Bukku integration and sign in with your Bukku API token.
- Map pay elements to accountsMatch each pay element to its debit and credit account in Bukku. Set it once and it sticks.
- Push each monthPick the payroll month from your approved pay runs and send it. The journal appears in Bukku — cost centres included, if you use them.
Either way, you stay in control
Payroll happens once a month and gets reviewed before it's final. Both routes respect that: nothing reaches your books until the pay run is approved and you say go — and the accounts it posts to are yours to choose.
- Only approved payroll reaches your books
- You choose the accounts, the dates and the cost centres
- Nothing to re-authorise or keep alive between months
- Switch providers without touching Bukku
Every entry payroll needs — in one go
From a file import, tick the records you want — the expense in the right month, the payments on the days they left the bank. The JustLogin sync posts the payroll journal, every pay element mapped to your accounts.
Payroll record
The month's total payroll expense — gross salaries, employer EPF/SOCSO/EIS and the liabilities owed — recognised on the payroll date you choose, usually month-end.
Salary payments
One payment record per employee from the bank account you paid from, on the day you paid. Employees who aren't contacts yet are created automatically.
KWSP / EPF
The month's EPF contribution, employee and employer share, paid to KWSP — clears the liability and updates your bank balance.
SOCSO / EIS
SOCSO and EIS contributions paid to PERKESO, recorded against the payroll liability on the payment date.
PCB / MTD
Monthly tax deductions remitted to LHDN — including the employer's contribution where your payroll file has it.
Zakat
Zakat deducted through payroll and paid to the zakat body, recorded as its own payment with the recipient tracked.
Running your own books?
Payroll is usually the entry SME owners dread most — five accounts, four statutory bodies, every month. Now it's a file and a click.
- Available on Seed and above — pick a plan that fits
- Expense lands in the right month, payments on the right days
- Your P&L and cash flow stay current without a bookkeeper's help
Doing this for clients?
Ask your client for the monthly payroll summary — or for access to their payroll software — and post the month in minutes, for every client on Bukku.
- Same import, same file formats across all your clients
- Statutory bodies tracked as contacts, so remittances reconcile cleanly
- Partner pricing and a free Elite subscription for your firm
Malaysia's SMEs run on Bukku — at scale
Payroll questions, answered
Accounting that keeps up with payday
Start your 30-day Elite trial, import last month's payroll file and see the entries land — no credit card required.