International Payroll Deadline Tracker
Look up payroll filing cadence, tax and social-contribution deadlines, and year-end reporting dates across 40 countries — and build your pay calendar around the cut-offs before the first run.
Late filing.
| Country | Frequency | Tax filing | Tax payment | Year-end |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Selected |
Dates come from official tax-authority publications, social-insurance agency guidance, and payroll-bureau operational data, with cut-off windows reflecting both regulatory filing dates and practical bank-processing timelines. Filing deadlines are when statutory returns are due; payment cut-offs are when funds must clear, which is often earlier. Standard statutory dates shift when they fall on weekends or public holidays, and employer size or filing method can change them — verify against the authority before a specific pay cycle.
Use it when setting up payroll in a new country before the first run, when running payroll across several countries and need to see where cut-offs overlap, or when a bank holiday shifts a deadline for a specific cycle. Missing a deadline typically means fixed late-filing fees, percentage surcharges on unpaid amounts, interest on overdue contributions, and in some jurisdictions personal director liability.
The deadline that bites is rarely the filing date — it is the payment cut-off, which lands earlier once bank-processing time is counted. Build your pay calendar backward from the cut-off, not the filing date, and pad for public holidays. The penalty for getting it wrong is mechanical and compounding, so the dates belong in the calendar before the first run, not after the first fine.