Global Payroll Services in Brazil

Already have a Brazilian entity, or running payroll across several countries? We place you with a vetted Brazilian payroll partner who keeps income tax, INSS, and FGTS filings exactly right, while you stay the legal employer and we stay on your side.

  • Independent advice
  • Vetted partners
  • Multi-country ready

What running payroll in Brazil involves

If you already employ people through your own Brazilian entity, you stay the legal employer, but you still have to run payroll correctly every month: income tax and INSS to Receita Federal and the social security system, the separate mandatory FGTS deposit, and the 13th salary in two annual instalments, not one combined filing. This is where a specialist payroll partner earns its place: you keep the employment relationship, they keep the mechanics right across all of it.

01

You stay the employer

You stay the legal employer of your Brazilian staff. The payroll partner runs the monthly mechanics; you keep the employment relationship.

02

Accurate every cycle

Income tax, INSS contributions, and the FGTS deposit calculated and withheld correctly, payslips issued, and statutory filings made on schedule, every month.

03

Multi-country consolidation

Run payroll across several markets under one partner and one process, rather than a different vendor and standard in every country.

How managed Brazilian payroll works, step by step

From onboarding your employee data to filing and reconciliation.

01 — Scope & onboard

We map your entity, headcount, and where you employ people, place you with the right vetted Brazilian payroll partner, and onboard your employee data.

02 — Set up calculations

Income tax, INSS, FGTS, and the 13th salary configured correctly to current Brazilian rules, so every payslip is right from the first run.

03 — Run monthly payroll

Salaries calculated, income tax, INSS, and the FGTS deposit withheld, payslips issued, and people paid on schedule, every cycle.

04 — File & reconcile

Statutory filings to Receita Federal and INSS made on time, with annual reconciliation and the 13th-salary instalments handled for you.

What payroll in Brazil costs

Your statutory employer costs, plus a payroll partner fee. Brazil’s employer burden is predictable but split across INSS, work-accident insurance, Sistema S, and a separate FGTS deposit; the value of the partner is accuracy and time, in a system where mistakes are visible and penalised.

Employer INSS & FGTS

INSS runs 20% of payroll, plus RAT work-accident insurance and Sistema S contributions, for a combined burden of roughly 28% to 34% of gross salary, plus the separate mandatory 8% FGTS deposit configured correctly for every payroll run.

Minimum wage (2026)

R$1,621 per month for 2026, one national floor, though some states set their own higher minimum.

Income tax (employee)

Progressive from 7.5% to 27.5%, with an effective exemption up to R$5,000 a month since Lei 15.270/2025, calculated and filed correctly on every payslip.

Payroll partner fee

A transparent per-employee or per-payslip fee. We benchmark across our vetted network, typically 15 to 25% below going direct.

Why run it through Bradford Jacobs

One partner, many countries

If you run payroll across several markets, we consolidate it through vetted partners under one point of contact, not a different vendor and a different standard in every country.

  • Independent advice
  • Vetted partners only
  • On your side at renewal

Pricing you can’t get direct

Brazil runs INSS, work-accident insurance, Sistema S, and a separate FGTS deposit, and getting a split wrong on a payslip is an easy, visible mistake. We benchmark across our payroll network for rates typically 15 to 25% below going direct, and renegotiate for you at renewal.

  • 15-25% below direct
  • Network benchmarking
  • Renegotiated for you

CLT rules that expose risk

The INSS/FGTS split, the 13th-salary instalments, the progressive income-tax withholding, and the annual reconciliation deadline. We place you with partners who get the specifics right, and we stay on your side if anything needs escalating.

  • Direct escalation
  • No support queues
  • Named account contact

20+ years and the local detail

Two decades running compliant payroll across global markets, the deadlines, the filings, the year-end detail that exposes risk.

  • Two decades of payroll
  • Deadlines & filings
  • Year-end handled

Built to scale across markets

Run payroll in one country or twenty through one partner and one process. As you add markets, the standard does not fragment, you keep a single point of contact and consistent compliance everywhere.

  • One process everywhere
  • Single point of contact
  • Consistent compliance

The FGTS-and-13th-salary split eSocial never misses

These are the ones that catch foreign employers, and the reason a specialist partner pays for itself.

Tax & deduction rates

Misapplying the progressive income-tax withholding. Getting the INSS bracket or the FGTS deposit wrong. Missing the second 13th-salary instalment deadline of 20 December. Each is easy to get wrong alone and visible to Receita Federal and INSS’s eSocial reporting system when you do.

Filings, deadlines & reporting

Late FGTS deposit or INSS remittance, where penalties and interest apply automatically. None of these are hard for a specialist; all are easy to get wrong alone. That is the whole case for getting your Brazilian payroll partner right.

What managed payroll covers

One transparent fee covers the full monthly payroll cycle. No hidden extras.

Tax, INSS & FGTS filings

Compliant Brazilian payroll processed monthly, with income tax, INSS, and the FGTS deposit correct every run.

Payroll & filings

Monthly payroll run, with income tax, INSS, and the FGTS deposit calculated, withheld, and filed correctly each month.

Statutory benefits

All statutory benefits administered: annual leave, 13th salary, sick pay, parental leave, notice and severance.

Compliance & support

Ongoing HR compliance and a single point of contact, for the life of the engagement.

Your questions answered

Straight answers on running compliant payroll in Brazil.

Do I need a Brazilian entity to use payroll services?

Yes. Payroll outsourcing assumes you are the legal employer, which usually means you have a Brazilian entity. If you have no entity and do not want one yet, you need an EOR instead, where the partner is the legal employer. We will confirm which applies to you.

Income tax calculation and remittance, INSS contributions, the mandatory FGTS deposit, the 13th salary in two instalments, statutory benefits and leave, payslips, and all statutory filings to Receita Federal and INSS. You keep the employment relationship; they keep it compliant and on time.

The federal government’s income-tax reduction under Lei 15.270/2025 took effect on 1 January 2026, cutting the effective IRRF liability to zero for income up to R$5,000 a month and phasing out gradually up to R$7,350, on top of the existing 7.5% to 27.5% table. A good payroll partner reconfigures every payslip withholding calculation for the new mechanism automatically, one of the most common payroll mistakes when a scheduled statutory change lands.

Predictable at roughly 28% to 34% of gross salary in INSS-related contributions (20% base, RAT work-accident insurance, Sistema S), plus a separate mandatory 8% FGTS deposit on top, employer-funded only. Add the transparent payroll partner fee and you have your all-in cost.

Yes, and it is one of the main reasons companies come to us. One point of contact and a consistent process across markets, rather than a separate provider and a different standard in every country.

Yes. When you incorporate and become the legal employer, we move your people from the EOR arrangement onto your own compliant Brazilian payroll, and manage the handover so nothing is missed.

Need compliant payroll in Brazil?

Tell us your entity setup and headcount and we will come back with the right partner and pricing you will not get direct, usually within a day. One process, every country you operate in.

Tax and labour data verified July 2026 (Receita Federal, INSS/Ministerio da Previdencia, gov.br). Figures change; we confirm the current position when we scope your payroll.