ISR income tax
Calculated against the applicable threshold and bands, with the working shown on the payslip.
TropicHR
Payroll Software for the Dominican Republic
Run Dominican Republic payroll with ISR income tax, TSS and INFOTEP contributions calculated automatically.
Dominican Republic payroll carries real statutory weight: ISR income tax, TSS health insurance (SFS) and pension (AFP) contributions, and the INFOTEP training levy all apply. TropicHR calculates all of them automatically from a territory-specific rule set and shows the working on every payslip line.
Dominican Republic statutory deductions
Every component, calculated and shown.
Rules are data, not hard-coded logic, so they can be updated the day a rate changes without waiting on a software release.
SFS health insurance
Employee and employer Family Health Insurance contributions, calculated to the applicable ceiling.
AFP pension
Employee and employer pension fund contributions, calculated automatically.
INFOTEP levy
The employer-only training levy, included in every employer contribution total.
A full calculation trace
Every statutory line on every payslip shows the bands, rates and base amount used to produce it – not just a final number.
Beyond statutory
Built for multi-currency Caribbean operations.
Weekly, fortnightly, semi-monthly or monthly pay groups, a two-person approval on every run, payslip PDFs and a bank payment file from the same approved record, and an immutable, field-level audit log. Accounting firms and payroll bureaus can run several client companies from one workspace with strict separation between each.
Questions
Common questions about payroll in the Dominican Republic.
Which Dominican Republic statutory deductions does TropicHR calculate?
ISR income tax, TSS health insurance (SFS) and pension (AFP) contributions, and the INFOTEP training levy are all calculated automatically and shown on every payslip.
Can employees see their own payslips?
Yes, through a separate self-service portal that also shows year-end certificates, timesheets and leave requests.
Can I migrate from my current payroll provider?
Yes. Import your history and run a parallel period alongside your existing system – a reconciliation report compares every employee before you switch over.
Does TropicHR support weekly, fortnightly, semi-monthly and monthly pay?
Yes, a pay group can run on any of those schedules, and an employee’s compensation basis is handled independently of how often their pay group runs.
Get started
Run your next Dominican Republic payroll with TropicHR.
Essentials starts at US$39 a month for up to 10 employees.