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Funds, pension and insurance: what to fill in on the Salaries tab before the first payslip, and where each figure comes from.

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The Salaries tab of My company brings together the payroll settings shared by the whole company: funds, pension, absences and insurance. Fill it in before the first payslip: the LPP deduction and the employer cost of each payslip depend on it. Have your compensation fund's affiliation letter, your pension fund's regulations and your insurance policies at hand: almost every figure comes from them.

1. Open the Salaries tab

  1. In the sidebar, click My company.
  2. Open the Salaries tab.
  3. Fill in the cards in the order shown on screen. Each card has its own button: save it before moving on to the next one, otherwise your entries may be lost.

Also check the Canton on the General tab (Set up your company): it is the default canton for payslips, family allowances and public holidays. In some cantons, the same screen offers a Public-holiday regime, which matters for employees paid by the hour.

2. Payslips

This card has a single setting: Show employer contributions on PDFs, unticked by default. When ticked, the PDF adds an Employer cost (informational) block under the net salary. The choice also applies to older payslips the next time they are downloaded or sent; copies already downloaded or received by email do not change.

3. AVS compensation fund

This information appears on the affiliation letter or the statements from your compensation fund.

  • AVS fund (number NNN.NNN): choose your fund from the official list, split into Cantonal compensation funds and Professional compensation funds. There is no free entry: if your fund is missing, contact support.
  • Affiliation number at the fund: the number the fund assigned to you.
  • AVS administrative costs (%): the rate charged by your fund, calculated on the total AVS contributions (employee share and employer share). There is no default value: if left empty, no cost is counted.

Click Save AVS.

4. Family allowances (CAF)

Use the affiliation letter from your family allowance fund, often linked to your AVS fund.

  • The same AVS fund manages my family allowances: this box appears once the AVS fund is saved. When ticked, it selects the matching CAF. It stays greyed out if no single CAF matches your AVS fund in the canton: in that case, choose the CAF yourself.
  • CAF fund: search by name, number, canton or AVS fund.
  • Member number: your number with the CAF.
  • Canton: the canton of affiliation. It is required as soon as a CAF is chosen, and the CAF must be active there.
  • CAF contribution (%): the rate given by the fund, paid by the employer, calculated on the salary subject to AVS. There is no default value: if left empty, no line is counted.

Click Save CAF. The allowances paid to employees are not set here: Bill Alps calculates them from each employee's canton of work and children.

5. Occupational pension (LPP)

These settings come from your pension fund's regulations. They are used to calculate the coordinated salary, that is, the annual salary minus the coordination deduction: this is the basis of the LPP contribution for each employee whose rate is entered as a percentage.

  • Pension fund name: for reference only, with no effect on the calculation.
  • Coordination deduction (CHF/year): the field shows CHF 0, meaning no deduction. The statutory deduction is CHF 26'460. Enter the amount from your regulations.
  • Minimum coordinated salary (CHF/year): CHF 3'780 by default, the statutory minimum.
  • Proportional coordination deduction: unticked by default. When ticked, the deduction is multiplied by the employee's work percentage.

The help icon on the card opens Understanding the coordination deduction, with the 2025-2026 statutory amounts and the practices of the main funds. Finish with Save LPP configuration.

The entry threshold (CHF 22'680 per year) and the maximum coordinated salary (CHF 64'260) cannot be changed. An employee whose LPP is entered as a fixed amount is not affected by this card.

6. Absences and daily allowances

These parameters are used to suggest absence lines on payslips.

  • LPP premium waiver (days): the waiting period in your pension regulations before premiums are waived in case of sickness or accident. If left empty, the rule is disabled.
  • Accident allowance cap (CHF/day): if left empty, the statutory value applies (CHF 324.80 in 2026).
  • APG cap (CHF/day): if left empty, the statutory value applies (CHF 220 in 2026).
  • Collective daily sickness allowance insurance (IJM/KTG): ticked by default. Untick it if you have no policy: sickness then follows the statutory salary continuation scale for your canton, and the IJM card disappears after saving.

Click Save. What comes next is covered in Record an absence.

7. LAA, LAAC and IJM insurance

Three cards with the same layout, to fill in from your policies: Accident insurance (LAA), Supplementary accident insurance (LAAC) and Sickness daily allowance (IJM). No rate has a default value.

  1. Choose the Insurer from the list. If it is not listed, pick Other (free entry) and enter its Name.
  2. Enter the Policy / contract number.
  3. Add one row per group or category in your policy (Add a group for the LAA, Add a category for the LAAC and IJM): a required, unique Code, A or B for example, a Label and the rates.
  4. Click Save.

The rates to copy from the policy:

  • LAA: OA rate (%) (occupational accidents, paid by the employer) and NOA rate (%) (non-occupational accidents). Tick NOA paid by the employer if you cover this premium: the employee concerned then has no AANP deduction and the premium moves to the employer cost.
  • LAAC and IJM: Employee share (%) and Employer share (%).
  • LAAC, if your policy covers salary above the LAA maximum insured earnings: Pays the excess salary from day no. and Up to an annual salary of (CHF), to be filled in together. Otherwise, leave them empty.

If a card contains only one group or category, it applies to all employees. From two onwards, choose it on each employee (Social insurance card, More options); with no choice, the employer line is not counted.

8. Activity

The last card identifies your company: NOGA 2025 activity, to be searched by code or description (I have a NOGA 2008 code converts an old code), and Full-time weekly hours (h), which is 42 h if the field is left empty. These two values are not used in the payslip calculation. Click Save.

Then move on to Create an employee.