About taxes and premiums in general

Where can I check the rates for taxes and social premiums?

You can find them under Account - Calculation rules On the right side of the screen, you can switch between: Jurisdictions: the country or island wh...

Modified on: Fri, 9 Oct, 2026 at 1:42 PM

When an employee joins or leaves during the year, is the AOV/AWW premium based on their actual wages?

No. Celery does not use the actual wages. Instead, Celery applies a monthly maximum. What are AOV and AWW? AOV is the general old-age pension insurance. ...

Modified on: Fri, 9 Oct, 2026 at 1:52 PM

How Celery settles social premiums in December or when an employee leaves

Celery does a final check on social premiums once a year. This happens in the December payroll run, or earlier if an employee leaves (when an end date ...

Modified on: Tue, 28 Jul, 2026 at 8:21 AM

Does Celery account for premium changes during the year?

Short answer: No. Celery calculates the social premiums in one of two moments: In the last regular pay slip of the year. When the employee leaves the...

Modified on: Mon, 12 Oct, 2026 at 1:40 PM

Will the yearly Wage Tax be recalculated using the Income Tax Table?

No. Here’s why. In the mid-1990s, the government introduced Wage Tax Tables to make payroll simpler. There’s one for each pay period, such as the Monthl...

Modified on: Fri, 16 Oct, 2026 at 10:31 AM

The SVB ZV premium is ticked, but it doesn’t show on the payslip. How do I add it to the wage calculation?

The ZV premium (the sickness insurance premium paid to the SVB, the Social Insurance Bank) only applies when both of these are true: The employee’s SVB wa...

Modified on: Fri, 16 Oct, 2026 at 10:36 AM

How can I change the percentage for the Extra Earnings tax table?

The percentage for the Extra Earnings tax table depends on the employee’s annual wage. You can find this amount under Employees - Salary. How Celery wor...

Modified on: Fri, 16 Oct, 2026 at 10:47 AM

Why don’t imported children give a child allowance, or why is the option not available?

Celery checks each child’s date of birth. If a child is too old, the employee can’t get the child allowance for that child. In that case, Celery keeps the o...

Modified on: Fri, 16 Oct, 2026 at 10:54 AM

How is the wage tax reduction processed in payroll?

You turn on the wage tax reduction with wage code 490. Add this code for the employee under Fixed wage codes & taxed fringe benefits. The amount you en...

Modified on: Fri, 16 Oct, 2026 at 11:01 AM

Can I deduct an extra amount of Wage Tax?

Yes. Use wage code 625 to deduct an extra amount of Wage Tax. This extra amount is also included in: the Wage Tax declaration the Wage Tax Card ...

Modified on: Fri, 16 Oct, 2026 at 11:06 AM

Where can I see how much of the wage tax reduction has been used so far this year?

Your payslip only shows the amount for that pay period. To see the total used so far this year, open report X12 – Wage tax card / annual income statement. ...

Modified on: Fri, 16 Oct, 2026 at 11:23 AM

Can an employer pay the full AOV/AWW, AZV, AVBZ and BVZ premium?

Yes, that’s possible. The employee then no longer pays their own share of the premium. This means their net salary goes up. What changes for each premiu...

Modified on: Fri, 16 Oct, 2026 at 11:29 AM

I reopened a closed pay run from the past. Now I see differences in taxes, premiums and net salary. What should I do?

You have two choices. 1. Cancel the reopened pay run Click Cancel at the bottom of your screen or the cancel button in Regular run. OR Celery keeps ...

Modified on: Fri, 16 Oct, 2026 at 11:57 AM

Does Celery apply the Gliding Scale for pensioners in payrolls?

Yes, Celery is applying the Gliding Scale for AOV/AWW and AZV premiums as a standard in pension payroll for Aruba, Curacao and St. Maarten (see attachments)...

Modified on: Wed, 25 Jan, 2017 at 4:58 PM

How can I see in Celery what I have to pay to the Tax Authorities and SVB/SZV?

After you have processed and finalized a pay run, you will find the Wage Tax and SVB/SZV declarations in Documents or in Reports. These document show exactl...

Modified on: Mon, 30 Jan, 2017 at 2:44 PM

I see small differences in the wage tax calculated by Celery in comparison to the Monthly Wage Tax Table. How is that possible?

Yes, that is possible. Especially in Curacao and SXM payrolls. This is caused because in Celery we calculate the wage tax ourselves based on the Yearly ...

Modified on: Wed, 8 Feb, 2017 at 7:49 PM

Why would an employer pay for the full social premiums, so also the employee part?

Sometimes this has been part of the salary negotiations in which case employees can ask for this benefit if they know it is possibile. In other cases, f...

Modified on: Wed, 22 Feb, 2017 at 1:24 PM

My employee's salary is above SVB/SZV wage limit but ZV premium is applied. How is that possible?

The ZV premium is activated by default, and must be turned off manually if it is not applicable. You should therefore keep an eye on the SVB/SZV wage limit ...

Modified on: Mon, 24 Mar, 2025 at 10:13 AM

Too much / too little Wage Tax is deducted from an employee, how is that possible?

Did this employee enter or leave in the course of this month? If so, in that case Celery asks for the number of hours worked and also the number of working ...

Modified on: Tue, 26 Jun, 2018 at 12:27 PM

I see different amounts of Small Income Allowance (in Dutch: Reparatietoeslag) in a reopened pay run. How is that possible?

On May 24, 2018 the Tax Authorities informed Payroll software providers regarding 3 new Small Income Allowance Tables (see attachment): 1) per July 1, 2...

Modified on: Tue, 26 Jun, 2018 at 4:29 PM

Where do I set the SVB/SZV OV premium in Celery?

The SVB/SZV OV premium can differ per company branch or employer. That's why you have to set this premium in Employer/edit/SVB OV %.

Modified on: Fri, 31 Aug, 2018 at 8:29 AM

How can I apply the Anonymous tax rate in Celery?

The anonymous rate generally relates to the percentage of the highest tax bracket applied to the regular salary. In Celery, you can create this effect b...

Modified on: Wed, 23 Jan, 2019 at 6:11 PM

There is a difference in the Wage Tax - how is that possible?

Differences in wage tax are mainly caused by different settings in the fiscal allowances, such as Child-, Single Earner- and Elderly allowances. Or applicat...

Modified on: Mon, 18 Feb, 2019 at 10:31 AM

Why doesn't Celery automatically switch off the ZV premium if an employee has a salary above the SVB/SZV Wage Limit?

Indeed, employees with an SVB/SZV wage above the SVB/SZV Wage Limit are in principle not insured under the ZV. But there is an exception. That has to do ...

Modified on: Wed, 24 Jul, 2019 at 10:46 AM

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