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Ethiopia Social Security & Payroll Tax

Asked about Ethiopia payroll taxes, social security / pension contributions, or employment income tax (PAYE) for employees or employers.

EthiopiaTax year 2025Draft — not yet signed off· Last reviewed Jun 4, 2026

What this covers — Ethiopia, 2025

  • Rate and bracket tables
  • Required inputs and refusal catalogue
  • Payment pattern library
  • Worked examples
  • Tier 1 rules
  • Tier 2 catalogue
  • Excel working paper template
  • Bank statement reading guide
  • Onboarding fallback

This is a research-grade draft — figures aren't shown as fact until a licensed accountant signs it off. The full, packaged rules load through the connector.

Use these rules in your AI

Connect once and your AI follows Ethiopia Social Security & Payroll Tax automatically — it stays current when a rate changes, and hands you to a licensed accountant when you need one. A copied file goes stale the day the law moves.

Use this in your AI

Using Claude Code, Cursor or Codex? Install these rules in one command:

$ npx openaccountants add ET

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The open, research-grade drafts are on GitHub. The accountant-verified version is delivered through the connector.

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These rules are research-verified. They need a licensed practitioner for Ethiopia to confirm them and become their named verifier. Reviewing reference rules — not signing returns.

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About

Use this skill whenever asked about Ethiopia payroll taxes, social security / pension contributions, or employment income tax (PAYE) for employees or employers. Trigger on phrases like "Ethiopia pension contribution", "POESSA", "how much PAYE in Ethiopia", "Ethiopian payroll tax", "employee pension deduction", "employer social security Ethiopia", "11% pension", "7% pension", "Ethiopia income tax bracket", "Birr salary tax", "net pay Ethiopia", "Proclamation 1395/2025", or any question about Ethiopian payroll/PAYE/pension obligations. Also trigger when classifying bank statement transactions that relate to POESSA pension remittances, Ministry of Revenue PAYE remittances, or salary debits from Commercial Bank of Ethiopia (CBE), Awash Bank, Dashen Bank, or other Ethiopian banks. This skill covers the post-July-2025 PAYE brackets, the 7%/11% pension split, contribution base, remittance deadlines, eligibility (citizens vs foreign nationals), bank statement classification patterns, and edge cases. ALWAYS read this skill before touching any Ethiopian payroll, PAYE, or pension work.

EthiopiaTax year 2025

The full rule

The complete, step-by-step rules for Ethiopia Social Security & Payroll Tax the research-grade draft — load directly into your AI agent through the OpenAccountants connector. Connect once and your agent applies these rules automatically, with dependency resolution, conservative defaults, and a handoff to a licensed accountant when you need one.

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