payroll and social contributions for The Gambia (tax year 2026): PAYE, SSHFC NPF, FPS and IICF, expatriate quota tax of D30,000 and D100,000. Built from official GRA, SSHFC and Ministry of Justice pages.
Gambia · tax year 2026 · changed 25 Jun 2026
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Sources read 1 Nov 2026 for tax year 2026
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Employers and employees in The Gambia. PAYE goes to GRA; contributions go to the Social Security and Housing Finance Corporation (SSHFC). NPF is 15% of basic salary; FPS covers member institutions; IICF is employer funded. Which scheme a given employer joins is a fact to ask.
Basis for 2026: the rows below come from the GRA and SSHFC pages live on 1 November 2026. The Income and Value Added Tax Act 2012 and any 2026 amending Act could not be opened, so a 2026 change that GRA has not published is not reflected.
Monthly PAYE above D76,000 a year: ((annual gross - 76,000) * 25% + 5,000) / 12.
PAYE covers wages, salaries, bonuses, leave pay, overtime, fees, allowances, commissions, termination and other supplemental pay, in cash, cheque or bank deposit, domestic or foreign. No deductions are allowed. Exempt: the President, non-commissioned officers of the Armed Forces, foreign diplomats, government pensioners, those exempted by the President with National Assembly approval, and foreign employment income already taxed there. PAYE is final unless the employee has other income.
Expatriate quota tax falls on the employer, who must not recover it from the employee. Exempt: religious or charitable institutions in respect of clergy, imams, missionaries, doctors and teachers; diplomatic missions; international organisations; investors and sole proprietors in the informal sector. A self-employed non-Gambian in a small indigenous business is not liable.
| Item | Due |
|---|---|
| PAYE schedule and payment | 15 days after month end |
| NPF, FPS | 15th of the following month |
| Expatriate notice to the Commissioner General | 1 January |
| Quota application to EQAB Technical Committee, one per employee | 31 January, or 14 days after start |
| Expatriate tax | 14 days after start; continuing employees 31 January |
For good cause the Commissioner General may extend expatriate tax if 50% is paid and the balance within 90 days.
SSHFC late payment: 2.5% of the unpaid amount for each month or part month, under NPF and FPS. PAYE offences: failure to file, false information, improper TIN use, obstruction; amounts are on the Not yet confirmed line. Objection within 30 days, then the Tax Tribunal, then the Court of Appeal.
Residents earning employment income abroad are liable subject to the foreign source rule. Every non-Gambian employee triggers quota tax unless an exemption above applies.
Basic D20,000 plus fixed allowances D5,000 a month, NPF employer.
name: Monthly payroll
inputs:
basic: 20000
gross: 25000
steps:
- ee_npf: basic * 0.05
- er_npf: basic * 0.10
- iicf: min(gross * 0.01, 15)
- paye: ((gross * 12 - 76000) * 0.25 + 5000) / 12
expected:
ee_npf: 1000.00
er_npf: 2000.00
iicf: 15.00
paye: 5083.33
Decision: an ECOWAS or non-ECOWAS hire. Annual quota tax is D30,000 or D100,000, a D70,000 yearly difference that falls on the employer.
name: Quota tax gap
inputs:
ecowas: 30000
other: 100000
steps:
- gap: other - ecowas
expected:
gap: 70000.00
| Source | URL | Read on |
|---|---|---|
| GRA Income Tax Table 2025 (monthly table; band edges and last row read, latest table on the GRA downloads page), read for the rows cited | https://www.gra.gm/download-file/2a69ec11-c633-11ef-b086-029254d29bb1 | 2026-11-01 |
| GRA PAYE brochure (whole), read in full for this skill | https://www.gra.gm/download-file/8d0ccc58-d217-11ed-9b31-029254d29bb1 | 2026-11-01 |
| GRA Domestic Taxes FAQs (whole), read in full for this skill | https://www.gra.gm/domestic-faqs | 2026-11-01 |
| SSHFC National Provident Fund page (contribution section), read for the rows cited | https://www.sshfc.gm/national-provident-fund | 2026-11-01 |
| SSHFC Federated Pension Scheme page (contribution section), read for the rows cited | https://www.sshfc.gm/federated-pension-scheme | 2026-11-01 |
| SSHFC Industrial Injuries Compensation Fund page (contribution section), read for the rows cited | https://www.sshfc.gm/industrial-injury-compensation-fund | 2026-11-01 |
| Expatriate Quota Pay Roll Tax Notice, 2026, under Payroll Tax Act Cap. 83:04 s.21 (whole), read in full for this skill | https://www.gra.gm/download-file/221f7a81-6596-11f1-b086-029254d29bb1 | 2026-11-01 |
| GRA Payroll Tax brochure (whole; amounts superseded by the 2026 Notice), read in full for this skill | https://www.gra.gm/download-file/8d0c9e3d-d217-11ed-9b31-029254d29bb1 | 2026-11-01 |
| GRA E-Filing brochure (whole), read in full for this skill | https://www.gra.gm/download-file/7937e6d9-48f3-11ef-b086-029254d29bb1 | 2026-11-01 |
Not yet confirmed: The Income and Value Added Tax Act 2012, SSHFC Act 2015 text and any 2026 amendment. The Notice date is handwritten and reads as 10 March 2026; GRA published it the same day. "Special status" in the Notice is undefined there. The SSHFC NPF reform notice page held only placeholder text. Whether the SSHFC pages reflect 2026 (FPS page dated 2017). PAYE penalty amounts. PAYE form box numbers.
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