Specific Charges Explained
Detailed explanations of specific line items on your invoice — statutory contributions, the $15 health insurance administration fee, Local Government Tax, Cross-Border Fee, and Insightful.
By Steve and 3 others4 authors9 articles
- Statutory Charges: CPF, SDL, SSS, PhilHealth, and MoreStatutory charges are mandatory employer contributions and deductions required by the labour law of the country where your employee is based. We pay these on your behalf and bill them…
- How Night Differential Is Calculated and BilledNight differential for employees on fixed night hours is calculated from their work schedule and billed in advance on your subscription invoice, then reconciled against actual payroll.
- Night Differential Rates by CountryThe Philippines and Vietnam set a statutory night differential. Thailand, Singapore, Malaysia, New Zealand, Australia and India do not, so no night differential line appears for employees there.
- Philippines: What Is the Local Government Tax on My Invoice?The Local Government Tax line on your Philippines invoice recovers local business tax, which the local government charges Outstaffer's Philippine company. It is 1% of each employee's total payroll, a…
- Thailand: Why Is VAT Shown as Local Government Tax on My Invoice?The Local Government Tax line on your Thailand invoice is Thai VAT. Thai law requires 7% VAT on the staffing services our local payroll partner provides, passed through to you…
- What Is the $15 Health Insurance Administration Fee?The $15 health insurance administration (admin) fee is charged per policy, per month, for each covered person you pay for, including each dependent.
- What Is Local Government Tax?Local Government Tax is Outstaffer's invoice label for a government tax it must pay in your employee's country. In the Philippines it recovers local business tax; in Thailand it is…
- What Is the Cross-Border Fee?The Cross-Border Fee covers the cost of international transfer pricing on cross-border payments, shown as a separate line on your debit invoice.
- What Is Insightful and Why Is It on My Bill?Insightful is a workforce productivity and time-tracking tool. It's a separate add-on subscription, not bundled into the EOR plan.