Cape Verde PAYE Calculator

Estimate monthly take-home and employer cost using the DNRE Category A withholding formula and the selected INPS employee regime.

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Enter the monthly payroll amount

IRPS withholding uses gross monthly pay. INPS is calculated separately and does not reduce the withholding formula’s base.

Use Cape Verde escudos (CVE) before IRPS and INPS deductions.

Standard: 8.5% employee / 16% employer. Domestic service: 8% / 15%.

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Estimated monthly take-homeCVE 0
Monthly gross incomeCVE 0
Monthly DNRE IRPS withholdingCVE 0
Employee INPSCVE 0
Employer INPSCVE 0
Total monthly employer costCVE 0

How this Cape Verde payroll estimate works

The calculator applies the official monthly Category A withholding formula directly to gross monthly employment income. It does not substitute the annual assessment bands or deduct INPS before applying the formula.

The 2026 State Budget was checked for an employee-withholding amendment; none was identified. The 2018 formula preserved in the official 2021 code remains the basis of this estimate as checked on 21 July 2026.

Official evidence

Sources & verification

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Last verified 2026-07-21

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Law, regulation, or version

PAYE income-tax bands and statutory deductions shown on the calculator page.

Calculation methodology

The calculator applies the official Category A employee-withholding formula directly to gross monthly employment income. Income below CVE 36,607 has no withholding; the three formulas above the threshold use 14%, 21%, and 25% rates with their published subtraction constants and a CVE 100 minimum positive withholding. INPS is calculated separately and does not reduce the IRPS base. Standard employment uses 8.5% employee and 16% employer INPS; domestic service uses 8% and 15%.

Known limitations

  • Informational estimate only. It is not professional tax, legal, payroll, or filing advice.
  • Sector-specific, regional, treaty, relief, and special-regime rules may not be fully modeled.
  • Confirm filing, registration, and remittance duties with the official authority or a qualified adviser before submission.

Test-case examples

Input: Monthly gross salary: CVE 36,606; standard INPS.
Expected: IRPS is CVE 0, employee INPS is CVE 3,111, and monthly net is CVE 33,495.
Why: Confirms the exact value immediately below the employee-withholding threshold.

Input: Monthly gross salary: CVE 36,607; standard INPS.
Expected: IRPS is the CVE 100 minimum positive withholding.
Why: Confirms the inclusive threshold and statutory minimum-withholding rule.

Input: Monthly gross salary: CVE 100,000; standard INPS.
Expected: IRPS is CVE 10,275, employee INPS is CVE 8,500, net is CVE 81,225, employer INPS is CVE 16,000, and employer cost is CVE 116,000.
Why: Confirms gross-basis IRPS, separate INPS, and full employee/employer reconciliation.

Input: Monthly gross salary: CVE 100,000; domestic-service INPS.
Expected: IRPS remains CVE 10,275, employee INPS is CVE 8,000, net is CVE 81,725, employer INPS is CVE 15,000, and employer cost is CVE 115,000.
Why: Confirms the domestic-service contribution regime without changing the IRPS base.

Change history

  • 2026-05-02: Trust and verification panel added with source links, methodology, limitations, and report-error CTA.
  • 2026-07-22: Replaced conflicting annual-band implementations with the official monthly gross formula and current standard/domestic INPS rates across English, French, Swahili, server, and widget surfaces.

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