---
title: "Update employer payroll settings"
method: PATCH
path: "/payroll/settings"
tags: ["Payroll"]
---

# Update employer payroll settings

`PATCH /payroll/settings`

## Request

- Base URL: `https://api.app.lastaccountingcompany.com/portal`
- URL: `https://api.app.lastaccountingcompany.com/portal/payroll/settings`
- Auth: HTTP bearer
- TypeScript: <https://skmtc.dev/lastaccountingcompany/apis/lac-customer-api/docs/payroll/settings/patch.ts> (a function with typed inputs; its response is checked against the schema)

NOT available to API keys — requires an interactive admin/approver session. Updates employer-level payroll rates — pension, side costs, holiday accrual — all in basis points, effective from a given date.

## Request body

- object
  - `customer_id` string: Target company. Optional for API keys.
  - `period` string: Payroll period, `YYYY-MM`.
  - `effective_from` string: Effective-from date, `YYYY-MM-DD`.
  - `employer_pension_basis_points` integer: Employer pension (TyEL) rate in basis points.
  - `employer_side_cost_basis_points` integer: Employer side-cost rate in basis points.
  - `holiday_accrual_basis_points` integer: Holiday pay accrual rate in basis points.

## Response `200`

Updated payroll workspace.

- PayrollWorkspaceData: The payroll workspace for a period: employees, employer settings, and runs. Amounts are integer cents; rates are basis points. Interior shapes beyond the top level vary and are returned as-is.

## Other responses

- `401`: Missing or invalid bearer token.
- `403`: Insufficient scope or role — e.g. a read-scoped key on a mutating method, or an API key on an admin/approver-only endpoint.

---

[API](https://skmtc.dev/lastaccountingcompany/apis/lac-customer-api.md) - [All operations](https://skmtc.dev/lastaccountingcompany/apis/lac-customer-api/llms.txt) - [OpenAPI document](https://skmtc.dev/lastaccountingcompany/apis/lac-customer-api/revisions/52e277b4f031?raw)