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Short answers to the questions clients ask us most about accountancy, tax, consultancy, investing, recruitment and training in Sierra Leone. Each group links to the page with the detail, and if your question is not here, ask us directly.
We keep your books, run your payroll, prepare and file your tax returns with the National Revenue Authority, and help you with year-end accounts, audits and donor-grant reporting.
Yes. For NGOs and donor-funded projects we manage grant budgets and donor financial reporting as well as payroll and tax compliance.
Yes. We work with owners based abroad, including in the UK, who need a team they can rely on to look after their business finances in Sierra Leone.
Use the Request a quote form or book a discovery call. We agree the scope, what we need from you and who your contact will be, then send you a quote.
Yes. We agree a handover date, collect the records and files we need, check the opening balances and any returns that are outstanding, and then take over the routine. If there are gaps, we tell you what they are and how we plan to close them.
We prepare and file PAYE, NASSIT contributions, GST, companies’ income tax (including estimates and annual returns) and withholding tax, and we help with tax clearance.
We help you respond: gathering the records, preparing explanations and dealing with the National Revenue Authority alongside you.
Yes. Tax rules change with each Finance Act. We track the changes and explain what they mean for you in plain terms.
Yes. Our Sierra Leone tax calculator and the free Compliance Checklist are available on this site.
Tell us what has not been filed. We work out what is outstanding, prepare the missing returns from your records and help you deal with the NRA, which is usually better than waiting for the NRA to find the gap.
We help you prepare for and respond to field audits: gathering the records, preparing explanations and attending meetings with the NRA alongside you.
The first steps are to register the business, register for tax, open a bank account and make sure you and your staff can legally live and work here. We handle these in the right order, with complete documents.
Yes. We help you choose the right type of entity, prepare and file the registration documents, and register with the National Revenue Authority and NASSIT.
Yes. We help investors, expatriate staff and their families with residence permits, investor visas and work permits, preparing the applications and following them up.
Yes. International and local NGOs have their own registration and reporting requirements; our guides explain the steps and our team can help.
Yes. International and local NGOs have their own registration and reporting requirements. We can guide you through them and keep your filings up to date. See our guide to setting up a charity or NGO in Sierra Leone.
Yes. We manage residence and work permits from start to finish. Depending on the permit, our own team handles the application or we work through trusted local partners, and you have one point of contact throughout.
We agree the brief with you, advertise the role and search our registered candidates and networks, screen applicants against the brief, and give you a shortlist with notes on each candidate. You make the final decision.
Yes. You can use the whole process or just the part you need, such as advertising or shortlisting.
Yes. SLONEC offers outsourced staffing and employer of record support for organisations that need people working for them in Sierra Leone but do not want to, or cannot yet, employ them directly.
No. We never charge candidates. Job seekers can register their CV for free on our jobs page.
Yes. Through our outsourced staffing and employer of record support, people can work for you in Sierra Leone while SLONEC handles their employment, payroll and statutory deductions.
Yes. For a larger recruitment project, email recruit@slonec.com or send a hiring request and we will agree a plan for each role.
Strategic planning, business transformation, organisational design, leadership and governance, systems and processes, mergers and acquisitions, and support for investors and companies setting up in Sierra Leone.
No. We work with SMEs, family businesses, NGOs, financial institutions and public bodies. The scope and fee are set to the size of the job.
Yes. Most of our engagements are done with your managers, so that the knowledge stays in the organisation once we step back.
After a scoping call we send a written proposal with the scope, fee and timetable. Work starts only once you have agreed it.
Yes. We can stay with you while the changes are made, and bring in our accountancy, recruitment and training teams where the plan needs them.
With market entry for registration, bank accounts and permits, and investor support for licences, partners and due diligence.
Yes. Most of our training is designed for a single organisation, based on a needs discussion with you.
At your premises or ours in Freetown. We can discuss other locations in Sierra Leone for larger programmes.
Yes. Longer programmes can be split into shorter sessions over several weeks, so staff can attend without leaving their work for long.
Yes. We run open courses for individuals. Use the booking form to ask about dates.
We agree what success looks like before the course and follow up afterwards to review how it went and what comes next.
It depends on the course length, number of participants and venue. Request a quote and we will send a written proposal.
Yes. We guide first-time applicants and existing miners through the regulatory steps, prepare the application and manage it through to a decision, with one point of contact throughout.
Mineral exports need the right licence, certification and documents through the proper government channels. We help you prepare the export application and keep the paperwork in order. Our guide to setting up a mineral export business explains the main steps.
Yes. We help with introductions and with financial and tax due diligence, so you know the state of the books, the tax position and any obvious risks before you commit money.
Most investments need a locally registered company, a corporate bank account and permits for investors and expatriate staff. Our market entry service handles these.
You can contract with SLONEC in Sierra Leone, or with SLONEC Advisory Group from the UK through Your route into Africa. Either way, the work in Sierra Leone is done by our Freetown team.
No. We do not advise on whether to invest or arrange investments. We help with the licences, partners, checks and paperwork once you have decided to go ahead.
Send us your question or book a short call.
SLONEC is an accountancy and consultancy firm that specialises and provides a wide range of accountancy and consultancy services to individuals, businesses, and organisations within Sierra Leone and beyond.