Why Indian payroll is hard to get right
Payroll in India isn't just “salary minus tax.” Every run has to apply EPF, ESI, per-state Professional Tax and regime-aware TDS correctly, produce a compliant salary slip, generate a bank file your bank will actually accept, and leave a trail you can defend in an audit. A spreadsheet can't do that repeatably — and a single rounding mistake compounds across every month.
Statutory math, computed for you
- EPF — 12% on basic, capped at ₹15,000 (EPF Act §6).
- ESI — 0.75% on gross, up to the ₹21,000 wage ceiling (ESI Act §39).
- Professional Tax — per-state slabs (TN, KA, MH, WB, GJ seeded) with an HR override path for other states.
- TDS on salary — both the new and old regimes (IT §115BAC).
Money is handled in integer paise end-to-end — never lossy floating point — so totals reconcile to the rupee.
Slips, bank files and statutory filing
- Salary slips as PDFs from the locked run, with the Payment of Wages Act §13A reference and bank account masked to the last four digits.
- Bank disbursement files — generic NEFT plus HDFC, ICICI and SBI bulk-transfer layouts.
- Statutory filing formats — Form 16 Part B, the 24Q FVU text file, PF ECR and the ESIC monthly return, all in the real government formats.
- Locked, immutable runs — write-once per Companies Act §128, with a step-up 2FA gate on lock.
Loans, advances and statutory registers
- Employee loans & advances— interest-free EMIs recovered automatically through payroll, with any outstanding balance settled in the full & final.
- Statutory registers & returns— Payment of Bonus, Shops & Establishment, Labour Welfare Fund (LWF) and employer returns, generated from your payroll data.
- Maternity benefit — Maternity Benefit Act §11A return-to-work case tracking.
- Investment declarations — collect employee tax-saving declarations and verify proofs, with the TDS true-up flowing back into payroll.
Connected to attendance and accounting
Loss-of-pay and overtime flow in from attendance and shifts, so you aren't re-keying numbers between systems. Locked runs post to the ledger in the books of account, keeping payroll and finance in lockstep. Pricing is in INR by employee count — see the full pricing.
Frequently asked questions
Does WorkRight payroll handle EPF, ESI, PT and TDS?
Yes — EPF (12% on basic, ₹15,000 cap), ESI (0.75% on gross up to ₹21,000), per-state Professional Tax, and TDS under both the new and old regimes (IT §115BAC) are all computed for you.
Can it generate salary slips and bank files?
Yes — salary slips as PDFs (Payment of Wages Act §13A) and bank disbursement files in generic NEFT plus HDFC, ICICI and SBI layouts, all from a locked run.
Does it support statutory filing?
Yes — Form 16 Part B, 24Q FVU, PF ECR and the ESIC monthly return in the real government formats. Uploading to the government utilities is an external step you perform.