Recruitment & Onboarding
Making the employee record payroll-ready at activation
Onboarding-to-payroll data contract. Not the payroll-run checklist and not automatic PF enrolment.
9/24/2026
Payroll
Pay runs, components, LOP amounts, and statutory calculation education.
Payroll
Month-end close between HR and finance
HR closes people inputs. Finance consumes a frozen file. One calendar, two owners.
9/23/2026
Payroll
Salary advances and recoveries in the pay run
An advance is cash now and a recovery line later. Write the schedule. Do not invent a nationwide deduction cap here.
9/23/2026
Payroll
TDS certificates employers issue to employees
A TDS certificate is the employer’s statement of tax withheld. It is not the employee’s income-tax return.
9/23/2026
Payroll
Payroll adjustments after a draft or locked run
Lock means calculation is frozen. Corrections after that are a named path, not a quiet reopen.
9/23/2026
Payroll
Prorating pay for joiners and leavers
A mid-month joiner and a mid-month leaver need a named day-count method. That is arithmetic, not FNF process.
9/23/2026
Payroll
Earnings and deduction components in a payroll template
A template is a list of lines: what repeats, what is variable, what is statutory, what is recovery.
9/23/2026
Payroll
Professional tax as a state payroll deduction
PT is state-wise. Do not paste a blog’s slab grid into your template. Verify the state that actually applies.
9/23/2026
Payroll
Tax regime choice and monthly TDS on salary
Monthly TDS is withholding from salary. Filing the return is a different job. Verify slabs on official Income Tax materials.
9/23/2026
Payroll
Salary structures: basic, HRA, and allowances
A salary structure is a template of earnings lines. Percent splits are policy until a reviewed rule says otherwise.
9/23/2026
Payroll
How LOP days become a payroll amount
Once unpaid days are known, payroll still needs a rupee method. Write the divisor. Do not invent a statute.
9/23/2026
Payroll
What belongs on an Indian payslip
A payslip is the employee-facing calculation document. It is not a PF return and not a bank file.
9/23/2026