Payroll

What a part-time employment contract should contain — hours, pay, benefits, notice — plus PF/ESI and minimum-wage compliance and employee vs consultant.

Accounting entries for TDS on salary under Section 192 — salary booking, net payment and TDS deposit — and how to record them in Tally, plus Form 24Q.

The Employees’ State Insurance Corporation (ESIC) runs one of India’s largest social security schemes, giving lakhs of workers access to medical care and cash benefits when they fall ill, get injured at work, or take maternity leave. If you run a factory or establishment in India, ESIC registration is not optional once you cross the…

The Unified Shram Suvidha Portal (USSP) is the Government of India’s single-window platform for labour law compliance, run by the Ministry of Labour & Employment. For any business that hires employees, it is usually the first stop for getting registered under the EPF and ESI schemes and for filing labour-related returns online. This 2026 guide…

A payroll management system is the set of processes, policies and software a business uses to pay its employees accurately and on time while meeting every statutory obligation in India. It covers far more than transferring salaries once a month. A modern payroll system calculates earnings and deductions, applies tax rules, files returns with government…

Every member of the Employees’ Provident Fund Organisation (EPFO) builds a significant corpus over their working life across three linked schemes: the Employees’ Provident Fund (EPF), the Employees’ Pension Scheme (EPS), and the Employees’ Deposit Linked Insurance (EDLI) scheme. If a member passes away, these savings, pension, and insurance benefits are released to the person…

Form 10C is one of the most important documents for salaried employees in India who leave a job before completing 10 years of pensionable service. It is the prescribed application used to claim the withdrawal benefit under the Employees’ Pension Scheme (EPS) 1995, or alternatively to obtain a Scheme Certificate that protects your past pensionable…

The Employees’ Provident Fund (EPF) is one of India’s largest social-security schemes, administered by the Employees’ Provident Fund Organisation (EPFO) under the Employees’ Provident Funds and Miscellaneous Provisions Act, 1952. For employers, EPF registration is not merely a formality; it is a statutory obligation that ensures employees build a retirement corpus while the business stays…

The Employees’ State Insurance (ESI) scheme is a self-financing social security and health insurance framework administered by the Employees’ State Insurance Corporation (ESIC) under the ESI Act, 1948. Employers that cross the coverage threshold must register on the ESIC portal and contribute monthly so that eligible employees receive medical, sickness, maternity, disablement and dependant benefits….