Payroll articles
Every published post tagged "Payroll".
Switching from Keka HRMS in 2026: Migration Checklist and What to Test
Planning to switch from Keka HRMS? This checklist covers what data to export, how to map payroll components, parallel payroll testing, and how to avoid disrupting your monthly cycle.
Expense Reimbursement Policy in India (2026): Rules, Tax Treatment and a Sample Policy
What to reimburse, limits by grade, bills and GST invoices, when reimbursements become taxable salary, advances and a sample expense reimbursement policy.
Salary Increment Calculation and Increment Letter Format (2026)
How to calculate increment percentage, rebuild the salary structure, check PF, ESI and TDS, calculate arrears — and an increment letter format with a before-and-after annexure.
Bonus Calculation in India (2026): Formula, 8.33%–20% Rule, Eligibility and Examples
Who is eligible for statutory bonus, what it is calculated on, why the real ceiling is usually the minimum wage (not ₹7,000), and how to get from 8.33% to 20% — with worked examples and a payroll checklist.
HRA Calculation and Exemption (2026): Formula, Metro vs Non-Metro and Examples
HRA exemption is the least of three amounts — but the inputs decide the answer. The formula, metro vs non-metro, mid-year changes, rent proof and worked examples for 2026.
Leave Encashment Calculation in India (2026): Formula, Tax Exemption and Examples
Leave encashment is days × daily rate — but which days, which salary, and ÷26 or ÷30? The labour code rules, the ₹25 lakh tax exemption and worked examples.
Salary Structure in India (2026): The 50% Wage Rule and Sample Structures
Low-basic salary structures no longer cut PF, gratuity or bonus costs. How the labour codes' 50% wage rule works, with sample structures at three salary levels.
Payroll Compliance Calendar 2026-27: PF, ESI, TDS and PT Due Dates
Every payroll deadline for FY 2026-27 in one place — monthly PF, ESI and TDS dates, quarterly TDS returns, bonus and Form 16, and a month-by-month calendar.
Salary Slip Format in Excel with Formula (2026): Layout, Formulas and Worked Example
A ready-to-build salary slip template in Excel: the layout, lookup and proration formulas, PF and ESI formulas, a worked example, bulk generation and the mistakes to avoid.
Payroll Software for Security Agencies in India (2026): Sites, Shifts, Overtime, PF and ESI
Guards across dozens of sites, round-the-clock shifts, overtime, PF and ESI for nearly everyone, and clients asking for challans. What security agency payroll software must do, and an honest fit check.
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