Practical compliance guides

Payroll & HR · 12 min read

PF (Provident Fund) Registration and Compliance: Complete Guide for Indian Employers 2026

If your business recently crossed 20 employees - or you are planning to - one of the first compliance obligations on your list is Provident...

CACA Sundaram Gupta · Apr 7

Payroll & HR · 13 min read

50% Basic Wage Rule Under Labour Code 2025: How It Changes Your Salary Structure

A CFO at a mid-size IT company in Bengaluru restructured salaries in early 2026 to align with the Code on Wages requirement. For 34 of her 9...

CACA Sundaram Gupta · Apr 7

Payroll & HR · 13 min read

Gratuity Calculation 2026: New 1-Year Rule for Fixed-Term Employees Explained

A contract employee who worked for 18 months at a logistics company in Noida resigned in January 2026. Under the old rules, she would receiv...

CACA Sundaram Gupta · Apr 7

Payroll & HR · 14 min read

ESI Registration and Compliance: Who Must Register, Rates and Filing Deadlines

Your company just hired its tenth employee. Within 15 days, you are legally required to register with the Employees' State Insurance Corpora...

CACA Sundaram Gupta · Apr 7

Payroll & HR · 12 min read

Professional Tax in India: State-Wise Rates, Slabs and Employer Obligations

A Delhi-registered company with employees working from a Noida office owes professional tax to Uttar Pradesh - not Delhi. A Pune-based emplo...

CACA Sundaram Gupta · Apr 7

Payroll & HR · 12 min read

Labour Welfare Fund (LWF) in India: State-Wise Contribution Rates and Due Dates

Among all statutory payroll deductions in India - PF, ESI, TDS, and Professional Tax - the Labour Welfare Fund is the one most employers for...

CACA Sundaram Gupta · Apr 7

Payroll & HR · 12 min read

Payment of Bonus Act: How to Calculate and Pay Annual Bonus to Employees in India

Every year before Diwali, the same question surfaces in payroll departments across India - how much statutory bonus do we owe, and have we c...

CACA Sundaram Gupta · Apr 7

Payroll & HR · 14 min read

How to Set Up Payroll for the First Time in India: Complete Step-by-Step Guide

A startup in Noida hired its sixth employee in March 2025. The founder had been managing salary transfers directly from the company bank acc...

CACA Sundaram Gupta · Apr 7

Payroll & HR · 14 min read

Payroll Outsourcing vs In-House Payroll: Which Is Right for Indian SMEs in 2026?

A 35-person IT company in Pune was processing payroll in-house using a basic spreadsheet and a part-time accountant. In January 2026, a rout...

CACA Sundaram Gupta · Apr 7

Payroll & HR · 13 min read

Monthly Payroll Compliance Checklist for Indian Employers: All Deadlines in One Place

An HR manager at a 40-person company in Bengaluru missed the PF deposit deadline by 3 days in January 2026 - the 15th fell on a Saturday, sh...

CACA Sundaram Gupta · Apr 7

Payroll & HR · 14 min read

Digital Payroll Record Keeping Under Labour Code 2025: 7-Year Retention Rules

A manufacturing company in Pune faced a PF inspection in February 2026 where the EPFO inspector requested wage records for the last 7 years...

CACA Sundaram Gupta · Apr 7

Payroll & HR · 14 min read

Full and Final Settlement Under New Labour Code: The 2-Day Wage Settlement Rule

For decades, full and final settlement in India was an unregulated grey zone. Some companies paid on the last working day. Others took 30 da...

CACA Sundaram Gupta · Apr 7