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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...

CA Sundaram Gupta

Apr 7, 2026

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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...

CA Sundaram Gupta

Apr 7, 2026

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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...

CA Sundaram Gupta

Apr 7, 2026

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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...

CA Sundaram Gupta

Apr 7, 2026

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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...

CA Sundaram Gupta

Apr 7, 2026

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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...

CA Sundaram Gupta

Apr 7, 2026

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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...

CA Sundaram Gupta

Apr 7, 2026

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Overtime Rules in India 2026: Limits, Calculation and Double-Pay Compliance

A Ministry of Labour & Employment report found that over 68% of labour violations at registered establishments in India involve incorrec...

CA Sundaram Gupta

Apr 7, 2026

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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...

CA Sundaram Gupta

Apr 7, 2026

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4 Labour Codes 2025: What Every Indian Employer Must Know Before It's Too Late

On 21 November 2025, the Government of India activated all four Labour Codes - replacing 29 labour laws that had accumulated over seven deca...

CA Sundaram Gupta

Apr 7, 2026

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Minimum Wages in India 2026: State-Wise Rates and How Non-Compliance Is Detected

A company operating payroll across Delhi, Karnataka, Madhya Pradesh, and Gujarat discovered during a compliance audit in January 2026 that i...

CA Sundaram Gupta

Apr 7, 2026

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Quarterly Inventory Statement for Banks: How MSME Borrowers Should Prepare It

An MSME manufacturer in Nagpur with a Rs 1.5 crore CC limit from SBI had been submitting stock statements showing inventory valued at Rs 2.2...

CA Sundaram Gupta

Apr 7, 2026

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