For businesses, a payroll system is a crucial piece of compliance software. A company must have a consistent and regular financial system so that they can pay its employees on time. Employees may start to doubt the company’s ability to pay salaries on time or may experience any needless delays. Additionally, it might even have an impact on employee morale at the business.

• Payroll process involves arriving at what is due to the employees also called as ‘net pay’ after adjusting necessary taxes and other deductions which includes:Developing organization pay policy including flexible benefits, leave encashment policy, etc.
• Defining payslip components like basic, variable pay, HRA, and LTA The actual calculation of gross salary, statutory as well as non-statutory deductions, and arriving at the net pay Depositing dues like TDS, PF, etc. with appropriate authorities and filing returns Developing organization pay policy including flexible benefits, leave encashment policy, etc.

Easy Tax Filing and Reports : According to the Income Tax Act, every salaried person is required to pay taxes in accordance with State and Federal regulations based on their wage and exemption threshold. It handles all legal and compliance needs, which helps the business file taxes quickly

Economical And Time-Saving : Usually, payroll software is made to work with the current accounting system, allowing businesses to reduce the time and cost of processing big amounts of data.

Determine Compensation : The payroll system now includes all forms of compensation for every employee, making it easier for employers to assess each employee’s performance during the evaluation cycle

Maintain Reputation : A corporation must guarantee that all of its financial responsibilities are met as well as maintaining compliance with all tax and labour laws, including TDS, ITR, ESI, and PF. This helps to increase the brand proposition and improves an organization’s reputation as a reliable employer

Pre-Payroll Activities

Step 1: Defining payroll policy: The first step is wherein the policies to the bank during the payroll processes need to be established. These policies need to be approved by the management to turn these policies into standards. Policies like the Pay policy, Attendance policy, leave and benefits policy, and more.

Step 2: Gathering inputs: At this stage, the inputs are gathered from various departments to ensure the accurate calculation of the payroll.

Step 3: Input validation: Once the data has been collected, it is crucial to confirm its accuracy because even the smallest error could completely sabotage the payroll process.Make sure the list only contains active employees and does not contain any information of inactive workers. examining the data to see if it complies with business rules. Make sure the presentation is done correctly.

Step 4: Payroll Calculation: At this step, the payroll system receives the input data that has been verified in preparation for processing actual payroll. After adjusting for appropriate taxes and other deductions, the outcome is the Net pay.
To prevent further errors, it is always preferable to reconcile the figures and check the accuracy after the payroll process is complete.

Post- Payroll Activities

Step 1: Statutory compliance: The payroll administrator must strictly follow all legal requirements. Several statutory deductions, including EPF, TDS, and ESI, are taken during the processing of payroll.The appropriate authorities or government entities are then given these deductions.

Step 2: Payroll accounting: Every organization is required to maintain an accurate book of accounts and the salary that is paid for one of the significant entries in the books of accounts.

Step 3: Payout: After following the aforementioned procedures, salaries can ultimately be paid in cash, checks, or bank transfers. It is preferable to establish employee salary accounts for smooth transfers.

Step 4: Report: The final step is to compile a report, and it’s important to do so accurately so that it includes data like personnel costs by department or region.

1.Attendance Register and/or clock cards

2. Register for normal time and overtime

3.Leave pay, holiday pay and dearness and other allowances

4.Piecework card

5. Job cards are used for the calculation of bonus

6.Records required for deduction such as Provident Fund, State Insurance Scheme and Family Pension Fund

7.Records received from Accounts Department for fines, losses and recovery of damages

8. Register for co-operative society due

9. Register of Loans and Advances

10. Record of voluntary deductions like Voluntary Provident Fund, LIC

11. Employee’s contribution to Group Insurance Scheme

12. Income Tax if applicable