Payroll is a simple term which basically means paying the company employees based on the designation, hours of work, etc. and it's a complicated process that takes hours to do it properly without any error. There are plenty of steps that need to be done before payroll services in India and they are:

Business policy:

  • If you have a CRN (company register number) which is associated with your PAN and TAN it will help you  to boost your process of tax filing, payslip and more. 

  • If your business has branches all over India, you must specify a policy for each zone. 

Attendance and leave policy:

  • Attendance policy like maintaining the attendance timesheet which shows the employee’s work hours and it has a direct influence on the payroll process. 

  • Leave policy has a major impact on payroll processes which show the employee’s purpose of leave like sick leave, casual leave, or vacation leave.

Statutory elements:

Certain benefits need to be provided to the employees of the company like employee provident fund (EPF) employee state insurance (ESI) professional tax (PT) and labor welfare fund (LWF). 

Salary elements:

According to the company’s policy, the salary includes the employee’s earnings, allowances, deductions, refunds, and benefits by the company. 

Salary date schedule:

Scheduling the date of salary will help to run the company smoothly and help in the payroll process without any problem.

Employee profile:

Collecting the employee’s mandatory details like date of joining, department, and designation. 

These are the major steps that need to be done before the payroll process which takes a huge time to reduce the time and error made by humans. The payroll services in India provide software and services for easy, and secure processes for every step like tax, regulations, and submissions. The software is a cloud-based solution that manages, maintains, and automates the payment of the employees on time. There are a huge number of payroll outsourcing companies in India that take care of the task of maintaining and automating the paychecks for the company’s employees which reduces the time and work for HR, finance, and admin teams. Some companies provide payroll software in Chennai and also provide payroll outsourcing services all over India.