Payroll Functions

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Payroll Functions – Accounting & Statutory Perspective 

Payroll involves a combination of employee compensation processing, statutory compliance, and accounting integration. Key functions include:  

1. Payroll Processing

• Collecting attendance/leave data

• Calculating gross salary, bonuses, incentives

• Deductions: PF, ESI, PT, TDS, loans, advances

• Net salary computation and salary disbursement
  
  

2. Statutory Compliance

• PF: Monthly ECR filing & payments

• ESI: Monthly challan & half-yearly returns

• PT: Monthly/quarterly payments & returns (state-wise)

• TDS on salary: Monthly payment & quarterly 24Q return

• LWF (where applicable)

• Generation of Form 16 annually
  
  

3. Accounting Functions

• Payroll journal entries (salary expense, liabilities, provisions)

• Reconciliation of payroll ledgers with payments

• Accruals for unpaid salary, leave encashment, gratuity, bonus

• Monthly MIS reports and cost center allocations
  
  

4. Documentation & Record Keeping

• Employee master data

• Payslips

• Statutory registers and challans

• Attendance/leave records

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