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Employer due dates, statutory rates and plain-language explainers under the Labour Codes, the Income-tax Act 2025 and state laws.

As on 27 Sep 2026Items tagged Verify are medium or low confidence in our sources.

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249Acts and rule-sets

1,840Forms, registers, returns and notices

39Central Acts (364 forms)

36States and UTs (210 Acts, 1,476 forms)

30 SepTamil Nadu PT for the April–September half
1 OctNew ESI contribution period (Oct–Mar) with coverage re-test; central VDA revision; West Bengal PT slabs Verify
7 OctSeptember wages; TDS on September salary (s.392)
15 OctSeptember PF ECR, split ceiling: ₹15,000 for 1–16 Sep, ₹25,000 from 17 Sep. ESI for September.
20 OctKarnataka PT, Form 5-A
31 OctForm 138 for Q2 (Jul–Sep). EPF Employees' Enrolment Campaign 2026 closes.
20 NovOne-year savings window for the ESI (General) Regulations 1950 ends
30 NovStatutory bonus deadline for an April–March year

1 Oct 2026West Bengal PT new slab schedule: nil up to ₹20,000/month; new top slab of ₹208 above ₹1,00,000. Verify
17 Sep 2026EPF/EPS/EDLI wage ceiling rises from ₹15,000 to ₹25,000 (S.O. 5109(E)). The September 2026 ECR, due 15 Oct, is a split month.
4 Sep 2026Karnataka S&CE (Amendment) Act 2026: registration valid until closure, renewal abolished; 10+ worker establishments registered under the OSH Code exempt from separate registration.
25 Aug 2026Bonus thresholds re-notified under the Code on Wages (S.O. 4710(E)), retrospective from 21 Nov 2025: eligibility ₹21,000/month; calculation ceiling ₹7,000 or minimum wage, whichever is higher.
1 Jul 2026EPF Scheme 2026, EPS 2026 and EDLI Scheme 2026 in force. ECR is now Form VII; Form 5A replaced by Form VI.
8 May 2026Final Central Rules notified under all four Codes, starting with the Code on Wages (Central) Rules 2026, G.S.R. 343(E).
1 Apr 2026Income-tax Act 2025 replaces the 1961 Act. Salary TDS moves to s.392; Form 16 → Form 130, 24Q → Form 138, 12BB → Form 124.
1 Apr 2026Odisha abolishes Professional Tax (Ordinance 02 of 2026). Do not deduct PT from April 2026 wages.
7 Jan 2026Karnataka LWF (Amendment) Act 2025: coverage lowered to 10 or more persons. First contribution for CY 2026 due by 15 Jan 2027.
21 Nov 2025All four Labour Codes in force, replacing the Factories, ID, EPF, ESI, Minimum Wages and other Acts (PIB).

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