Global Payroll
Accurate, compliant and timely payroll across every Indian state, including the PF, ESI and tax calculations that trip up most employers.
Overview
Payroll errors cause unhappy employees and penalties. We run monthly payroll to the Labour Codes and the Income-tax Act 2025, applying each employee's work-state rules for Professional Tax and Labour Welfare Fund.
Payroll runs through the Shardhan Compliance Portal, where you review and approve before anything is paid or filed.
From 17 Sep 2026 the EPF wage ceiling is ₹25,000. The September 2026 ECR, due 15 Oct 2026, is a split month.
What we do
- Monthly payslips, tax sheets and bank transfer files
- PF (ECR, Form VII), ESI, Professional Tax, LWF and salary TDS
- Form 130 (formerly Form 16) and Form 138 (formerly Form 24Q)
- Employee self-service for tax declarations (Form 124, formerly 12BB)
- Full & Final settlements, including gratuity
- Multi-state compliance for distributed teams
Deliverables
- Approved payroll register and payslips issued on or before pay day
- Challans and returns for PF, ESI, PT, LWF and TDS
- Quarterly Form 138 and annual Form 130
- Monthly payroll reconciliation and variance report
Who it is for
- Foreign subsidiaries with Indian employees
- Indian employers with teams in several states
- Companies moving payroll away from an in-house spreadsheet
Related compliance
- Every-month due dates
- EPF, ESI, PT and LWF rates
- Payroll & payslips explained
- Full & Final settlement explained
Recent updates
- EPF wage ceiling rises to ₹25,000 from 17 September 2026: coverage, EPS/EDLI and the September split month · 17 Sep 2026
- Year-end payroll compliance calendar: October 2026 to March 2027 · 27 Sep 2026
- Income-tax Act 2025 for payroll: s.392 TDS on salary, Form 130, Form 138 and the new-regime numbers · 1 Apr 2026
Frequently asked questions
It is a split month: 1–16 September uses the ₹15,000 ceiling and 17–30 September uses ₹25,000, with wages pro-rated by days. File a single ECR for the month by 15 October 2026.
Under the Labour Codes, "wages" means basic pay + DA + retaining allowance. Excluded items such as HRA and conveyance are added back to the extent they exceed 50% of total pay. If basic + DA is below half of gross, your PF, gratuity and bonus base will be higher than basic alone.
Yes, from Tax Year 2026-27. The Income-tax Act 2025 uses Form 130 as the salary TDS certificate (first due 15 June 2027) and Form 138 as the quarterly statement. Form 16 and 24Q still apply to FY 2025-26 and earlier.
Discuss Global Payroll with us
Tell us about your entity and what you need. We reply with a scope and fee proposal under a formal engagement letter.