Exercise 4

Payroll Month End — Compute & Generate Payslips

Create employee records, assign salary structures, compute statutory deductions (PF/ESI/TDS) and generate payslips for the month.

Expected time: 60 mins Start Lab

Exercise Brief

Objective: Walk through a full month-end payroll: set up employees, apply salary templates, calculate earnings & deductions, process loans/advances, and generate downloadable payslips.

Deliverables
  • 10 employee masters with bank & statutory details
  • 2 salary templates (Monthly Fixed & Hourly/Contract)
  • One full payroll run with PF, ESI & TDS computed
  • PDF payslips for all employees and NEFT bank file

Sample Employee & Salary Snapshot
Emp CodeNameTemplateCTC (₹)
EMP001Asha RaoMonthly-Fixed600,000
EMP002Ravi KumarMonthly-Fixed480,000
EMP003Neha SinghHourly-Contract240,000
Note: Ensure employee PAN, PF number and bank details are validated before final payroll run. Keep a backup before posting payroll entries to accounting.

Step-by-step Lab (60 mins)

  1. 1
    Create Employee Masters

    Create 10 employee records with personal, bank and statutory info (PAN, PF no., ESI if applicable). Assign departments and designations.

  2. 2
    Define Salary Templates

    Create salary templates: Basic, HRA, Conveyance, Special Allowance, ESI/PF applicability and deductions. Template 1: Monthly Fixed. Template 2: Hourly-Contract with overtime rules.

  3. 3
    Process Attendance & Leaves

    Import attendance or mark monthly in the system. Apply approved leaves without pay where necessary and account for half-day / overtime entries.

  4. 4
    Compute Payroll & Statutory

    Run payroll preview: compute gross pay, employee & employer PF, ESI, professional tax and TDS. Review exception logs.

  5. 5
    Process Loans/Recoveries

    Apply loan EMI deductions and advances recovery. Ensure recoveries are within statutory limits.

  6. 6
    Generate Payslips & Bank File

    Export payslips as PDF and generate NEFT/CSV bank file for salary disbursement. Archive payslip PDFs for audit.

  7. 7
    Post Payroll & Reports

    Post journal entries to accounting (salary expense, employee liabilities) and generate statutory reports (PF, ESI, TDS summaries).

Practice Tasks & Templates

  1. Create 10 employee masters and assign 2 salary templates.
  2. Import attendance for the month and run payroll preview.
  3. Apply one loan deduction for an employee and verify net pay.
  4. Generate payslips (PDF) and NEFT bank file.
  5. Export PF/ESI/TDS summary reports for filing.
Downloadable templates
Quick Quiz
Which component is NOT part of CTC?
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