Payroll and Salary Guides for Indian Businesses
Most payroll questions in a small business come down to one number on one person’s slip. Why is the in-hand lower than the offer? What happens to the salary for two days somebody was away without leave? How much of a raise can the business afford this year, and what does it change once PF comes off?
The guides here take those questions one at a time, for businesses of 5 to 100 people. Each one works through an example in rupees on the same payroll engine Facto Lite runs, so the figures on the page are the figures you’d get in the app. They cover the CTC breakup, the monthly payroll routine, what a salary slip has to show, loss of pay, increments, salary advances and expense claims.
If you’d rather see your own numbers than ours, the salary calculator and the payslip generator below are free and need no sign-up.
7 guides on payroll & salary
3 Mar 2026 · Rohan Jain
How Much Increment to Give Employees, in Rupees
How much increment to give employees: setting the budget, merit against flat raises, what 8% does to in-hand pay, and the ESI line a raise can cross.
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3 Feb 2026 · Darshan Shah
Expense Reimbursement Process for a Small Team
An expense reimbursement process for a small team: the policy, the claim, approval and payout, a worked trip claim in rupees, and where per diem gets taxed.
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16 Dec 2025 · Rohan Jain
Salary Advance Policy: Rules, Limits and Recovery
A salary advance policy that holds up: who qualifies, how much, the half-of-wages deduction limit, recovery when someone resigns, and the tax line.
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11 Nov 2025 · Darshan Shah
LOP Calculation: The Loss of Pay Formula, Worked
LOP calculation step by step: what loss of pay means, whether to divide by 30, 26 or the calendar, one month worked three ways, and how to reverse an LOP.
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14 Oct 2025 · Arpit Tak
How to Run Payroll for a Small Business in India
The payroll process for small business owners in India: eight steps from attendance to challans, a month worked in rupees, and the dates that matter.
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6 May 2025 · Rohan Jain
CTC to In-Hand Salary: Structuring the Breakup
CTC to in-hand salary, step by step: how to set Basic, HRA and allowances, what PF and gratuity take out, and a ₹6 lakh offer worked to the rupee.
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18 Feb 2025 · Darshan Shah
Salary Slip Components: What a Payslip Must Show
Salary slip components, line by line: what the law says a wage slip must show, how each deduction is worked out, and a real slip with two days of LOP.
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