Hiring your first employees brings a compliance stack that has nothing to do with your product and everything to do with staying out of trouble: provident fund, state insurance, professional tax and TDS on salaries.
When each applies
- EPF: establishments crossing the prescribed employee count register and contribute monthly on qualifying wages, employer and employee both
- ESI: applies past its own headcount threshold for employees within the wage ceiling, funding medical and cash benefits
- Professional tax: state-level deduction per current slabs where levied
- TDS on salaries: deduction per each employee’s projected tax, deposited monthly, returned quarterly
The monthly rhythm
Compute wages → deduct correctly → deposit each levy by its notified date → file the periodic returns → keep challans and registers. Miss dates and interest plus damages accrue as per each law.
Why employers outsource this early
Four parallel calendars with different portals is exactly the work that specialists batch efficiently — and errors here hurt employees, not just the company.
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