HR & Payroll Insights for Growing Businesses

Short answer: professional tax (PT) is a state tax on employment, deducted monthly by your employer, capped by the Constitution…

Short answer: your HRA exemption is the least of three numbers: (1) the HRA you actually receive, (2) rent paid…

Short answer: a salary slip has three zones – earnings (what your employer pays), deductions (what’s withheld before it reaches…

Short answer: for the old regime to beat the new one, you now need somewhere between ₹5.2 lakh and ₹8…

An employee asks about increasing their “PF contribution,” and it isn’t immediately clear whether they mean their regular Provident Fund…

An offer letter says Rs 12 lakh a year. The new hire does the maths, divides by 12, and expects…