Enabling Payroll Statutory Features

To use the Provident Fund, Employee State Insurance (ESI), National Pension Scheme (NPS), Income Tax and Professional Tax features for Indian Payroll, you must enable Statutory Features for Payroll.

Note: The Payroll Statutory Features are available only for India. For other countries, this option is not available.

To enable Payroll Statutory feature

  1. Go to Gateway of Tally > F11: Features > F3: Statutory & Taxation.


  1. Set Enable Payroll Statutory to Yes.

  2. Set/Alter Payroll Statutory Details to Yes.

The Payroll Statutory Details screen appears as shown below:

  1. In the Provident Fund section,

  1. In the Employee State Insurance section,

Note: ESI Eligibility Amount is specified in the Stat file.

  1. Under National Pension Scheme:

  1. Under Income Tax:

  2. Tax Deduction and Collection Account Number: Specify the 10 digit TAN assigned to the employer.

  3. Income Tax Circle/Ward: Specify the name of the Income Tax Circle, to which the employer is associated.

  4. Deductor Type:

  1. Name of Person Responsible: Enter the name of the person responsible for TDS deduction in the company.

  2. Son/Daughter of: Enter the father's name of the person who is responsible for TDS deduction in the company.

  3. Designation: Specify the official designation of the person who is responsible for TDS deduction in the company.

  1. Press Enter to accept and save.