Enable Payroll in TallyPrime
You can enable or activate payroll in TallyPrime.
Enable Payroll Feature
- Press F11 (Features) > set Maintain Payroll to Yes.
If you do not see this option:- Set Show more features to Yes.
- Set Show all features to Yes.
- Accept the screen. As always, you can press Ctrl+A to save.
The Gateway of Tally screen appears as shown below:
Enable Statutory Features of Payroll
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.
- Press F11 (Features) > set Enable Payroll Statutory to Yes.
Note: In latest versions, you can enable the payroll statutory features for a company located in Ladakh.
In the Provident Fund section,
- Enter Company code DLFBD0012345012. as allotted by the PF department. Example: Company PF Account Number to be entered as
- Enter Company account group code as specified by the PF department.
- Enter Company security code as specified by the PF department.
In the Employee State Insurance section,
- Enter Company code as allotted by the Employee State Insurance Corporation (ESIC).
- Enter the name of the ESI branch office.
- In the Standard working days per month field, enter the number of days to be considered for the calculation of daily wages, and monthly gross amount for ESI benefits. If this field is left blank, the system considers the Calendar Period as the basis for calculation.
Note: ESI Eligibility Amount is specified in the Stat file.
In National Pension Scheme section,
- Specify the Corporate registration number as allotted by the Central Record keeping Agency (CRA) during registration.
- Specify the Corporate branch office number allotted by the Central Recordkeeping Agency (CRA) during registration.
In the Income Tax section,
- Specify the 10 digit TAN assigned to the employer in Tax deduction and collection Account Number (TAN).
- Specify the TAN registration number.
- Specify the name of the Income tax circle or ward, to which the employer is associated.
- Select the Deductor type as:
- Government for central or state government companies.
- Others for other companies.
- Enter the name of Deductor branch/division.
- Enter the Name of person responsible for TDS deduction in the company.
- Enter the father’s name of the person who is responsible for TDS deduction in the company, in the field Son/daughter of.
- Specify the official Designation of the person who is responsible for TDS deduction in the company.
- Specify the PAN.
- Accept the screen. As always, you can press Ctrl+A to save.