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XplorePay works out salary, PF, ESI, professional tax, LWF and TDS, prints payslips and the bank list, and gets your PF ECR and ESI return ready \u2014 updated for the new Labour Codes.<\/p>\n<div class=\"ctas\"><a class=\"btn btn-p\" href=\"#xb-plans\">See plans \u2014 from \u20b9700<\/a><a class=\"btn btn-o\" href=\"#xb-free\">Try a free payroll template first<\/a><\/div>\n<ul class=\"badges\"><li><svg width=\"18\" height=\"18\" viewBox=\"0 0 24 24\" fill=\"none\" stroke=\"#0F7A6B\" stroke-width=\"2.2\" stroke-linecap=\"round\" stroke-linejoin=\"round\" aria-hidden=\"true\"><path d=\"M12 4v11\"\/><path d=\"M7 10l5 5 5-5\"\/><path d=\"M5 20h14\"\/><\/svg>Instant Download<\/li><li><svg width=\"18\" height=\"18\" viewBox=\"0 0 24 24\" fill=\"none\" stroke=\"#0F7A6B\" stroke-width=\"2.2\" stroke-linecap=\"round\" stroke-linejoin=\"round\" aria-hidden=\"true\"><path d=\"M12 12c-2-2.7-4-4-6-4a4 4 0 0 0 0 8c2 0 4-1.3 6-4zm0 0c2 2.7 4 4 6 4a4 4 0 0 0 0-8c-2 0-4 1.3-6 4z\"\/><\/svg>Lifetime Access<\/li><li><svg width=\"18\" height=\"18\" viewBox=\"0 0 24 24\" fill=\"none\" stroke=\"#0F7A6B\" stroke-width=\"2.5\" stroke-linecap=\"round\" stroke-linejoin=\"round\" aria-hidden=\"true\"><path d=\"M5 12l5 5L20 7\"\/><\/svg>No per-employee fee<\/li><li><svg width=\"18\" height=\"18\" viewBox=\"0 0 24 24\" fill=\"none\" stroke=\"#0F7A6B\" stroke-width=\"2.5\" stroke-linecap=\"round\" stroke-linejoin=\"round\" aria-hidden=\"true\"><path d=\"M5 12l5 5L20 7\"\/><\/svg>Only email + mobile needed<\/li><\/ul>\n<\/div>\n<figure class=\"hero-img\"><img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/xplorexcel.com\/store\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/10\/xplorepay-formula-cover.jpg\" width=\"1080\" height=\"1080\" alt=\"XplorePay payroll software in Excel with PF, ESI, PT and payslips\"><\/figure>\n<\/section><\/div>\n<section class=\"strip\"><div class=\"wrap grid\">\n<div><strong>Labour Codes ready<\/strong>The 50% wage rule and the \u20b925,000 PF ceiling are built in and applied by month.<\/div>\n<div><strong>No per-employee fee<\/strong>Up to 100 employees for one price. Pay once, use every month.<\/div>\n<div><strong>Rules in one place<\/strong>Every rate sits in one Setup sheet \u2014 change it yourself when the government does.<\/div>\n<div><strong>Made in Punjab<\/strong>Made for Indian payroll: PF, ESI, PT, LWF, bonus and gratuity.<\/div>\n<\/div><\/section>\n<section class=\"sec\"><div class=\"wrap\"><h2>Payday without the calculator<\/h2>\n<div class=\"ba\" style=\"margin-top:26px\">\n<div class=\"old\"><p class=\"eyebrow\">Register &amp; calculator<\/p><ul><li>Salary worked out by hand for every employee<\/li><li>PF and ESI challans figured separately<\/li><li>Payslips typed one by one<\/li><li>ECR file and ESI sheet made again every month<\/li><li>A rule changes and every formula needs fixing<\/li><\/ul><\/div>\n<div class=\"new\"><p class=\"eyebrow\">With XplorePay<\/p><ul><li>Attendance turns into salary by itself<\/li><li>PF, EPS, EDLI, ESI, PT, LWF and TDS worked out<\/li><li>Payslip for any employee and month, with net pay in words<\/li><li>PF ECR text and ESI upload sheet ready to use<\/li><li>Rule changes? Update one Setup sheet<\/li><\/ul><\/div>\n<\/div><\/div><\/section>\n<section class=\"sec\" style=\"padding-top:0\"><div class=\"wrap\"><h2>What you get<\/h2><p class=\"lead\">One Excel file for a whole financial year. Each page does one job and passes the numbers on by itself.<\/p>\n<div class=\"grid\">\n<div class=\"card\"><p class=\"num\">01<\/p><h3>Employee details<\/h3><p>Up to 100 staff with UAN, ESI no., PAN, bank details and salary structure.<\/p><\/div>\n<div class=\"card\"><p class=\"num\">02<\/p><h3>Attendance for 12 months<\/h3><p>Mark P, A, L or half day. Weekly offs and holidays are paid by themselves.<\/p><\/div>\n<div class=\"card\"><p class=\"num\">03<\/p><h3>Salary for every month<\/h3><p>Paid days, overtime, incentives, advances and TDS \u2014 worked out for you.<\/p><\/div>\n<div class=\"card\"><p class=\"num\">04<\/p><h3>Payslips<\/h3><p>For any employee and month, with net pay in words and year-to-date totals.<\/p><\/div>\n<div class=\"card\"><p class=\"num\">05<\/p><h3>PF ECR &amp; ESI return<\/h3><p>ECR text for the EPFO portal and the ESI sheet in ESIC&#8217;s column order.<\/p><\/div>\n<div class=\"card\"><p class=\"num\">06<\/p><h3>Dues &amp; due dates<\/h3><p>PF, ESI, PT, LWF and TDS to pay this month, on one page.<\/p><\/div>\n<div class=\"card\"><p class=\"num\">07<\/p><h3>Bank transfer list<\/h3><p>Net pay with account number and IFSC, plus a salary register to sign.<\/p><\/div>\n<div class=\"card\"><p class=\"num\">08<\/p><h3>Bonus, gratuity &amp; Form 16 summary<\/h3><p>Year-end bonus, gratuity up to \u20b920 lakh, and a yearly summary per employee.<\/p><\/div>\n<div class=\"card hl\"><p class=\"num\"><span>09<\/span><span class=\"tag\">Macro edition<\/span><\/p><h3>A whole month&#8217;s attendance in one go<\/h3><p>Pick the month, all employees, day 1 to 31 \u2014 Save. Weekly offs and holidays are skipped for you.<\/p><\/div>\n<\/div><\/div><\/section>\n<section class=\"sec\" style=\"padding-top:0\"><div class=\"wrap\"><h2>See the real sheets<\/h2><p class=\"lead\">These are pages from the sample file in your download: a shop with 10 employees.<\/p>\n<div class=\"gal\">\n<figure><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/xplorexcel.com\/store\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/10\/xplorepay-2-dashboard.jpg\" width=\"1200\" height=\"1200\" loading=\"lazy\" alt=\"Payroll dashboard in Excel with gross salary, net pay, PF and ESI challans\"><figcaption>Dashboard \u2014 salary, PF and ESI at a glance<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<figure><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/xplorexcel.com\/store\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/10\/xplorepay-3-payslip.jpg\" width=\"1200\" height=\"1200\" loading=\"lazy\" alt=\"Salary slip format in Excel with net pay in words and year-to-date figures\"><figcaption>Payslip with net pay in words<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<figure><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/xplorexcel.com\/store\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/10\/xplorepay-4-attendance-payroll.jpg\" width=\"1200\" height=\"1200\" loading=\"lazy\" alt=\"Monthly attendance sheet and payroll register in Excel\"><figcaption>Attendance and payroll register<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<figure><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/xplorexcel.com\/store\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/10\/xplorepay-5-pf-esi.jpg\" width=\"1200\" height=\"1200\" loading=\"lazy\" alt=\"PF ECR text file and ESI monthly contribution sheet in Excel\"><figcaption>PF ECR and ESI return<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<figure><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/xplorexcel.com\/store\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/10\/xplorepay-6-statutory.jpg\" width=\"1200\" height=\"1200\" loading=\"lazy\" alt=\"PF, ESI, professional tax and TDS challan summary in Excel\"><figcaption>What to pay this month<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<figure><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/xplorexcel.com\/store\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/10\/xplorepay-7-labour-codes.jpg\" width=\"1200\" height=\"1200\" loading=\"lazy\" alt=\"Salary structure under new Labour Codes 50% wage rule in Excel\"><figcaption>New Labour Codes 50% wage rule<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<figure><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/xplorexcel.com\/store\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/10\/xplorepay-8-bonus-gratuity.jpg\" width=\"1200\" height=\"1200\" loading=\"lazy\" alt=\"Bonus and gratuity calculation and salary register in Excel\"><figcaption>Bonus, gratuity and salary register<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div><\/div><\/section>\n<section class=\"sec\" style=\"padding-top:0\"><div class=\"wrap\"><h2>Macro edition: fill-in forms on your PC<\/h2><p class=\"lead\">Click a button, fill a short form, press Save. These are real screens from the macro edition.<\/p>\n<div class=\"mshots\">\n<figure><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/xplorexcel.com\/store\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/10\/xplorepay-macro-data-entry.jpg\" width=\"1396\" height=\"486\" loading=\"lazy\" alt=\"XplorePay macro edition Data Entry page with buttons for attendance, pay inputs, payslips and statutory summary\"><figcaption>Data Entry page \u2014 every form one click away (Ctrl + Shift + E)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<figure><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/xplorexcel.com\/store\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/10\/xplorepay-macro-attendance-form.jpg\" width=\"800\" height=\"347\" loading=\"lazy\" alt=\"XplorePay mark attendance form for all employees for a date range\"><figcaption>Mark attendance \u2014 all employees, a whole month, one Save<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div><\/div><\/section>\n<section class=\"sec\" style=\"padding-top:0\"><div class=\"wrap fit\">\n<div><h2>Made for<\/h2><ul style=\"margin-top:14px\"><li>Shops and showrooms with staff<\/li><li>Offices, clinics and schools<\/li><li>Workshops and small factories<\/li><li>Accountants who run payroll for a client<\/li><\/ul><\/div>\n<div class=\"notfit\"><h2>Not the right fit if<\/h2><ul><li>You have more than 100 employees<\/li><li>You need attendance pulled in from a biometric machine by itself<\/li><li>You want returns filed for you \u2014 it prepares the ECR and ESI files; you upload them on the portals<\/li><\/ul><\/div>\n<\/div><\/section>\n<section class=\"pricing\" id=\"xb-plans\"><div class=\"wrap sec\"><h2>Pick your plan<\/h2><p class=\"lead\">Same payroll, same reports in both. Choose how you want to enter data.<\/p>\n<div class=\"plans\">\n<div class=\"plan\"><p class=\"eyebrow\">Formula edition<\/p><p class=\"price\">\u20b9700<\/p><ul><li>Works on phone and PC<\/li><li>Type straight into the yellow boxes<\/li><li>All payslips, returns and reports<\/li><\/ul><button type=\"button\" class=\"xe-qb-open xb-buy btn btn-o\" data-pid=\"273\" data-name=\"XplorePay \u2013 Formula edition\" data-price=\"\u20b9700.00\" data-thumb=\"https:\/\/xplorexcel.com\/store\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/10\/xplorepay-formula-cover.jpg\">Buy now \u2014 \u20b9700<\/button><\/div>\n<div class=\"plan best\"><p class=\"pill\">Best for most businesses<\/p><p class=\"eyebrow\">Macro edition<\/p><p class=\"price\">\u20b91,000<\/p><ul><li>Everything in the formula edition<\/li><li>Easy fill-in forms with buttons on a Windows computer<\/li><li><strong>Mark a whole month&#8217;s attendance for all staff in one go<\/strong><\/li><li>Payslips, salary register, bank list and dues summary \u2014 print or PDF in one click<\/li><li>Includes a phone copy for the Excel mobile app<\/li><\/ul><button type=\"button\" class=\"xe-qb-open xb-buy btn btn-p\" data-pid=\"363\" data-name=\"XplorePay \u2013 PC Macro edition\" data-price=\"\u20b91,000.00\" data-thumb=\"https:\/\/xplorexcel.com\/store\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/10\/xplorepay-macro-cover.jpg\">Buy now \u2014 \u20b91,000<\/button><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p class=\"fine\">Pay with UPI, cards or net banking. Digital file, so no refunds \u2014 but if the file doesn&#8217;t work for you, we&#8217;ll fix it.<\/p>\n<\/div><\/section>\n<section class=\"sec\" id=\"xb-free\"><div class=\"wrap\"><h2>Not sure yet? Use our free payroll templates first<\/h2><p class=\"lead\">Same builder, same yellow-box style. If these work for you, XplorePay will too.<\/p>\n<div class=\"grid free\">\n<a href=\"https:\/\/xplorexcel.com\/attendance-sheet-with-salary-calculation-excel\/\"><strong style=\"display:block\">Attendance &amp; Salary Sheet<\/strong><span>Free download \u2192<\/span><\/a>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/xplorexcel.com\/pf-wage-ceiling-25000-calculation\/\"><strong style=\"display:block\">PF Calculator (\u20b925,000 ceiling)<\/strong><span>Free download \u2192<\/span><\/a>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/xplorexcel.com\/gratuity-calculator-excel\/\"><strong style=\"display:block\">Gratuity Calculator<\/strong><span>Free download \u2192<\/span><\/a>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/xplorexcel.com\/income-tax-calculator-fy-2026-27-excel\/\"><strong style=\"display:block\">Income Tax Calculator FY 2026-27<\/strong><span>Free download \u2192<\/span><\/a>\n<\/div><\/div><\/section>\n<section class=\"sec\" style=\"padding-top:0\"><div class=\"wrap\"><div class=\"about\"><h2>Hi, I&#8217;m Amanpreet<\/h2><p style=\"margin-top:10px\">I run XplorExcel from Punjab. I build these files for the way small Indian businesses actually work. If something in the file doesn&#8217;t make sense, <a href=\"https:\/\/xplorexcel.com\/contact-us\/\">message me<\/a>.<\/p><\/div><\/div><\/section>\n<section class=\"sec\" style=\"padding-top:0\"><div class=\"wrap faq\"><h2 style=\"margin-bottom:22px\">Questions<\/h2><div>\n<details><summary>Is it updated for the new Labour Codes?<\/summary><p>Yes. If Basic + DA is less than 50% of total pay, XplorePay adds the shortfall back for PF and gratuity and shows you how much was added. The \u20b925,000 PF ceiling is applied from September 2026 and \u20b915,000 for earlier months, automatically.<\/p><\/details>\n<details><summary>My state&#8217;s professional tax is different. Can I change it?<\/summary><p>Yes. PT slabs sit in the Setup sheet, including separate slabs for women and February where your state has them. Maharashtra is filled in as an example.<\/p><\/details>\n<details><summary>Will it work on my phone?<\/summary><p>Yes. The formula edition opens in the Excel app on Android and iPhone, and the macro edition includes a phone copy too. The fill-in forms and one-click printing work on a Windows computer.<\/p><\/details>\n<details><summary>Which Excel do I need?<\/summary><p>Excel 2016 or later on Windows or Mac for the formula edition. The macro edition&#8217;s forms need Excel on Windows.<\/p><\/details>\n<details><summary>The buttons don&#8217;t work \u2014 what do I do?<\/summary><p>Windows blocks macros in downloaded files. Right-click the .xlsm file \u2192 Properties \u2192 tick &#8220;Unblock&#8221; \u2192 OK. Then open it and click &#8220;Enable Content&#8221; on the yellow bar.<\/p><\/details>\n<details><summary>Will it file my PF and ESI returns?<\/summary><p>No. It prepares the PF ECR text and the ESI upload sheet; you upload them on the EPFO and ESIC portals. Check the ECR against EPFO&#8217;s current format before uploading.<\/p><\/details>\n<details><summary>Is this legal advice?<\/summary><p>No \u2014 it&#8217;s a calculation tool. Some states are still notifying Labour Code rules, so check your settings with your CA or payroll consultant.<\/p><\/details>\n<details><summary>How do I get the file?<\/summary><p>The download link appears as soon as payment goes through and is also sent to your email. You can download it again anytime \u2014 there is no expiry.<\/p><\/details>\n<\/div><\/div><\/section>\n<section class=\"final\"><div class=\"wrap\"><div style=\"flex:1 1 420px;min-width:0\"><h2>Run this month&#8217;s payroll tonight.<\/h2><p style=\"margin-top:8px\">Pay once \u00b7 Instant Download \u00b7 Lifetime Access<\/p><\/div><a class=\"btn btn-y\" href=\"#xb-plans\">See plans \u2014 from \u20b9700<\/a><\/div><\/section>\n<div class=\"mbar\"><span style=\"font-weight:600\">XplorePay <span style=\"font-family:'IBM Plex Mono',monospace\">from \u20b9700<\/span><\/span><a class=\"btn btn-p\" href=\"#xb-plans\">See plans<\/a><\/div>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>For shops, offices, clinics &amp; workshops with 2\u2013100 staff Salary, PF, ESI and payslips for your staff \u2014 in one Excel file. Mark attendance once. 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