{"id":273,"date":"2026-10-17T14:37:00","date_gmt":"2026-10-17T14:37:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/xplorexcel.com\/store\/product\/payroll-software-excel-pf-esi\/"},"modified":"2026-10-17T16:07:56","modified_gmt":"2026-10-17T16:07:56","slug":"payroll-software-excel-pf-esi","status":"publish","type":"product","link":"https:\/\/xplorexcel.com\/store\/product\/payroll-software-excel-pf-esi\/","title":{"rendered":"XplorePay \u2013 Payroll Software in Excel with PF, ESI, PT &amp; Payslips (Labour Codes 2025 Ready)"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>XplorePay is a complete payroll and statutory compliance system in one Excel file<\/strong>, made for shops, offices, clinics, workshops and small businesses in India with 2 to 100 employees. Mark attendance, and salaries, PF, ESI, professional tax, payslips, the bank transfer list and your PF and ESI returns are worked out for you. There&#8217;s no software to install, no subscription and no per-employee fee.<\/p>\n<div style=\"background:#E2EFDA;border-left:5px solid #006838;padding:16px 20px;margin:20px 0;border-radius:4px\">\n<p style=\"margin:0 0 8px\"><strong>What you can do with it<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul style=\"margin:0\">\n<li>Turn <strong>monthly attendance into salary<\/strong>: paid days, LOP, overtime, incentives and advances.<\/li>\n<li>Work out <strong>PF (EPF, EPS, EDLI, admin), ESI, professional tax, LWF and TDS<\/strong> correctly for every employee.<\/li>\n<li>Print <strong>payslips<\/strong> with net pay in words, a signed <strong>salary register<\/strong> and a <strong>bank transfer sheet<\/strong> for NEFT.<\/li>\n<li>Get the <strong>PF ECR text<\/strong> for the EPFO portal and the <strong>ESI contribution sheet<\/strong> for ESIC every month.<\/li>\n<li>See every <strong>challan and due date<\/strong> on one page, plus <strong>bonus, gratuity<\/strong> and an <strong>annual summary<\/strong> for Form 16.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/div>\n<h2>Updated for the 2025\u201326 rule changes<\/h2>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>New Labour Codes (in force from 21 November 2025):<\/strong> Basic + DA must be at least 50% of total pay. If it is less, XplorePay adds the shortfall back to the employee&#8217;s wages for PF and gratuity, and shows you how much was added.<\/li>\n<li><strong>PF wage ceiling raised to \u20b925,000 (September 2026):<\/strong> EPS and EDLI are worked out on the new ceiling from September and on \u20b915,000 for earlier months, automatically.<\/li>\n<li><strong>Bonus ceilings<\/strong> as notified under the Code on Wages, the <strong>ESI limit of \u20b921,000<\/strong>, the ESI exemption for low daily wages, and <strong>no EPS from age 58<\/strong>.<\/li>\n<li>Every rate sits in one Setup sheet, so you can update it yourself when the government changes a rule.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h2>Features<\/h2>\n<h3>Employees &amp; attendance<\/h3>\n<ul>\n<li>Up to <strong>100 employees<\/strong>: UAN, ESI IP no., PAN, bank details, and the full-month salary structure (Basic, DA, HRA, conveyance, special and other allowances, pay in kind).<\/li>\n<li>Choose PF, EPS, ESI, PT and LWF for each employee, with an option for PF on full wages above the ceiling.<\/li>\n<li><strong>12 monthly attendance sheets<\/strong> (P \/ A \/ L \/ HD). Weekly offs and holidays are paid automatically, and joining and leaving dates are respected. Prefer not to mark attendance? Just enter paid days.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h3>Salary &amp; payslips<\/h3>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>Payroll register<\/strong> for 12 months \u00d7 100 employees, with a filter for any month.<\/li>\n<li>Overtime at 2\u00d7 the ordinary wage rate (editable), incentives and arrears, advance recovery and TDS.<\/li>\n<li><strong>Payslip<\/strong> for any employee and month, with net pay in words, employer contributions and year-to-date figures.<\/li>\n<li><strong>Salary register<\/strong> to print and sign, and a <strong>bank transfer sheet<\/strong> with account number and IFSC.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h3>PF, ESI &amp; other dues<\/h3>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>PF ECR<\/strong> with gross, EPF, EPS and EDLI wages, contributions and NCP days, plus a ready text line for each member.<\/li>\n<li><strong>ESI return<\/strong> in the ESIC upload column order. The reason code and last working day fill in for leavers.<\/li>\n<li><strong>Statutory summary:<\/strong> PF A\/c 1, 2 (with the \u20b9500 minimum), 10, 21 and 22, ESI, PT, LWF and TDS, with due dates and the total cash you need.<\/li>\n<li><strong>Professional tax slabs<\/strong> for your state, including different slabs for women and February where applicable (Maharashtra is filled in as an example).<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h3>Year end<\/h3>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>Bonus<\/strong> eligibility and amount at your chosen bonus %.<\/li>\n<li><strong>Gratuity:<\/strong> years of service with 6-month rounding, eligibility (5 years, or 1 year for fixed-term staff) and the amount payable, up to \u20b920 lakh.<\/li>\n<li><strong>Annual summary<\/strong> per employee (for Form 16) and month-wise company totals, plus a <strong>dashboard<\/strong> with checks and a chart.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h2>What you get<\/h2>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>XplorePay 1.0 \u2013 Blank (Start Here).xlsx<\/strong> for your business<\/li>\n<li><strong>XplorePay 1.0 \u2013 Sample Data (Demo).xlsx<\/strong>: a shop with 10 employees, April to September 2026<\/li>\n<li>A built-in <em>How to Use<\/em> sheet and a README<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h2>Requirements<\/h2>\n<p>Microsoft Excel 2016 or later on Windows or Mac. No macros, works offline. One file per financial year.<\/p>\n<p style=\"font-size:13px;color:#666\"><em>XplorePay is a calculation tool, not legal advice. Labour-law rules are still being notified by some states, so check your settings with your CA or payroll consultant, and check the ECR file against the current EPFO format before you upload it.<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Complete payroll in one Excel file: attendance, salary, PF, EPS, ESI, PT, LWF and TDS, payslips, bank transfer sheet, PF ECR text and ESI upload sheet. Updated for the new Labour Codes 50% wage rule and the \u20b925,000 PF ceiling. 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