Payroll calendar 2026 in India
Review structured payroll payment, filing and year-end obligations for the selected year.
Recurring payroll and filing obligations
Only deadlines and recurring rules present in the canonical dataset are shown. Missing movable holidays or unresolved filing dates are not inferred.
Normal pay date practice
Month-end / early following month market practice
Statutory monthly payment deadline rule
Before expiry of 7th day after end of wage period
Public holidays
No
Republic Day
Independence Day
Gandhi Jayanti
State specific
State specific
State specific
No
State statute and annual notification required.
Filing deadlines
IN EPF MONTHLY
EPF ECR and payment
EPFO
monthly
Day of following month
15
Yes
IN ESI MONTHLY
ESI contribution payment
ESIC
monthly
Day of following month
15
Yes
IN TDS APR FEB
Salary TDS deposit April–February
Income Tax Department
monthly
Day of following month
7
IN TDS MARCH
Salary TDS deposit for March
Income Tax Department
Annual special monthly
Fixed date
4
30
IN TDS Q1
Quarterly salary TDS statement Q1
Income Tax Department
quarterly
Fixed date
7
31
IN TDS Q2
Quarterly salary TDS statement Q2
Income Tax Department
quarterly
Fixed date
10
31
IN TDS Q3
Quarterly salary TDS statement Q3
Income Tax Department
quarterly
Fixed date
1
31
IN TDS Q4
Quarterly salary TDS statement Q4
Income Tax Department
quarterly
Fixed date
5
31
IN STATE PT
Professional Tax filing/payment
State or local
State specific
lookup
IN STATE LWF
Labour Welfare Fund filing/payment
State welfare board
State specific
lookup
Year end deadlines
IN SALARY TAX CERT
Salary tax certificate
Income Tax Department
Current form and rule mapping required
Needs review
IN BONUS RECORDS
Statutory bonus records/payment cycle
Labour authority
Current notification or rule specific
conditional
IN STATE LABOUR RETURNS
State labour returns
State labour department
State specific
conditional
Public holidays
State specific
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