FastLegal Payroll fits SMBs and mid-market companies that want statutory math correct, employees on a portal, and contractor invoices with TDS — without an enterprise contract or a 6-month implementation.
The founder doing payroll on weekends. Workspace bootstrap, default salary structure, default leave types — first payroll runs the same evening.
Has an HR + finance person but no payroll specialist. Five attendance modes (CSV + monthly bulk fill matter here), bonus + adjustments built-in, contractor invoicing for vendors.
Multi-state, multi-branch payroll. Branch-wise runs, state-wise PT slabs, scheduled cron-triggered payroll, members & roles for the finance team.
Strict attendance mode flips the engine to factory semantics — every day must be marked, missing = LOP. Overtime under the Factories Act 1948 with 2x/2.5x multipliers.
Heavy contractor side, light employee side. Section 393 TDS with payment codes, GST CGST/SGST/IGST, contractor portal for invoice submission, multi-currency rate cards.
Headcount-heavy, ESI-applicable. Documents (offer letters, increment letters, Form 16s) stored against each employee with shareable portal access.
Create a workspace, bootstrap the standard Indian defaults (leave types, salary structure, holidays for two years), add your first employee, and run May payroll — all before your evening chai.