5:30-10am and 4-9pm peak shifts (with a 6-hour mid-day off), 40% trainer commission on personal training, membership sales incentives, complimentary gym access as a Form 12BA perquisite. Built for boutique studios through gym chains.
Each row is a pain point we've heard from operators in this vertical — and the specific FastLegal Payroll feature that addresses it.
ProblemTrainers earn a commission on personal-training sessions but it's tracked in a notebook at the front desk.
FastLegal solvesPersonal Training Commission is a built-in salary component (40% of basic default). Admin enters the per-trainer amount monthly; commission flows into the payslip as a taxable earning.
ProblemSales executives get a per-membership-sold bonus — manually calculated on the 1st.
FastLegal solvesMembership Sales Incentive is a built-in component (₹5,000/mo default). Membership Target Bonus pays monthly when targets are hit; Member Retention Bonus pays quarterly when churn stays below threshold.
ProblemSenior trainers work split shifts — 6am-10am and 4pm-9pm — with a 6-hour break, but standard payroll calls that a 15-hour day.
FastLegal solvesSplit (peak only) shift pre-loaded: 06:00-21:00 with 360-minute break = actual 9-hour working time. Engine pays correctly.
ProblemComplimentary gym access is a perquisite but accountants don't know how to value it for Form 12BA.
FastLegal solvesComplimentary Gym Access pre-loaded as a Form 12BA perquisite category — admin sets the notional value (typically equivalent monthly membership fee) and it flows into Form 16.
ProblemYoga instructors are part-time and paid per-class — generic systems treat them as full-time staff.
FastLegal solvesGroup Class Instructor designation pre-loaded. Engage them via the Contractor module for per-class payment; or as employees with a flat monthly stipend + per-class commission.
ProblemInjury time-off for trainers needs to be different from regular sick leave.
FastLegal solvesInjury / Recovery Leave (14 days/year, paid) pre-loaded specifically for sports / training injuries with a physio note requirement.
Two revenue-linked components every fitness business pays. FastLegal models them as standard salary components so they show up on payslips, get taxed correctly, and feed into Form 16 without manual stitching.
The fitness industry runs on peak hours — early morning and evening. Mid-day is a desert. Split shifts (cover both peaks with a long mid-day break) are the popular senior-trainer pattern. All four templates pre-loaded.
Free gym/yoga access for staff is a Section 17(2) perquisite. Most studios ignore it; if the IT department audits and reclassifies it, the cost falls on the studio. FastLegal puts the right line item on Form 12BA at year-end.
FastLegal Payroll references each of these frameworks correctly in its payslips, PDFs and statutory exports.
State-wise registration. Fitness centres almost always covered.
Mandatory when establishment has 20+ employees. Includes trainers earning ≥ ₹15k basic.
Mandatory for employees earning ≤ ₹21k monthly gross. Common for front-desk / housekeeping.
Complimentary gym access is a Form 12BA perquisite — Rule 3 category 15.
26 weeks paid maternity for women trainers + admin staff.
Personal Training Commission is a salary component pre-set at 40% of basic. Each month, your front-desk system tells you each trainer's per-session count × per-session fee. You enter the per-trainer commission amount; FastLegal adds it as a taxable earning on the payslip.
Yes. The Split (peak only) shift template covers 06:00-21:00 with a 360-minute mid-day break — actual working time is 9 hours. Trainers see it as one shift on their roster; payroll treats it as a single working day with normal day rate.
Yes — under Section 17(2) of the Income-tax Act, employer-provided benefits beyond a de minimis threshold are perquisites. FastLegal pre-loads it as a Form 12BA category. Set the notional value (typically equivalent monthly membership fee × 12) per employee per FY; it flows into Form 16 Part B automatically.
Two options: (1) Engage them via the Contractor module — per-class invoices with TDS u/s 194J (10%) and GST if applicable; or (2) On-roll with a flat monthly stipend + a per-class commission component. Most studios use option 1 for sub-3-hour-per-week instructors and option 2 for senior coaches.
ESI is mandatory when an employee earns ≤ ₹21,000 monthly gross. Front-desk executives, junior trainers, and maintenance staff usually fall under it. FastLegal flags every employee crossing or falling-under the ESIC ceiling and computes 0.75% employee + 3.25% employer contribution automatically.
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.