Payroll outsourcing in Chennai? Keep control, automate the work
Outsourcing payroll in Chennai usually means emailing spreadsheets to a bureau, waiting days for drafts, and paying per-employee fees for the privilege. The reason companies do it — statutory complexity — is exactly what software should solve.
FastLegal gives Chennai employers (auto manufacturing (Oragadam belt), SaaS product companies, banking back-offices and port-linked logistics) the bureau's output — compliant payslips, PF/ESIC artefacts, TDS workings, bank files — generated instantly from your own dashboard. Tamil Nadu levies half-yearly Professional Tax (up to ₹2,500/year) — FastLegal computes the Chennai corporation slab automatically.
What Chennai businesses get with FastLegal
- PF (EPF) computation with ₹15,000 wage-ceiling handling and monthly ECR text file for the EPFO portal
- ESIC 0.75% + 3.25% contributions with gross-ceiling checks and return-ready reports
- TDS under Section 192 with old vs new regime projections, Form 16 and quarterly 24Q output
- Code on Wages 2019 basic-pay floor enforced automatically in every salary structure
- One-click bank transfer sheet, payslip PDFs and a self-serve employee portal
- Maker-checker flow: payroll admin runs, approver locks, owner disburses
- No per-employee pricing — flat subscription whatever your headcount
Tamil Nadu compliance, handled
Tamil Nadu levies half-yearly Professional Tax (up to ₹2,500/year) — FastLegal computes the Chennai corporation slab automatically. PF and ESIC are central schemes and apply identically in Chennai; FastLegal generates the EPFO ECR file and ESIC contribution data on every run, and the Code on Wages 2019 basic-pay floor is enforced automatically in every salary structure.
Frequently asked questions
Outsourcing vs software — which is right for my Chennai business?
If your payroll has heavy manual exceptions negotiated monthly, a bureau may help. For 95% of SMEs the rules are standard PF/ESIC/TDS — software runs them instantly, keeps your data in-house and costs less than per-employee outsourcing.
How long does migration from my current Chennai payroll vendor take?
Typically a day: export your register from the vendor, import via FastLegal's Excel wizard (it preserves YTD for TDS accuracy) and run the next cycle in parallel to verify.
Who is responsible for filings if I stop outsourcing?
Filings remain in your company's name either way. FastLegal produces upload-ready EPFO ECR, ESIC and TDS artefacts each cycle so your accountant or in-house admin uploads in minutes.
Does it handle contractors as well as employees?
Yes — contractor invoices with TDS under 194J/194C, payout tracking and year-end summaries live alongside employee payroll.
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Run your next payroll on FastLegal Payroll.
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.
- Workspace auto-bootstrapped on signup (leave types, salary structure, holidays)
- PF / ESI / PT / TDS computed every run — every cycle
- Employee + contractor portals included, no extra tier
- No credit card needed