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Audit Setup · Principal Employer & Contractor

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Drives the Shops Act, Labour Welfare Fund and Professional Tax / State Development Tax questions below.
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Damages & interest on undeposited EPF/ESI dues are computed up to this date.
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Statutory Wage & Contribution Parameters

Minimum wage categories, EPF/ESI rates, and damages & interest basis used for shortfall computation.

Enter the current applicable minimum wage rates (monthly, per worker) for each category as notified for the relevant State/Central sphere. Where the number of employees actually covered under EPF/ESI is less than the total workers engaged (mismatch), or where a month's contribution is marked "Not Deposited" below, the shortfall is computed adhoc on the selected wage category — ordinarily Unskilled, unless the auditor has more specific information about the affected workers.
EPF damages — Sec. 14B, EPF & MP Act, 1952 (rate depends on the period of default):
The gazette notifications of 14 June 2024 replaced the Para 32-A slab with a uniform 1% of the arrears per month or part thereof. Dues falling due on or after that date are computed on that basis — per month or PART, so a part month counts as a whole one and the charge is not pro-rated by days. Dues falling due before it keep the earlier slab, pro-rated on the stated per-annum rate. This tool selects the regime from each month's statutory due date; where a due date falls before the change and the amount was still outstanding after it, no damages figure is stated — the apportionment across the change of rate is not settled and the report says so rather than guessing. Note: the new basis is not a straight reduction — a short default and a default beyond roughly 25 months both cost more than the slab did, because the rate no longer depends on the period and the 25% ceiling is gone.
Applied per month or part thereof — a part month counts whole, never pro-rated by days — counted on the calendar from the statutory due date to the deposit date, or to the Date of Audit Report where the amount is still outstanding.
ESI damages — Reg. 31-C / Sec. 85-B (slab rates by period of delay, editable):
Applies to ESI only, per month, when checked. It does not apply to EPF damages: Para 32-A imposes no 100%-of-arrears ceiling, so capping them would understate the liability — and past roughly 25 months the amended 1%-per-month charge exceeds anything the old 25% ceiling permitted. Some commentary asserts a ceiling under Sec. 14B; if the authority applies one, the EPF figure in this report is the higher of the two.
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📅 Monthly Financial & Compliance Matrix

(Enter all data for the entire year in one place)
Month No. of Workers
(Billed)
Workers Covered
under EPF
EPF Amount
(₹)
Workers Covered
under ESI
ESI Amount
(₹)
Bill Amount
(₹)
GST
(₹)
TDS
(₹)
Compliance
Discrepancy
Remarks
(For "Other")
YEAR-TO-DATE TOTALS 0 0 ₹0 0 ₹0 ₹0 ₹0 ₹0

🛡 EPF & ESI Statutory Deposit Verification

(Mark deposit status per month — due date is the 15th of the following month)
Month Statutory Due Date EPF Deposit Status EPF Actual Deposit Date
(if Belated)
ESI Deposit Status ESI Actual Deposit Date
(if Belated)
"Not Applicable" = no employees were covered/due for that statutory scheme that month. Leave a month's EPF/ESI Deposit Status as "Not Applicable" only where no employees were required to be covered. Where the number of employees covered under EPF/ESI (entered above) is less than the total workers deployed, the shortfall for the uncovered employees is computed automatically regardless of the status marked here.