Also check EPF contribution, ESI, and salary TDS (Sec 192).
Indian payroll compliance runs on at least six separate statutory clocks that rarely line up: PF (monthly, 15th), ESI (monthly, 15th), TDS on salary under Section 192 (monthly, 7th — except the March deduction, which gets an extended 30 April deadline), Form 24Q (quarterly), Form 16 (annual, 15 June), and then two state-specific levies — Professional Tax and the Labour Welfare Fund — whose cadence (monthly, half-yearly or annual) and exact due dates vary state by state. This tool lays every one of those out across a single financial year, for the state(s) and applicability toggles you choose.
The central due dates (PF, ESI, TDS 192, 24Q, Form 16) are stable, long-standing rules under the EPF Scheme, ESI (General) Regulations, and Income-tax Rules 30/31/31A — they don't move often, though CBDT and EPFO/ESIC do occasionally amend them, so always check for a more recent circular. The state PT and LWF entries carry the same verification labeling as CORAA's dedicated Professional Tax and LWF calculators: where an exact due day could not be independently confirmed, the calendar marks it rather than guessing a specific date.
One transition worth tracking separately from all of that: effective 21 November 2025, the EPF Act 1952 and ESI Act 1948 were repealed and carried into the Code on Social Security, 2020 — the PF and ESI rows on this calendar reflect the due dates and rates that carried forward at implementation. TDS Sec 192 (Income-tax Act) and the state PT/LWF entries are unrelated central-tax and state-subject matters respectively, and neither was touched by that transition.
A Maharashtra-based employer with both PF and ESI applicable wants the July due-date list.
