Why Manual Payroll Fails at Scale
This guide is for HR and payroll operators who want a repeatable monthly runbook. For product release notes on tax engines and Form 16, see Payroll Engine Updates instead.
Spreadsheet-based payroll depends on someone copying attendance data from one system to another every month. A single transposed number causes incorrect payslips, employee disputes, and compliance penalties.
Attend Mitra eliminates the copy-paste step: attendance logs, approved leave, and overtime hours flow directly into the payroll engine.
- LOP days calculated automatically from absent records
- Approved leave deducted from balances before payroll run
- Overtime hours pulled from shift and attendance data
Running Your First Automated Payroll
Navigate to Payroll → Run Payroll, select the pay period, and review the pre-filled attendance summary. The system flags anomalies — employees with zero attendance days, missing bank details, or pending leave approvals.
Resolve flagged items, confirm the salary breakdown, and process. Payslips are published to the mobile app and emailed to employees within minutes.
- Preview payroll summary before final processing
- Handle mid-month joiners and exits with pro-rata calculation
- Generate EPF, ESIC, and PT challans in the same workflow
Reconciliation and Reporting
After each run, download the payroll register and compare totals against the attendance report. Attend Mitra provides a reconciliation view that highlights any mismatch between days worked and days paid.
Keep this guide bookmarked as your monthly checklist; use product updates only when tax rules or Form 16 features change.