Yes! Pluto
HR & payroll software made for India

Payroll, payslips and leave, done right every month

Pluto runs payroll with PF, ESI, professional tax and TDS, sends payslips and Form 16, and handles leave, onboarding, exits and GST invoicing, all in one place for growing Indian companies.

No card needed. Set up in about 15 minutes, then import your employees from a spreadsheet.

Payslip · October 2026 Locked

Basic₹75,000
House Rent Allowance₹30,000
Special Allowance₹45,000
Provident Fund− ₹1,800
Professional Tax (Karnataka)− ₹200
Income Tax (TDS, new regime)− ₹12,567
Net pay₹1,35,433

Example: ₹1.5 lakh a month in Karnataka, calculated by Pluto. Payslips are emailed as password-protected PDFs.

Everything HR needs, from offer letter to Form 16

One HRMS for the whole employee journey: hiring, monthly payroll, leave, tax and exit, with a self-service login for every employee.

Payroll software with Indian compliance

Monthly payroll runs with review, approval and lock, so nothing changes after salaries are paid.

  • PF (EPF and EPS), ESI, professional tax, LWF
  • TDS under the old and new regime
  • Loss of pay, bonus, arrears, deductions
  • Full and final: gratuity, leave encashment, notice pay

Payslips and Form 16

Payslips go out by email as password-protected PDFs, and stay available in each employee's login.

  • Form 16 Part B from the year's payslips
  • Investment declarations with HR verification
  • Salary revision letters with full breakup
  • Share Form 16 Part A from TRACES in bulk

Leave management

Leave policies that apply themselves: monthly or yearly accruals, carry-forward caps and year-end lapse.

  • Apply and approve in a click, half-days included
  • Manager approvals and a team calendar
  • Holiday calendars by state
  • Loss of pay flows straight into payroll

Onboarding and exits

New joiners fill in their details and upload documents on a secure pre-boarding page before day one.

  • Onboarding and offboarding checklists
  • Offer and appointment letters
  • Resignations submitted and approved online
  • Former employees keep access to payslips and Form 16

Employee self-service and help desk

Every employee gets a login for payslips, leave, tax declarations and profile updates.

  • Help-desk tickets go to the manager, then HR
  • Bank and PAN changes need HR approval
  • Notifications for every important event
  • Works on phones and laptops

GST invoicing and purchase orders

For services companies: bill clients against their purchase orders and track every rupee owed.

  • CGST + SGST, IGST, SEZ (LUT or IGST) and export
  • Your own invoice number format
  • Payments with client TDS, overdue tracking
  • Client ledger with debit, credit and balance

Built for Indian payroll and tax rules

Pluto is made for how salaries are paid in India, so HR stops maintaining spreadsheets of statutory rules.

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  • Professional tax slabs for Karnataka, Maharashtra, Telangana and West Bengal, including the February amount; add any state's slabs yourself.
  • TDS that catches up: projects the year, subtracts tax already deducted, and spreads the rest over the remaining months, with the 87A rebate and marginal relief.
  • PF and ESI with the PF wage ceiling, EPS and EPF split, and the ESI wage limit.
  • Bank and EPFO files: a salary payment file for your bank (standard CSV, HDFC ENet, or your bank's own column layout) and the EPFO ECR file from each approved payroll.
  • Switch mid-year: import employees with salary, PF, PT and TDS already paid this financial year, so Form 16 adds up.
  • GST invoices with the right CGST/SGST or IGST from the client's state, SEZ declarations and LUT export.

Go live in an afternoon

A setup guide walks you through everything; your progress is saved as you go.

Create your company

Sign up with your work email. Pluto comes ready with Indian payroll defaults, standard leave types and holidays.

Import your employees

Fill in our spreadsheet template and import everyone, with opening balances for salary, tax and leave.

Run your first payroll

Check the go-live checklist, run payroll, approve, lock and send payslips. Employees get their logins by email.

Salary data deserves serious security

HR data is some of the most sensitive data a company holds. Pluto protects it at every layer.

  • PAN, Aadhaar, bank accounts and uploaded documents are encrypted with a separate key for each company.
  • Each company's data is isolated in the database itself, not just in the app.
  • People see only what their role allows: employees their own records, managers their team.
  • An audit log records every change and cannot be edited.
  • With two or more admins, payroll needs a second admin to approve, and HR cannot change their own pay.

Frequently asked questions

About Pluto's HR and payroll software.

Does Pluto calculate PF, ESI, professional tax and TDS?

Yes. Every payroll run calculates employee and employer PF (with the wage ceiling and EPS split), ESI, state professional tax, Karnataka Labour Welfare Fund and monthly TDS under the old or new tax regime, using each employee's declarations and the salary already paid this financial year.

Which states' professional tax does Pluto support?

Karnataka, Maharashtra, Telangana and West Bengal slabs are built in, including February adjustments and gender-based slabs. You can add or edit slabs for other states in settings.

Can we switch to Pluto in the middle of the financial year?

Yes. Import your employees from a CSV file with the salary, PF, PT and TDS already paid this year and their leave balances, so TDS and Form 16 are correct from your first month on Pluto.

Do employees get their own login?

Yes. Employees see their payslips, apply for leave, submit tax declarations and raise help-desk tickets. Managers approve their team's leave. Former employees can keep downloading their payslips and Form 16.

How is employee data protected?

PAN, Aadhaar, bank account numbers and uploaded documents are encrypted with a key for each company, every company's data is isolated at the database level, and an audit log records every change.

Can Pluto raise GST invoices?

Yes. Raise GST invoices against client purchase orders with CGST and SGST, IGST, SEZ (with IGST or under LUT) or export treatment, record payments and TDS deducted by clients, and see a ledger for each client.

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