Salary Day, and the Carpenter’s Third Advance
Two designers and a supervisor are on a monthly salary. The carpenter has taken three advances against a villa that is nowhere near finished, and the amounts are in a diary.
Two kinds of people, one month end
Salaried staff are paid from attendance and leave already recorded. Site labour is paid against the project it worked on, advance by advance. Payroll management for a studio is mostly keeping those two straight, because the second one is where money disappears.
What the run picks up
Days and leave
Attendance and approved leave already on the record, so nobody rebuilds the month from memory.
Deductions
Advances, recoveries, and whatever your studio deducts, applied against the person rather than remembered by the owner.
Payslips
A slip per person for the month, which is what staff ask for when they apply for a loan.
Cost on the project
Site payments book to the flat they were earned on, so labour cost reaches budget against actual.
The carpenter ledger nobody keeps well
- Advances paid, dated, against the site
- Part-payments against work completed
- What is still due when the wardrobe is finished
- The final settlement, and what it leaves outstanding
PF, ESI, and TDS stay with your accountant
Nothing here files a return or claims to keep you compliant with any of it. Payments and deductions are recorded and exported for your accountant to post in Tally. A studio that needs full statutory payroll should keep the package it already has.
Frequently asked questions
Does it calculate PF and ESI?
No. It records salaries, advances, deductions, and what was paid. Statutory calculation and filing stay with your accountant or your existing payroll package.
Can we see what one villa cost us in labour?
Yes. Salaried hours and site payments booked to that project add up to its labour cost, which sits beside the material spend on the same budget page.
Does the carpenter see what he has been paid?
Not directly, he has no login. The studio can show or print his ledger, which is usually what ends the argument at settlement.
Can payments be exported for Tally?
Yes, as a file your accountant posts. A direct link into Tally is separate work, quoted only where he actually wants it.
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