Free Salary Slip (Payslip) Generator
Fill in the employer, employee and salary components, then download a clean payslip PDF. Everything runs in your browser — no sign-up, no watermark, and nothing you type leaves your device.
Summary
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What goes on a payslip
A payslip is a statement of how a month's pay was arrived at. It has three parts: who the payment is for and which period it covers, what was earned, and what was deducted. The difference between those last two is net pay — the amount actually transferred.
Keeping earnings and deductions itemised matters more than the visual design. An employee applying for a home loan will be asked to prove their basic salary, not just their take-home, and a lender will not accept a single consolidated figure.
Typical components
On the earnings side, basic salary is usually 40–50% of CTC, with house rent allowance set at 50% of basic in metro cities and 40% elsewhere. Special allowance absorbs whatever is left. Some employers add conveyance, medical or leave travel allowance as separate lines.
On the deductions side, provident fund is 12% of basic, subject to the employer's policy on the ₹15,000 wage ceiling. Professional tax is a state levy capped at ₹2,500 a year. Income tax is deducted at source based on the employee's projected annual income and declared investments. ESI applies only while gross wages are ₹21,000 a month or below.
Keeping payslips consistent
The most common problem with manually produced payslips is drift — component names that change between months, or amounts that do not reconcile with what was actually paid. If you are issuing payslips for more than a few people, generating them from a stored salary structure rather than retyping them each month removes an entire category of disputes.
Frequently asked questions
- What must a salary slip contain?
- A payslip should identify the employer and employee, state the pay period and paid days, and itemise every earning and deduction separately before showing the net pay. Typical earnings are basic, HRA and special allowance; typical deductions are provident fund, professional tax and TDS. There is no single prescribed national format, but these elements are what banks, landlords and visa offices look for.
- Is a payslip legally required in India?
- Yes. Employers are required to issue wage slips to employees, and the obligation runs through state shops and establishments legislation as well as central wage law. Beyond compliance, employees routinely need payslips to apply for loans, rent a home or process a visa.
- Is this payslip generator really free?
- Yes — no sign-up, no email, no watermark, and no limit on how many you generate. The PDF is created entirely in your browser, which also means nothing you type is transmitted to us or stored on any server.
- Can I add my own salary components?
- Yes. The earnings and deductions lists are fully editable — rename any line, change the amounts, or add and remove rows to match your own structure, including conveyance, LTA, medical allowance, ESI or loan recoveries.
- What does a payslip show for an employee on loss of pay?
- Reduce the paid days and pro-rate the affected earnings. If an employee worked 24 of 30 days, the earnings that attract loss of pay are charged at 24/30. Keep the paid-days field accurate, since that is what makes the arithmetic auditable later.
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Generating these one at a time?
This works for a handful of payslips. Past that, the copying and pasting is the problem. Smart Dhandha holds each employee's salary structure, runs payroll for the whole team in one go, and issues every payslip automatically — with PF, professional tax and TDS already calculated.
- One payroll run issues payslips for the whole team
- Salary structures and revisions stored per employee
- Statutory deductions tracked ready for filing
This tool is provided free for general guidance and uses the rates noted above. Statutory rates change, and individual circumstances differ — please confirm with your accountant or a qualified professional before relying on these figures for filing or payroll.