Version 16 Beta

This is the first beta of India Payroll — an app that brings India-specific statutory payroll compliance to Frappe HR. This release lays the foundation for income tax computation, statutory deductions, and the supporting setup and reporting around them.

Tax Regime & Income Tax

• Choose between old and new tax regimes — employees can now select their preferred tax regime, with a guided selector to help them decide. (#6)
• Marginal relief on surcharge — high-income tax calculations now correctly apply marginal relief so surcharge doesn't push net liability past the income threshold. (#10)
• Tax exemption categories — set up exemption categories and sub-categories (e.g. 80C, HRA) to support deductions and declarations. (#13)

Statutory Deductions

• EPF (Provident Fund) — automatically deducted in salary slips. (#14)
• ESI — configurable rules determine when ESI applies to an employee. (#9)
• Professional Tax — state-wise professional tax setup. (#3)
• Labour Welfare Fund (LWF) — deducted directly from salary slips. (#12)

Payroll Processing

• Net pay calculation — salary slips now compute net pay accounting for India-specific deductions. (#25)

Reports

• Bank Mandate report — generate bank mandate data for salary disbursement. (#7)

Setup & Maintenance

• Clean uninstall — custom fields and links are now removed properly when the app is uninstalled. (#16)
• Post-install fixes — smoother first-time setup. (#21)
• Backport support — tooling to backport changes to release branches. (#18, #19)

Fixes & Polish

• UI polish and bug fixes for the Tax Regime Selector. (#22, #23)
• Miscellaneous bug fixes across the app. (#17)

Full Changelog: https://github.com/frappe/india-payroll/commits/v16.0.0-beta.1