Surat, Gujarat
HRMS software in Surat
Kuzhu is HR and payroll software for Surat businesses: diamond cutting and polishing units at Varachha and Katargam, textile mills and processing houses at Pandesara and Sachin GIDC, embroidery and job-work units, textile traders on Ring Road, and the plants at Hazira. Piece-rate karigars, weekly-paid loom workers and salaried staff run on one payroll with PF, ESI and TDS, plus Gujarat’s flat professional tax and the half-yearly labour welfare fund.
₹200
the most professional tax a month in Gujarat
Udaipur
built and supported from Rajasthan next door
₹0 for life
up to 15 employees on the Basic plan
Today
What month end looks like in Surat
Wages by the piece, the week and the month
A diamond unit pays karigars per stone, a mill pays loom workers weekly and both pay office staff monthly; the accountant keeps three registers, and the professional tax deduction gets applied to whoever it is remembered for that month.
Diwali vacation empties the city
Karigars go home to Saurashtra for three or four weeks after Diwali; attendance, leave without pay and advances around the break are settled by hand, and the people who do not return still show as active in the register in January.
With Kuzhu
How the modules answer it
Every module reads the same employee record, so nothing below is an integration; it is one system seen from four sides.
Piece rate with PF and ESI computed correctly
Piece counts entered or imported for the month, wage types per employee, PF on wages up to ₹15,000 and ESI checked against the ₹21,000 ceiling each month, with the contribution-period rule applied so coverage does not flip halfway through.
Payroll module
The Diwali break, handled once
Company holidays and leave without pay for the vacation set once per branch, advances recorded against the employee and recovered on return, and staff who do not rejoin marked as exits with full and final instead of lingering on the roll.
Leave Management module
One muster for units across the city
Biometric punches from a Katargam unit, a Sachin mill and a Ring Road office come to one muster the same day, judged against the shift or the flexible rule set for each unit and employment type rather than a single company rule.
Attendance module
Payslips and leave on the phone
Karigars and loom workers see payslips, apply for leave and check balances on the Android or iOS app; supervisors approve from the floor; nobody needs the web login, and the same record feeds payroll at month end.
Mobile App moduleCompliance in Gujarat
What is different about payroll in Gujarat
PF, ESI and TDS are the same everywhere in India. These are the parts that follow the state, configured per branch so a company with people in two states runs both correctly.
Professional tax
Gujarat professional tax applies to salaried and wage-earning employees above the exemption threshold, deducted monthly and deposited with the local body under the employer’s registration; the slab table on this page carries the figures.
Labour welfare fund
Gujarat’s labour welfare fund contribution of ₹6 from the employee and ₹12 from the employer is deducted in June and December and paid to the Gujarat Labour Welfare Board; it covers employees of factories and establishments under the Act, which takes in most mills and diamond units.
Shops & Establishments
Trading offices, showrooms and shops register under the Gujarat Shops and Establishments Act, 2019 where they employ ten or more workers, and file an intimation below that; mills, processing houses and diamond units using power usually fall under the Factories Act instead.
Holidays
The Gujarat government list is the default; Surat units commonly add their own long Diwali break and the Uttarayan days, set per branch as company holidays or leave without pay depending on the unit’s practice.
Professional tax in Gujarat
Deducted from salary every month by slab.
| Gross salary | Professional tax |
|---|---|
| Up to ₹12,000 a month | Nil |
| Above ₹12,000 a month | ₹200 |
Asked first
Questions Surat companies ask on the first call
Is professional tax deducted in Surat?
Yes. Gujarat levies professional tax on salaried employees above a threshold, at the single monthly amount shown in the slab table on this page, and the employer deposits it with the local body. Kuzhu deducts it in the run, including for piece-rate workers whose gross crosses the threshold in a month, and skips those below it.
Can Kuzhu handle piece-rate wages for diamond karigars?
Yes. Each employee carries a wage type, so piece-rate karigars, weekly-paid loom workers and monthly-salaried staff run in the same payroll. Piece counts and rates are entered or imported, PF and ESI are applied where the person is covered, and the payslip shows the count, the rate and every deduction.
Do you provide on-site support in Surat?
The team is in Udaipur. Implementation for Surat companies runs over video in two to four weeks, including import, configuration and one parallel payroll reconciled to the rupee. For larger rollouts in Gujarat, on-site visits for go-live and training are arranged. Support afterwards is by phone and WhatsApp in Hindi or English.
What happens to attendance during the Diwali vacation?
The break is set once as company holidays, paid leave or leave without pay per unit, whichever your practice is. Advances given before the break are recorded and recovered from the next salaries, and anyone who does not return is marked as an exit with a full and final settlement, so the roll stays true.
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Tell us how HR runs today and roughly how many people you have. We show you the same thing your team would use on Monday, and we say so if it does not fit.
- No card, no contract, nothing installed
- A parallel payroll reconciled before you switch
- Support in Hindi and English, on the phone
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