Salary TDS deposit
Period: September 2026
Non-government salary deductors; March deductions are due 30 April.
Official referenceIndia Payroll Compliance Calendar 2026–27
Build a payroll deadline calendar for your registrations. National dates are sourced; local obligations are kept visible, with an option to add the due date from your own notice.
Rules last verified 2026-10-08
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4 deadlines in this view
ESI contributions
Period: September 2026
Covered establishments; standard date, subject to specific extensions.
Official referencePF contributions / ECR
Period: September 2026
Covered establishments; standard date, subject to specific extensions.
Official referenceSalary TDS statement — Form 138
Period: Q2, income year 2026–27
Income-tax Act, 2025 salary quarterly statement; standard due date.
Official referenceImport the ICS into your calendar and enable imported display alarms. Dates are standard dates, without automatic holiday shifts or later extensions. This export is not a live subscription.
Keep the wage month separate from the payment month
PF and ESI contributions for September normally appear as October payment tasks. Salary TDS for March has a distinct April deadline. The year and month filters operate on due dates, not on the payroll period.
Enable only the registrations that apply to you. The calendar includes standard national dates for non-government salary deductors and lets you add an authority-confirmed local date. It does not automatically shift a deadline because of a weekend or assume an extension.
The downloaded file is a snapshot. Calendar alarms depend on your calendar application's import settings. A later notification does not update a previously imported file.
Worked example
September 2026 PF and ESI payments are listed on 15 October 2026. The salary TDS quarterly statement for July–September is listed on 31 October 2026.
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Read the records, assumptions and steps behind this tool. Source review: 2026-10-08. Review the relevant authority again before a filing or settlement.
Questions people actually ask
- Which month do PF and ESI deadlines refer to?
- The calendar shows the payment due month. PF and ESI entries on 15 October, for example, relate to contributions for September. Keep the wage period separate from the payment date.
- Does salary TDS always fall due on the seventh?
- For the non-government deductors covered here, the normal date is the seventh of the following month. March deductions have a separate 30 April date. Special payment categories and government deductors need different rules.
- Why does the calendar use Form 138?
- The Income Tax Department identifies Form 138 as the salary TDS quarterly statement under the 2025 Act, previously Form 24Q. Returns for periods before April 2026 retain the old framework.
- Are state professional tax and welfare dates included?
- Kerala village-panchayat professional tax dates can be enabled separately. Other local dates should be added from the authority's notice; selecting a state does not imply every local rule has been verified.
- Will the calendar send email or WhatsApp reminders?
- Download the ICS file and import it into a calendar that supports display alarms. It contains a three-day reminder. GHR does not send messages or retain your schedule through this tool.
- Does an announced extension update my downloaded calendar?
- No. This is a dated calendar export, not a live subscription. Check the linked authority before a filing and regenerate the export when a deadline changes or an extension is announced.
Sources
- Income Tax Department — tax payment dates https://www.incometax.gov.in/iec/foportal/help/all-topics/e-filing-services/tax-payments-faq
- Income Tax Department — Form 138 salary return https://www.incometax.gov.in/iec/foportal/newformpage/forms/form138-um
- EPFO — employer contribution payment guidance — Older booklet: used for payment process, not its superseded wage ceiling. https://www.epfindia.gov.in/site_docs/PDFs/MiscPDFs/Employer_Information_Booklet.pdf
- ESIC — contributions and due date https://www.esic.gov.in/contribution
- Kerala panchayat — professional tax dates https://panchayatwiki.lsgkerala.gov.in/Panchayat%3ARepo18/Law_Manual_Page0265
Where an official source could not be retrieved or read, this page says so instead of citing a substitute. A figure whose citation cannot be produced is a figure this site will not publish.
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