Free for you and your clients — no signup

Give your clients a free payroll tool.
You review the numbers.

Your SMB clients upload their salary sheet. The AI calculates PF, ESI, PT and TDS for all 28 states, flags anomalies, and generates the ECR file and payslips — in under 30 seconds. You review before they file.

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Your clients are doing payroll in Excel. Every month. Getting the PF and ESI thresholds wrong.
They send you half-complete data, you spend time chasing corrections, and someone still files late. A free tool that does the calculations correctly — and flags the anomalies before they reach you — fixes this for everyone.
How it works

You share a link.
Your client does the rest.

No software to install. No new account for your client. No change to how you file.

01
You share the link
Send cohort26.com/payroll-agent to your client over WhatsApp or email. One message. They open it in any browser — no signup, no app.
02
Client uploads their sheet
They drag and drop their existing Excel salary sheet. Any format works — the AI maps column names automatically. "Base Pay", "Basic Salary", "BP" — it reads all of them.
03
AI calculates everything
PF at 12%, ESI threshold check, PT by state (28 states covered), TDS new regime with 87A rebate — all calculated instantly. Anomalies flagged before the client sees the output.
04
You review the numbers
Client downloads the PF ECR file, ESI statement, payslips PDF, and TDS working sheet. They share the summary with you. You verify. You file as always.
What you get

Less back-and-forth.
Cleaner numbers to review.

Correct PF and ESI calculations — every time
The AI knows the ₹15,000 PF cap, the ₹21,000 ESI gross threshold, the EPS ₹1,250 cap. Your clients stop sending you wrong numbers.
Anomalies flagged before they reach you
High LWP, ESI threshold crossings, basic above PF cap — the tool surfaces these for your client to confirm before you even see the file.
Filing-ready outputs — no reformatting
PF ECR 2.0 format for EPFO portal. ESI statement in Excel. Per-employee payslips in PDF. TDS Form 24Q working sheet. All formatted correctly.
Covers all 28 states — correct PT slabs
Karnataka ₹200, West Bengal tiered, Kerala tiered, Odisha 6-tier, Meghalaya — all correct. Your client selects their state, the PT is applied automatically.
No data stored — processed in the browser
Your client's salary data never leaves their computer. The calculations happen entirely in their browser. Nothing is sent to any server. Nothing to worry about for DPDP compliance.
Free. Permanently. No subscription.
There is no paid tier for this tool. No trial that expires. You can share it with every client you have. No credit card, no account, nothing to manage.
The numbers

What changes for a CA with 10 SMB clients

30sec
Time for your client to get all four filing-ready files
0
Wrong PF calculations to correct after the tool runs
28
States with correct PT slabs built in
₹0
Cost to you and your clients. Forever.

This is not a software pitch.

We're not asking you to switch tools, sign up, or change how you file. We built a free tool your clients can use right now. If you want to recommend it to them, the link is below. If you want to talk about what comes next — managed payroll for your clients, white-label, anything — email us.

Email founders@cohort26.com →
How client data is handled
  • All calculations run in the client's browser — no data is sent to any server
  • No account, no login, no data stored after the session
  • Client salary data never touches our infrastructure
  • DPDP-safe by design — nothing to disclose or manage
  • Open source calculation engine — auditable by anyone
Free — no signup needed

Share this with your clients.
They'll thank you for it.

One WhatsApp message. Your client runs their own payroll correctly. You get clean numbers to review. No software to install for anyone.

Share on WhatsApp → Try the tool first

Want to discuss white-labeling or managed payroll for your clients?
Email founders@cohort26.com — we're based in India, we'll respond same day.