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Finacial Year Closer

Leave Balance and Payroll Year Closing

1. Leave Balance Update

There are 3 payroll types:

  1. Attendance Cut-Off
  2. Calendar Month
  3. Salary Cut

Leave Balance Behavior

For all three payroll types:

  • If Leave Cycle is set to Auto, the leave balance will be carried forward, encashed, lapsed, and the new balance will be updated on 1 April as per the leave policy.
  • If Leave Cycle is set to Manual, the leave balance will be carried forward, encashed, lapsed, and the new balance will be updated at the time of attendance freeze , as per the leave policy.
Payroll TypeLeave Cycle Setting
Attendance CutAuto
Calendar MonthManual
Salary CutAuto

2. Closing the Payroll Year

Before running payroll for the new financial year, you must close the old financial year in the system.

Path:

Payroll Setup → Payroll Setting → Payroll Financial Calendar Financial Calendar

Financial Calendar

Important Points

  • First close the current financial year.
  • Only after closing the year you can run payroll for the new financial year.
  • After closing the year, TDS declaration cannot be changed.
  • Old payroll and TDS data cannot be modified.
  • After closing the current year, you can run April 2026 payroll.
  • If the year is not closed, the system will show an error. -->

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