Restaurant payroll software that runs off attendance
The hours are already in the system. Payroll should be a review, not a spreadsheet rebuilt from scratch every month-end.
CountStand computes restaurant payroll directly from the attendance your staff already clock: base pay, overtime, advances and deductions roll up per employee into a payslip you approve, not re-key. Because scheduling, clock-in and labour cost live in the same system, the month-end run is a review of numbers you have watched all month, not a fresh reconciliation between a biometric device, a notebook and Excel.
What payroll covers once attendance feeds it
Everything downstream of the clock-in, in one place.
Pay computed from real hours
Base, overtime and late-deduction rules apply to the actual clock-in/clock-out record, so a month of shifts becomes a payslip without anyone re-adding hours.
Advances and deductions tracked
Salary advances taken mid-month, uniform or breakage deductions and one-off adjustments carry into the run and net off the payslip automatically.
Payslips your staff can read
A clean per-employee slip shows days worked, overtime, advances and net pay, shareable, so “why is my salary short” becomes a line item, not an argument.
Labour cost you saw coming
Because live labour cost sits next to sales all month in the workforce screen, the payroll total is never a month-end surprise.
Why is restaurant payroll so painful in India?
A restaurant pays a shifting roster, full-timers, part-timers, trial staff, people who took three advances and left before month-end. The pay owed is a function of hours actually worked, overtime on festival weekends, and the advances handed over in cash across the month. When those three facts live in a biometric device, a cash notebook and the manager’s memory, month-end becomes a reconciliation exercise that eats an evening and still shorts someone.
CountStand removes the reconciliation by never splitting the facts apart. The clock-in that opens a shift, the advance recorded against a staff member, and the pay rule on their profile are one dataset. Payroll reads it; it does not rebuild it.
Does the payroll run handle overtime and advances?
Yes. Overtime is derived from the scheduled shift versus the actual clock-out, so a cook who stayed two hours past close is paid for two hours without anyone filing a form. Advances are recorded the moment cash leaves the drawer and net against the same employee’s payslip, so the loop between “gave ₹2,000 on the 12th” and “deduct it on the 30th” closes itself.
This is deliberately a payroll-run and payslip tool, not a statutory PF/ESI filing engine, it gives you an accurate, approvable pay figure per employee. Where you need formal statutory filing, the numbers export cleanly for your accountant.
Asked by owners like you
Can CountStand calculate salaries from attendance automatically?
Yes, pay is computed from the clock-in/clock-out record already captured on shift, with overtime and late rules applied, so you approve a payslip rather than rebuild hours in a spreadsheet.
Does it track staff advances and deductions?
Yes. Advances are logged when the cash is handed over and net against that employee’s payslip; uniform, breakage and one-off deductions carry through the same run.
Is this full statutory PF and ESI filing?
It is a payroll-run and payslip tool that produces an accurate, approvable net-pay figure per employee, and exports the numbers for your accountant. It is not a statutory filing portal.
How much does payroll cost?
Payroll is part of CountStand, which starts at ₹999/mo per outlet with a 30-day free trial and no card, not a separate per-employee payroll subscription.
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