See what your payroll or HR software bill becomes at renewal after a price uplift, added employees and new modules, before GST.
Enter your current annual bill, the uplift stated in the renewal notice or contract, the number of employees you expect to add and their annual price, and any new modules. The tool adds them up: increase = bill × uplift + price per added employee × added employees; renewed bill = current bill + increase + new modules.
Worked example (illustrative). A 100-person business pays ₹1,20,000 a year. The renewal notice applies a 10% uplift (₹12,000). It plans to add 15 employees at ₹1,200 a year each (₹18,000) and switch on an attendance module of ₹24,000 a year. Increase = ₹12,000 + ₹18,000 = ₹30,000; renewed bill = ₹1,20,000 + ₹30,000 + ₹24,000 = ₹1,74,000, 45% more than this year.
Adding GST. To see the GST-inclusive invoice, run the tool again with the renewed bill as the amount, 18% as the percent and zero in the other fields: ₹1,74,000 + ₹31,320 = ₹2,05,320. A GST-registered business can usually claim this as input tax credit; check with your CA.
Use it to negotiate. Ask for the uplift cap in writing, remove inactive employee records before the renewal count date, and compare the result with a switch. The billing and renewal guide explains notice periods and caps.
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