What India compliance do foreign companies with staff in India typically need?

Most setups need payroll taxes and statutory deductions (TDS on salary, PF and ESIC where applicable, Professional Tax), GST if the entity is registered or required to register, timely books, and company law filings (MCA/ROC) for Indian entities. Exact obligations depend on entity type, states, and transactions.

Does Sevendyne replace our chartered accountant or company secretary?

Sevendyne executes payroll, prepares data, and runs agreed filing workflows in Zoho. Where Indian law requires a CA, CS, or auditor sign-off, we coordinate with your professionals and supply clean records — we do not issue statutory opinions in their place.

What is the difference between payroll outsourcing and Employer of Record (EOR)?

Payroll outsourcing usually means your entity employs staff and we run payroll and HR operations. EOR means Sevendyne may employ eligible staff in India on paper while you manage day-to-day work — common when you have no India entity.

How much does India statutory compliance cost with Sevendyne?

Indicative monthly retainers are published on the Sevendyne pricing page: light compliance bundles often fall in roughly ₹8,000–₹18,000 per month on top of payroll fees for smaller setups; fuller entity bundles often fall in roughly ₹18,000–₹45,000 per month depending on complexity. Final fees are confirmed after scope review.

India Statutory Compliance — Explained and Handled for You

If you have Indian employees or an India entity, you face GST, TDS, PF/ESIC, Professional Tax, MCA filings, and more. Sevendyne runs payroll and filings end‑to‑end — with purpose‑built processes and Zoho‑based accounting — so international companies do not need to build an India finance team.

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Who this page is for

Foreign companies with India staff or an LLP/Pvt Ltd in India; founders who need one accountable partner for compliance, not a patchwork of vendors.

We are not a generic “outsourcing” call centre — we are a small, founder‑led team that has run live cross‑border payroll and compliance for years (including long‑running relationships in the UK, Germany, Malaysia, Singapore, the Middle East, and beyond). This page lists what we actually file and manage; if something is outside our scope, we say so upfront.

Compliance we run (typical scope)

Exact scope depends on your entity type, headcount, and states — below is what international clients most often ask us to own.

GST

Registration where required; monthly/quarterly GSTR‑1 and GSTR‑3B preparation and filing support; reconciliation with sales and purchases. We coordinate with your finance lead so overseas invoicing and India GST stay aligned.

TDS — salary & vendors

Salary TDS (Form 24Q quarterly), vendor TDS (26Q where applicable), certificates and deduction tracking. We work with your books so TDS matches actual payments.

PF & ESIC

Monthly contributions, challans, returns, and employee UAN/ESIC maintenance as per your eligible workforce — coordinated with payroll runs.

Professional Tax (PT)

State‑wise PT registration and monthly deductions where employees are based — often missed by foreign‑only finance teams.

MCA & company law

Annual filing support for Indian entities: Form 8/11, AOC‑4, and related ROC/MCA timelines — in coordination with your CS/auditor where required.

Income tax & books

ITR for LLP/Pvt Ltd where we support your CA; day‑to‑day bookkeeping and reporting in Zoho Books (or your stack) so filings are not guesswork.

Note: Sevendyne operates payroll, HR operations, and compliance execution — not standalone legal opinions. Where a chartered accountant or company secretary sign‑off is mandatory, we work with yours and supply clean data and timelines.

How this connects to payroll & EOR

Compliance is not separate from payroll — it is the same money and the same deadlines.

Payroll & HR operations — salaries, payslips, statutory deductions, employee records.
Employer of Record / India team building — we employ in India where the model requires it; you manage day‑to‑day work.
This compliance page — the filing and reporting layer that makes payroll defensible with Indian authorities.

For indicative fee ranges (payroll packages + compliance add‑ons), see Pricing → India statutory compliance.

Frequently asked questions

What India compliance do foreign companies with India staff usually need?

Payroll taxes and statutory deductions (TDS, PF/ESIC where applicable, PT), GST and books if your structure requires it, and MCA/ROC timelines for Indian entities. Scope depends on entity type, states, and volume.

Do you replace our CA or company secretary?

No — we execute workflows and supply clean data. Your CA/CS/auditor signs off where the law requires it.

Payroll outsourcing vs Employer of Record (EOR)?

Payroll / HR ops: often your entity employs people; we run payroll. EOR: we may employ in India where the model requires; you direct the work.

What does compliance cost?

See indicative bands on our pricing page — final retainer after entity review.