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Service · India entry
Arriving in India,running from day one.
For overseas companies opening a subsidiary, branch or liaison office: the choice of entity, the registrations, the bank account, and a payroll and compliance calendar that works from the first month.
Setting up in India is a sequence of dependent steps. Some sit with the Ministry of Corporate Affairs, some with the income-tax and GST authorities, and foreign investment reporting sits with an authorised dealer bank under the Foreign Exchange Management Act. Missing one holds up the next.
We run the sequence as a project with a single tracker. Documents that must be certified by an independent professional are certified by practitioners you appoint; we prepare, chase and coordinate, and then keep the entity compliant month after month.
Scope: preview, to be confirmed
At a glance
For
Overseas companies entering India
Rhythm
A set-up project, then a monthly calendar
Systems
MCA, tax and bank portals under your entity
You keep
Directors' decisions, signatures and funding
What's included
Six parts, one accountable desk.
01
Choosing the vehicle
A plain comparison of a private limited subsidiary, an LLP, and a branch, liaison or project office, against what you plan to do in India.
02
Incorporation coordination
Name reservation, the incorporation forms, director identification and signatures, coordinated to one timeline.
03
Registrations
PAN and TAN, GST where needed, PF and ESI, professional tax, and shops and establishments registration for the office.
04
Bank and capital
Opening the bank account, receiving share capital, and the foreign investment reporting through your authorised dealer bank.
05
First hires and payroll
Employment documents, payroll set-up and statutory registrations so the first salaries are paid correctly.
06
The compliance calendar
Board meetings, annual filings, tax and labour obligations mapped for the first year and kept live.
How it runs month to month
From decision to first payroll.
YouOur calendarStatutory date
Week 1Structure agreedEntity type, shareholders, directors and registered office decidedYou
Week 1–3Documents gatheredNotarised and apostilled documents from the parent companyYou
Week 3–6IncorporationForms filed on the MCA portal; certificate of incorporation issuedOur calendar
After incorporationBank and registrationsBank account, GST, PF, ESI and state registrationsOur calendar
Within 30 daysFDI reportingForm FC-GPR after shares are issued to the foreign parentStatutory
First monthFirst payrollSalaries, withholding and contributions on the new calendarOur calendar
From decision to first payroll. Timelines depend on document readiness overseas and on authority processing. Statutory limits are as of September 2026. Working calendar: to be confirmed per client
What we need from you
Six things that keep the calendar moving.
Most delays in outsourced work start with an unclear hand-off. These are agreed in writing before the first month.
Parent company documents
Certificate of incorporation, constitutional documents and board resolution, notarised and apostilled or legalised.
Director details
Identity and address documents for each director, and at least one director resident in India for a company.
A registered office
An address in India with proof of right to use it.
Business plan in brief
What the entity will do, so registrations match its activities.
Funding plan
How and when share capital or other funding will arrive.
Decision makers
Named people who can approve and sign on each side.
Deliverables
What lands on your desk.
Deliverable
When
Format
Entity comparison note
At start
PDF
Set-up tracker
Weekly
Shared sheet
Registration certificates and acknowledgements
As issued
PDF folder
First-year compliance calendar
Before first payroll
Shared sheet
Payroll set-up and first month's run
Month one
As per payroll service
Monthly compliance report
Monthly
PDF
Controls and data security
Checked twice. Owned by you.
The same principles run through every desk. How they apply to your systems is written into the scope. How we handle data
Control statements: to be confirmed
01
Independent certification
Forms that the law requires a practising professional to certify are certified by practitioners you appoint.
02
You hold the keys
Digital signatures and portal credentials belong to your directors and your entity.
03
One tracker
Every step, its owner and its status visible to both sides at all times.
04
Documents kept narrow
Identity documents are used only for the filings they were collected for.
05
Maker and checker
Every filing is reviewed by a second person before it goes to you for signature.
The four codes have been in force since 21 November 2025 and the Central Rules since May 2026. What to check in your wage structure, pay dates, registers and exits.
Questions
Asked before we start.
Anything else? The assistant answers from this website, or send the question with the form below.
Subsidiary or branch office?
It depends on what you will do in India. A subsidiary is a separate Indian company and can do most business. Branch, liaison and project offices need approval through an authorised dealer bank under FEMA and are limited to specific activities.
Do you incorporate the company yourselves?
We prepare and coordinate the filings and track them to completion. Where the law requires certification by a practising professional, that is done by practitioners you appoint.
Can you run payroll for the first hires?
Yes. Payroll and statutory registrations are set up so the first month's salaries, withholding and contributions are correct.
What does foreign investment reporting involve?
Share capital received from the foreign parent is reported through your authorised dealer bank. Form FC-GPR is due within 30 days of issuing the shares.
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