Founder of Prifinance. 15+ years structuring international companies, banking and licensing for founders worldwide.
Register a company in India, the other billion-consumer market.
Set up an Indian Private Limited remotely - one SPICe+ filing delivers the company, tax numbers and GST together, FDI flows automatic in most sectors, and GIFT City offers finance a ten-year holiday. Three machine parts to know: a resident director is mandatory, GST compliance is monthly and real, and the rupee repatriates on paperwork, not vibes.An Indian Private Limited remotely: one SPICe+ filing delivers company, PAN, TAN and GST; FDI automatic in most sectors; GIFT City's ten-year holiday for finance. The machinery: a resident director, monthly GST, papered repatriation.
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The fastest-growing large economy, in English.
India is the world's other billion-consumer market - the fastest-growing large economy, a digital stack (UPI, Aadhaar, ONDC) that leapfrogged the West's payment rails, and the talent base behind the global capability centre boom that has every Fortune 500 building engineering hubs in Bengaluru, Hyderabad and Pune. Incorporation modernised with it: the SPICe+ form delivers the company, director IDs, PAN, TAN and GST registration in one MCA filing, FDI enters automatically at 100% in most sectors, and GIFT City's IFSC hands financial-services units a ten-year tax holiday with its own regulator.
The working numbers: the effective corporate rate is ~25.2% (the 22%-plus-cess election most companies take); dividends are taxed in shareholders' hands with 20%-before-treaty withholding to non-residents. Every company needs one India-resident director - ours available - and investments from land-border countries route through government approval under Press Note 3, a rule some structures must plan around. GST is a monthly, e-invoiced discipline; transfer pricing is enforced with appetite; litigation runs on geological time, so contracts arbitrate. The rupee repatriates reliably through papered channels. India rewards process - and process is the product we sell.
The other billion: fastest-growing large economy, UPI-era digital rails, and the talent engine behind the GCC boom. SPICe+ modernised the paperwork; FDI enters automatically at 100% in most sectors; GIFT City runs India's onshore offshore for finance.
~25.2% effective, dividends 20% before treaties, one director must live in India 182+ days (ours included), Press Note 3 gates land-border investors, GST is a monthly e-invoiced discipline, transfer pricing is enforced, and litigation arbitrates elsewhere. Process is the product.
Indian company - cost & packages.
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Remote registration of an Indian Private Limited - SPICe+ filing, director identification, PAN/TAN, GST registration and the first year of the registered address included.
Optional add-ons: GIFT City IFSC structuring - scoped per case · FDI reporting (FC-GPR) - from $400 · accounting & GST - from $220/month · renewal - from $1,800/year.Add-ons: GIFT scoping per case · FC-GPR from $400 · accounting & GST from $220/month · renewal from $1,800/year.
Start with Company →Company + Bank Account
A working Private Limited with an Indian bank account - INR and foreign-currency accounts with FDI inflows reported properly from day one.
Popular uses for an Indian company.
FDI enters automatically at 100% in most sectors; a short approval list and the land-border rule aside, the market opens on filing. With GIFT City as the licensed-finance door.Automatic FDI at 100% in most sectors; a short approval list plus the land-border rule; GIFT City for licensed finance.
The boom of the decade. Captive tech and operations centres for global groups.
Selling to 1.4 billion as UPI-era consumption formalises and compounds.
Production-linked incentive schemes paying manufacturers to build in India.
The original industry. Now with SEZ-successor regimes and export muscle.
IFSC units with a ten-year holiday, offshore-facing licences and their own regulator.
Single-brand and wholesale channels open; multi-brand retail stays gated.
The decade's boom.
1.4B formalising demand.
Paid to build in India.
The original industry.
The ten-year holiday.
Channels mapped end to end.
Key advantages of the jurisdiction.
1.4B consumers in the fastest-growing large economy. The demand curve of the decade.The demand curve itself.
Contracts, courts and code in the language you already work in.Your working language.
SPICe+ bundles the company, PAN, TAN and GST. The paperwork modernised.SPICe+ bundles it all.
The GCC boom exists because the engineering pipeline is real and vast.Why the GCCs came.
Ten years tax-free for IFSC financial units. India's own offshore centre, onshore.Onshore offshore.
UPI, Aadhaar-KYC and e-invoicing. Compliance and commerce ride the same stack.UPI to e-invoicing.
India next to the scale shortlist.
China is the other billion with harder walls; Vietnam the nimble plus-one; Bangladesh the garment floor; the UAE competes for back offices without the market. India sells demand plus talent, in English. Figures current as of 2026.China: harder walls. Vietnam: the plus-one. Bangladesh: the floor. UAE: the tax rival. India: demand + talent in English. As of 2026.
| Country | Corporate tax | Ownership | Signature edge |
|---|---|---|---|
| India | ~25.2% effective | 100% automatic most | Demand + talent + English |
| China | 25% · 5% small | 100% open list | The supply chain |
| Vietnam | 20% | 100% licensed | The plus-one |
| Bangladesh | 27.5% · RMG 12% | 100% most | The garment floor |
| UAE | 9% | 100% | The tax-side rival |
What Indian law actually demands.
From application to a live company in weeks.
Everything runs through the MCA's SPICe+ rails - with the resident-director and FDI-route questions answered before filing.DSCs and documents, SPICe+ inside two weeks, bank + FC-GPR on the 30-day clock, GST rhythm from month one - 2-4 weeks.
Route, state, capital and the resident-director plan. Decided first.
Digital signatures and notarised-apostilled shareholder documents prepared.
Name, incorporation, DINs, PAN, TAN and GST in the single form.
Account opened; share subscription lands and FC-GPR files on time.
Professional tax, shops & establishments and state items as applicable.
E-invoicing and monthly returns configured. The discipline that keeps India smooth.
FC-GPR reporting of foreign capital has a 30-day clock - missed filings compound into penalties, so ours file with the inflow, not after it.
On the ground in India.

Your setup is run with Mumbai counsel and CAs who file MCA and RBI work every week.
The 182-day seat provided with governance banks and auditors respect.
Monthly e-invoiced returns and the statutory audit. The machinery carried for you.
A network of offices across Europe, the Gulf and the Americas. One team for your whole international structure.
















A quarter, effectively - with GIFT City's zero for finance.
Most companies elect the 22% regime, landing at ~25.2% effective with surcharge and cess. Dividends are taxed in shareholders' hands - 20% withholding to non-residents before treaties trim it. GST runs 5/12/18/28% by category with monthly e-invoiced returns. GIFT City's IFSC offers financial units a ten-year, hundred-percent holiday.~25.2% effective, dividends 20% treaty-cut, GST 5-28% monthly, GIFT City at zero for finance - transfer pricing documented from day one.
The 115BAA election most companies take; older regimes linger for some.The standard election.
To non-residents before treaties (typically 10-15%). The planned exit line.Treaties trim to 10-15%.
The monthly discipline; input credits reward clean e-invoiced books.The monthly discipline.
Ten years at zero for qualifying financial units. India's onshore offshore.Ten years at zero.
Owners remain responsible for tax where they live - and Indian transfer-pricing documentation is written with the group structure, not discovered at audit.
The specialists who'll handle your case.
Guides clients from the first consultation to a working setup - companies, accounts and substance in 60+ jurisdictions.
Handles incorporation paperwork, KYC and bank introductions so your Indian company launches without delays.
Active across our channels.
The other billion, entered by process - company, resident director, FDI reporting and GST rhythm in one project. Full support, start to finish.
Talk to a specialist →India, filed properly.
Can I open an Indian company without visiting?+
Yes - SPICe+ filing, digital signatures and tax numbers run remotely on apostilled documents, and our resident-director solution satisfies the 182-day rule. Banks onboard with video KYC increasingly; a visit helps for some institutions and most business anyway.
How much does it cost?+
Turnkey registration starts from $2,400 including SPICe+, DINs, PAN/TAN/GST and the resident-director seat for year one; with banking and FDI reporting from $3,900. Renewals with accounting, GST and the statutory audit run from $1,800 a year.
What taxes will the company pay?+
Most companies land at ~25.2% effective under the 22% election. Dividends out carry 20% before treaties (typically trimmed to 10-15%), GST runs 5-28% by category, and GIFT City's IFSC offers finance a ten-year holiday. We map your sector's numbers - and the transfer-pricing file - before you commit.
How does FDI actually enter?+
Automatically, in most sectors: money wires in, shares issue, and the FC-GPR report files with the RBI within 30 days - no permission sought. A short list (defence, multi-brand retail and peers) routes through approval, and investments from land-border countries need government sign-off under Press Note 3 regardless of sector - the rule we screen for first where ownership chains touch it.
What is the resident-director requirement?+
Every company needs at least one director who spends 182+ days a year in India. Foreign founders solve it with a trusted local appointee or our professional solution - governance-grade, priced plainly, and structured so control stays exactly where the cap table says.
How heavy is GST in practice?+
A real monthly discipline: e-invoicing above thresholds, returns every month, input credits that reward clean books and punish improvisation. It is also the best-designed part of Indian compliance - digital end to end. Our accountants run the rhythm; clients feel it as a report, not a burden.
What is GIFT City?+
India's International Financial Services Centre in Gujarat - a jurisdiction-within-the-jurisdiction where qualifying financial units (funds, brokers, fintechs, aircraft lessors) enjoy a ten-year tax holiday, offshore-facing rules and a unified regulator (IFSCA). It is India's answer to Singapore for finance, and we scope IFSC licences as their own project.
Can profits leave India?+
Yes - dividends, royalties and service fees repatriate through normal banking on papered compliance: board approvals, tax paid, CA certificates (15CA/CB). The rupee is convertible for these purposes in practice; the paperwork is the toll. We build it into the routine so distributions are events, not projects.
India or China / Vietnam?+
China remains the supply chain; Vietnam the nimble factory alternative. India's case is different: the demand curve itself, the English-speaking talent engine behind the GCC boom, and digital rails that make consumer business scale. Manufacturing is rising on PLI money, but market-and-talent is the real headline. Which door is yours tends to be obvious once we ask about customers.
How long does it take?+
Plan two to four weeks: digital signatures and documents first, SPICe+ approval inside two weeks, then banking, FDI reporting and state registrations. GIFT City licences run their own scoped tracks. The FC-GPR 30-day clock is the deadline that matters - ours files with the money.
Founders who wanted it done right.
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“I had their assistance in company registration and I would recommend them. They were answering all my clarification during the process and offering all their supportThank you Daniel and Irinia”

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Other jurisdictions & licenses.
Start your Indian company today.
Tell us about the business, and a specialist replies within one business day: Private Limited, GIFT City or a different flag, with a timeline and a fixed quote.An India specialist will reply within one business day with a recommendation, a timeline and a fixed quote.