Business & cross-border advisory
Business & cross-border advisory
One practice for the commercial and the regulatory side of a cross-border move: incorporating and running the entity, and getting residency, treaty, FEMA and transfer-pricing positions right in both countries.
Two halves of one job
The entity and the position, together
Most problems we are asked to fix came from these two being handled by different people who never spoke.
Business advisory
Building and running the entity — in India, in Australia and across the corridor in between.
- Entity choice and shareholding designed around funding, liability and any visa route
- Incorporation, registrations and bank account opening end to end
- Bookkeeping, payroll, GST/BAS and management reporting run as your local finance function
- Statutory audit coordination, ROC/ASIC filings and the annual compliance calendar
- Nominee and resident-director requirements satisfied lawfully and documented
Cross-border advisory
Who is resident where, which country may tax what, and how money and profits travel legitimately.
- Residency determination and treaty tie-breaker positions for people and entities
- FEMA, ODI and LRS routes chosen before capital moves, with the filings that follow
- Withholding tax, Form 15CA/CB and repatriation of dividends, profits and capital
- Transfer pricing policy, benchmarking and Form 3CEB for related-party dealings
- Permanent establishment and place-of-effective-management risk reviewed early
When clients call us
Situations we are usually brought into
Some clients come before the first decision is made. Others come once something has already been filed the wrong way. Both are workable — the earlier one is simply cheaper.
- An Indian company opening its first overseas subsidiary
- A foreign group setting up an Indian entity and needing a local finance function
- A founder relocating while the business stays behind
- Intra-group services, royalties or management fees that have never been documented
- Profits sitting offshore with no agreed repatriation route
- A past FEMA, ODI or transfer-pricing gap that needs remediating quietly
Where to go next
Specialist pages under this practice
Each area below has its own page with scope, process and questions we are asked most often.
Business setup in India
For Indian founders formalising a venture, and for foreign groups entering the Indian market — FDI route, entity choice, registrations and the compliance calendar.
India entry & compliance
Australia ↔ India corridor
ASIC registration, resident director, TFN/ABN/GST and superannuation on one side; FDI, FEMA and FC-GPR on the other. Both handled together.
Australia corridorCross-border advisory
Residency, treaty positions, FEMA/ODI, transfer pricing and permanent establishment — inbound and outbound, held together in one file.
Structuring & treaties
Business tax advisory
Tax advisory for businesses operating in India and abroad: DTAA positions, related-party pricing, coordinated filings and exit planning.
Tax for businesses
NRI & expatriate advisory
For non-residents with interests in India and expatriates living here — residency, property, repatriation, succession and representation.
NRI & expat
Investing abroad
Deploying capital overseas under LRS or ODI — jurisdiction comparison, structure, execution and annual reporting.
Outbound investmentOur process
How an engagement runs
Every engagement runs the same way, so you always know what happens next and what it costs.
Scoping call
Entities, people, jurisdictions and the decision you are actually trying to make.
Position paper
A written view on structure, taxing rights, reporting duties and the risks in the current arrangement.
Design or remediation
Either building the structure before you act, or fixing what already exists with the least disruption.
Implementation
Incorporation, agreements, filings, valuations and bank documentation executed in the right order.
Run and review
The compliance calendar run each month and the whole position reviewed annually.
Scope
What sits inside a typical mandate
- Incorporation and registrations in India, Australia or both
- Monthly bookkeeping, payroll and management reporting
- GST, TDS, BAS and superannuation compliance to deadline
- FEMA, ODI, FC-GPR, FLA and LRS filings
- Transfer pricing documentation and Form 3CEB
- Residency, treaty and permanent establishment position papers
- Repatriation of profits, dividends and capital with Form 15CA/CB
- Representation on notices, assessments and rectifications
Track record
Work behind the advice
- Visa applications since 2013 — student, skilled, family & business
- 4,800+Visa applications since 2013 — student, skilled, family & business
- Offer letters secured across 300+ institutions
- 1,100+Offer letters secured across 300+ institutions
- Skilled and employer-sponsored visas
- 240+Skilled and employer-sponsored visas
- Companies and entities set up in India and abroad
- 350+Companies and entities set up in India and abroad
- NRI & expat advisory clients
- 500+NRI & expat advisory clients
- Clients who come through referral
- 9 in 10Clients who come through referral
Enquiry
Tell us the situation
Entities, countries and the decision in front of you are enough for us to come back with a route and a fee.
FAQs
Advisory questions
Let's map your global pathway
A first consultation covers eligibility, realistic timelines, total cost and the tax consequences of the move. You leave with a written plan, not a brochure.