Our India tax advisory supports European companies across corporate tax, GST, direct tax, transfer pricing, tax compliance, permanent establishment, expatriate tax, and customs with practical, defensible, and cross-border aligned guidance for Indian operations.
A robust tax strategy is essential for protecting the profitability of your Indian investment and ensuring long-term compliance across borders. Our Corporate Tax Advisory services support European companies in structuring and managing their Indian corporate tax positions in a manner that is efficient, transparent, and fully compliant across jurisdictions. We advise across the full lifecycle—from initial investment structuring to ongoing operations, profit repatriation, and eventual restructuring or exit. Our approach balances Indian tax law, international tax principles, and treaty frameworks with European group objectives, ensuring alignment between local execution and global tax strategy.
We focus on creating defensible structures that withstand regulatory scrutiny while remaining practical to operate. This includes evaluating holding and operating structures, optimising cash repatriation mechanisms, and managing effective tax rates without introducing undue complexity or risk. Particular attention is given to documentation, audit readiness, and consistency with group tax positions. The outcome is a coherent Indian tax framework that supports business growth, meets governance expectations, and enables informed decision-making by group tax teams and boards.
Our corporate tax work is anchored in strategic alignment and regulatory certainty:
Our focus is on sustainable, defensible tax outcomes—not short-term optimisation.
Our strength lies in combining technical depth with group-level clarity:
We help clients manage Indian tax exposure with confidence and control.
India’s indirect tax framework – particularly GST – has a direct impact on pricing, margins, working capital, and operational efficiency. Our Indirect Tax services support clients in designing, reviewing, and stabilising GST and other indirect-tax processes to ensure smooth operations, accurate credit utilisation, and minimal disputes. We work closely with finance, logistics, and supply-chain teams to ensure tax processes reflect commercial reality and operational flows.
Our advisory goes beyond registrations and returns. We analyse supply chains, transaction flows, and documentation to identify risks, inefficiencies, and blocked credits. We also support clients during audits, assessments, and departmental inquiries, helping them respond with clarity and consistency. By embedding indirect-tax considerations into day-to-day processes, we help clients reduce friction, improve predictability, and avoid downstream litigation. The result is a GST framework that supports business continuity while remaining compliant across multiple states and operational models.
Our indirect-tax support is practical and process-driven:
Our focus is on prevention, accuracy, and operational continuity.
We bring execution realism to indirect-tax advisory:
We help clients make GST work for the business – not against it.
Our Direct Tax services cover all aspects of Indian corporate income taxation, providing end-to-end support from return preparation to assessments, audits, and appellate proceedings. We assist clients in navigating India’s evolving tax landscape while maintaining consistency with global tax policies and audit standards. Our work is grounded in accuracy, defensibility, and disciplined documentation.
We support tax computations, filings, withholding-tax obligations, and provisioning, while also representing clients during tax scrutinies and inquiries. Special emphasis is placed on preparing robust documentation and audit trails that withstand regulatory review and align with group audit expectations. By maintaining consistent methodologies across years and entities, we help clients reduce volatility, manage exposure, and avoid surprises. The outcome is a stable, well-managed direct-tax position that allows management to focus on operations rather than uncertainty.
Our direct-tax services are structured for consistency and control:
Our focus is on predictability and defensibility.
We deliver reliability in a complex tax environment:
We ensure Indian direct tax remains controlled and manageable.
Transfer pricing is a key risk area for multinational groups operating in India. Our Transfer Pricing services help clients design, implement, and defend pricing models that reflect commercial reality and withstand regulatory scrutiny. We focus on aligning inter-company arrangements with actual functions, risks, and value creation in India, while remaining consistent with global TP frameworks.
We support clients across the full TP lifecycle—from functional and economic analysis to benchmarking, documentation, and audit defence. Particular emphasis is placed on dispute prevention through robust upfront design and clear documentation. Where disputes arise, we assist in managing audits and negotiations with tax authorities. Our approach balances economic rigour with practical operability, ensuring TP policies are not only defensible but also workable for business teams.
Our TP work is grounded in substance and clarity:
Our focus is on reducing controversy while supporting business models.
We combine technical depth with commercial understanding:
We help clients manage TP as a governance issue, not just a tax risk.
Tax compliance in India involves multiple filings, payments, reconciliations, and procedural requirements across direct and indirect taxes. Our Tax Compliance Services provide operational support to ensure all statutory obligations are met accurately and on time, allowing management to focus on business priorities. We act as a central coordination point, integrating compliance across tax types and entities.
We manage recurring filings, payment tracking, documentation, and reconciliations while maintaining visibility for group finance and tax teams. Our structured processes, digital workflows, and reminder systems reduce dependency on individuals and minimise the risk of missed deadlines. The result is a stable compliance environment with clear accountability, reliable reporting, and audit-ready documentation.
Our compliance support is disciplined and system-driven:
Our focus is reliability and consistency.
We bring structure to routine compliance:
We ensure compliance becomes routine – not a risk.
The risk of creating a Permanent Establishment in India is a critical concern for foreign companies operating through sales, service, or project models. We provide strategic advisory on whether your overseas business structures—such as sales models, service projects, or temporary assignments—accidentally create a taxable presence (PE) in India. This is a common trap that can lead to significant back-taxes and penalties. We review your contracts and operational models to document the functions being performed, helping you limit your exposure while enabling your business to operate effectively. Our integrated approach ensures that your Indian entity is both compliant on the surface and structurally protected against complex international tax risks.
Our PE services focus on clarity and mitigation:
Our focus is enabling business while managing exposure.
We bring international perspective to PE analysis:
We help clients operate in India without unintended tax consequences.
Managing expatriate and cross-border employee taxation requires close coordination between tax, HR, and payroll functions. Our Expat Tax services support companies and individuals in navigating Indian tax, social security, and compliance requirements while maintaining alignment with home-country obligations. We focus on clarity, predictability, and employee confidence.
We advise on compensation structuring, withholding optimisation, tax equalisation policies, and social-security considerations. Our approach ensures employees understand their obligations and benefits, reducing uncertainty and disputes. By coordinating with HR and payroll teams, we help clients implement compliant and employee-friendly solutions that support mobility and retention.
Our expat tax support is integrated and employee-centric:
Our focus is smooth mobility with controlled tax outcomes.
We bridge tax rules and people realities:
We make cross-border mobility predictable and compliant.
Our Indian Customs advisory supports clients in managing valuation, classification, and procedural aspects of imports into India, including related-party transactions. We help clients navigate complex customs regulations while maintaining operational efficiency and compliance.
We assist with HS classification, valuation methods, and special regimes, and support interactions with customs authorities during audits and inquiries. Our approach integrates legal, tax, and operational perspectives to ensure positions are defensible and workable. The outcome is reduced clearance risk, predictable duty exposure, and smoother import operations.
Our customs services focus on accuracy and defence:
Our focus is predictability and control at the border.
We combine technical depth with operational insight:
We help clients keep goods moving – without surprises.
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