India EOR for France

Your India team on our payroll, without a French subsidiary in India.

Q: Is the contract governed by French or Indian law?

Indian law. Wisemonk India Pvt. Ltd. is the employer; the contract is governed by the Indian Contract Act, 1872, the Industrial Disputes Act, and state-level labour codes. This is cleaner for both sides: your French Code du travail does not extend extraterritorially, and the Indian employee gets local protections they understand.

Q: How do we handle GDPR for data access from India?

India is a third country as per EU law but our safeguards meet GDPR Article 46.

Q: Can we offer stock options to employees on Wisemonk's payroll?

Yes. We support BSPCE-equivalent structures (where possible under FEMA) and standard ESOPs from your French parent. The trickier piece is the Reserve Bank of India's Liberalised Remittance Scheme reporting at exercise. The employee pays Indian perquisite tax at exercise; capital gains at sale are taxed in India under the 1992 DTAA.

Q: What about VAT on Wisemonk's invoices?

Wisemonk invoices from India. Under article 259-1 of the French CGI the place of supply is France for B2B services, so VAT is reverse-charged by you. We label the invoice with our Indian GSTIN, your French SIREN, and the reference 'Reverse charge - Article 196 directive 2006/112/CE'.

Wisemonk becomes yout legal employer in India. CNIL-compliant data flows, French-style employment contracts, EUR-to-INR payroll without ever touching your French payroll system.

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France

India

FX BRIDGE 1 EUR ≈ ₹111.29

Time-zone overlap 3-4 hrs daily

URSSAF French payroll authority
CNIL Data protection regulator
DTAA (France-India) 1992 treaty

300+ Global companies running their India payroll with Wisemonk

67% Avg. saving vs. own entity (fully-loaded cost)

~7 days From signed contract to first INR payslip

100% DTAA-compliant payroll, every payslip

Trusted by 300+ Global Companies

Built for your jurisdiction

An EOR built for France balance sheets & data flows

Three things every France CFO, DPO, and Head of People asks before putting Indian employees on our payroll.

Built for cross-border data flows

We work with your DPO and counsel to put the right cross-border safeguards in place — Standard Contractual Clauses, a DPA, and a Transfer Impact Assessment template.

Global-grade service levels

Same SLA you would expect from a Paris-based provider: 24-hour response on payroll queries, 4-hour response on compliance flags, named CSM and named Indian payroll lead.

EUR in, INR payslip out

Invoice in euros from your existing AP. We handle the FX and the full INR payroll on the Indian side: PF, ESI, PT, TDS withheld and filed. Net pay lands in your team member's Indian bank account on the same day every month.

The honest comparison

Set up an Indian entity vs. Wisemonk EOR.

The honest comparison if you have a person to put on payroll today and you are choosing between standing up an Indian subsidiary or using an EOR. Numbers benchmarked from 24 months of Wisemonk onboardings.

	Set up your own Indian subsidiary	Wisemonk EOR
Time to first employee on payroll	5–7 months	<7 days
Setup cost	$18,000 – $45,000	$0
Ongoing compliance & filings	Your CA team, monthly	Filed for you, included
PF, ESI, PT, TDS registrations	You apply, you maintain	Pre-registered, maintained
Termination & severance liability	Your legal exposure	Handled under Indian ID Act
Permanent establishment risk	Annual review with counsel	None

Run your numbers

See the exact savings for your France team, in your currency.

Plug in headcount, salaries, and timeline. Get a side-by-side cost model with our entity setup vs. Wisemonk EOR calculator.

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Questions from France

Is the contract governed by French or Indian law?

Indian law. Wisemonk India Pvt. Ltd. is the employer; the contract is governed by the Indian Contract Act, 1872, the Industrial Disputes Act, and state-level labour codes. This is cleaner for both sides: your French Code du travail does not extend extraterritorially, and the Indian employee gets local protections they understand.

How do we handle GDPR for data access from India?

India is a third country as per EU law but our safeguards meet GDPR Article 46.

Can we offer stock options to employees on Wisemonk's payroll?

Yes. We support BSPCE-equivalent structures (where possible under FEMA) and standard ESOPs from your French parent. The trickier piece is the Reserve Bank of India's Liberalised Remittance Scheme reporting at exercise. The employee pays Indian perquisite tax at exercise; capital gains at sale are taxed in India under the 1992 DTAA.

What about VAT on Wisemonk's invoices?

Wisemonk invoices from India. Under article 259-1 of the French CGI the place of supply is France for B2B services, so VAT is reverse-charged by you. We label the invoice with our Indian GSTIN, your French SIREN, and the reference 'Reverse charge - Article 196 directive 2006/112/CE'.

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Specific to companies headquartered in France. For cross-border basics, see the main page.

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Indian employees on our payroll, billed from France.

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