India EOR for Ireland

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

Q: Will employing in India affect our 12.5% corporation tax rate?

No. Wisemonk India Pvt. Ltd. is the employer in India. Your Irish company has no fixed place of business there, no dependent agent, and no construction project. The PE tests in article 5 of the 2001 Ireland-India DTAA are not met. The 12.5% rate applies to Irish trading profits, which are unaffected.

Q: How does this interact with our R&D tax credit?

R&D credit (section 766 TCA 1997) requires the activities to be carried on by the company itself. Work done by employees of Wisemonk in India is third-party, so it does not qualify directly.

Q: Can we issue ESOPs to employees on Wisemonk's payroll under our Irish KEEP-equivalent or unapproved option scheme?

Yes, on the unapproved side. KEEP (Key Employee Engagement Programme) requires Irish-resident employees, so it does not apply. Standard unapproved share options work fine: we handle FEMA reporting in India at exercise; the Indian employee pays perquisite tax at exercise and capital-gains at sale under the 2001 DTAA. Irish CGT does not apply.

Q: What about the EU Whistleblowing Directive transposition?

Ireland's Protected Disclosures (Amendment) Act 2022 applies to Irish-based employees. Your Indian Wisemonk employees fall outside it.

Wisemonk becomes the legal employer in India. DPC-compliant data flows, Irish-style employment terms, EUR-to-INR payroll without touching your Irish 12.5% corporation-tax position.

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Ireland

India

FX BRIDGE 1 EUR ≈ ₹111.29

Time-zone overlap 4-5 hrs daily

Office of the Revenue Commissioners Tax authority
DPC Data Protection Commission
DTAA (Ireland-India) 2001 treaty

300+ Global companies running their India payroll with Wisemonk

69% 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 Ireland balance sheets & data flows

Three things every Ireland 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. Final scope and language are reviewed alongside your in-house team so the pack fits your existing privacy programme.

Global-grade service levels

Same SLA you would expect from a Dublin-based provider: 24-hour response on payroll queries, 4-hour response on compliance flags, named CSM and named Indian payroll lead. Quarterly business review, signed SLA in your contract, performance credits if we miss.

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 — annual letter provided

Run your numbers

See the exact savings for your Ireland 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 Ireland

Will employing in India affect our 12.5% corporation tax rate?

No. Wisemonk India Pvt. Ltd. is the employer in India. Your Irish company has no fixed place of business there, no dependent agent, and no construction project. The PE tests in article 5 of the 2001 Ireland-India DTAA are not met. The 12.5% rate applies to Irish trading profits, which are unaffected.

How does this interact with our R&D tax credit?

R&D credit (section 766 TCA 1997) requires the activities to be carried on by the company itself. Work done by employees of Wisemonk in India is third-party, so it does not qualify directly.

Can we issue ESOPs to employees on Wisemonk's payroll under our Irish KEEP-equivalent or unapproved option scheme?

Yes, on the unapproved side. KEEP (Key Employee Engagement Programme) requires Irish-resident employees, so it does not apply. Standard unapproved share options work fine: we handle FEMA reporting in India at exercise; the Indian employee pays perquisite tax at exercise and capital-gains at sale under the 2001 DTAA. Irish CGT does not apply.

What about the EU Whistleblowing Directive transposition?

Ireland's Protected Disclosures (Amendment) Act 2022 applies to Irish-based employees. Your Indian Wisemonk employees fall outside it.

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

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Indian employees on our payroll, billed from Ireland.

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