Employer of Record in India for Dutch companies

Your India team on our payroll, without an Indian entity

Q: Does this create a permanent establishment in India for our BV?

No. Wisemonk India Pvt. Ltd. is the legal employer. Your BV has no fixed place of business in India, no dependent agent, no construction site. The PE tests in article 5 of the 1989 NL-India DTAA are not met if you use an EOR.

Q: How does this work with the 30% ruling for employees in India?

The 30% ruling is for foreign employees coming to work in the Netherlands. It does not apply to employees who work in India. If you later relocate one of them to NL, we will provide the prior-employer letter, salary history, and the scarce expertise documentation the Belastingdienst asks for.

Q: Can we issue ESOPs under our NL plan?

Yes, supported. The trickier piece is FEMA Liberalised Remittance Scheme reporting on the Indian side. The employee pays Indian perquisite tax at exercise; capital gains at sale taxed in India under the 1989 DTAA. Box 2 implications stay with your Dutch parent and shareholder.

Q: Can we keep Dutch holidays?

By default Indian employees follow the Indian holiday calendar (typically 12-15 public holidays). Most Dutch clients add King's Day and Liberation Day as floating leave so the team feels in sync with HQ. We code this into the Wisemonk payroll calendar at onboarding.

Wisemonk becomes the legal employer in India. AP-compliant data transfer, Dutch-style employment terms, EUR-to-INR payroll without your Dutch payroll administration ever touching it.

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Netherlands

India

FX BRIDGE 1 EUR ≈ ₹111.29

Time-zone overlap 3.5-4.5 hrs daily

Belastingdienst Dutch tax authority
AP Dutch data protection authority
DTAA (NL-India) 1989 treaty

300+ Global companies running their India payroll with Wisemonk

66% 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 Netherlands balance sheets & data flows

Three things every Netherlands 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 an Amsterdam-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 Netherlands 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 Netherlands

Does this create a permanent establishment in India for our BV?

No. Wisemonk India Pvt. Ltd. is the legal employer. Your BV has no fixed place of business in India, no dependent agent, no construction site. The PE tests in article 5 of the 1989 NL-India DTAA are not met if you use an EOR.

How does this work with the 30% ruling for employees in India?

The 30% ruling is for foreign employees coming to work in the Netherlands. It does not apply to employees who work in India. If you later relocate one of them to NL, we will provide the prior-employer letter, salary history, and the scarce expertise documentation the Belastingdienst asks for.

Can we issue ESOPs under our NL plan?

Yes, supported. The trickier piece is FEMA Liberalised Remittance Scheme reporting on the Indian side. The employee pays Indian perquisite tax at exercise; capital gains at sale taxed in India under the 1989 DTAA. Box 2 implications stay with your Dutch parent and shareholder.

Can we keep Dutch holidays?

By default Indian employees follow the Indian holiday calendar (typically 12-15 public holidays). Most Dutch clients add King's Day and Liberation Day as floating leave so the team feels in sync with HQ. We code this into the Wisemonk payroll calendar at onboarding.

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

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Indian employees on our payroll, billed from Netherlands.

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