India EOR for Singapore

Your India team on our payroll, without an Indian entity

Wisemonk is the legal employer in India on your behalf so that you can avoid setting up an entity in India. We run compliant INR payroll, file Singapore-India DTAA paperwork, and bill your AP one line in SGD.

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Singapore

India

FX BRIDGE 1 SGD ≈ ₹74.61

Time-zone overlap 7-8 hrs daily

IRAS Inland Revenue Authority of Singapore
PDPC Personal Data Protection Commission
DTAA (SG–India) 1994 treaty

300+ Global companies running their India payroll with Wisemonk

78% 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 Singapore balance sheets & data flows

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

Built for cross-border employment

A Singapore HQ employing engineers in Bengaluru creates real questions: which entity is on the contract, who carries the statutory liability, how does IP assignment hold up, what happens at termination. We work with your in-house counsel to put the right cross-border employment scaffolding in place.

Global-grade service levels

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

SGD in, INR payslip out

Invoice in Singapore dollars 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 Singapore 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 Singapore

Will employing through Wisemonk in India create a permanent establishment for our Singapore entity?

No. Wisemonk India Pvt. Ltd. is the legal employer in India, so your Singapore entity has no fixed place of business, no dependent agent, and no construction project there. The four PE tests under article 5 of the 1994 Singapore–India DTAA are not met. Your Singapore corporate-tax position with IRAS is unaffected.

How does payroll, FX, and invoicing actually work from Singapore?

You receive one SGD invoice from Wisemonk per pay cycle, processed by your AP like any other vendor invoice. On our side, we convert to INR at mid-market rate (locked at invoice issue), run Indian payroll, withhold PF, ESI, PT, and TDS, and remit net pay to the employee's Indian bank account on the same day every month. The employee gets a fully compliant Indian payslip in INR.

How is data protection handled when our Indian employee accesses Singapore systems?

India is treated as a third country under the PDPA, but our safeguards meet the "comparable standard of protection" test under section 26 of the PDPA. Your DPO receives the DPA, the TIA template, and a processing-activities register entry within two business days of contract signing.

Can we offer ESOPs or share options to our Indian employees on Wisemonk's payroll?

Yes. Your Singapore entity grants the options directly to the employee under your existing scheme. On the Indian side we handle the FEMA Liberalised Remittance Scheme reporting at exercise, perquisite tax withholding at exercise (treated as salary income), and capital gains paperwork at sale under the 1994 DTAA.

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

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