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Running an Indian business from abroad means setting up the right company, reporting the foreign investment to RBI, and handling tax both ways.
What each registration is, who issues it and when it applies to a business from abroad. Rules vary by state and by size — treat this as the map, and ask us about your exact case.
Mandatory after foreign investment · RBI
Shares issued to a foreign investor must be reported to RBI in Form FC-GPR on the FIRMS portal within 30 days of allotment.
If you supply in India · CBIC
Required once aggregate turnover crosses the threshold — ₹40 lakh for goods and ₹20 lakh for services in most states — and in some cases from the first sale, such as most inter-state supplies of goods.
If you have Indian income · CBDT
Needed when an NRI has taxable Indian income — rent, capital gains, interest or business income — or wants a refund of excess TDS.
To send money abroad
Before money is sent abroad, the remitter files an online declaration (Form 15CA) and, for taxable remittances above the limit, gets a chartered accountant's certificate (Form 15CB) on the tax withheld. Banks will not release the remittance without them.
Recommended · the FDI route
A private limited company in India owned by a foreign company or individual — the usual route for foreign direct investment.
Recommended · protect the brand in India
Protects your brand name and logo across India, and is what marketplace brand-registry programmes ask for. Filing early fixes your date of priority.
Some registrations need another one first — this is the sequence that avoids rework.
After the registrations come the returns and filings that keep you compliant.
GST returns, bookkeeping, TDS and annual filings — everything a business like yours has to keep doing, in one place.
See the compliance pack →What people starting a business from abroad ask us most.
In most sectors, yes, under the automatic route. The company still needs at least one director resident in India.
The form a company files on RBI's FIRMS portal within 30 days of issuing shares to a foreign investor.
Usually, yes — banks ask for them before sending money abroad, unless the remittance falls in the exempt list.
Every sector, with its own checklist.
A CA or CS confirms which of these apply to you, in your state, and handles the ones we cover.