How to Set Up a Subsidiary in India: 7 Steps for US Companies (2026)
The seven steps a US parent follows to set up a wholly owned subsidiary in India, with costs, a 30 to 45 day timeline, and the documents to apostille ...
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Global founders. One partner.
Krystal7 is a cross border compliance and advisory firm in Gurugram that runs the India side of businesses operating across borders. Entity setup, FEMA and RBI reporting, transfer pricing, statutory compliance, audit support, representation before the authorities, and the CFO layer above it, handled by one team that answers in your working day. Statutory sign offs are handled through our associated Chartered Accountant practice.
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Krystal7 Consultants is the trading name of Krystal7 Innovations Private Limited, working out of Gurugram and serving clients across five continents. The team is made up of company secretaries, tax specialists and finance professionals who spend most of their week on files that cross a border somewhere. Anything needing a statutory sign off goes through our associated Chartered Accountant practice.
That is a deliberately narrow specialism. A domestic compliance shop can file your returns. Far fewer can tell you why the RBI flagged your FC-GPR, what your parent company's auditor will ask for at consolidation, or how a management fee to your Delaware entity will read to a transfer pricing officer three years from now. Those are the questions Krystal7 is set up to answer.
We stay small on purpose. You get one named advisor who knows the history of your file, not a ticket queue, and the partners are close enough to the work to catch things before they become notices.
Chartered Accountant, All India Rank 49. Leads the assurance and compliance practice and is the signing authority on the firm's audit and certification work. Clients tend to describe the same two things: precision, and being told what is coming before it arrives.
Seven plus years in cross border work and more than 10,000 founders helped across the globe. Runs the FEMA, structuring and advisory side of the practice, and most of the firm's compliance rescue work starts on his desk.
Across audit support, direct tax, indirect tax, secretarial, payroll and valuation. Deep enough to staff a full India finance function, small enough that your advisor still picks up the phone.
Setting up an entity is one week of a relationship that usually runs for years. Most of our work happens after the certificate of incorporation is filed.
Choosing between a subsidiary, LLP, branch or liaison office, then executing it. FDI route checks, resident director cover, apostilled parent documents, bank account opening and the first FC-GPR.
Foreign subsidiaryThe rulebook that governs every cross border rupee. FC-GPR, FC-TRS, FLA returns, ODI Form FC and the pre-remittance UIN, ECB filings, and the late submission fee workings when a filing was already missed.
FEMA complianceForm 3CEB applies from the first rupee of a related party transaction. Benchmarking, local file documentation once you cross the threshold, master file and CbCR where relevant, and representation when the file is picked up.
Transfer pricingROC filings, statutory registers, board and general meetings, director KYC, income tax returns, GST, TDS and the statutory audit. Run on a calendar you can see, with reminders that arrive before the deadline rather than after.
Annual complianceA finance layer for an India entity that is too small for a full time CFO. Monthly reporting in the parent's format and currency, cash flow, budgets, board packs, payroll oversight and audit readiness before the auditor asks.
E-CFO servicesFor entities that arrive with a backlog or a notice. Missed filings, unreported share allotments, struck off status, an assessment nobody answered. We diagnose the full position first, then quote the clean up, then carry it through, including before the authorities.
Compliance rescueAlso handled in house: GST, income tax returns, accounting and bookkeeping, payroll, trademark and IP, valuation and ESOP advisory, and representation before tribunals and appellate authorities in corporate, FEMA, income tax and GST matters.
None of this is remarkable. It is simply what most people expect from a professional firm and rarely get from one operating eight timezones away.
You get a person, not a shared inbox. They know the history of your file, they remember the last conversation, and they are the same person next quarter.
Every engagement is written down before it starts. What is included, what is not, what it costs and when it is due. No mid engagement rescoping, no surprise line items.
The team covers PST, EST, GST and IST. Queries are answered inside four business hours in your timezone, and calls are booked when it is daylight where you are.
Deadlines, threshold crossings, a filing that will now attract a late fee. You hear about it while it is still a decision rather than after it has become a penalty.
From Silicon Valley to Singapore, Dubai to Delhi, the team has worked with founders and finance teams across every major business geography. Pick your country and read exactly how the India side works from there.
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Read the pieceUnedited, from businesses in the United States, Oman and India. Several came to us after an experience with another firm that did not go well.
I have worked with many different people and firms across India over the years, and honestly, it was not always an easy experience. Between missed deadlines, unclear communication, and a general lack of accountability, I had almost lost faith in working with Indian service providers altogether. Then I came across Krystal7, and everything changed. These guys genuinely know their stuff. They are always precise in their work, incredibly responsive whenever I reach out, proactive in flagging things before they become issues, and very smart in how they approach every problem we bring to them. What I appreciate the most is how seriously they take ownership of our work, as if our business is their own. They have built real trust with us through consistent delivery, clear communication, and a genuine commitment to getting things right the first time. Working with them has completely restored my confidence in cross border collaboration and set a new benchmark for what I expect from a professional services partner. Thank you Krystal7 for everything you do.
Krystal7 Consultants has an exemplary and professional attitude in their approach to every service they render. From the very first interaction, it was clear that their team operates with a level of discipline, precision, and accountability that is genuinely rare to find. The team and its leaders are thoroughly aggressive all throughout in the best possible sense, setting the processes timely, taking ownership of every deliverable, and getting procedures done in a time bound and disciplined manner without ever compromising on quality. Their communication is consistently clear, their follow through is dependable, and their expertise across compliance and advisory matters has genuinely made a difference to how we operate. Highly recommended Consultants to go to for any business that values professionalism and long term partnership. We wish them all the very best in all their future endeavours and growth story.
The compliance landscape in India is genuinely one of the most challenging things to navigate as a business. After a frustrating experience with a previous consultant who brought us more stress than actual solutions, and frankly lacked the accountability you would expect from any professional partner, working with Krystal7 has honestly been a breath of fresh air. They now handle all of our statutory filings, accounting, payroll, and labour law compliances, and everything is done with complete transparency and genuine professionalism. What really sets them apart for me is their proactive approach and the human side of how they work. We always know exactly where things stand, there are no hidden surprises midway, and their team takes the time to explain things in a way that actually makes sense. For the first time in years, I genuinely feel at peace knowing our compliance is in safe hands. Krystal7 isn't just another service provider to us, they are a genuine partner who is invested in our business growth and our peace of mind.
Not about Indian company law. About Krystal7, and whether we are the right firm to hand your India file to.
Something here not answered? Ask it directly and you will get a written reply from an advisor, not a sales sequence.
Ask usThe practice is led by CA Nandini Hasija, a Chartered Accountant who qualified with All India Rank 49, together with co-founder Nihal Srivastava, who runs the cross border advisory and structuring side.
Around them sits a bench of roughly 50 company secretaries, tax specialists and finance staff covering audit support, direct tax, indirect tax, secretarial, payroll and valuation. Krystal7 Innovations Private Limited is not a chartered accountancy practice, so statutory certification and audit sign offs are issued through our associated Chartered Accountant practice.
Krystal7 Consultants operates under Krystal7 Innovations Private Limited, an Indian company with its registered office in Gurugram, Haryana. Engagement letters, invoices and contracts are issued in that name, so your accounts payable team is dealing with a registered Indian company rather than an individual or an unnamed agency.
It helps. Most of what an Indian entity needs, filing with the MCA, dealing with the ROC, banking documentation, responding to an assessing officer, is easier when your advisor is physically in the country and licensed to appear.
The distance is handled by process. The team works across PST, EST, GST and IST, so you are talking to somebody in your own working day. Documents move digitally, and where a wet signature or physical presence is genuinely required, we tell you at the start of the engagement rather than three weeks in.
One named advisor who owns your file, with a partner reviewing the technical work. Not a ticketing system and not a rotating pool. It is the same person next quarter, which is the only way anybody builds real context on a business they cannot walk into.
If your advisor is unavailable, you are told who is covering and that person has already read the file.
Fixed fee against a written scope for one off work, and a monthly retainer for ongoing compliance. You see the number before the work starts, and it does not move unless the scope does, in writing.
As indicative bands: an India subsidiary setup for a foreign parent typically runs USD 1,200 to USD 1,700 depending on structure and document complexity. Ongoing compliance retainers start at USD 300 per month. A full compliance rescue on an entity with a backlog typically starts around USD 2,000, quoted only after we have diagnosed the actual position.
Government fees, stamp duty and statutory levies are passed through at cost and shown separately. We do not mark them up.
Tell us where the business is and what is bothering you about the India side. If we are the right firm for it, we will say so. If we are not, we will say that too.
We will respond within 4 business hours in your timezone.