Platform · Month close

The month closes itself, and shows the arithmetic

Royalty disputes are almost never about the rate. They are about a number that arrived without its basis, from a spreadsheet the franchisee has never seen.

Royalty statement

March · closed

38 outlets · month closed on the 1st

Net sales basis ₹ 84,38,000
Royalty @ 5% ₹ 4,21,900
GST @ 18% ₹ 75,942
Invoice total ₹ 4,97,842
Adjustment — settlement offset − ₹ 12,400
TDS 194J — deducted by outlet − ₹ 42,190
Amount receivable ₹ 4,43,252
Representative interface

What breaks without it

Somebody computes royalty by hand every month. Each dispute becomes an argument about the basis, and the answer lives in a workbook only one person can open.

How it works

Royalty, step by step

Define the structure once

Percentage of net sales, fixed amount, tiered slabs or a minimum guarantee — per agreement, with the effective dates that make a mid-term change auditable rather than retrospective.

Close the period on a schedule

The period close runs on the platform’s schedule rather than when someone remembers. Each run produces per-outlet lines from the declared trading days underneath it.

Adjust without rewriting history

Credits and offsets are their own entries against the run. The basis stays what it was; the settlement changes, and both are visible.

Clear it, both directions where needed

A master franchisee collects from its units and remits the brand’s share. Each direction carries its own statement and tax treatment, so the net position is read rather than assembled.

What you get

  • A royalty run per period with per-outlet lines
  • A statement showing basis, rate, adjustments and tax treatment
  • A GST invoice against the run
  • Two-tier clearing for master franchise structures

The India detail

Gross invoice, net settlement

GST is charged on the gross royalty even when what actually moves is a net figure after offsets, and the franchisee deposits TDS out of the payment. A system that nets before invoicing produces a document your CA will reject.

Questions people ask

Which royalty structures are supported?
Percentage of net sales, fixed periodic amounts, tiered slabs and minimum guarantees, defined per agreement with effective dates.
Can royalty be collected automatically?
Payment links today. Mandate-based auto-collection is in development, and it will run through the brand’s own payment account — FranOpero does not hold your money.
What does the franchisee see?
The statement with its working: the sales basis, the rate applied, any adjustment, and the tax treatment. Disagreements become line items rather than arguments.
How are mid-term rate changes handled?
A new term with its own effective date. Past runs keep the rate they were computed at, which is what makes a historical statement defensible.

Next on the chain

Fees, GST & TDS

Rule 46 GST invoices, and 194J/194H TDS tracked as a credit ledger.

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