Resources
The parts nobody explains properly
Franchising in India runs on a handful of things that are genuinely hard to get right — how royalty is defined, how GST and TDS interact, what an agreement has to carry, which licences gate an opening. These are written to be useful whether or not you ever buy anything from us.
General information rather than advice, each dated and sourced. Anything not yet read by a professional adviser says so on the page.
Tax
GST on franchise fees and royalty in India
What a franchisor has to get right on every royalty invoice — classification, place of supply, Rule 46 contents, and why netting an offset before invoicing produces a document your CA will reject.
TDS on franchise payments — 194J, 194H, and who deducts what
Why a franchisee who pays 90% of your invoice has not underpaid, which section applies to royalty versus brokerage, and how to build a receivable that closes correctly instead of a permanent list of fictional arrears.
Agreements
Master franchise vs area developer — rights, royalty flow, and the mistakes
One can appoint sub-franchisees and one cannot, and that single difference changes the royalty flow, the reporting, the privacy boundary and the exit. Most confusion between them starts in the agreement's first clause.
What goes in a franchise agreement in India
India has no dedicated franchise statute, so your agreement is the regime. Here is what each clause has to do, and the six that produce most of the disputes.
Operations
FOFO, FOCO and COCO — what each model does to your P&L
Ownership and operation are two separate questions, and the four combinations produce completely different businesses. Here is what each does to capital, control, margin and risk.
Opening a franchise outlet in India — the licence and timeline checklist
Most opening delays are licence delays, and most licence delays are sequencing errors. Here is what each outlet typically needs, what gates what, and how to build a date you can defend.
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Every guide links to the module that does the work — royalty runs, GST invoices, licence registers.