TL;DR
Varimo Opportunities is an Employer of Record in India for Australian companies. Varimo is the legal employer, executes monthly India payroll, and handles PF, ESI, professional tax, and TDS. Your Australian company manages product and people outcomes. EoR pricing starts at $95 per employee per month plus pass-through salary. No India subsidiary is required.
When Employer of Record fits Australia teams
Australian product and data teams often collaborate with India asynchronously. EoR fits when you want India engineers before you commit to a subsidiary or when headcount is a small pod. Varimo gives AU leaders compliant employment without flying to India for every statutory registration.
Time zones
Limited live overlap, plan async collaboration
Why India for Australia teams
Australia and India have limited live overlap, but Indian GCCs are proven for AU enterprises that plan async delivery well.
- Cost-effective scale for product and data teams serving AU customers.
- Mature GCC model for AU enterprises and ASX-listed groups.
- Deep pools for cloud, data, and platform engineering.
- English-first hiring and documentation for cross-border teams.
Compliance Varimo runs in India
Varimo Opportunities operates as Employer of Record (EoR) from Bengaluru. For teams based in Australia, we employ in India without you registering a local company. You direct the work; we own statutory employer obligations below. Published EoR pricing starts at $95 per employee per month before pass-through salary and statutory costs.
- India employment contract with Varimo as the legal employer.
- Monthly payroll and payslips in INR.
- Employee Provident Fund (PF) and Employee State Insurance (ESI) where applicable.
- Professional tax remitted by state rules.
- Tax deducted at source (TDS) on salary.
- One client invoice in USD with clear INR pass-through lines.
How Varimo EoR works
Scope → employ → pay → scale
- 1
Scope the role and budget
- Share job level, city, and target cash/CTC band.
- We advise on compliant structure and employer cost.
- 2
Sign and onboard
- Master service agreement.
- Candidate KYC.
- India employment contract.
- Statutory registrations under Varimo.
- 3
Run payroll and compliance
- Monthly payrun with PF, ESI, professional tax, and TDS.
- One invoice in USD with clear INR pass-through.
- 4
Scale or transition
- Add hires on EoR.
- Plan a subsidiary when India headcount justifies a permanent establishment strategy.
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FAQ
- Do we need an Indian entity to hire from Australia?
- No. With an Employer of Record, Varimo is the legal employer in India. You retain day-to-day management of the work, product priorities, and performance reviews.
- How do we pay Varimo?
- Most global clients pay in USD via wire. Payroll is executed in INR with statutory remittances locally. Invoices show employer cost, EoR fee, and pass-through salary lines.
- What about permanent establishment (PE) risk?
- EoR reduces certain PE triggers but does not replace tax advice. We recommend counsel review if the India team sells into India, holds local bank accounts, or signs customer contracts in India.
- How is India CTC structured on payroll?
- India offers use cost-to-company (CTC) bands. Varimo maps base, allowances, and employer statutory contributions into a compliant structure before the offer letter is signed.