[codegeek]

I am a US Citizen (Indian Origin) who has a US company and a subsidiary in India as well. It is certainly very difficult and cumbersome to set up entity in India but it is possible as long as you have a few things sorted out:

- Have a local point of contact. If you are not Indian yourself or at least of Indian Origin, you will need to have a good local contact ideally your lead tech. who can be part of the entity

- Find a good Chartered Accountant/CA (equivalent to CPA in US) who can help you set it up. DO NOT DO IT by yourself

- For a US based company, I had to do something called "Appostille" which is equivalent of a Notary but for Foreign stuff.

I can recommend the company we used that we still use. We pay them about 20,000 INR per month (about $250/Month) for a team of roughly 15 developers and they do all the setup, taxes, payroll, filings etc etc. PM me if anyone is interested.