Consultancy Agreement
Engaging a consultant instead of an employee is a legitimate choice, but only if the relationship actually works that way. Control, exclusivity, fixed hours and a workstation all push it towards employment, and the exposure that follows is PF, ESI and gratuity for years past. The agreement should reflect a genuine consultancy.
- Pricing
- Fixed professional fee
- Review
- Maker–checker on every filing
- Queries
- Departmental replies included
What you get
Included in this engagement
- Scope of work and deliverables
- Fees, invoicing, TDS treatment and reimbursements
- Clear independent-contractor classification language
- Intellectual property assignment of everything created
- Confidentiality and data protection obligations
- Non-solicit and reasonable restrictive covenants
- Term, notice and termination for cause
- Advice on classification risk given how the engagement will really run
Checklist
Documents required
- 1
Details of both parties
- 2
Description of the work and expected deliverables
- 3
Fee structure and payment schedule
- 4
Whether the consultant works on your premises or their own
- 5
Expected time commitment and exclusivity
- 6
Whether they will create IP or handle confidential data
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Duration of the engagement
Good to know
- If the consultant works fixed hours under your direction from your premises, no clause will make it a consultancy. Tell us how it will actually run and we will flag the risk before you sign.
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- Hidden charges
Priced before we start
Every service on this site carries its fee. You get a written scope and a number before any work begins, and the invoice matches it.
Two people on every filing
Nothing goes to a department on one pair of eyes. A second professional reviews the return before it is submitted.
A person, not a ticket
You get a named associate who knows your file, reachable on WhatsApp, not a queue and a different voice every call.
We watch the calendar
Once you are on our books we track your due dates and reach out before the deadline, not after the late fee.
Next step
Start your consultancy agreement.
Send us your details and we will come back with a written scope, the exact document list and a confirmed timeline — usually the same working day.
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