What PageX costs, and how the fee is worked out.
You pay one fixed amount each month for the work it covers. Tell us four things about your business, and you get the number in the first conversation.
- Try your first month. If you leave at the end of it, you pay nothing.
- If a filing is late because of us, that month is free and we pay the late fee.
What the fee covers
Your books
Done monthly and matched to your bank.
GST returns
Monthly or quarterly, whichever applies to you.
TDS
Paid monthly, with a return each quarter.
A monthly report
One page on profit, cash, and money owed to you and by you.
Income tax
Your business return and advance tax.
ROC filings
If you are a company or an LLP.
Notices
Routine GST, TDS and income tax notices.
What decides the fee
Your turnover
A bigger business usually has more GST and TDS to work out.
Bills a month
10 bills a month and 400 bills a month are different jobs, even at the same turnover.
GST registrations
Each state you are registered in has its own set of returns.
Your structure
A company or an LLP files ROC forms on top of its tax returns.
Three example businesses
These businesses are made up. They show how turnover, bills, GST registrations and structure change the size of the job, and the fee moves with it.
Wholesale grocery, Indore
- Turnover ₹3 crore a year
- About 350 bills a month
- 1 GST registration, in Madhya Pradesh
- Proprietorship
What the fee covers
Books matched to the bank, GST returns, and TDS on the godown rent. The owner's income tax return and advance tax, and the monthly report.
The 350 bills mix loose rice, which carries no GST, with the same rice in labelled packs, which is taxed. With more than 5% of sales in cash, the owner also needs a tax audit, quoted outside the fee.
Design studio, Bengaluru
- Turnover ₹35 lakh a year
- 20 to 25 bills a month
- 1 GST registration, in Karnataka
- LLP
What the fee covers
Books, GST returns, TDS on the freelance illustrators the studio pays, the LLP's income tax return, its 2 ROC forms a year and the monthly report.
Being an LLP adds one ROC form in May and one in October. Its accounts need no audit, because turnover is under ₹40 lakh and the partners put in less than ₹25 lakh.
Auto parts maker, Coimbatore
- Turnover ₹12 crore a year
- Around 900 bills a month
- 3 GST registrations: the factory, and depots in Pune and Delhi
- Private limited company
What the fee covers
Books for the factory and both depots, and GST returns for all 3 registrations every month. TDS on contractors, rent and large steel purchases. Then the company's income tax return, its yearly ROC filings, routine notices from any of the 3 states, and the monthly report.
900 bills and 3 states make this the biggest job of the three. Stock the factory sends to the Pune depot is billed with GST like a sale, and the depot claims that GST back. The company's accounts audit and its tax audit sit outside the fee.
Outside the fee
These are paid separately. You see the amount for any of them before that work starts.
Payroll
Salaries, payslips and TDS on salary, with PF and ESI where they apply.
Audit
The yearly audit, where your business needs one. The auditor's fee is shown separately.
Reports and advice
MIS reports beyond the monthly report, and a Virtual CFO. Due diligence for a fundraise, a loan or a sale.
Government fees
The government's own fee on each filing, and any late fee from before you joined us.
Your digital signature
You buy it once and it stays yours.
Old years that need cleaning up
We look, then quote it before we start.
Questions about the fee
Is the fee really fixed?
Yes. It is agreed with you before any work starts, and there is no charge per filing. Work outside the fee, like the yearly audit, is quoted before it starts.
Is GST charged on top of your fee?
Yes, like any service. Our invoice shows it as a separate line. If your business is registered under regular GST, you claim that amount back. A business on the composition scheme cannot claim it.
What if a filing is late?
If it is late because of us, that month is free, and we pay the late fee our delay caused. If it is late because papers or your approval came after the agreed cut-off, we tell you before the date. The cut-offs are in your engagement letter.
Is there a lock-in or a notice period?
No. You can leave whenever you want. Your Drive folder is yours, and we hand your books to your next accountant in a form they can use.