GST AND TAX FILING SERVICES
Turning GST Filing Clients into Predictable Monthly Retainers
It is the eighteenth, forty clients have not sent their sales data, and your team is promising to file everything by the deadline. At month end, half of those clients still have not paid for the previous month.
We advise on the business of a filing practice. That covers pricing by return and volume, client cut-off dates, staff scheduling around due dates, and fee collection. We do not give tax or filing advice. Rules and due dates come from the law and your qualified professional, and we do not decide them for you.
Discuss your priorities ↗COMMON CHALLENGES
The pressures
we often see.
- 01Fees are flat per client, but invoice volume varies widely, so small clients with heavy data cost the practice more than large ones with tidy records.
- 02Clients send data at the last minute and expect the return to be filed anyway, and the team works late every month to cover it.
- 03Payments are collected after filing if at all, and the practice keeps filing for clients who are two or three months behind on fees.
- 04Staff know individual clients, but when someone leaves there is no standard routine, so that client's month goes wrong.
- 05New clients are accepted on a promise, without checking whether their books are in a state that can be worked on in time.
OUR FOCUS AREAS
Where the work
usually starts.
- 01Fee per client based on return type, invoice count and number of registrations
- 02A client-wise data cut-off date, a reminder schedule and a rule for late data
- 03A monthly calendar of returns by due date, allocating staff for the week before each
- 04Fee invoice dates, advance billing for the quarter and an outstanding list by client
- 05A checklist per client of what is received, reconciled and filed each month
- 06Hours per client logged for three months to find clients that cost more than they pay
- 07A policy on pausing work for clients with unpaid fees
- 08Optional services priced separately, such as reconciliations or notices handling
START THIS WEEK
Things you can do
before you call anyone.
- Ask your team to log hours per client for one month. Rank clients by fee per hour and flag the three with the lowest figure.
- Send every client a written data cut-off date for next month and a line saying what happens if data arrives later.
- Hypothetical example: a client pays ₹1,500 a month and sends 600 invoices. If handling takes six hours at ₹300 an hour, the work costs ₹1,800 and loses ₹300 each month.
- List clients who owe two or more months of fees and decide, in writing, the date after which filing pauses until payment.
A PRACTICAL ENGAGEMENT
Start with the priorities
that matter most.
We begin by understanding how your business runs today, find the gaps, and agree the scope in writing. Recommendations are shaped around your team, your resources and your goals.
- A fee card and client-tiering sheet matching fee to volume and complexity
- A monthly filing calendar with staff allocation and data cut-off dates
- A client onboarding checklist covering book quality, document flow and payment terms
- A collections routine with reminders, an escalation step and a pause rule
Not the right fit when: If you have an open notice, a dispute with the department or a question about what the law requires, a qualified professional handles it. We cannot advise on filing correctness or deadlines.
Explore a business audit ↗LET’S MOVE YOUR BUSINESS FORWARD
