Indian Compliance Manager

Intellyx Compliance Manager covers six domains relevant to Indian manufacturing. Tax compliance includes GSTR-1 (due 11th of the following month for monthly filers), GSTR-3B (due 20th for large taxpayers), GSTR-9 annual return (due 31st December), TDS and TCS challans and quarterly returns under Form 26Q and 27Q, advance tax instalments due on 15th June, 15th September, 15th December, and 15th March, and professional tax filings varying by state. Environmental compliance covers CPCB and SPCB consent-to-operate renewals under the Water and Air Acts, monthly hazardous waste manifests under the Hazardous Waste Management Rules, annual environmental statements under Schedule VI, and OCEMS data submissions. Labour compliance tracks monthly EPF ECR submissions due by the 15th, monthly ESIC challan payments due by the 21st, annual EPF Form 3A and Form 6A returns, factory licence renewals under the Factories Act, contract labour compliance under the CLRA Act, and returns under the Bonus Act and Payment of Wages Act. Factory and industrial compliance includes boiler inspections under the Indian Boilers Act (typically annual or biennial depending on boiler category), PESO certifications for unfired pressure vessels, electrical installation inspections under the IE Rules, fire NOC renewals from the state fire department, and Legal Metrology weight and measure calibration certificates. Quality and regulatory compliance tracks BIS licence renewal cycles, FSSAI central and state licence renewals, state and central drug manufacturing licence renewals, and IATF 16949 and ISO 9001/14001 surveillance and recertification audit schedules. Trade compliance covers IEC validity maintenance with DGFT, SCOMET compliance obligations, and customs bonded warehouse licence renewals.

Intellyx tracks the full GST return calendar including GSTR-1 (due by the 11th for monthly filers or the 13th for QRMP quarterly filers), GSTR-3B (due by the 20th for large taxpayers or the 22nd/24th for small taxpayers depending on state category), GSTR-9 annual return, and the GSTR-9C reconciliation statement where applicable. For factories with multiple GSTINs — common in multi-plant or multi-state operations — each GSTIN is tracked as a separate obligation set with its own reminder cycle and compliance owner. The auto-fill feature connects to the ERP system (SAP, Tally, or ERPNext) to pull outward supply invoice data and populate the GSTR-1 B2B and B2C tables, significantly reducing the accounts team's manual data entry workload. Input tax credit data from GSTR-2B is also tracked to flag reconciliation mismatches before the GSTR-3B filing deadline. The GST payment challan PMT-06 due dates under the QRMP scheme are included so the finance team can plan cash flow for GST liability payments.

CPCB and SPCB consent-to-operate (CTO) renewals under the Water (Prevention and Control of Pollution) Act and Air (Prevention and Control of Pollution) Act are among the most critical and time-consuming compliance obligations for Indian manufacturers — the renewal application must typically be filed 90–120 days before expiry, and the documentation package includes self-monitoring reports, effluent and stack emission test reports from an approved NABL laboratory, hazardous waste records, the ETP compliance certificate, and the previous consent order. Intellyx begins reminders 120 days before expiry and escalates to the plant head and EHS manager at 90, 60, 30, and 15 days before the deadline. The document repository stores all self-monitoring reports and test certificates across the consent validity period, so the renewal package can be compiled in hours rather than days of document collection. For plants that hold separate CTE and CTO orders under the Water Act and Air Act — which can have different validity periods — each is tracked as a distinct obligation. Plants subject to CPCB OCEMS requirements can integrate with Intellyx Emissions Monitoring to ensure continuous data transmission compliance is maintained alongside the consent renewal calendar.

Intellyx tracks monthly EPF ECR (Electronic Challan cum Return) submissions to EPFO, due by the 15th of the following month, and monthly ESIC contribution challan payments to the ESIC, due by the 21st. The auto-fill feature pulls gross wage data from the payroll system or ERP to pre-populate the ECR contribution amounts and ESIC challan figures, which the HR or accounts team reviews before submission. For factories engaging contract labour under the Contract Labour (Regulation and Abolition) Act — where the principal employer carries joint and several liability for EPF and ESIC compliance of contractors' workers — Intellyx tracks whether registered contractors have submitted their monthly returns and flags overdue contractor compliances to the plant's HR or legal team. Annual EPFO returns (Form 3A and Form 6A), the ESIC annual return, and periodic returns under the Payment of Bonus Act and the Maternity Benefit Act are also tracked in the compliance calendar. State-specific obligations such as the Labour Welfare Fund contribution and Form submissions under shops and establishment acts are included for each state where the factory operates.

Multi-plant compliance is particularly challenging in India because several key obligations — factory licences issued by the Chief Inspector of Factories of each state, professional tax varying by state, SPCB consents issued by each state's pollution control board, and state-specific shops and establishment registrations — are administered by different regulatory bodies in different states with different processes and deadlines. Intellyx provides a multi-plant compliance dashboard where all obligations across all plants are visible in a single view, with plant, state, domain, and deadline filters. Each plant's compliance calendar reflects its state-specific obligations and the relevant regulatory contacts, while the group compliance head sees a consolidated health score alongside plant-level breakdowns. Obligations common across plants but with different renewal dates — such as individual boiler inspection certificates, where each boiler is inspected separately by the state boiler inspectorate — are tracked with plant and asset identifiers so there is no ambiguity about which obligation is due where. Critical escalation alerts flow simultaneously to the plant-level compliance owner and the group compliance head, ensuring urgent situations at any plant are visible at the centre immediately.

Yes. Intellyx supports data sharing with external CA and CS firms for compliance domains where professional filing is the norm — primarily monthly and annual GST returns, TDS and TCS filings under Forms 26Q and 27Q, advance tax calculations, and ROC filings required by the company secretary under the Companies Act. The platform generates pre-populated data extracts from the ERP integration that can be shared securely with the CA firm, allowing them to review, finalise, and file without re-entering data that already exists in the factory's systems. Filing acknowledgements — GST ARN numbers, TDS challan receipts, EPF ECR acknowledgements, and ESIC challan numbers — are uploaded back to the Intellyx document repository and linked to the relevant obligation to maintain the complete audit trail. For factories that handle their own filings in-house through the GSTN portal, the GST portal, or the EPFO Unified Portal, the auto-fill and data extraction features reduce the manual workload on the accounts and HR teams without requiring external CA involvement.