Indian freelancer, global clients

Get paid in dollars. Stay calm with Indian tax.

You bill the US, UK, Europe — Upwork, Toptal, or direct. The work is the easy part. Forex, FIRA proof, the LUT, advance tax — HourSlip handles the India side, so a USD invoice and a clean ITR stop being two different jobs.

Founding cohort

Free Pro through beta · founder pricing locked in · no card

After you hit sendNorthwind Labs · SF
$8,450
FX locked → ₹7,04,730
FIRA / FIRC
matched to remittance · export proof filed
Export GST
0% IGST under LUT · zero-rated, no upfront
Advance tax
set aside from receipts · no TDS to lean on
Landed in your bank₹7,04,730
1 USD = ₹83.40 · LOCKED
Dollars in, rupees filed

A USD invoice and a clean ITR, joined up.

Foreign income looks simple until the after-invoice part: the rate moves, the bank wants FIRA, the LUT lapses, and nobody withheld your tax. HourSlip runs the whole foreign-money loop in INR underneath, so the India side never becomes a second job.

Invoice issued
$8,450
Export of services
FX locked
₹83.40
frozen at issue
Paid · FIRA
₹7,04,730
remittance proof matched
Zero-rated
0% IGST
under LUT
Advance tax
all yours
no TDS withheld
Bill foreign, book in rupees

The rate is locked the moment you issue.

Bill in USD, GBP, EUR or AUD. HourSlip freezes the reference rate onto the invoice, so it bills and reports at that rate even if the rupee moves — and the PDF carries both the foreign figure and the INR equivalent your FIRC reconciliation needs.

Export invoice · HSL/2026/0091
Export
Invoice total$8,450
FX locked · $1 = ₹83.40₹7,04,730
GSTZero-rated · LUT
Pay railSWIFT · Wise · UPI
When the payment lands
Booked at issue
₹7,04,730
Settled at ₹83.92
₹7,09,124
Realised FX gain · booked
+₹4,394

The gap between the locked rate and the rate on settlement is booked automatically as realised FX gain or loss — so your P&L and your ITR agree, without a spreadsheet.

Zero-rated export of services

Your foreign work is a zero-rated export. Two ways to prove it.

Services billed abroad are a zero-rated export — 0% GST — but only if the paperwork holds. HourSlip runs whichever route you choose and keeps the declarations, references and refund status filed, not chased.

Export at 0% IGST · nothing paid upfront
A lapsed LUT quietly makes your exports taxable. We make sure it never lapses.
  • LUT reference on the PDF — every export invoice carries the declaration and zero-rated wording
  • Re-filing reminder — we flag when the LUT needs renewing for the new FY — before 1 April
  • Files into GSTR-1 6A (EXP) — and GSTR-3B, automatically
Proof the money came in

Every remittance, matched to its invoice.

The bank’s FIRA/FIRC is what proves your export receipts are real — needed for the refund and your ITR. HourSlip logs each remittance against the invoice it settles, so the proof is filed against the right row, not dug out of email in March.

InvoiceForeignINR settledFIRC status
HSL/2026/0091$8,450₹7,04,730FIRA matched
HSL/2026/0088£6,050₹6,48,439FIRA matched
HSL/2026/0090€7,800₹7,02,780Awaiting FIRC
HSL/2026/0092$3,200₹2,66,880No remittance yet
2 matched · 1 awaiting · 1 to chaseYear-end FIRC pack for the CA →
Sections 234B / 234C

Advance tax, before the interest bites.

Foreign income rarely has TDS withheld, so the whole advance-tax burden is yours — four instalments across the year. HourSlip schedules each from your live estimate and reminds you before the date, so 234B/C interest never starts.

15 Jun15% cumulative
₹16,380
Paid
15 Sep45% cumulative
₹32,760
Due now
15 Dec75% cumulative
₹32,760
Upcoming
15 Mar100% cumulative
₹27,300
Upcoming

Miss an instalment and 234B/C interest accrues at 1% per month on the shortfall. We push a reminder days before each date — so you pay tax, not penalties.

Platform income · Pro

Which channel actually pays you the most?

Import income from Upwork, Fiverr, Toptal or direct contracts; platform fees are deducted automatically — no double entry — and HourSlip ranks your channels by rupees-per-hour after fees, so you can see where to spend your next month.

₹/hour after fees · last 90 days
Direct · own contract
0% fee
₹4,350/hr
Toptal
~0–limited
₹4,180/hr
Upwork
10% fee
₹3,915/hr
Fiverr
20% fee
₹3,480/hr
And the rest of it

The forex spreadsheet, finally retired.

The foreign-money machinery is the headline. Around it sits the everyday tooling — currencies and rails, the tax view, and the year-end pack — that turns scattered PayPal emails into one defensible ledger.

Currency & rails
05
  • USD · EUR · GBP · AUD · CAD — and more, FX locked at issue
  • Foreign + INR on the PDF — for FIRC reconciliation
  • Wise · Payoneer · PayPal — Skydo · SWIFT · UPI
  • Dedicated Export layout
  • Realised FX gain/loss — booked on settlement
Tax & compliance
05
  • 44ADA presumptive — export receipts count
  • Old vs new regime — compared live
  • Advance tax · 4 instalments — 234B/C exposure
  • GSTR-1 6A (EXP) · 3B — export-ready
  • LUT renewal watch — before 1 April
Books & hand-off
05
  • Platform income import — fees auto-deductedPro
  • Expenses → P&L in INR — foreign-revenue subtotal
  • FIRC reconciliation — matched to receipts
  • Year-end pack — for the CA
  • Read-only CA accessPro
Early access · 2026 cohort

Your work is global. Your tax filing should be calm.

Stop stitching together a forex spreadsheet, an invoice tool, and a March-end panic. Put your foreign income in one place that understands the India side.

Founding cohort: free Pro through beta. No card needed.