Doing business in India 2026: Navigating the new tax code and labour reforms.

Join us for a practical session designed to help international businesses and finance leaders stay ahead of India’s biggest regulatory shake-up in decades. Within months, India has overhauled both its tax and labour frameworks, introducing a modernised Income-tax Act, 2025 and bringing four new Labour Codes into force. You will discover what these reforms mean for cross-border operations, how the new rules reshape your tax position and compliance obligations, and what foreign companies, non-residents and employers need to do to stay compliant. We will also tackle your toughest questions on tax, transfer pricing and labour compliance in our live Q&A.

Agenda

• Introduction: A new tax code, A new way of compliance (Sudhir Gupta)
  • Why India has replaced its legacy tax statute with a modern, digital-first code
  • The new compliance obligations that go well beyond filing
  • Where simplification on paper meets complexity in transition
• International tax with a preview of the India lens (Kuntal Dave)
  • How non-residents, foreign companies and overseas entities are taxed under the new law
  • Treaty relief, permanent establishment and transfer pricing in cross-border operations
  • Practical compliance hurdles for foreign businesses and the incentives now on offer
• New labour laws: Code on wages and other labour codes (Umesh Patel)
  • What the four new Labour Codes change and why it matters from day one
  • New rules on wages, social security, industrial relations and workplace safety
  • The compliance steps employers must take now that the Codes are in force
• Live Q&A on tax, cross-border and labour compliance

Speakers

• Sudhir Gupta, Chartered Accountant, Tax Advisor, Regulatory & Corporate Compliance Specialist
• Kuntal Dave, Regional Managing Partner – International Tax and Advisory, India, UAE and Indian Ocean
• Umesh Pandey, Senior Partner