Your SMB clients already need it
Attendance, payroll, PF/ESI, Form 24Q — every client with 5+ employees is stitching this together. You become the trusted recommender, not just the filer.
For Chartered Accountants & HR consultants
Your clients need attendance and payroll. You earn on every seat.
India SMBs buy software through their CA. HelloTime’s CA Partner Program pays you 20% in Year 1 + 10% trail forever, with a +5% bundle bonuswhen the same client also runs HelloBooks. Same commercial backbone as the HelloBooks CA program — opt in once, sell either product.
KYC in 24h · Aadhaar e-sign · Monthly UPI payouts · Form 16A auto-issued
Why CAs partner with HelloTime
The trusted recommender, not the unpaid one.
Compliance is on us, not you
HelloTime auto-handles TDS, PF, ESI, PT, LWF, Form 24Q FVU export, Form 16. You sign off — you don't operate the statutory engine.
Bundle revenue with HelloBooks
Same client, two products, one customer wallet, one unified commission ledger. The bundle bonus turns add-on referrals into pure margin.
Single tenant, every product
Whether your client buys HelloTime first or HelloBooks first, you ride along on whichever they add next — no re-onboarding, no double KYC.
Program terms
Published grid. Same as HelloBooks. No salesman required.
We don’t negotiate commissions. The grid below applies to every CA partner, and it’s the same backbone as the Meru Fin Tech channel that already pays HelloBooks CA partners.
20% Year 1
Commission on every paid seat your referred client pays for in their first 12 months.
10% trail
Recurring trail commission from month 13 onwards — for as long as the client stays on HelloTime.
+5% bundle bonus
If the same client also subscribes to HelloBooks, both Year 1 and trail step up by 5%.
Monthly payouts
Razorpay Payouts to UPI / IMPS / bank. TDS 194H auto-deducted; Form 16A issued quarterly.
60-day clawback
Commission claws back only if the tenant cancels inside the first 60 days. After that you're paid.
Practice-team overrides
Team Lead +5%, Branch Manager +2% — bring junior CAs and staff into the same hierarchy.
What you also get, regardless of tier
- · White-label partner dashboard (pipeline + commissions, real-time)
- · Read-only client-books access for filing assistance
- · Co-branded sales collateral & demo deck
- · Dedicated partner success manager (single WhatsApp line)
- · Quarterly CPE-eligible certification webinar
- · Priority routing for your tickets via partner SLA
How it works
From apply to first commission in under 30 days.
- 1
Apply once, KYC in 24h
PAN, Aadhaar via DigiLocker, bank account, GSTIN (optional). Aadhaar e-sign on the agreement — no paper.
- 2
Get your partner code + dashboard
Tracking link, co-branded sales collateral, white-label demo deck, partner success manager intro.
- 3
Your client signs up
From your link or by mentioning your firm at signup. Attribution sticks for a 90-day cookie window.
- 4
You see commission accrue in real-time
Live ledger of every invoice paid, every clawback flagged, next payout date. Monthly Razorpay payout.
Earnings calculator
See what 10 SMB clients turn into.
The math is published pricing, the published volume-discount ladder, and the published commission grid. Move the sliders.
Drag, or type — capped at 500 for the calculator.
Volume tier auto-applies — your clients get 11–25 seats pricing (10% off).
₹399/seat promo · adds payroll, compliance + AI
Your projected earnings
£8,287.00
over 24 months · 10 clients × 15 seats
- Avg per-seat / month after discounts
- £11.51
- Annual revenue per client
- £2,072.00
- Year 1 commission (25%)
- £5,180.00
- Year 2 trail (15%)
- £3,108.00
Indicative only. Actual payouts depend on client retention (60-day clawback), tier, and seat count at each billing cycle. TDS 194H is auto-deducted before payout; Form 16A is issued quarterly. Bundle bonus applies for as long as the client carries both products. Currency follows your detected region (£).
Compliance trust
We carry the statutory load — not you.
You’re the CA, not the payroll bureau. HelloTime ships every India statutory module out-of-the-box so the only thing you sign off is the return — not the calculation engine. If something breaks, our compliance desk owns it, not your client’s reception of a notice.
See full compliance coverageHandled by HelloTime
- TDS Form 24Q + FVU export — quarterly, filed-ready
- Form 16 generation for every employee at year-end
- PF deposit, ECR file, UAN mapping
- ESI contribution + IP number tracking
- Professional Tax (state-wise) + LWF
- Bonus Act, Gratuity Act reporting on request
Already a HelloBooks CA partner?
One-click extend — same agreement, same payout rail.
The HelloTime program rides on the unified Meru Fin Tech channel ledger. That means: same KYC, same Aadhaar-signed agreement, same Razorpay payout account, same Form 16A. We add HelloTime to your product certifications, you keep selling whatever your client wants.
Sign in to your existing partner dashboard, accept the HelloTime addendum, and your code starts working on hellotime.ai signups within the hour.
FAQ
Frequently asked questions
Is this the same as the HelloBooks CA partner program?
Yes — same commercial backbone, same partner portal, same Aadhaar e-signed agreement. If you're already a HelloBooks CA partner, opt into HelloTime in one click from your dashboard and start earning on both products at the same client. The grid (20%/10% + 5% bundle bonus) is configured per product so the math just adds up.
When do payouts land in my account?
Monthly. We close the ledger on the 28th of each month, deduct TDS under section 194H, and Razorpay Payouts settles to your registered UPI/IMPS/bank on the 7th of the following month. Form 16A is auto-generated quarterly and emailed to you.
What's the clawback rule?
If a client cancels within 60 days of their first paid invoice, the Year 1 commission for that client is clawed back from your next payout. After day 60, the commission is yours regardless of churn. Trail commission stops automatically the month the client stops paying — we don't claw back paid trail.
How is the commission taxed?
Commission is professional service income to your CA firm or to you as an individual partner — your call which entity we contract with. We deduct 10% TDS under section 194H before payout (5% if your annual commission stays under ₹15K). You report it under business/professional income; Form 16A from us is the supporting document. There's no Form 1099 — this is an India contract.
Do I need to demo the product to my clients?
No. You can hand off a co-branded demo deck and a 20-min onboarding call with our partner success manager. If you prefer to demo yourself, we run a 60-min CA partner certification once a quarter (CPE-eligible, ICAI WIRC accredited where applicable).
What if two CAs claim the same client?
First-touch wins. Whoever's tracking link or partner-code mention came first owns attribution. We notify both parties and route the commission to the originating partner. The 90-day cookie covers most ambiguity.
Can I refer non-India clients too?
Yes — the same grid applies in USD/GBP/AUD/AED/SGD/CAD/NZD for international tenants. Payouts to non-India CAs route via Wise. India tax/Form 24Q modules are India-specific, but the time-tracking + payroll + integrations stack works globally.
I run an HR consultancy, not a CA practice — am I eligible?
Yes. HR consultancies use the same grid as CA partners, with the same 60-day clawback and bundle bonus. If you ship implementation services to your clients, you keep 100% of that — we don't sell implementation, you do. Talk to us about a custom Strategic tier if you regularly close 100+ seat deals.
Onboard your first client this week.
Apply now — KYC takes a day, your tracking link goes live the moment the agreement is e-signed.