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A billable-hours calculation answers one practical question: how much approved client work should be charged at the agreed rate. In India, the total should be stated in INR. For legal services, the base billing method is still time multiplied by the agreed rupee rate, because there is no government-regulated fee schedule for advocates.
The calculation also helps you keep non-billable work out of the invoice. Internal review, admin, training, proposal work, and write-downs can remain visible for profitability analysis without becoming client charges. For advocates, percentage-of-recovery fees are prohibited under Bar Council of India client-duty rules, so hourly or agreed-fee billing needs clean support.
Start with approved hours by person, task, matter, or phase. Then attach the agreed INR rate to each category. India does not impose a national statutory billing increment for advocate time, so the increment comes from the engagement letter, firm policy, client contract, or profession-specific practice. Do not round first and justify later.
For example, a matter includes 24 approved legal research hours at ₹7,500 per hour and 16 approved hearing preparation hours at ₹11,000 per hour. The base fee is ₹356,000. If a taxable 18% GST treatment applies, the tax amount is ₹64,080. For advocate-to-business legal services covered by reverse charge, the business recipient is treated as liable to pay GST.
GST treatment changes the amount the client must account for, but it does not change the billable-hours subtotal. Taxable legal and accounting services under GST Heading 9982 are listed at 18% integrated tax, with domestic GST generally split between central and state or union-territory tax where applicable.
Legal services supplied by an individual advocate, senior advocate, or firm of advocates to a business entity in the taxable territory are covered by GST reverse charge. Listed recipients can receive nil-rated legal services, including another advocate or advocate firm, a non-business recipient, a business entity below the GST registration-exemption threshold, or specified government and public entities.
A calculator is enough when you need a one-time subtotal from a small number of approved entries: hours, rates, non-billable exclusions, and GST treatment. It is also enough for a quick review before sending a draft invoice, as long as the underlying time records already show who worked, what they did, and which entries the client approved.
A managed workflow becomes necessary when multiple people enter time, partners approve write-downs, periods need locking, or invoices must match matter-level billing rules. Everhour Time Tracking captures task and project hours through timers or manual entries, supports approvals and locked periods, and feeds timesheets, reporting, budgeting, invoicing, and payroll review.
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Multiply approved billable hours by the agreed INR rate for each person, task, matter phase, or service category. Add the line totals to get the base fee. Keep GST, expenses, discounts, and write-downs separate so the time-based fee remains clear and auditable.
No national statutory billing increment applies to advocate time in India based on the listed facts. The increment should come from the engagement letter, client contract, firm policy, or applicable professional practice. Use the same increment consistently before calculating the invoice amount.
GST is handled after the billable-hours subtotal. Taxable legal and accounting services under GST Heading 9982 are listed at 18% integrated tax. For legal services supplied by an individual advocate, senior advocate, or firm of advocates to a business entity in the taxable territory, GST reverse charge generally makes the business recipient liable to pay the tax.
Legal services by advocates or advocate firms are listed as nil-rated when supplied to specified recipients such as another advocate or advocate firm, a non-business recipient, a business entity below the GST registration-exemption threshold, or specified government and public entities. Confirm the recipient category before adding GST to an invoice.
For services supplied by a micro or small enterprise, the buyer must pay by the agreed written date. The agreed period cannot exceed 45 days from acceptance or deemed acceptance. If there is no agreement, payment is due before the appointed day after 15 days, with late interest at three times the RBI bank rate compounded monthly.
Everhour Time Tracking records task and project hours through live timers or manual entries, then routes those entries into timesheets, reports, budgets, invoices, and payroll review. Admins can approve timesheets, lock completed periods, send reminders, and configure timer behavior before billing data is finalized.
Track approved client work, lock billing periods, and move clean time records into invoices. Everhour gives India teams a dependable time layer before billing handoff.
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