FEMA compliance for Indian importers and exporters · IDPMS · EDPMS · MTT · Services

Every foreign trade transaction, closed and compliant.

Each Bill of Entry, Shipping Bill, merchant trade and services payment has to be matched to its money, documented to your AD bank and closed in IDPMS or EDPMS before the deadline. FxLayer runs that lifecycle from invoice to closure, so nothing stays open with your bank.

Free to start, no card required Works alongside Tally, Zoho, SAP and other ERPs Data stored in India · two-factor sign-in
Bill of Entry 4471209Nordwind GmbH · EUR 48,000 · AD bank HDFC
Day 22 of 180
  1. Invoice and customs document recordedFrom your ERP, ICEGATE or an emailed PDF
    Recorded
  2. Bank documentation preparedRequest letter · Form A1 · Form 145 / 146 where they apply
    Signed
  3. Remittance made at the dealt rateFX quotes compared across your AD banks
    Paid
  4. Payment matched to the Bill of EntryParty, currency and amount reconciled
    Matched
  5. IDPMS entry closed with the bankClosure documents filed · eight-year audit trail
    Closed
EDPMS · Shipping Bill 7719402 closedRealised in 64 days · eBRC on file
Form 145 Part C preparedForm 146 UDIN quoted · ready for the bank
270days
to realise export proceeds after the Shipping Bill — tracked per record
180days
for an import advance to meet its Bill of Entry — with to-dos before it lapses
120days
maximum FX outlay on a merchant trade — warning from day 90
8years
document retention after closure — the trail your bank and auditor ask for

These are the windows the platform enforces. Your AD bank's extensions and your own tolerances are set per workspace.

Not another reconciliation tool

A compliance layer that works alongside the ERP you already run

Your ERP records the invoice. Your bank moves the money. Nobody owns the space between: which bank to route through, whether the customs document has been knocked off, which letter the bank now wants, and what the tax office expects before the payment leaves. FxLayer owns that space.

  • Pulls invoices, bank entries and parties from your ERP into a review queue — nothing posts unreviewed
  • Reads MT940 statements and MT103 copies, so bank data never needs re-typing
  • Every action leaves an audit entry with the user who took it
  • Separate workspace per IEC, roles for owner, compliance, operator and viewer
Regulators
RBI IDPMS & EDPMS · ICEGATE · Income-tax Form 145 · GSTNWhere the closure, the customs data and the withholding evidence must end up.
Banks
AD bank portals · SWIFT MT103 / MT940 · gpiRates, letters, remittances and statements.
FxLayer
The compliance layer between your ERP and your banksMatching and closure · bank letters and forms · Form 145 / 146 · FX rates · Workbench
FX ratesMatchingWorkbenchDTAA / TDS
Your ERP
Tally · Zoho Books · SAP S/4 & B1 · QuickBooks · NetSuite · Dynamics BC · OdooStays the system of record for invoices and ledgers.
The lifecycle of one payment

From a supplier's proforma to a closed IDPMS entry — without re-keying anything

Scroll to follow an import payment through the platform. Every stage is a real module; every document is generated from the record it belongs to.

1

The proforma lands in Workbench

Your supplier emails PI-2291 to the workspace's own inbox address. Workbench reads it, extracts the parties, currency and value, and stages a Proforma Payment for approval. Nobody types a number.

WorkbenchS0101 advance
2

Form A2 and the request letter are prepared from the record

On approval, the Form A2 and the advance remittance request are drafted from the record: counterparty, amounts, purpose code, AD bank and your signatory are already in place. Sign with a DSC or the built-in e-signature with public verification.

LettersDigital signature
3

Route at the best rate, track the SWIFT

The FX board compares your AD banks' quoted rates against the interbank mid. You pick the cheapest route; the MT103 goes out and its gpi status is followed until the beneficiary is credited.

FX rates and spreadsSWIFT gpi
4

The Bill of Entry arrives and is knocked off

When the goods clear customs, the Bill of Entry is matched against the outward remittance: same party, same currency, within your amount and date tolerances, boosted when the bank narration quotes your reference. You confirm; the trail is kept.

Automatic matching96% match
5

IDPMS closure, with the rules enforced

The 180-day advance window, the write-off ceiling of 5% or USD 1,000, the compensating-settlement letter — the platform checks each and drafts the closure declaration only when the rule allows it.

ComplianceClosure declaration
6

Reported, retained, auditable

The closed entry becomes a reportable transaction in the Import Register, carries its 8-year retention date, and exports to Excel for your auditor with every user action attributed.

RegisterAudit trail
app.fxlayer · Import shipments
Workbench inbox 1 new
Nordwind GmbH · PI-2291.pdf"Please find attached our proforma, 40% advance before production"
09:41
CounterpartyNordwind GmbH
ValueEUR 48,000
AdvanceEUR 19,200
Suggested actionCreate Proforma Payment

Staged for approval · opens the real form, prefilled · nothing saved until you click Save

Form A2 — advance payment Ready
APPLICATION CUM DECLARATION · FORM A2

Applicant: Meridian Components Pvt Ltd · IEC 0512034567

Beneficiary: Nordwind GmbH, Hamburg · Purpose S0101 — advance against import

Amount: EUR 19,200.00 · AD bank HDFC Bank, Fort branch

Authorised signatory: R. Menon, Director

E-SIGNED
verify ✓

Print or PDF · DSC-signed and emailed to the bank from your own mailbox on Growth

FX routing · EUR 19,200 Interbank 90.118
HDFC90.2610+0.16%
ICICI90.3420+0.25%
SBI90.4880+0.41%
SWIFT gpi · UETR 4f1a-92c… In transit
SentHDFCIntermediaryDeutscheCredited
Suggested match 96%
BoE 4471209Nordwind GmbH · EUR 48,000 · 24 Sep
BoE 4471310Kaito Ltd · JPY 2.1m · 26 Sep
ORM2026090012EUR 19,200 advance · 02 Sep
ORM2026090231EUR 28,800 balance · 25 Sep
Why:
party · currency · ±2% · narration cites PI-2291

Split payments, partial receipts and one remittance across many documents are handled.

IDPMS closure check 3 rules
  • Advance met within 180 days — BoE filed on day 22
  • Settled within tolerance — residual EUR 0.00 after two remittances
  • Write-off not required — ceiling would be the lower of 5% or USD 1,000
StatusClosed
Document offeredIDPMS closure declaration
Import Register · reportable transaction RPT-2026-0912
Reported to AD bank28 Sep 2026
Retain until28 Sep 2034
Actions logged11 · 3 users
Export.xlsx pack

Every create, edit, match, cancellation and closure is attributed. Auditors get the register, not a spreadsheet.

Everything in the platform

Fourteen capabilities, one workspace per IEC

Each capability is described on the Products page. Every paid plan includes the core modules; Growth adds the document generator, DSC signing and bank email from your own mailbox; Enterprise adds AI drafting and integrations.

Automatic matching

Bills of Entry and Shipping Bills matched to remittances with scored, explained suggestions.

Compliance tracking

IDPMS, EDPMS and MTT windows watched per record with overdue alerts and a simulator.

Bank letters

Form A2, request letters and declarations drafted from the record, single or in bulk.

Digital signatures

Class 3 DSC signing from Growth; e-signature with public verification, optional on every plan.

Services payments · DTAA & TDS

Treaty article, withholding rate, Form 145 part and GST posture worked out before execution.

Workbench

An intelligent inbox that reads emails, invoices and SWIFT messages and stages actions.

Merchanting trade

Both legs in one record, outlay days counted, profit test across currency pairs.

FX rates and spreads

Live rate aggregation across your AD banks, SWIFT gpi tracking, drawback and RoDTEP exposure on Shipping Bills.

ERP connectors

Tally, Zoho, SAP, QuickBooks, NetSuite, Dynamics and Odoo into a review queue, plus API.

MT940 & Excel intake

Upload the bank's statement or your registers; every line validated like a typed entry.

Export incentives

RoDTEP and Duty Drawback recorded against each Shipping Bill — claimed, credited, received.

Document Studio

The document generator from Growth: your own templates from text, table, signature and image blocks; AI drafting on Enterprise.

Bilateral set-off

Net an export receivable against an import payable with the same overseas party.

Security & audit

Authenticator 2FA, encrypted secrets, data stored in India, full audit trail, 8-year retention.

Teams & partners

Roles per workspace, extra seats at 20% of the licence, a partner programme for CA firms.

Compliance simulator

Test a trade against the rules the platform enforces

Change the dates and amounts. The verdict, deadlines and the documents you'd need are worked out live — using the same windows and limits as your workspace defaults.

Try a scenario
Pricing

Start free. Every paid plan includes every core module.

Standard, Growth and Enterprise price each module on its own — any two save 10%, any three 15%, all four 20% — and differ in monthly volume and the Enterprise extras. Prices exclude GST; the 18% GST and the total are shown before you request a plan.

Security & data

Bank-grade security for your trade data

Two-factor by default

Every account signs in with a password and an authenticator-app code. Repeated failures lock the account; signing a letter asks for a fresh code.

Encrypted secrets

Passwords are hashed, authenticator secrets and ERP credentials are encrypted at rest, sessions are never cached by the browser.

Complete audit trail

Every create, edit, match, cancellation, signature and closure carries the user who did it — ready for your auditor or your bank.

One workspace per IEC

Group companies keep each entity isolated, with owner, compliance, operator and viewer roles inside each workspace.

Data stays in India

Our data servers are based in India, so your financial and trade data remains within the country. AI features you choose to use — Workbench, document reading, AI drafting — send only the documents you give them to our AI provider’s cloud outside India.

8-year retention

Closed records carry their retention date, and every e-signed document carries a public verification code anyone can check.

FAQ

Questions teams ask before they start

Close your next Shipping Bill with a clean trail

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