Guides for private tutors
Practical guides on the money side of running tuition in India: collecting fees, writing reminders parents actually answer, taking payments on UPI, and what the tax position usually is for an independent tutor.
Everything on this page is written for one tutor with a handful of students, not for a coaching centre with an office. No pages are sponsored, and nothing links out for money.
Guides
Fee collection app for private tutors in India
What a fee collection tool should do for one tutor rather than an institute, and how FeeSaathi does it.
How to send a fee reminder on WhatsApp
Templates in Hinglish and English, the timing that works, and the four things never to do.
UPI fee collection for tutors, and what changed on 15 October 2026
The new merchant fee, who is exempt, and why most home tutors still pay nothing.
A Classplus alternative built for the individual tutor
Institute platforms against a tutor-sized tool, and the five questions that decide it.
Income tax for home tutors in India
Why tutors usually fall under section 44AD rather than 44ADA, and why collecting digitally is taxed lower.
Free tools
Fee reminder message generator
Write a polite fee reminder in Hinglish or English, with your UPI link, and copy it into WhatsApp.
Try it on your own students
Add your students, tap once, and every parent gets a WhatsApp reminder with your UPI link. Free for your first 10 students, no card.
Start freeLast updated 2026-10-13. Written by Rahul Bhatia, who built FeeSaathi.