Service 08 / 08
The paperwork that has to happen before anything else can
Registrations are rarely difficult and reliably time-consuming. They are also the point at which a small mistake — the wrong object clause, the wrong constitution — becomes expensive to unwind two years later.
Company & LLP
- Incorporation
- Annual returns
- Statutory registers
- Structural changes
Company & LLP
Incorporation
Name approval, documentation and filing for private limited companies and LLPs.
- Name reservation, and a second choice ready before the first is refused
- Digital signatures and director identification numbers
- Memorandum and articles drafted around what the business will actually do
- PAN, TAN and the bank account opened alongside
Annual returns
Timely filing of annual returns with the Ministry of Corporate Affairs.
- Annual return and financial statements filed to the registrar
- Director KYC before the DIN is deactivated
- Auditor appointment and reappointment recorded
- Filed on the date rather than into the daily late fee
Statutory registers
Minutes, resolutions and the registers a company is required to maintain.
- Registers of members, directors and charges kept current
- Board and general meeting minutes written and signed
- Resolutions recorded when they are passed, not reconstructed later
- The file an inspection or a due diligence will ask for
Structural changes
Director and shareholder changes, address updates and constitution changes.
- Directors appointed and resigned, with the consents on file
- Share transfers and allotments recorded properly
- Registered office moved within or between states
- Changes to the object clause where the business has outgrown it
Specialised registrations
IEC Code
Import Export Code registration and DGFT compliance for international trade.
- New IEC registration through DGFT
- Modification when the name, address or constitution changes
- The annual update, which is what deactivates a code when it is missed
- Export promotion scheme eligibility checked before you rely on it
Import Export Code (IEC)
Why register
- Quick registration — typically 3–5 working days
- Lifetime validity, no renewal required
- PAN-based, one code for all export/import activity
Who needs it
- Manufacturers exporting goods
- Importers of raw materials or equipment
- Service exporters
- E-commerce exporters
- Businesses availing export benefits