All your legal tasks aren’t over as soon as you receive a certificate of incorporation. There are 7 post-incorporation compliances that you should not miss out on after registering your private limited company.
A Pvt Ltd Company is a great choice of business structure for entrepreneurs who want to gain credibility, get investors, and scale the business over time. While the registration process is not too complicated, many people slip up with post-incorporation statutory compliances that have to be done. The registration for the Pvt Ltd Company gives you access to crucial benefits: you can add shareholders, attract the best talent with equity, and raise loans easily, among other things. But it’s no free lunch. You need to comply with the rules and regulations of the Companies Act of 2013 starting from the day you incorporate. This article serves as a comprehensive guide for all incorporation statutory compliances required to be completed within the two months after incorporation. Read more to know about Annual Compliances for Pvt Ltd Company.
1. Appointment of Auditor
One of the first orders of business after having obtained your company’s certificate of incorporation is the appointment of the first auditor of the company. Within 30 days from the date of registration of the company, the board of directors must call a board meeting and appoint an auditor for the company. In case the board fails to appoint an auditor within the above timeline, it is required to inform the members of the company, who may then within 90 days of such intimation, appoint the first auditor of the company at an extraordinary general meeting. The tenure of the auditor so appointed is to be till the conclusion of the first annual general meeting.
2. Disclosure of Director’s Interests & Declaration Regarding Disqualification
Directors of the company are required to disclose their concern or interest in other private company or body corporates, firms, or other associations of individuals and declare that they are not disqualified (as per Section 164). These disclosures are to include directorship and shareholding. Likewise, this is an ongoing statutory compliance task. Directors must disclose their other interests from time to time as required by the Companies Act.
3. Registered Office
On and from the 15th day of its incorporation and times thereafter, the company is required to have a registered office capable of receiving and acknowledging communication and notices. The company is required to file a verification of the registered office with the Registrar of Companies within a period of 30 days of its incorporation in Form INC-22. Furthermore, every company must:
- Paint or affix its name, and the address of its registered office, and keep the same painted or affixed, on the outside of every office or place in which its business is carried on, in a conspicuous position and in legible letters. This board must be in one of the languages in general use in that locality;
- Have its name engraved in legible characters on its common seal, if any;
- Get its name, address of its registered office, and the Corporate Identity Number (CIN), along with telephone number, fax number (if any), e-mail, and website addresses (if any), printed in all its business letters, billheads, letter papers and in all its notices and other official publications; and
- In case of any default in complying with any of these requirements, a company and every officer who is in default shall be subjected to a penalty of ₹1000 for every day during which the default continues, and not exceed ₹1,00,000.
4. Issue of Share Certificates to Subscribers
Within a period of two months from the date of incorporation, every company must deliver the share certificates to the subscribers of the memorandum. Moreover, this means that the subscriber has to remit the agreed subscription amount within 60 days from the date of incorporation.
Failure by the company to deliver the certificates will attract a fine not less than ₹25,000 but which may extend to ₹5,00,000. Every officer of the company who is in default can be punished with a fine not less than ₹10,000 but which may extend to ₹1,00,000.
Other Statutory Compliances
There are logistical compliances too, that companies are required to fulfil immediately after incorporation. These include:
5. Letterhead & Statutory Registers
Mandatory particulars on the letterhead i.e. company identification number (CIN), registered office address, email ID of the company, website address (if any), and telephone number has to be set up. The statutory registers must be kept updated with these details.
6. PAN & TAN
You need to obtain a Permanent Account Number (PAN): https://www.pan.utiitsl.com/ and Tax Account Number (TAN) in the name of the company.
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7. MGT 14
There must be an intimation to the RoC for certain resolutions passed at any meeting between directors or members of the company through form MGT 14. Further, such filings should be made within 30 days of passing or a penalty may be levied.
If you’re seeking clarifications or guidance on compliances required immediately after company registration online in India, feel free to reach out, and we’ll assist you. We also offer solutions to streamline the entire compliance process for your convenience.
