The structures beyond a Private Limited or an LLP. Some you run for profit, others exist for a purpose rather than a profit, and each is registered in its own way.
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Trading to make money, mostly without outside investment. A One Person Company is the exception — it converts to a private limited company as it grows.
One person trading in their own name or a business name. Nothing to incorporate — you establish it through the registrations you actually need, and you and the business stay the same person for tax and for liability.
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A company with a single member, incorporated with the MCA. Limited liability without a second shareholder. A nominee is named at incorporation, and it converts to a private limited company once it outgrows the OPC thresholds.
Our fee from ₹499 + taxes
A family entity recognised under the Income Tax Act, run by the senior-most member as Karta. It gets its own PAN and files its own return, which is where the benefit sits. For family-held business and assets.
Our fee from ₹499 + taxes
Two or more people trading under a deed not filed with the Registrar of Firms. Legal to run and cheaper to start, but the firm cannot sue to enforce a contract and the partners cannot sue each other.
Our fee from ₹1,499 + taxes
Set up for a purpose rather than a profit. Income is applied to the object, not distributed to the members who run it.
Registered with the state Registrar under the Societies Registration Act by a governing body of members, with a memorandum and its own rules. For schools, clubs, and cultural and welfare bodies. The minimum number of members differs by state.
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Created by a trust deed on stamp paper and registered with the Sub-Registrar. Public charitable trusts for temples, hospitals and education; private trusts for family arrangements. Trustees hold the property for the beneficiaries.
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A company incorporated with the MCA for a charitable object. Profits are applied to that object and cannot be distributed. Chosen over a society or trust where donors and funders want company-grade governance and annual filings.
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An HUF or an unregistered partnership takes the same route — Shops and Establishment, Udyam and GST where it applies — with a deed prepared first. A society, a trust or a Section 8 company does not. Those register under their own acts with the state, and the governing body, the documents and the timeline all work differently, so we take those offline. Speak to an advisor and we will tell you which of these you actually need before you pay for any of them.
Not in the way a company is registered. There is no register of proprietorships and no certificate of incorporation. What people mean by it is the set of registrations that let you trade and open a current account: Shops and Establishment, Udyam, and GST where it applies. We set those up together.
A proprietorship cannot convert. It has no separate legal identity, so there is nothing to convert — you incorporate the LLP or the company fresh, move the business across, and the proprietorship stops. A registered partnership firm is different: it genuinely converts, to an LLP under the LLP Act or to a company under Section 366 of the Companies Act, with the firm's assets and liabilities vesting in the new entity. Either route has its own cost and timeline, which is why the structure is worth ten minutes at the start.
Not always. It depends on your turnover, whether you sell across state lines, and what you sell. Some businesses must register immediately; others are better off waiting. We check this before you register for anything.
DPIIT recognises a Private Limited Company, an LLP and a registered partnership firm. Of the structures on this page, a One Person Company qualifies, because it is a private limited company under the Companies Act. A proprietorship, an HUF, an unregistered partnership, a society or a trust does not. A Section 8 company is a company, but recognition also turns on innovation and scalability, so ask us before you count on it. If DPIIT recognition and the tax exemption matter to you, that decides your structure.
A society is a membership body with a governing council, registered with the state Registrar of Societies, and is usual for schools, clubs and welfare bodies. A trust is created by a deed and registered with the Sub-Registrar, with trustees holding property for the beneficiaries, and is usual for temples, hospitals and charitable endowments. Which suits you depends on how you want it governed and who controls it, so ask us.
Yes. Udyam is the current name for it. The older Udyog Aadhaar and MSME registrations were folded into the Udyam portal, so if you were registered under the old system you need to move across. It is free and takes a day or two on your Aadhaar and PAN, and it is what lets you claim the delayed-payment protection and the MSME schemes.
In most states, yes, if you have a place of business - a shop, an office, or a godown. It is a state labour department registration and the rules, fees and renewal periods differ from state to state. It is also the document banks most often ask for when you open a current account in the business name, so in practice it comes first.
A current account in the business name. Banks are clear that a savings account is not meant for business receipts, and mixing the two makes your books and your tax return harder to defend later. Banks usually want two of the registrations above before they will open it, which is part of why we do them together.
Yes. Not for profit means the income is applied to the object, not that there is none. A school can charge fees and a trust can hold rent-yielding property. What it cannot do is distribute a surplus to its members or trustees. Registration under Section 12A and 80G is a separate exercise, and worth doing early if you plan to raise donations.
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