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Pan Card India The following text gives a detailed analysis of the bureaucratic and legal obstacles a company / business faces when incorporating and
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50 employees and start-up capital of 10 times the economys per-capita gross national income (GNI).
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50 employees and start-up capital of 10 times the economys per-capita gross national income (GNI).

1. Obtain director identification number (DIN) on-line

The procedure to receive the Director Identification Number (DIN) includes the following 2 steps:
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1) Filing the application Form DIN-1 online, in order to obtain the provisional DIN. The DIN-1 form can be found on the Ministry of Corporate
Rs.8,690 Affairs 21st Century (MCA 21) website www.mca.gov.in. The provisional DIN is issued instantaneously and it is valid for sixty days. The
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Chartered Accountant, Company Secretary or a Cost Accountant or Company Secretary of the firm who is in full time employment, and
whose director the applicant is intending to be nominated.

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2) The relevant organization checks all the documents and, once approved, grants a permanent DIN, which takes between three to five days
to issue.

2. Obtain digital signature certificate on-line

In order to use the new electronic filing system under MCA 21, the applicant must receive a Class-II Digital Signature Certificate, which they
can obtain from one of 6 private agencies who are approved by MCA 21 such as Tata Consultancy Services. Company directors send the
recommended application form, as well as proof of identity and address. Every agency has its own payment system, which can range from
INR 400 to INR 2650.

In total there are 7 Certification Agencies approved by the Controller of Certification Agencies to grant the Digital Signature Certificates. The
criteria of these Certification Agencies can be found on the website of the Ministry of Corporate Affairs (www.mca.gov.in).

3. Reserve the company name with the Registrar of Companies (ROC) on-line
Company name needs to be approved electronically. This is done under e-filing for name approval. An inquiry regarding the availability of
the intended company name can be made by the applicant on the MCA 21 website.

Uusually three staff members for the RoC in Mumbai work full time on name reservations but extra can be put in place if the demand
requires it. Up to six intended names can be sent. They are then verified and checked from the database for any likeness with any other
Indian names.

Every day, around 50-60 applications are sent to the MCA. The name requests are submitted to the senior officer for authorization, once they

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have being cleared by the junior officer. The chosen name will appear on the website after approval, therefore, applicants are required to
check the website to see if one of their intended names was authorized.

Generally, it takes 2 days to receive approval of the name once the intended name is available and meets the naming standards criteria set
by the Company Act (one day for the name to be sent in and one day for it to show on the MCA website).

4. Pay stamp duties online, file all incorporation forms and documents online and receive the certificate of incorporation
As of 1st of January 2010 it has been made mandatory to pay all stamp duties on incorporation documents online via the Ministry of
Corporate Affairs (MCA) website, due to MCAs wish to further the e-governances initiatives. Consequently, the method of payment of stamp
duty by affixation of adhesive stamps on Articles of Association and Memorandum of Association has been changed to e-payment of
applicable stamp duty on Articles and Memorandum of association via the MCA website. Also, some forms: Form 1 (a primary form used in
the incorporation process), Form 5 & Form 44 will be stamped electronically via the MCA website. These changes mean that the documents
that have been e-stamped dont require physical filing. Electronic filing of the same would be enough.

The listed forms need to be electronically filed for registration on the website of the Ministry of Company Affairs:

(a) e-form 1;
(b) e-form 18;
(c) e-form 32

Additionally, scanned copies of the approval of the initial directors, and of the signed Memorandum and Articles of Association, need to be
sent with Form 1.

The charges for registering a company / firm may be paid in cash at some approved banks, or online using a credit card;
The certificate of incorporation is mailed automatically to the registered office of the company by registered or speed post.
The registration charges paid to the Registrar are adjusted in accordance with the companys approved capital (as stated in its
memorandum):
INR 100,000 or less: INR 4,000.

If the nominal share capital is more than INR 100,000, extra charges based on the amount of nominal capital are applicable to the base
registration charge of INR 4,000:

For each INR 10,000 of nominal share capital or part of INR 10,000 after the 1st INR 100,000, up to INR 500,000: INR 300.
For each INR 10,000 of nominal share capital or part of INR 10,000 after the 1st INR 500,000, up to INR 5,000,000: INR 200.
For each INR 10,000 of nominal share capital or part of INR 10,000 after the 1st INR 5,000,000, up to INR 1 10,000,000: INR 100.
For each INR 10,000 of nominal share capital or part of INR 10,000 after the 1st INR 10,000,000: INR 50.

The payment of charges may be done (1) offline; all incorporation documents can be uploaded to produce the payment Chalan. The
applicant needs to get a demand draft for filing fees amount in favor of Pay & Accounts Office, Ministry of Corporate Affairs, New Delhi,
against this Chalan. This demand draft is payable at Mumbai. To make the payments, the applicant is required to visit the necessary
branches of particular banks. Once payments receipt has been received, the payment will be cleared within 1 week. The RoC will accept the
documents which need to be verified and approved once the payment has been cleared (2) online; the applicant pays using credit cards
and the system accepts the documents straight away. In Mumbai, before the documents are uploaded, RoC requests for per-scrutiny of
documents for any mistakes, so that when the documents are uploaded, it can be authorized without any additional amendment. The online
filing section needs only 1 copy of scanned documents to be filed (including stamped MOA, AOA, and POA).

Schedule of Registrar filing charges for the articles and for the other forms (l, 18, and 32):

INR 200 for a company / firm with approved share capital of more than INR 100,000 but less than INR 500,000.
INR 300 for a company / firm with nominal share capital of INR 500,000 or more but less than INR 2,500,000.
INR 500 for a company / firm with nominal share capital of INR 2,500,000 or more.

In accordance with Article 10 and Article 39 of the Indian Stamp Act (1899), the stamp duty which needs to be paid on the memorandum and
articles of association for company / firm incorporation in Mumbai, Maharashtra, includes the following:

Articles of association: INR 1000/- for each INR 500,000/- of share capital (or part thereof), subject to a maximum of INR 5,000,000.
Memorandum of association: INR 200.
Form-1 (declaration of compliance): INR 100.

5. Make a seal
Even though making a seal is not a legal obligation for the company / firm to be incorporated, companies need a company seal for the
issuance of share certificates and other documents.

6. Visit an approved franchise or agent appointed by National Securities Depository Services Limited (NSDL) or Unit Trust of India (UTI)
Investors Services Ltd to receive a Permanent Account Number (PAN)
As of the Income Tax Act, 1961, every person needs to give his or her permanent account number (PAN) for tax payment reasons and the tax
deduction and collection account number (TAN) for depositing tax deducted at source. The Central Board of Direct Taxes (CBDT) has
informed banks not to take any form for tax payment (Chalan) unless it includes the PAN or TAN, as appropriate.

The PAN is a ten digit alphanumeric number printed on a laminated card by an assessing officer of the Income Tax Department. As of July
2003, the Income Tax Department outsourced their activities regarding the allotment of PAN and granting of PAN cards to UTI Investor
Services Ltd, which was approved to establish and manage IT PAN Service Centers in all cities where there is an Income Tax office. This
was done to improve PAN related services.

As of June 2004, the National Securities Depository Limited (NSDL) has also set up PAN operations, TIN Facilitation Centers. The PAN
application is completed via the above mentioned service centers on Form 49A, with a verified copy of the certificate of registration, granted
by the Registrar of Companies, as well as proof of company / firm address and personal identity. A charge of INR 94 (plus an additional
taxes which apply) to process the PAN application is applicable.

IT PAN Service Centers or TIN Facilitation Centers will send PAN application forms (Form 49A), help the applicant to complete the form,
collect completed form and give receipt of acknowledgment. Once PAN from the Income Tax department is received, UTIISL or NSDL
depending on the case, will issue the PAN card and send it to the applicant.

PAN application can also be completed online. In this case the documents are still required to be physically given in to be verified with the
authorized agent. For more details (www.incometaxindia.gov.in, www.utiisl.co.in, www.tin-nsdl.com)

7. Obtain a tax account number for income taxes deducted at source from the Assessing Office in the Mumbai Income Tax
Department
The tax deduction and collection account number (TAN) is a ten digit alphanumeric number needed by all people who are responsible for
deducting or collecting tax at the source, and it is a requirement of the provisions of Section 203A of the Income Tax Act that they need to
apply for a TAN. This provision also makes it compulsory for the TAN to be given in all tax-deducted-at-source (TDS) and tax-collected-at-
source (TCS) returns, all TDS/TCS payment Chalans, and all TDS/TCS certificates that are issued. A fine of INR 10,000/- is applicable if the
relevant people fail to apply for a TAN or to adhere with the other provisions outlined in this section.

Using Form 49B, application for allotment of a TAN needs to be filed and sent to any TIN Facilitation Center approved to get e-TDS returns.
TIN Facilitation Centers locations can be found on www.incometaxindia.gov.in and http://tin.nsdl.com. The charge to process both

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applications (a new TAN or a change request) is INR 60 (plus extra taxes if applicable).

Once the application is verified, the same is submitted to Income Tax Department, and once satisfied, TAN is granted to the applicant by the
department. The national government levies the income tax. Any approved franchise or agent elected by National Securities Depository
Services Limited (NSDL) can accept and process the TAN application, as a result of outsourcing.

The application for TAN can be made both online (via the NSDL website www.tin-nsdl.com) or offline. Once payment of the charge has been
received by credit card, the hard copy of the application needs to be physically filed with NSDL.

8. Register with Office of Inspector, Mumbai Shops and Establishment Act

A statement including the employers and managers name and the companys name (if any), postal address, and category type needs to
be submitted to the local shop inspector with the appropriate charges.

In accordance with Section 7 of the Bombay Shops and Establishments Act, 1948, it is required that the company be registered as follows:

Within thirty days of the date on which the establishment begins its operations, under Section 7(4), the employer is required to
register the establishment in the prescribed manner.
Under Section 7(1), the establishment needs to send Form A and the relevant charges for registering the establishment the local
shop inspector.
Under Section 7(2), upon receipt of Form A and the relevant charges and the the statement is satisfactorily approved, the registration
certificate for the establishment is granted in Form D, in accordance with the provisions of Rule 6 of the Maharashtra Shops and
Establishments Rules of 1961.

The Schedule for charges for registration & renewal of registration (refer to Rule 5), since the changes in the Maharashtra Shops &
Establishment (Amendment) Rules, 2003 as of 15th December 2003, includes the following:

0 employees: INR 100

1 to 5 employees: NR 300
6 to 10 employees : INR 600
11 to 20 employees: INR 1000
21 to 50 employees : INR 2000
51 to 100 employees : INR 3500
101 or more:- INR 4500

Therefore, in this case the registration charge would be INR 2000, because there are 50 employees

Also, under the Mumbai Municipal Corporation Act, 1888, a yearly charge (3 times the registration and renewal charges) is charged as trade
refuse charges (TRC).

9. Register for VAT online

The Commissioner of Sales Tax, Maharashtra State, Mumbai, Trade Circular No. 4T of 2009, as of January 23, 2009, introduced online VAT
registration. In accordance with Notification No. VAT/AMD-1009/ IB/Adm-6, as of 26th August 2009, VAT registration application by the
founders who need to get registration or those who voluntarily wish to obtain registration can be filed electronically, since 1st October 2009,
on the website www.mahavat.gov.in

Once the filled application form is uploaded online, a receipt of acknowledgment which includes the date and time for attendance with the
registering authority, as well as the code / designation and address of registering authority, is issued. The company is recommended to
keep a copy of the filled e-application and send it to the registration authority to be verified , with photo attestation, on a given date and time
along with relevant documents, as well as the acknowledgment receipt. The registering authority will issue TIN once the documents have
been verified, the application is filled correctly and fully completed and includes the documents applicable. The certificate of registration
shall be generated and sent to the company / firm on the relevant date. The appointment date is normally scheduled within the following ten
days.

Additional documents to be sent include the following:

Verified true copy of the memorandum and articles of association of the company / firm.
Permanent residential address proof. A minimum of two of the listed documents are required to be sent: copy of passport, copy of
driving license, copy of election photo identity card, copy of property card or most recent receipt of property tax of Municipal
Corporation, copy of most recent paid electricity bill in the name of the applicant.
Proof of place of company / business (for an owner, the case of doing business): Proof of ownership of the building, with copy of
property card or ownership deed or agreement with the builder or any other appropriate documents
1 recent passport size photograph of the applicant
Copy of Income Tax Assessment Order having PAN or copy of PAN card
Chalan in Form No. 210 (original) showing payment of registration charge at INR 5000 / in the case of voluntary RC and INR 500 / in
other cases

10. Register for profession tax

In accordance with section five of the Profession Tax Act, each employer (not being an officer of the government is subject to pay tax and
needs to get a registration certificate from the relevant authority. The business needs to apply to the registering authority in Form I. Mumbai
Area registration authority is based at Vikarikar Bhavan, Mazgaon in Mumbai. Documents such as proof of address, company registration
number details under Indian Companies Act (1956), head office information (if the business / company is a branch of a business / company
registered outside the state), company deed, certificates under any other act, and so on, should accompany the application where needed.
This is dependent on the nature of the company / business.

11. Register with Employees Provident Fund Organization

12. For any establishment who employ 20 or more employees and engage in any of the 183 Industries and Classes of business
establishments, throughout India (but excluding the State of Jammu and Kashmir), The Employees Provident Funds & Miscellaneous
Provisions Act, 1952, is applicable.

The applicant is granted a social security number once they complete the application. The Provident Fund registration looks at delinquent
reporting, under-reporting, or non-reporting of workforce size, and it is optional if workforce size is less than 20.

The employer needs to give all appropriate information to the relevant regional Provident Fund Organization (EPFO) in prescribed manner
for issance of Establishment Code Number. There is no independent registration needed for the employees. However, all eligible
employees must become members of the Fund. Iindividual account number is given by the employer in prescribed manner.

The code number is to be issued within three days from the date application is submitted, once it is fully filled in, as per an internal circular.
But, in a lot of instances, the intimation letter with the code number is received by applicants in twelve to fifteen days. At present, no online
application facility is available.

13. Register for medical insurance (ESIC)

Through registration, each employer / factory and each employee employed for wages can be identified for the medical insurance scheme
and their individual records are established for them.

Form 01 is the form which needs to be sent by the Employer for registration, as per the Employees State Insurance (General). It can take

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three days up to a week for the issuance of the Employer Code Number. The intimation letter is posted to the employer and includes the
Code Number. This process can take an extra couple of days.

After Employers registration, the Employees individual insurance is a separate procedure which takes place. Responsibility for sending
the necessary Declaration Form is with the employer and employees are responsible for giving the correct information to the employer.
Temporary employee cards (ESI Cards) are issued straight away through the local offices in most ares. These temporary cards have
validity for thirteen weeks from the start date of the employees. It takes approximately four / five weeks to receive a permanent ESI card. The
identity cards shall be sent directly to the insured persons by the ESI Corporation instead of via the employers. This process occurs to
guarantee that all the insured persons get their identity cards so that they are able to get cash and medical benefit.

The ESI Act is applicable to all businesses / establishments that employ 20 or more employees. The ESI Act covers sickness benefits,
medical relief, maternity benefits for female employees, compensation for fatal, other employment accidents / injuries, and more.
Employees who receive wages up to Rs. 10,000 each month is provided for by this Act.

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