Choosing the right structure
Choosing the right structure comes first: private limited, LLP, OPC, partnership or plain proprietorship each carry different costs, compliance loads and tax outcomes. A short structured discussion — funding plans, partners, liability, exit — settles which one actually fits, before any government fee is spent.
Incorporation covers
Name reservation and SPICe+ filing, DSC and DIN for directors, MoA/AoA drafting, PAN/TAN, and the immediate post-incorporation set: bank account documentation, commencement of business (INC-20A), first auditor appointment, and share certificate issuance.
Annual compliance covers
Statutory filings (AOC-4, MGT-7/7A for companies; Form 8 and 11 for LLPs), director KYC (DIR-3), board meeting and minutes documentation, and event-based filings (share allotment, director changes, registered-office shifts). Combined with the tax side — ITR, GST, TDS — the entity stays clean across all three regulators with one point of responsibility.
A note on dormant or non-compliant companies
Entities with pending filings accumulate late fees daily and risk director disqualification and strike-off. Regularisation or a clean closure (strike-off under STK-2) is almost always cheaper than continued neglect — both are handled.