Life After Registration
What you file every month, every quarter and every year. The part most platforms don't tell you.
Lessons
- 1Registration is the start. Compliance is the journey.Registration is only day one: after it, every business has monthly, quarterly and yearly compliance, such as GST and TDS returns, audits,...
- 2Post-incorporation Compliance: First 30 Days After Company RegistrationIn the first 30 days after company Registration, open the bank account, set up accounts, hold the first board meeting and appoint the fir...
- 3Every month: the monthly compliance calendarEvery month a registered business deposits TDS by the 7th, files GSTR-1 by the 11th, pays PF and ESIC by the 15th and files GSTR-3B by th...
- 4Every quarter: TDS returns, advance tax and board meetingsEvery quarter a business files TDS returns (due 31 July, 31 October, 31 January and 31 May), pays advance tax by 15 June, September, Dece...
- 5Every year: annual compliance for companies and LLPsEvery year a PVT. LTD. company completes its audit, holds its AGM by 30 September and files AOC-4 and MGT-7, while an LLP files Form 11 b...
- 6What happens if you miss a compliance deadline?Missing a compliance deadline brings daily late fees such as ₹100 a day on ROC forms, interest, a ₹5,000 fee to reactivate a DIN and, aft...
- 7How to Close a Company or LLP: Business Closure and Strike-offTo close a company, bring ROC filings up to date, clear all liabilities and file Form STK-2 with the Registrar; an LLP applies in Form 24...
Topic reading list: Life After Registration
Explore the guides for this topic, including earlier articles.
- 10 mistakes founders make at Company Registration (and how to avoid them)
- Section 8 Company Registration: how a not-for-profit company works
- CA or CS: who does what for your company?
- What a Chartered Accountant does for a business: audits, tax returns, accounting and virtual CFO
- What a Company Secretary does: ROC filings, board minutes, secretarial audit and FDI compliance
- Udyam (MSME) Registration for a company or LLP: who should get it and how
- Company Registration in India at ₹999 or ₹9,999? Why It’s a MYTH
