Which registrations does a certificate of incorporation not include?
A certificate of incorporation creates the company. It does not, by itself, register the company for goods and services tax, under a state Shops Act, for a trademark, or as a startup with DPIIT. PAN and TAN are already allotted when the company was filed in SPICe+.
What does the certificate already include?
The company exists from the date on the certificate. Its name, its identity number, and, where SPICe+ was used, its PAN and TAN come with that filing. A current account is opened in the company’s name. Those steps are not a second incorporation. The first board meeting, the auditor, the share certificates, and Form INC-20A are on the post-incorporation page.
What is a separate registration?
Goods and services tax is taken when the law requires it, or when the company opted for it inside SPICe+. When a small business must register is on the GST page. A shop or an office may also need the state shops registration. That Act is not one national form. Who can be recognised under Startup India is on the eligibility page. Udyam is not that recognition.
What do the first weeks require?
The board meets within 30 days. The first auditor is appointed within 30 days. Subscriber share certificates are issued within two months. A company with share capital files the commencement declaration in INC-20A within 180 days, before it starts business. Those are company-law steps. They do not replace the tax and state registrations above.
Frequently asked questions
Four questions cover GST, PAN, startup recognition, and a shops registration.
Does the certificate include GST?
Only if the company applied for it inside SPICe+. A company that did not apply still registers when the GST law requires it. The certificate alone is not that registration.
Is PAN applied for again?
No. SPICe+ allots PAN and TAN with the certificate. They are not a fresh application after incorporation.
Does incorporation recognise the company as a startup?
No. DPIIT recognition is a later application. Udyam registration is a different programme again.
Is a shops registration an MCA form?
No. It is the state Shops Act, filed with that state’s inspector, where the establishment is covered.
Sources
The first statutory weeks after incorporation are on the post-incorporation page. GST, a trademark, and DPIIT recognition are separate.