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nce a Subsidiary of a Foreign Company is incorporated in India, there are certain annual compliances that need to be adhered to. These annual compliances provide coverage to various laws and statutes in India and non-compliance may lead to severe penalties. There are certain prescribed timeframes within which adherence is required. The laws which prominently require compliances are:
- Income tax Act
- Goods & Services Tax Act
- Service Tax Act
- Companies Act and
- Rules framed by Reserve Bank of India, particularly Foreign Collaboration- General Permission Route) FCGPR compliance
All the filings are governed and regulated by Ministry of Corporate Affairs (MCA).
We help our clients with all their annual compliance needs and have defined packages to meet their requirements at most competitive prices. In addition, we understand that it may not always be possible to avail all services. In that case, we have tailor made packages for you to pick and choose the Alacarte service that is required during the year.
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- Review the documents and information provided
- Apply for Digital Signature Certificate (DSC)
- Check availability of company name with MCA
- Draft Memorandum of Association (MOA)
- Draft Articles of Association (AOA)
- Draft all other incorporation documents
- Reserve name with MCA
- Apply for Directors Identification Number (DIN)
- Apply for company incorporation with MCA
- Apply for PAN and TAN of company
Foreign Companies
In case of NRI or Foreign National, documents of director(s) must be notarized and/or apostilled
Latest Passport size photograph of Shareholders and Directors
- Aadhar card and Voter ID/ Passport/ Driving License of Shareholders and Directors
- PAN Card of shareholders and Directors
- Foreign nationals must provide a valid passport
Latest Telephone Bill /Electricity Bill/ Bank Account Statement of Shareholders and Directors
The above documents should not be more than 2 months old
- Latest Electricity Bill/ Telephone Bill of the registered office address
- No Objection Certificate to be obtained from the owner(s) of registered office
- Rent Agreement of the registered office should be provided if any
All other incorporation documents to be provided in soft copy
Maintaining books of accounts as per Indian GAAP
Books of accounts have to be maintained under different statutes – Income Tax Act, Companies Act 2013 and GST Act. All the respective acts specify the nature of books to be maintained, retention period and other statutory requirements
Auditor appointment
Auditor has to be appointed within 30 days of company incorporation
Board Meetings
First board meeting has to be conducted in 30 days of company incorporation and 1 such meeting has to be conduced every quarter
Annual General Meeting
Company may hold its first AGM within the period of 9 months from closing of its first financial year otherwise in other cases within the period of 6 months
Annual Return
Annual Return has to be filed in MGT 7
Issue of Share Certificate
Issue of share certificate (within 60 days)
Registered Office
Company must have its registered office within 30 days from the date of incorporation and all the times thereafter
Letterheads
Letterheads should have few mandatory fields as name, address, CIN No, Phone No, Fax, etc
Bank Account
Bank account of the company has to be opened on incorporation
Statutory Registers
Statutory Registers – These registers have to be mandatorily maintained
| MGT-1: Register of Members |
| MGT-2: Register of Debenture holders Register and Index of Beneficial Owner |
| MGT-3: Foreign Register of Members, Debenture holders, other security holders or beneficial owners residing outside India |
| Form SH-2: Register of Renewed and Duplicate Share Certificate |
| Form SH-3: Register of Sweat Equity Shares |
| Form SH-6: Register of Employee Stock Options |
| Form SH-10: Register of Shares or Securities Bought Back Register of Directors and KMPs Register of Deposits |
| Form CHG-7 Register of Charges |
| Form MBP-2: Register of Loans/Guarantee/Security and Acquisition by Company |
| Form MBP-3: Register of Investments not held in its own name |
| Form MBP-4: Register of Contracts or Arrangements in which Directors are interested |
TAN
Applying TAN of the company on incorporation
PAN
Applying PAN of the company on incorporation
TDS return
A TDS Return is submitted on a quarterly basis to Income Tax Department. It is a summary of all the transactions related to TDS made during a quarter
Income tax return
Company are required to file their income tax return using Form ITR 6
GST Registration
Entities required to register for GST as per regulations must file for GST application within 30 days from the date on which the entity became liable for registration under GST
GST returns
GST returns have to filed on monthly, quarterly and annual basis
Tax audit
Every Company whose turnover exceeds INR 1 Cr. in case of a business or INR 50 Lakh in case of a profession, is required to get its books of accounts tax audited under section 44AB of the Income-tax Act
Statutory Audit
Statutory Audit as the name suggests is a compulsory audit for all companies. Every entity which is registered under the Companies Act, as a Private Limited or a Public Limited company has to get its books of accounts audited every year
FC GPR ((Foreign collaboration – General Permission route) compliance
In case of Indian subsidiary of foreign company, the Indian company must report to Reserve Bank of India (RBI) the amount received from foreign company within 30 days of receipt of share application money/amount of consideration. The report must be submitted to the Regional Office of the Reserve Bank of India under whose jurisdiction its Registered Office is located
FC GPR (Foreign collaboration – General Permission route) certification
A certificate from Company Secretary / Chartered Accountant must be submitted by the company to the Foreign Exchange Department, Reserve Bank of India (RBI)
Transfer pricing rules and certificaion would be required
Any individual/company/LLP which has undertaken an international transaction with an associated enterprise is required to maintain documentation as per the rules. Also, any individual/company/LLP which has entered into an international transaction during a previous year is required to obtain an Accountant’s Report and furnish report before 30th November of the financial year
If a Company fails to comply with the rules and regulations of the Companies Act, then the Company and every officer who is in default shall be punishable with fine for the period for which default continues. In case of delays, additional fees is required to be paid and it inceases with time.
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