Section 8 Company Formation

In India, a non-profit organization can be registered as a Trust, by making a Trust deed or as a Section 8 Company, under the Companies Act, 2013. According Indian Companies Act, 2013, a section-8 company can be established for promoting commerce, art, science, sports, education, research, social welfare, religion, charity, protection of environment or any such other object, provided the profits, if any, or other income is applied for promoting only the objectives of the company and no dividend is paid to its members.

Procedure for formation of section 8 company is listed below:

1. Digital Signature Certificate (DSC) & Directors Identification Number (DIN): The only secure and authentic way that a document can be submitted electronically is DSC. All filings of e-forms on MCA Portal are required to be filed with the use of DSC of the authorized signatory. Further, DIN for all the proposed Directors of the Company must be obtained. For obtaining DIN an application in Form No. DIR – 3 should be filed on MCA Portal with documents attested by a practicing professional.

2. Name approval: By submitting an application in Form – INC 1, applicant can obtain approval for selected names from the Registrar of Companies (RoC). The Applicant can give maximum six names in order of preference. The name once approved by the authority is valid for sixty days. The name once approved by the authority is valid for 3 months. Name approval generally takes 1-2 business days.

3. Main instrument: After obtaining name approval, constitutional documents i.e. Memorandum of Association (MOA) and Articles of Association (AOA) is to be drafted and subsequently filed with the RoC along with the forms and other necessary documents stated below:

• Affidavits
• Consent Letters
• Certificate of Compliance from a practicing professionals
• Subscription pages of MOA & AOA– Both documents shall be signed by each subscriber who shall mention his name, address, description and occupation, if any, in the presence of at least one witness who shall attest the signature and shall likewise sign and add his name, address, description and occupation, if any. The witness shall be a practicing professional

4. Issuance of license with registration fee: For Section 8 company license, promoter has to file E-Form INC 12 accompanied by:

• MOA and AOA
• A declaration confirming the application by a practicing Company Secretary
• Names, addresses, occupation and descriptions of the promoters as well as Board Members
• A statement showing details of assets & liabilities as on date with the application
• Estimated future annual income and expenditure, specifying the source of income and object of expenditure
• A statement giving brief description of work, if any, already done by the association
• A statement specifying briefly the grounds on which the application is made
• A declaration in prescribed form on non – judicial stamp paper by each person making an application
• A letter of authority with payment of prescribed fee

5. Other requirement: Following forms are to be filed with the RoC after issuance of license:

• Form INC – 7 for declaration of compliance with the requirements of the Act on application for registration of a company;
• Form INC – 22 for notice of situation of registered office;
• Form DIR – 12 for appointment of directors of the company; and
• Subscribers and proposed directors may delegate their authority to a person(s) to carry out appropriate change(s) as suggested by the RoC in any of the incorporation papers that have been filed.

6. Clarifications / additional Information required by ROC: Documents submitted for the purpose of incorporation are thoroughly reviewed by the RoC. RoC may require certain clarifications, if required. The person authorized shall present clarifications with Roc as needed.

7. Certificate of Incorporation: After providing clarifications, the Certificate of Incorporation is issued by the RoC along with a unique Company Identification Number (CIN) and the Company is deemed to be incorporated from the date of certificate issued. Consecutively, company may apply for other tax and regulatory registration as may be required to run the business smoothly like PAN, TAN, Bank account, etc.

8. Subscription money: A new bank account solely at the name of the company newly incorporated shall be opened by the Board of Directors and the Subscribers. Further to that, they shall deposit their subscription money in bank account to help the company raise initial capital to start its business.

Minimum Requirements for Section 8 Company:

1. At least 2 shareholder and 2 Director (both can be the same person)
2. At least one Director shall be resident in India
3. No Minimum capital required
4. PAN is a mandatory requirement in case of Indian nationals
5. Identity Proof (Voter ID/Aadhar Card/Driving License/Passport); Passport is mandatory requirement for proof of identity in case of foreign nationals
6. Proof of Residence
7. Registered utility proof that is any office address proof
8. Any documents establishing the ownership such as sale deed / house tax receipt along with no objection certificate, in case the premises are owned by a Director and Promoters

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The Insolvency and Bankruptcy Code (Amendment) Ordinance, 2017

On Nov 23, 2017, the President of India promulgated the Insolvency and Bankruptcy Code (Amendment) Code, 2016 (IBC) to strengthen the insolvency resolution process. The Ordinance amends the Insolvency and Bankruptcy Code, 2016 to prohibit certain people from submitting a resolution plan (specifying details of restructuring a defaulter’s debt). These persons include: (i) willful defaulters, (ii) disqualified directors, (iii) promoters or management of the defaulting company, and (iv) any person who has committed these activities abroad. Below mentioned are some key amendments as per the Ordinance:

1. Responsibilities of resolution professional
   While inviting prospective resolution applicants to submit a resolution plan, the insolvency professional is required to ensure that such applicant fulfills the requisite criteria laid by committee of creditors about the complexity and business operational scale of the corporate debtor.
2. Non- eligible resolution applicants
   In order to eliminate possibility of default promoters of ailing entities from submitting resolution plans that leads to acquire the concerned entities assets at low valuations, henceforth any person whether acting alone or jointly with any person, who is a promoter or in the management or control of such person will not be eligible to submit a resolution plan.
3. Position of personal guarantor
   The Ordinance clarifies the position of personal guarantor of the corporate debtor also. The Ordinance amends section 2 of the Code which deals with the applicability of the Code. The Ordinance inserted “personal guarantors to corporate debtor” in section 2 clause (e), meaning by the Code is now applicable to the personal guarantor of the corporate debtor. In consequence, it can be interpreted that now during the insolvency process, the moratorium under section14 of the Code will be applicable to the properties of the personal guarantor of the corporate guarantor also.
4. Submission of resolution plan
   While considering an approval of a resolution plan, the Ordinance mandates the committee of creditors in order to consider the feasibility and validity of the plan. Moreover, a resolution plan submitted before the commencement of the present Ordinance by a resolution applicant who is otherwise ineligible under the IBC, unapproved by the committee of creditors, therefore requiring invitation of fresh resolution plans.

It would be important to mention that prior to the Ordinance, the Insolvency and Bankruptcy Board of India had vide its notification dated 7th November 2017 inserted new regulation after sub-regulation (2) under Regulation 38 in Insolvency and Bankruptcy Board of India (Insolvency Resolution Process for Corporate persons) Regulation, 2017. Under the New Regulation, the Board has made mandatory that the resolution plan should contain details of the resolution applicant and other connected persons. The ‘details’ includes identity, conviction of any offence, if any, during the preceding five years, identification as willful defaulter, if any, by any bank or financial institution or consortium, etc. Now, after the present amendment in the Code by way of the Ordinance both the Code and Regulations are harmonious. The outcome of this will be that the probability of successful resolution of the corporate debtor will be on higher side as the corporate debtor will be handed to person/entity with clean background. The Ordinance prohibits certain persons from submitting resolution plans as it may be considered undesirable to let them take charge of the company. However, this may reduce competition among applicants seeking to resolve the company and result in lower recoveries for creditors.
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New Initiatives for making company incorporation process easier

Incorporation means to get file your esteem company under the registry of the govern bodies. It is not only necessary but mandatory for all types of companies ranging from small enterprises to big entrepreneur to compile their companies under the respective company act. Different acts have been confined and stated for varied companies in India including LLP or LLC, private or public companies have varied concepts of business incorporation. Here we bring you with company incorporation services for all available types of firms.

Business incorporation enables the company to boost its reputation and goodwill in the target market. One can easily apply for any of the legal benefits under the specific act. Besides these; business incorporation firms can easily find the varied alternatives for company funds or outside finance assistance. The same process will also support the company to get the level of authorative where the business can easily explore its potential ways.

Key takeaways from the initiatives taken by the MCA towards ease of doing business in India on the occasion of 69thRepublic Day.

1. No incorporation fee: Companies with authorized share capital up to Rs. 10 lakh can be incorporated in India with Zero registration Fee.
2. Introduction of ‘RUN’: New web service for reservation of name has been launched for name reservation called “Reserve Unique Name”. It is a one pager e-form into which one name of proposed company can be reserved without obtaining DIN and Digital Signature
3. Reduction of time limit for reservation of Name: MCA has reduced the time period from 60 days to 20 days for reservation of name
4. No resubmission for reservation of Name: It can be either rejected or approved in one go.
5. Simplified process for incorporation of company: by removing the requirement of affidavit with declaration from the proposed directors and promotors.
6. New process for obtaining DIN: The process of allotment of DIN has been re-designed by allotting it through the combined SPICe form only at the time of an individual’s appointment as Director.

E-commerce firms may get 6-month tax breather
The provision of tax collected at source (TCS) imposed on suppliers selling products on e-commerce websites like Flipkart and Amazon in the goods and services tax (GST) regime is likely to be deferred by six months. The recommendation by the law review committee may come as a breather for e-commerce players, which have been strongly opposing the additional levy. The TCS of 1 per cent to be charged collectively by the Centre and states was kept in abeyance till April 1, 2018, by the GST Council in October along with the reverse charge mechanism and the e-way bill. However, in light of revenue leakage concerns, the e-way bill to track the movement of inter-state supply of goods will be implemented from February 1, while reverse charge mechanism on composition dealers may be implemented any time now. “The provision pertaining to TDS and TCS can be kept in abeyance for at least six more months, is the view taken by the law committee,” said an official. A final decision on deferring the TCS further will be taken by the GST Council in its next meeting.

Single GST Registration for Airlines, Banks on the Anvil
The government is considering a nationwide single GST registration process for the aviation, banking and insurance sectors, people in the know of the matter said.
A single registration will potentially solve a majority of the compliance problems that services companies have been complaining about. They now have to register themselves and file GST returns in every state or union territory (UT) they operate in.
But the change will require the approval of the GST Council, the top decision-making body under the new tax system, where states are expected to oppose it fearing revenue loss as they have done when the proposal had come up before, tax experts said.
While goods-producing industries were used to making multiple state-wise returns for value-added tax under the previous regime, this is a new requirement for services companies, which complain it as a cumbersome process involving lot of paperwork and manpower.

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