Most of us have the entrepreneur zeal in us with a tentative timeline. The corporate environment over the past few years have gone through a significant change and is now in favor of a start-up. With the encouraging signs all around, if you own a great innovative idea you must be trying to give it … Continue reading "All you need to know about Company Formation"
After successful testing of your idea, Business Plan is the first document that you need to generate covering aspects like Finances, Resources, Revenue model and company operations. You should also decide whether you will be venturing alone or going with partners. Building a business plan needs expertise as many start-ups that survived their first year in business had their business plan written by experts.
This is a tricky step. Most of the time people underestimate the finances needed to run a business and many times investment is required. You need to be aware of the best available financing options in your line of business. Study the competition. Take the help of a CA or CPA to have these things streamlined for you.
You must first decide the structure of the organization. It can be an individual operated or a partnership model. You have further many options, pros, and cons for every option available. You will need to gather all the information and then do a fitment analysis as to which model works for you. You also have got to select the name of the entity that is unique to your business.
In the US, we have the options of LLC & Incorporation. In India, we have options for Sole Proprietorship, Partnership, LLP, Private Limited, Public Limited, One Person Company and Section 8 Company (for Charity) like 501(c)(3). Based on the choice made there will be a set of processes and procedures defined by the law of the land to adhere to and get your incorporation certificate, Income Tax Registrations (PAN, TAN), etc.