Private Limited Company Registration
Overview
A private limited company is the most successful business type in India. The business owners hold all shares of the company privately. Shareholders may operate the business themselves or engage directors to manage the company on their behalf. Forming a private limited company results in protection of personal assets, access to more resources, financial assistance and greater tax cuts. Private limited company registration usually takes 15-20 days.
A private limited company is a blend of corporate form of business structure and partnership. The most attractive feature of a private limited company is the limited liability of its members. It has the flexibility of a partnership firm and the advantages of a company such as greater stability, better creditworthiness and separate legal entity. Private limited companies are an ideal way of starting and structuring startups with a higher scope of expansion as compared to partnerships as it is easy to raise capital from financial institutions due to its higher stability and reliability.
Advantages of a Private Limited Company
Legal Entity – A company is a legal entity and a juristic person. It has wide legal capacity and can own property | Limited Liability – The directors or shareholders of the company have no personal liabilities | Easy Funding – Banks and VC’s prefer to render large financial assistance to a company | Business Continuity – Private limited companies enjoy perpetual succession because the company is a separate legal entity |
Tax Advantages – A company opens the door to more tax-deductible costs and allowances redeemable against profits | Easy Transferability – Shares of a company are easily and freely transferable | Dual Relationship – A person can at the same time be a shareholder, director, creditor and employee of the company | Capacity to sue and be sued – A company in India being an independent legal entity can sue and also be sued in its own name |
Private Limited Company Registration Process
It usually takes 15-20 days to register a private limited company through SPICe INC-32 (a single application for reservation of name, incorporation of company and allotment of Director Identification Number), subject to ROC processing time. Pioneer One makes private limited company registration easy for you.
Documents required for Private Limited Company Registration
For Directors / Shareholders
For Company Address
Choosing a Name for your Private Limited Company
Certain important points should be kept in mind when choosing a name for private limited company registration: