BENEFITS OF PUBLIC LIMITIED INCORPORATION
- Limited Liability Protection to Directors personal assets
Many times business need to borrow money and take high investment decisions. Public Ltd. Company is the best option for entrepreneurs with larger investment requirements. In case of normal Partnerships, Partners personal savings and property would be at risk incase business is not able to repay its loans or business goes into loss. In a Public limited company, only investment in shares of the business is lost, personal assets of the directors are safe.
- Better image and credibility in Market
Public limited company is popular and well known business structure. Corporate Customers, Vendors and Govt. Agencies prefer to deal with Public Limited Company instead of proprietorship or normal partnerships.
- Easy to raise funds and loans
Public Limited company can list itself in various stock exchanges in India and raise capital from stock market. Limited company also enjoys wide options to raise funds through bank loans, general public and Institutional investors.
- Favorite Business structure for Investors
Investors love to invest in Public Limited companies as it is well structured and transparent business structure.
- Easy Transfer of shares
Most important it is very easy to exit from a Public limited company, only shares of the company need to be handed over to the purchaser along with the signed share transfer forms.
- Most Suitable for Heavy Investment
Public Company is the best choice for businesses involving heavy investment.
MINIMUM REQUIREMENTS FOR PUBLIC LIMITIED INCORPORATION
Minimum 7 Shareholders
One of the Directors must be Indian Resident
DSC (Digital Signature Certificate) for two of the Directors
Minimum 3 Directors
Minimum Authorised Share Capital Rs. 500,000 (INR Five Lac)
The directors and shareholders can be same person
DIN (Director Identification Number) for all Directors
WHAT ALL YOU GET
DIN for 2 Directors
MOA + AOA
Customized Incorporation Master File
Bank Account Opening Support
Digital Signature for 1 Director
Incorporation Certificate
Company PAN Card
Web Hosting + 10 emails for 1 Year
Company Name
New Incorporation Kit
Company TAN/TDS
Web Domain Name for 1 Year
1. What details required to set up Public Limited Company in India?
You need to arrange very simple details of director like photograph, Pan card and one address proof. For more details, please fill the above details and Get Started Now.
2. Who is Registrar of Company (ROC)?
ROC is a Government office with whom companies get registered. Every State has one ROC office except Maharashtra and Tamilnadu where there are two ROC offices. In Maharashtra companies are registered with Mumbai & Pune ROC. In Tamilnadu companies are incorporated at Chennai and Coimbatore ROCs. In all other States like Delhi there is only one ROC office, like at Bangalore, Hyderabad and so on.
3. What is a DIN?
Director Identification Number (DIN) is a unique identification number required for a person to become a director of a company. DIN is issued by ROC office (Ministry of Corporate Affairs)
It is similar to a PAN Card number.DIN is to be mentioned in documents while appointing a person as a director of a company.
4. What is a DSC?
A digital signature is electronic signature, which is in the form of codes. It is used for signing the electronic forms, filed with ROC for incorporation of Company. Digital Signature cannot be used in physical documents.
5. What is MOA & AOA of company?
MOA means Memorandum of Association and AOA means Articles of Association. These are the byelaws or rules based on which important matters like main business of the company or meetings is decided. These are standard legal documents prepared by Company Secretaries during registration of the Company.
6. What is capital of the Company?
Capital means investment made by the shareholder into OPC. Authorised capital is an amount up to which company can issue shares. This capital is mentioned during incorporation of the company based on which ROC registration fees and stamp duty is paid. Paid up capital is an actual investment which goes from shareholder into company bank account, against which share certificate is issue by the company. There is no minimum compulsion for paid up capital, it can be as low as Rs. 10,000
7. Do we have to deposit Share Capital in a Bank at the time of Incorporation?
No. After company is registered, it need to open a company bank account and then anytime within two months of incorporation, capital can be deposited into Company bank account.
8. Does my business have to have some level of turnover to start OPC Private Limited?
This is not true, a Private limited company is one of the mode of doing business, which means it can be started from scratch. For that matter even after incorporating a private limited there is no obligation that the company must have sales or turnover.
9. Does PF, GST is automatically applicable to OPC Private Limited?
There is no automatic applicability. Provident Fund (PF), GST law applicability is same for all types of businesses like sole proprietorship, partnership firms and companies. These laws are applicable only after crossing certain threshold limits.