Compliance,withoutthe scramble.

Where Aadhaar authentication is completed and no physical verification is ordered, 7 working days. Small businesses eligible for the Rule 14A simplified scheme can be approved in 3 working days. Without Aadhaar authentication, or where the officer orders physical verification of your premises, allow up to 30 days.

A company if you want outside investment, defined equity or a structure investors recognise. An LLP if you want limited liability with materially lighter annual compliance and no plans to raise funding. The compliance difference is the real deciding factor, not the incorporation cost.

The matter proceeds without your side of it. A scrutiny notice escalates to a show cause notice, a show cause notice becomes an adjudication order assessing tax on the department's figures, and your only remaining route is an appeal that costs a pre-deposit. Ignoring it removes options; it does not remove the demand.

Every director signing the incorporation application needs a Class 3 DSC, and directors who sign later filings need to keep one current. We issue Class 3 certificates ourselves, so it stays part of the same engagement rather than a separate errand.

Yes, and it is usually simpler than migrating. We review what is there first — most existing files have a few unreconciled periods that need clearing before ongoing bookkeeping can run cleanly on top of them.

You can register on GeM without it, but you lose the benefits that make GeM worthwhile for a small business — the EMD exemption, price-matching preference and MSE-specific tender access all require a current Udyam certificate. Register for Udyam first if you do not already have it.