e-form AGILE PRO- INC-35

AGILE PRO- INC-35

Under the scheme of ease of doing business, MCA has launched e-form AGILE PRO (Application for Registration of the Goods and Services Tax Identification Number (GSTIN), Employees’ State Insurance Corporation (ESIC) registration plus Employees Provident Fund Organization (EPFO) registration). Any user intended to incorporate a Company through Spice+ can now apply for GSTIN , ESIC registration, EPFO registration, Professional Tax registration (only in the state of Maharashtra) and for opening a Bank Account in one go.

INC-35 (AGILE-PRO) will be submitted as linked form with SPICe+ filed for incorporation of a company. The AGILE e-form act as a single window clearance helping company incorporation and various other regulatory formalities simultaneously.

APPLICATION FOR GSTIN VIDE AGILE PRO

User wishes to incorporate a Company and apply for GSTIN at the same time, can do so by filing SPICE+ accompanied with eform AGILE. This process will be applicable only for Companies incorporated by MCA through SPICe+ application. Other categories of applicants (Tax Deductor, Tax Collector, Casual Taxable person, ISD, etc.) who intends to apply for GSTIN shall follow the existing process of registration through Common Portal for GST registration.

The proposed Registered Office of the Company would be the principal place of business for GST application. The user needs to enter the same District and State as entered in Spice+ form.

There is also a choice to opt for Composition scheme in this form.

Once the company is incorporated at MCA portal and Certificate of Incorporation and PAN has been successfully generated, required information will be forwarded to GSTN for processing of form. Once the data is successfully validated by GSTN, TRN and ARN would be generated and displayed on MCA Portal. In case of approval or Rejection, GSTIN or GSTIN Rejected status shall be sent on mobile number and email of Authorised Signatory.

PROPOSED DIRECTOR/ AUTHORISED SIGNATORY

Detail of proposed director / Primary Owners who will act as authorised signatory shall be entered in this form. Note that the Director / Primary Owners cum Authorised signatory must have valid PAN and he must be Citizen and Resident of India.

Detail of proposed directors other than the authorised signatory will also be entered and the total number of Directors will depend on the category or sub-category of the proposed Company. The minimum number of directors would be:

• 1 in the case of One person companies (OPC),
• 2 in case of Private limited companies,
• 3 for Public limited companies, and
• 5 in the case of Producer companies.

OPENING OF BANK ACCOUNT

The user needs to select the Bank name in which he wishes to open the Account. Note that Presently Punjab National Bank and ICICI Bank have been integrated with AGILE-PRO for opening a Bank account. Gradually many Public and Private Sectors Banks would also be integrated with AGILE-PRO. Suitable updates in this regard would be published on the MCA portal and FAQs.

Once the company is incorporated at MCA portal and Certificate of Incorporation and PAN has been successfully generated, required information will be forwarded to respective bank for processing of form. Once the data is successfully validated by bank, account number would be generated and communicated by the respective bank to the Company’s/Authorized signatory’s email id.

SIGNING THE AGILE E-FORM

The director of the company who has signed the SPIC e-form needs to sign the AGILE e-form. In other words, both the SPIC e-form as well as the AGILE e-form needs to be signed by the same director.

NOTE: No extra fees needs to be paid while applying GSTIN, EPFO, ESIC, Professional Tax Registration or for opening Bank Account using e-form AGILE.