Spice Form has Widened its Scope by Covering Three Important Registration Viz GSTIN, ESIC and EPFO
The Ministry of Corporate Affairs in its notification dated 29th March, 2019, inserted a new Rule 38A under the Companies (Incorporation) Third Amendment Rules, 2019.
Scope : The application for Incorporation of Company under Rule 38 shall be accompanied by the E-Form AGILE (Application for registration of the Goods and Service Tax Identification Number (GSTIN), Employees State Insurance Corporation (ESIC), plus Employees Provident Fund Origination (EPFO) registration.
Objectives : The objective of the Central Government behind this Amendment is to put all the registration requirement after the Incorporation of the Company in to one basket. By filing e-form AGILE along with SPICE incorporation form at the time of registration, the Company would be automatically enrolled for GSTIN, ESIC and EPFO.
| Form No. | AGILE “INC–35” |
| Effective Dates |
For GSTIN: – 31/03/2019
For EPFO: – 08/04/2019 For ESIC: – 15/04/2019 |
| Documents to be required |
Following documents are required while filing linked form AGILE
> Electricity bill > Property tax receipt > Consent letter > Rent or lease agreement > Legal ownership document > Rent receipt with NOC |
| Documents to be required for registration of Authorised signatory under various Act
> Latest Photograph and > Letter of authorisation or resolution passed by Board of Director or Committee. |
(Author Kaushik Nagar and Sushma Mukati are associated with Mamta Binani & Associates a Firm of Company Secretaries and can be reached at mamtabinaniandassociates@
