Finance : A practical guide on common mistakes that lead to rejection of subsidy claims in India, covering planning, compliance, documentati...
Corporate Law : This guide explains who can apply for SISFS and the financial support offered. It highlights that early-stage startups receive fun...
Corporate Law : The updated framework doubles turnover limits and expands eligibility to cooperatives. At the same time, it introduces strict rule...
Income Tax : The provision grants full deduction of profits for eligible start-ups for three years. The key takeaway is that structured conditi...
Finance : Founders often struggle with investor conversations due to financial jargon. Understanding core finance terms helps founders pitch...
Corporate Law : The issue concerned operationalising a ₹10,000 crore startup fund. It was established that routing investments through AIFs ensu...
Corporate Law : The initiative marks ten years of nurturing startups across sectors and regions. The focus has shifted from rapid expansion to sus...
Corporate Law : The Ministry of Corporate Affairs details new initiatives, including digital forms and a Central Registration Centre, to simplify ...
Income Tax : DPIIT approves 187 startups for income tax exemption under Section 80-IAC. Eligibility extended for startups incorporated till Apr...
Corporate Law : As of June 2024, India recognizes 1.4 lakh startups, with 67,499 having at least one woman director, supported by various governme...
Income Tax : ITAT Mumbai held that a start-up company incurring cost for branding of the company and other relevant expenditure which creates p...
Income Tax : In the case of HCL Technologies BPO Services Ltd vs. ACIT, ITAT has held that for transfer pricing only amount retained by associa...
Company Law : ROC Pune penalized a start-up company and its officers for delayed filing of e-Form MGT-14 relating to a Special Resolution under ...
Corporate Law : The issue concerned operationalising a ₹10,000 crore startup fund. It was established that routing investments through AIFs ensu...
Corporate Law : The government approved a major fund to enhance startup funding through AIFs. The scheme aims to strengthen innovation, especially...
Corporate Law : The 2026 notification revises the definition of startups, expanding eligibility to more entities while setting turnover and time l...
Company Law : A company was penalised for filing an incomplete and incorrect INC-22 for change of registered office. Startup status helped secur...
In this article we have discussed step by Flow Chart for Application of Patent, Design and Trademark in India by a Startups under Startup India Scheme. We have also updated List of Facilitators of Patents for Start-ups and same can be downloaded from the Following Link :-
In respect to the Scheme for Facilitating Startups Intellectual Property (SIPP) announced by the Government of India and the list of facilitators published for the purpose, references have been received regarding the procedure to be adopted for filing/ processing of startups’ applications for Patents
Government of India has recognized government organizations like TIFAC / NRDC / BIRAC/DEITY / DSIR etc. for the purpose of consideration as facilitator for start-ups vide published Scheme for Facilitating Start-ups Intellectual Property Protection (SIPP) document.
Brief of Finance Act 2016, passed in Lok Sabha:- Direct Tax and Service Tax.The Finance Budget 2016 has been passed in Lok Sabha on 05 May 2016 with few amendments. The president assented the finance bill on 14 May 2016. The following are the major highlights of Finance Act, 2016
Requirement of minimum paid up capital and common seal under the Companies Act 2013 done away with. Registration for Permanent Account Number (PAN), Tax Deduction Account Number (TAN), EPFO (Employees’ Provident Fund Organization) and ESIC (Employee’s State Insurance Corporation) and incorporation of company can be done through a single form on eBiz portal.
In case an application processed by a startup is fully or partly transferred to any person other than a natural person or a startup, the difference, if any, in the scale of fees between the fees charged from a startup and such person to whom the application is transferred, shall be paid by the new applicant along with the request for transfer:
You may have noticed that not every startup can raise funds or attract investors; the reason is simple that a startup usually doesn’t understand all that is involved in doing a business, be it a business plan or creating a marketing strategy or even the day to day compliance requirements. The current market analysis has also showed that many startups are not able to attract millions of investors or venture capitalist.
Every day we come across with at least one news about fundraising by startups… raising $2billion at a valuation of $18billion, fueled $8million in pre-series A funding, bridge round of $5million and so on. Emerging startup businesses have come up with a variety of innovative ideas but funding is the real challenge. Let us have an overview of different funding rounds in startup.
Amit Jain This is in continuation of the previous article on the start ups, wherein we try to throw more light on the subject. Also, we have received several queries from the article which we try of answer herewith. In the outset we do clarify that the GOI has not come up with any clarification […]
An Action Plan for Startup India to build a strong eco-system to nurture innovation and Startups in the country was launched on 16th January 2016. Salient features of the scheme are as follow:
