As per section 47 (xiv) of Income-tax Act 1961, No Capital Gains Tax is to be charged on the transfer of property on the conversion of Proprietorship firm into a Private Limited Company.
All the assets and liabilities before the conversion of the proprietary concern automatically vest in the Company after conversion.
All immovable and movable properties of the proprietorship automatically transfer to the Company. Neither the stamp duty needs to be paid on the transfer of the property nor, any separate instrument of transfer is to be executed.
Check whether proposed name(s) do(es) not match with existing names of the companies.
For incorporation of Company and its further compliances Class 2 DSC is necessary.
File web based Form RUN for the purpose of reservation of name for the company
File web based forms Form SPICe+, Forms SPICe+ MOA, Forms SPICe+ AOA, Form AGILE Pro, and Form INC-9 for completion of incorporation process.
Due to limited liability risk of attachment of personal assets does not exist.
Shares of a company limited by shares are transferable by a shareholder to any other person subject to the restriction as given in the definition. The transfer is easy as compared to the transfer of an interest in a business run as a proprietary concern or a partnership.
A Private Limited Company is a separate legal entity which means a Private Limited company can file a court case in its own name and if a particular person wants to file a case against the company then he cannot file such case against shareholder or Director he can do it against the company itself.
A Private Limited Company enjoys Perpetual Succession which means a company’s existence does not depend upon the existence of its Directors or Members.
A company can be shut down only by a legal procedure as may be prescribed in the Companies Act.
A company can raise equity capital from persons or entities interested in becoming a shareholder subject to condition given in Definition above. Entrepreneurs can raise money from banks, financial institutions, angel investors, venture capital firms, private equity firms, and hedge funds.
The proprietor should check that the following requirements are complied with before starting the conversion process:
A slump sale agreement must be entered into between the sole proprietor and the private limited company for conversion.
Memorandum of Association (MOA) of the Private Limited Company must contain an object stating that – “The takeover of a sole proprietorship concern”.
All the liabilities and assets of the sole proprietorship must be transferred to the private limited company.
The proprietor should be a member of the company’s board of directors with a minimum voting power of 50% of that of the company. It may be noted that a private limited company must have a minimum of two directors.