The Ministry of Corporate Affairs vide its Notification dated 18th February, 2020 has amended Companies (Incorporation) Rules, 2014 and ushered in the process of Incorporation of Companies through SPICe+ (Simplified Proforma for Incorporating Company Electronically Plus: INC-32) in place of existing e-Form INC-32 (SPICe) under Companies (Incorporation) Amendment Rules, 2020

  • What is SPICe+?

SPICe+ is an integrated Web Form introduced to revamp the process of Incorporating a Company with a view to lower the cost of incorporating a company and to facilitate ease of doing business in India.

  • Incorporating a Company through SPICe+ is divided into two parts:
    • Part-A for reserving a name first and thereafter submitting Part B for incorporation & other services.
    • Part A and B together at one go for incorporating a new company and availing the cluster of services
  • Which services can be availed through SPICe+?
    • DIN allotment
    • Mandatory issue of PAN
    • Mandatory issue of TAN
    • Mandatory issue of EPFO registration
    • Mandatory issue of ESIC registration
    • Mandatory issue of Profession Tax registration (in case of Maharashtra Only)
    • Mandatory Opening of Bank Account for the Company and
    • Allotment of GSTIN (optional)
  • Other key features introduced through SPICe+ : A Comparative View
Earlier Feature Now Feature
e- Form AGILE (Linked e-Form) Optional registration under EPFO, ESIC, GSTIN. e- Form AGILE-Pro (Linked Web Form) Mandatory registration under EPFO, ESIC, optional for GSTIN, Profession Tax registration (in case of Maharashtra Only)
Form INC-9 Prepared manually for every subscriber/ first director whether having DIN/ PAN not Form INC-9 Generated online for every subscriber/ first director who are having DIN/ PAN
Opening of Bank Account Not mandatory at the time of incorporating Company Opening of Bank Account Mandatory at the time of incorporating Company itself
RUN (Reserve Unique Name) Available for incorporation of new company or change of name of existing Company RUN (Reserve Unique Name) Available for change of name of existing Company only. Name for new company can now be reserved through Part-A of SPICe+

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