The illustrative scenario
Two founders with unequal investment should agree ownership and decision rights before submitting subscriber details.
This is a planning illustration, not a client story or a promised result. Your transaction facts, entity and applicable rules can produce a different recommendation.
Identify what needs deciding
Equity funding or owner-managed business: choose the structure before reserving a name.
A certificate does not make a newly incorporated company ready to trade without its applicable post-incorporation actions.
Write the question in business terms and separate what you know from assumptions. The adviser should explain which missing facts could materially change the proposed approach.
Gather evidence for the decision
Match subscriber names to identity records and obtain a landlord NOC that identifies the actual registered office.
Build a dated record of the facts and explain any inconsistent records. Keep originals and identify the source of each estimate; forecasts and actual financial results should not be presented as the same thing.
Turn the assessment into an action plan
Resolve the proposed activities, shareholding and signing arrangements before preparing SPICe+ and linked incorporation forms.
Separate incorporation assistance from statutory audit, bookkeeping, GST assessment and ongoing ROC work.
For each action, agree its owner, dependency and completion evidence. Obtain approval before a material decision is implemented and plan for possible requests for additional records.
Check the result and continuing responsibilities
Retain constitutional documents, incorporation evidence and a calendar of applicable first-year obligations.
Who controls the company email, digital signatures and filing acknowledgements after incorporation?
Review what remains outside the assignment, including future compliance and recordkeeping. Request advice tailored to the actual facts rather than using this illustration as an instruction to file or transact.
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