The service-specific risk to address first
A certificate does not make a newly incorporated company ready to trade without its applicable post-incorporation actions.
Two founders with unequal investment should agree ownership and decision rights before submitting subscriber details.
Mistake 1: assuming the same rule applies to everyone
Equity funding or owner-managed business: choose the structure before reserving a name.
Entity type, business activities, transaction facts and the relevant period can change the answer. Before using a checklist or a headline rule, ask which facts make it applicable to you. Verify current official requirements rather than copying an old article.
Mistake 2: sending records that do not reconcile
Match subscriber names to identity records and obtain a landlord NOC that identifies the actual registered office.
Flag mismatches and missing items before the adviser starts. Never overwrite an original record simply to make totals match. Preserve an explanation of corrections so the final position can be traced back to its evidence.
Mistake 3: confusing one task with full compliance
Separate incorporation assistance from statutory audit, bookkeeping, GST assessment and ongoing ROC work.
An incorporation, registration, return or report is a particular deliverable. Other permissions, recurring obligations and implementation work may remain. Ask for a written list of what the engagement does not cover.
What to do if work is already wrong
Preserve the original submission or report and ask for an assessment of the available correction route. Do not submit a duplicate application or ignore a communication without checking the consequences. Identify the issue, relevant period and supporting evidence.
Who controls the company email, digital signatures and filing acknowledgements after incorporation?
Retain constitutional documents, incorporation evidence and a calendar of applicable first-year obligations.
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