Business registration
Choose the structure before the paperwork.
Sole proprietorship
- Liability
- Owner personally liable
- Owners
- One owner
- Tax filing
- Owner's individual return
Solo traders and professionals starting small. Not a separate entity.
Partnership firm
- Liability
- Partners generally liable
- Owners
- Two or more partners
- Tax filing
- Firm-level return
Small multi-owner businesses with a partnership deed.
LLP
- Liability
- Limited, subject to law
- Owners
- Two or more partners
- Tax filing
- LLP return
Professional or service firms wanting limited liability with partnership flexibility.
One Person Company
- Liability
- Limited
- Owners
- One member, subject to eligibility
- Tax filing
- Company return
A single founder wanting a company structure.
Private limited company
- Liability
- Limited
- Owners
- Two or more shareholders
- Tax filing
- Company return
Startups planning investment or multiple shareholders.
Official reference:Ministry of Corporate Affairs (official site, opens in new tab)Udyam Registration portal (official site, opens in new tab)GST Portal (official site, opens in new tab)
Clearing up “B2B”
B2B is how you sell — not what you register.
There is no universal “B2B registration.” Three separate things are often confused:
- Commercial model — selling to businesses (B2B) or consumers (B2C).
- Legal entity — proprietorship, LLP, company, LLC, corporation.
- Tax category — for example GST registration type in India, or federal classification and state sales-tax status in the U.S.
Selling B2B can affect invoicing, input-credit or resale-certificate handling, but the registrations themselves follow your entity and activity.
Process
Setup, then ongoing compliance.
- 1
Review activity, owners and location
- 2
Recommend a structure and registrations
- 3
Prepare and file formation documents
- 4
Obtain tax IDs (PAN/TAN or EIN) and indirect-tax registration where needed
- 5
Set up books and a compliance calendar
- 6
Ongoing returns and annual filings
Next step
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