Business compliance in West Bengal
Registrations and filings run on national portals wherever you incorporate — what West Bengal decides is the state layer: what the incorporation documents are stamped at, whether payroll carries professional tax, how establishments register, and which Registrar of Companies your filings land with. Here are the specifics for the state.
Capital: Kolkata · Districts: 23
What is specific to West Bengal
- Stamp duty at incorporation
- West Bengal is among the gentler states on incorporation stamp duty — modest flat duties on the incorporation documents.
- Professional tax
- Professional tax applies — employers register to deduct up to ₹200 a month from employees by slab, and the entity takes its own enrolment with the Directorate of Commercial Taxes.
- Shops & Establishments registration
- Establishments register under the West Bengal Shops and Establishments Act, 1963 with the Labour Department within 30 days of opening.
- Your Registrar of Companies
- Registrar of Companies, Kolkata — jurisdiction over West Bengal.
Popular services in West Bengal
Incorporate a Private Limited Company via SPICe+ — 2 DSCs, 2 DINs, PAN, TAN and MoA/AoA included.
Get a new GSTIN under the regular or composition scheme, with Aadhaar authentication handled for you.
File your trademark application in one class — search, drafting and filing by a trademark professional.
Districts of West Bengal we serve
Every service is fulfilled online, so a business in any district of West Bengal is served the same way. Tap your district and an expert will call you back with the West Bengal specifics already in hand.
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