Business compliance in Karnataka
Registrations and filings run on national portals wherever you incorporate — what Karnataka 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: Bengaluru · Districts: 31
What is specific to Karnataka
- Stamp duty at incorporation
- Karnataka stamps the Memorandum and Articles with duties that scale with authorised capital — mid-range: costlier than the flat-duty states, well below Maharashtra's ad-valorem bite at higher capitals.
- Professional tax
- Professional tax applies — ₹200 a month deducted from employees earning ₹25,000 or more, plus the entity's own annual enrolment, both handled on the e-PRERANA portal.
- Shops & Establishments registration
- Establishments register under the Karnataka Shops and Commercial Establishments Act, 1961 through the e-Karmika portal — also the gateway for 24×7 operation permissions.
- Your Registrar of Companies
- Registrar of Companies, Karnataka at Bengaluru (Koramangala) — jurisdiction over the whole state.
Popular services in Karnataka
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 Karnataka we serve
Every service is fulfilled online, so a business in any district of Karnataka is served the same way. Tap your district and an expert will call you back with the Karnataka specifics already in hand.
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