Answers
The questions people actually ask
114 questions, answered from the authority’s own pages. Every figure below links to the page it came from, and every answer says whether we read it at source or could not.
Starting a company
Entity types, directors, capital, and what incorporation involves.
16 answered
GST
Registration, thresholds, returns and the state-by-state detail.
23 answered
TDS
Deduction, deposit, returns and certificates.
17 answered
Income tax
Company and personal returns, audits and deadlines.
16 answered
Annual compliance
ROC filings, registers and the yearly calendar.
13 answered
Trademarks
Classes, objections, and what a registry can and cannot promise.
10 answered
State registrations
Shops & Establishment, Professional Tax, Trade Licence and Factory Licence, state by state.
19 answered
5 questions we will not answer yet
We know people search these. We have no way to read the answer at source, and this site does not publish a figure it has not read.
How do I check my company name approval status?
Live status exists only on the MCA portal, a blocked host for this project. We can describe the step, not source a status answer.
How long does company name approval take?
research/in.json records turnaroundDays as null for incorporation; no authority-published SLA was read. Do not invent one.
How many days does it take to register a company in India?
research/in.json turnaroundDays is null. No authority publishes an SLA we read. Do not substitute a competitor's marketing number.
How do I check trademark availability in India?
The public search runs on ipindia.gov.in, a blocked host for this project. We can describe the step; we cannot source or perform the search here.
How long does trademark registration take in India?
research/in.json records examinationToRegistrationTimeline as null with the note that IP India publishes no service-level timeline. Do not quote a duration.
Search demand researched 2026-09-13. No search volumes are published anywhere on this site, because we did not measure any.