Notice of starting and terminating business activities

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Notification of the start of business activities - a necessary document when submitting to authorized authorities if you want to open your own business, regardless of the chosen field of work. What exactly is it and how to officially notify the relevant authorities about the closure of your case, we will describe in detail below.

Features of filing a notification

As many novice businessmen know, starting a business requires a mandatory notification procedure when performing certain types of work. An organization or an individual entrepreneur submits this document after the state registration of its newly formed structure and after tax registration, but before the moment when the company proceeds directly toAt the same time, there are certain exceptions for legal entities registered before the first half of 2009;

Activities requiring a notification procedure

Notify the competent authorities that your company has started work is necessary in cases where it is engaged in areas such as:

• hotel services;
• household and service services;
• catering;
• wholesale and retail trade in consumer goods;
• personal and freight transportation;
• clothes production;
• production of building materials and furniture;
• publishing and printing;
• information technology;
• food production;
• social sphere;
• Utilities;
• tourism business.

So, if you plan to start working in one of the listed areas, then you should first inform one of the authorized structures about the start of business activities.

Where to send the required documentation?

Notice of starting a business, depending on its scope, should be submitted to one of the following authorities:

• Rospotrebnadzor;
• biological agency;
• Rostransnadzor (when providing transportation services);
• Rostrud (for industrial services);
• EMERCOM of the Russian Federation (if we are talking about the production of fire protection equipment and other protective products);
• Rosstandart;
• executive authority of the region (housing inspection or other body depending on the region of the country).

How to find a territorial body of one or another instance in the regions?

If you plan to start your business in the regions, then the notice of the start of business activity must be carried at the place of registration of the legal entity to the local body of one or another authorized structure.

In order to find a local branch of the same Rospotrebnadzor or Rostrud, you should go to the website of the department you are interested in, enter your region and select from the list of branches that suits you according to the location of the future company. There is also contact information: you can call and clarify the time of reception of representatives of the structure. Under the current legislation, the notification procedure for starting business activities is carried out exclusively at the place of registration and actual operation of the future business.

Pen alties for failure to provide information

Notice of commencement of business activity is mandatoryprecondition for starting your own business. If this document is not submitted, pen alties may be imposed on the owner of the company, since such an action is an administrative offense from a legislative point of view. from 3 to 20 thousand rubles.

If the document was submitted, but contained false data, then the sanctions will be from 5 to 30 thousand rubles, respectively. That is why it is better to fill in all the information on the basis of reality and submit documentation according to the required deadlines. Remember that it is very easy for representatives of competent structures to verify the veracity of the specified data, and it is highly undesirable to resort to deceit.

Notification Form

According to the law, there is a special form for filling out such a document as a notice of entrepreneurial activity. It is subject to signing by the head of the company or an individual businessman. Next, it should be stamped with the seal of the newly created organization, if one has already been made, so this item is not mandatory. The notice consists of items such as:

• name of the body where it is submitted;
• signing date;
• surname and initials, as well as the position of the head of the new legal entity.

And only after the approval of the document is determined the date of commencement of business activity, which you appoint yourself. It can be submitted electronicallydestination, and in printed form, then you should fill out the form in duplicate and give it to the authorized person.

What other information might be included in a business start notification?

In addition to the above points, a document confirming the start of entrepreneurial activity also includes data such as OGRG and TIN, the location of both the legal entity and the place of direct work (sometimes they may coincide). The postal address of the main office and the location of branches and representative offices is also required if it is a network business.

If the form is filled out by an individual entrepreneur who does not plan to open branches in the near future, then he only needs to indicate information about where the company will operate. In other words, indicate the address of the location of the future cafe, service center, beauty salon, etc. You will also need to add to the document the area in which you plan to open your business, and a list of types of work that will be performed by you or your subordinates. Please note that you can specify several of them at once, and if they are very different from each other, the notification of the start of business activities must be submitted to different authorities depending on the type of activity of the organizations.

Document Submission Rules

Many people who are interested in how to start a business will immediately learn about the proceduresubmission of the relevant notification to the competent authorities. So, the document itself can be sent to the required authority in the most appropriate way for you:

• when personally contacting an authorized structure;
• in the form of a mail notification with a description of the attachment, while the date of submission is the day the correspondence was sent;
• by e-mail, subject to certification of the document with a special digital seal from the applicant.

The last option can be implemented through the Unified Portal of Public Services, this possibility is provided for by law. It will certainly be acceptable for those who do not have enough time to go to one or another instance. In cases where you choose a more traditional method to send documentation, then two copies of the notification should be made in paper form.

Sighting procedure and additional documentation

Please note that the current legislation does not provide for the payment of the applicant for filing a notice of the start of business.

When the document is in the hands of a representative of the authorized structure, he is obliged to register it and put a mark on the approval, date and indicate the registration number. One copy remains with him, the second is given to the applicant. The notification sent electronically is confirmed by electronic registration, about which the sender receives a notification through the Unified Portal of Public Services. So,you should submit a list of documents such as:

• notice of doing business;
• inclusion of transport and other infrastructure (territory, buildings, premises, etc.) of the future company in the relevant register;
• extract from the state register of legal entities and individual entrepreneurs;
• certificate of tax registration.

When can an applicant be denied a business permit?

Sometimes, an applicant may be denied acceptance of a business start notice. There are a number of reasons for this, including the following:

• If the document was submitted, being drawn up not in the form established by law. In this case, it is returned to the applicant and he is recommended to finalize it and resubmit it.
• In cases where the notification was given to an authority that does not correspond to the chosen type of activity. In such cases, the applicant receives a document indicating the refusal to accept the application, the refusal is also accompanied by information and details of the authorized body where he should send it.

Please note that the refusal in both cases is not final, but is only the basis for finalizing the existing documentation or submitting it to the appropriate competent authority.

What if the address of the business has changed?

If, due to certain circumstances, after obtaining permission to carry out a particular type of activity, the entrepreneur changedlegal or actual address, or the company was reorganized and the form of ownership was changed, then information about these changes should be reported to the same authorities where the notification was submitted.

In order to report this, you need to draw up an application in any form and submit to the relevant authority within ten working days from the date of change of address or details. This can be done through a personal appeal or remotely through the Unified Public Services Portal.

The application must be supported by a document such as a certificate of data change in the Unified State Register of Legal Entities or Individual Entrepreneurs. In cases where information was not filed in a timely manner, then the owner of the company or businessman may face a fine from 100 to 5000 rubles, depending on the form of ownership (or for incorrect submission of data).

How do I give notice of business termination?

So, we already know how and where to submit a notice of the start of business, and now we will consider what needs to be done to stop it.

The end of work can be due to various reasons. For example, the business did not pay off, the funds invested in it did not bring the expected profit. Also, a person may want to change the scope of work, do business in another country, or prefer hired or better paid work.

The notice is an approved form to fill out, which must be submitted no later than fifteen business days from the date and date specified in the document.

As you can see, opening your own business is accompanied by the need to collect and submit certain documents for different instances, in particular, notification of the start of business.

However, at the present time, you can significantly save time if you choose the remote method of sending all the required information via the Internet. The time saved on running around can be perfectly used for organizational moments when opening your own business.