Licence · 03
Licence & chops
The licence and chops are what let the company act. Sequence them before the intended start of operations.
First job Map the licence and chop sequence before the intended start of operations.
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Key considerations
- Is the name reserved?
- What is in the proposed business scope?
- Who will hold the chops and the licence original?
Decision map
Keep the question bounded.
- Name and scopeReservation and a scope the authority will accept.
- LicenceAMR filing and the business licence itself.
- ChopsCompany, financial and legal-representative chops, and custody.
Timeline
Sequence and clocks that change the next action.
- Pre-filingName, documents, investors and registered address.
- Licence issueThe certificate that other filings depend on.
- Chops in handThe company can execute; banks and tax still follow.
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Facts that make the next conversation clearer.
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- Name options and registered address
- Investor documents and proposed legal representative
- Chop custody plan
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