If the employment is not renewed, the employees may become entitled to redundancy claims, which could be significant and will need to be paid from the estate. Employees and traders will need to be paid, and any delay could have a significant detrimental effect on the business. However it is likely that the business bank accounts of a sole trader will be frozen on death, and the PRs will not be entitled to operate them until probate is granted.
A careful review of the operation of your business should be undertaken to assess the best way to ensure the business can continue smoothly after your death and to protect the value that you have worked hard to create.
Consideration should be given as to whether the business should be restructured to minimise any disruption. At Thompson Smith and Puxon our business succession team can help you to establish a succession plan, tailor-made for your business, to help ensure that ownership and control of the business is transferred according to your wishes, while also providing on-going financial security for you and your family.
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Through a will, the owner can leave assets to a particular individual that allow him to continue operating the business. Some lawyers and financial professionals have expertise in business continuity plans. When planning your estate, ask if your lawyer or financial planner can offer guidance in ensuring that your business continues to operate.
Although you may have the assets of a deceased sole proprietor that allow you to continue the business, your business is actually a new enterprise. As the new owner, you must operate the business under your name and personal responsibility, if you want to continue operating as a sole proprietorship. Terry Masters has been writing for law firms, corporations and nonprofit organizations since Her online articles specialize in legal, business and finance topics. Get a legal heire Certificate and get the required transfers done on that basis.
If that doesn't work than file a declaration suit for declaring the ownership of the firm. That can be done. Engage a lawyer who will do the necessary paperwork. The sole proprietorship firm's assets and liabilities are transferred to its legal heirs. All will be the same. The firm shall be transferred to your mother. You all must sign on the papers.
As per the facts of the case and information, you and your mother is legal heirs of your late father. Please check nominations in Bank and all Government offices and departments made by your late father and claim the nomination. Please apply to all office and Government departments for the transfer of ownership to your mother by affidavit and your NOC. If your are two legal heirs then with immediate effect to take charge of stocks in trade and may sell it the day you and mother want.
It would continue in the name of your father untill renewal. Please inform all Government officials and departments demise of your late father in writing expressly under the acknowledgment from all concerned department.
Since he was a sole proprietor the firm devolved on his Class 1 heirs widow and all children equally if he died intestate. The licenses will continue to remain valid except where they are required to be periodically renewed. The insurance will also remain valid, but you should inform the insurance company about the demise of your father. In law, the legal heirs of your father are entitled to continue the oil mill of your father and. In districts, issue of succession certificate will not take more than 6 months.
In case of death of the sole proprietor, his legal heirs can legally continue the business but other legal compliance, either fresh firm will form or legal heirs will replace. You have to apply in same office which have issued certificate enclosing death certificate and legal heir certificate if required by authority. On giving NOC, firm will transfer in mother sole name. Only need to inform the concern authority about change in ownership. All legal heirs can give affidavit to tranfer firm on name of wife of deceased proprietor of firm.
In case of death of sole proprietor , if the business is continued by any person being transferee or successor of business, it shall be construed as transfer of business. This means transfer of unutilised input tax credit and liability to pay tax along with penalty, if any, will also be possible. A circular issued by the Central Board of Indirect Taxes and Customs CBIC mentioned that the transferee or the successor, will be liable to be registered with effect from the date of such transfer or succession, where a business is transferred to another person for any reasons, including death of the proprietor.
The legal hire of the dead sole proprietor will be required to give application for cancellation of the existing registration. In case of death of sole proprietor, if the business is continued by any person being transferee or successor of business, it shall be construed as transfer of business. Further, such persons would be required to pay all liabilities due from them for the relevant period in case they apply for revocation of cancellation of registration.
Hence, to avoid payment of the tax liabilities, such persons may be using the route of applying for fresh registration. One can take separate registration on the same PAN in the same State. While running the firm, your father might have current bank bank accounts, GST and other various formalities and compliance.
He might be taking help of the CA as well for this. Hence, you may take help of your CA to know the previous details, And the next action will of acquiring the proprietorship from father to mother.
For this, you are required to submit the details of the mother with documents such as PAN Card, Aadhar Card, death certificate of father, affidavit, legal heir certificate as required asked by the concerned department. Thereafter the mother can become the proprietor of the firm. Schedule a minute call with a lawyer.
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