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A label or textile business needs GST to sell online, a trademark for the brand, and export registrations if you ship abroad.
What each registration is, who issues it and when it applies to a fashion business. Rules vary by state and by size — treat this as the map, and ask us about your exact case.
Mandatory to sell online or inter-state · CBIC
Required once aggregate turnover crosses the threshold — ₹40 lakh for goods and ₹20 lakh for services in most states — and in some cases from the first sale, such as most inter-state supplies of goods.
Mandatory for a store or studio
Registers a shop, office, restaurant or other commercial establishment under the state's Shops and Establishments Act. Who must register, and the exemptions, differ from state to state.
For export or import · DGFT
The Importer-Exporter Code — needed to clear exports and imports through customs and to receive foreign payments against exports of goods.
To export garments with benefits · AEPC
Membership of the Apparel Export Promotion Council — the RCMC garment exporters need to claim export benefits.
Recommended · your label
Protects your brand name and logo across India, and is what marketplace brand-registry programmes ask for. Filing early fixes your date of priority.
Recommended · subsidies & credit
A free, Aadhaar-based registration that classifies you as a micro, small or medium enterprise — used for priority-sector credit, protection against delayed payments and preferences in government tenders.
For handwoven products · Ministry of Textiles
A label that certifies a product is genuinely handwoven — used for premium pricing and government procurement.
Some registrations need another one first — this is the sequence that avoids rework.
After the registrations come the returns and filings that keep you compliant.
GST returns, bookkeeping, TDS and annual filings — everything a business like yours has to keep doing, in one place.
See the compliance pack →City guides with the local authorities, fees and timelines.
What people starting a fashion business ask us most.
Class 25 covers clothing, footwear and headgear. Fabrics are class 24 and bags class 18 — file in each class you sell in.
A single-state store needs GST once turnover crosses ₹40 lakh (₹20 lakh in some states). Selling online across states needs it from the start.
It is the RCMC garment exporters need to claim Foreign Trade Policy benefits, plus access to trade fairs and buyer-seller meets.
Every sector, with its own checklist.
A CA or CS confirms which of these apply to you, in your state, and handles the ones we cover.