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Does a residential address get re-classified as commercial if it used to register a one-person-company?
<p>An independent consultant working from home in India wishes to incorporate as a one-person-company to cater to clients who won't contract with individuals. Will his residential address get/have to get re-classified as commercial (under <em>The Karnataka Shops and Commercial Establishments Act 1961</em> <a href="https://www.indiacode.nic.in/handle/123456789/7609?view_type=browse&amp;sam_handle=123456789/2485#:%7E:text=India%20Code%3A%20KARNATAKA%20SHOPS%20AND%20COMMERCIAL%20ESTABLISHMENTS%20ACT%2C%201961&amp;text=Long%20Title%3A,in%20shops%20and%20commercial%20establishments." rel="nofollow noreferrer">pdf</a>) if it is used as registered address for the one-person-company?</p>
<p>More information in response to comments:</p>
<p>State: Karnataka</p>
<p>100% remote consulting</p>
<p>No separate office.</p>
<p>Nature of business: Consulting on digital transformation.</p>

<p>No, it would be the other way round: If you are at a residential address, you may not be able to run a business that interferes with other residential addresses. It would depend on exactly what you are doing - if your work involves clients visiting and your neighbours complain, you may have to stop doing this.</p>
