While booking a vehicle, we often book the delinquent one, but we see to it that the address is correct. The address of the business is an important factor in the context of establishing a showroom. This blog is in the perspective of an automotive showroom and shall focus upon a particular automotive dealership, i.e., Kamal Auto TATA while blending the domain of Sales and service with the legal aspect of Providing a TATA showroom at multiple locations.
We all want to know what constitutes a legal address? A legal address is simply the address where a person resides and has got a residential certificate. Whereas for business, a legal address is the address on which the business is established and operates from. Having a registered legal address is very important.
Does legal address of showroom matter? If we talk about Kamal Auto TATA; Kamal Auto TATA is established at Kota and operates from there. It is officially registered in Rajasthan as Kamal Auto Services Private Limited. Booking a vehicle requires you to provide your legal address. In the case of Kamal Auto TATA, its booking is only possible from Servers located in Rajasthan. Now, clients are facing issues because they are not able to book their vehicles. In the recent years this facility is unavailable for:
- Outstation customers
- International customers
- Wrong servers
A legal address is linked with the official documents of a company and if the address provided during bookings differs from the ones mentioned in the documents, then the system identifies the wrong address. That is a reason a legal address is significant for the functioning of Kamal Auto TATA showroom.
The legal address ensures to have a central location for services. Kamal Auto TATA is located a central position. The center of Rajasthan is Kota, from where Kamal Auto TATA serves its customers. A customer from any place can come to the Kamal Auto TATA, that is also a reason they have a very large base of clientele.
- The legal address is private, while the showroom address is public mention. It is used internally by the business.
- It helps in analyzing the conditions of showroom
- You can keep guests informed (clients, suppliers, partners)
- Used for establishing leasing contracts
- Used for establishing orders with suppliers
- Used for establishing a checking account with the bank
- Used for listing the company in directories
- A legal address provides the customers the comfort to make online purchases, as they can rely on it as a traditional store.
- The legal address registers the company in business directories, so customers can find it easier to engage.
- Customers are more inclined towards a showroom because of its proximity to their house.
- You can include the legal address in any press release and use it to share updates about the company.
- All electronic devices require an address for registration, so the validity could be ensured, and the device can be tracked.
- The validity of a company can be justified if the legal address is listed in the directories.
- Ensures trust in the identity of the business concern by overviewing the legal agreement.
Kamal Auto TATA is only holding a single legal address as required by the legal documents. The legal address is registered in Form INC-22 which is prescribed in the Company’s (Incorporation) Rules 2014 under the Companies Act 2013.
Kamal Auto TATA is having difficulties in servicing customers now. i.e.
- Bank is not able to recognize Kamal Auto TATA.
- Kamal Auto TATA needs to comply with all those physical infrastructures related to the legal address.
- It should have had a center, as per the legal address provided during registration.
Imagine if Kamal Auto TATA is registered in Jaipur and all of its IT servers installed in Jaipur. A customer from Kota won’t be able to book its vehicle. The legal address is required because of the central position.
Let’s consider a case of two businesses, both have different legal addresses. Business B failed to deliver the items on Time due to the Wrong address, however Business A got its items delivered as the address was correct. Both opted for the same courier services. So, this case study clarifies the effect caused by an incorrect legal address.
Business B won the case because it was insured against fraud and serviced correctly. However the unnecessary delay was caused because the legal address was different from the one mentioned on the legal document.