MCA Relaxes Additional Fees for Annual Financial Statement and Annual Return Filings
MCA Relaxes Additional Fees for Annual Financial Statement and Annual Return Filings
Keeping because of various requests received from stakeholders, the Ministry of Corporate Affairs has decided to grant additional time Upto 31st December 2021 for companies to file an annual financial statement and annual returns without any additional fee.
MCA via a circular dated 29th October 2021 announced that relaxation on levy of additional fees for annual financial statement and annual return filings required to be done for the financial year ended on 31.03.2021. No additional fee shall be levied Upto 31st December 2021, for the delayed filing of forms (AOC-4 and MGT-7). The current article briefs the extension so provided.
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Synopsis of Notification
Considering the requests received from stakeholders regarding relaxation on levy of additional fees, MCA relaxes levy of additional fees for delay in filing certain Forms under the Companies Act, 2013 by Companies till 31st December 2021
- MCA announced that no additional fees shall be levied Upto 31st December 2021, for the filing of all AOC-4 e-forms (-forms AOC-4, AOC-4 (CFS), AOC-4 XBRL, and AOC-4 Non-XBRL).
- Companies can file Annual Return Filing Forms (MGT-7/MGT 7A) in respect of the financial year ended on 31.03.2021, upto 31st December 2021 without any additional fees.
The official notification about the MCA Relaxes Additional Fees for Annual Financial Statement and Annual Return Filings is attached here for reference:
GeneralCircularNo17_29102021 (1)
List of Forms Where Additional Fees have been waived off
The list of forms where additional fees have been waived off is tabulated below:
|
S No. |
Form |
Form Description |
|
1. |
Form AOC-4 |
Form for filing the financial statement and other documents with the Registrar |
|
2. |
Form AOC-4 (CFS) |
Form for filing consolidated financial statements and other documents with the Registrar |
|
3. |
Form AOC-4XBRL |
Form for filing XBRL document in respect of financial statement and other documents with the Registrar |
|
4. |
Form AOC-4 Non- XBRL |
Form for filing consolidated financial statements and other documents with the Registrar for NBFCs |
|
5. |
MGT-7 |
Form for filing annual return by a company |
|
6. |
MGT-7A |
Form for filing annual returns by OPCs and Small companies. |
The relaxation concerning waiver of additional fees has been provided for the above-referred forms which are required to be done for the financial year ended on 31.03.2021. Upto 31st December 2021, only normal fees shall be payable for the filing of the aforementioned e-forms.
Annual Financial Statement – Form AOC-4
As per Company Act 2013, all the registered Companies in India need to file financial statements with the Ministry of Corporate Affairs (MCA) every year.
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Form AOC-4
The MCA form for filing financial statements is formed AOC-4. The company is responsible for duly furnishing the form ACO-4 within 30 days of the company’s annual general meeting. Any failure or delay in filling the form may attract fines/penalties on the company.
Form AOC-4-CFS
Form AOC-4-CFS is for filing consolidated financial statements and other documents with the Registrar. Once financial statements are adopted then the company needs to file the adopted consolidated financial statements via e-form AOC-4 CFS within 30 days of the Annual General Meeting.
Form AOC 4 – XBRL
The following companies are required to file AOC 4 XBRL (extensible business reporting language) with the registrar.
- All companies listed with any stock exchange in India and their Indian subsidiaries.
- All companies have paid-up capital of five crore rupees or above.
- All companies with a turnover of 100 crore rupees or more.
- All companies are required to prepare their financial statements following the Companies (Indian Accounting Standards) Rules, 2015.
Due Date for Filing Annual Financial Statement
As per the Companies Act, 2013, all companies registered in India are required to file a copy of financial statements, duly adopted at the annual general meeting of the company, within thirty days of conducting an Annual General Meeting.
Since One Person Company does not have an Annual General Meeting, One Person Company must file a copy of the financial statements duly adopted by its member, within 180 of the closure of the financial year.
If the annual general meeting of a company for any year has not been held, the financial statements along with the documents required to be attached, duly signed along with the statement of facts and reasons for not holding the annual general meeting should be filed with the Registrar within 30 days of the last date before which the annual general meeting should have been held.
Fees for Filing AOC 4
The applicable fees based on the share capital are as follows:
|
Company’s Nominal Share Capital |
Applicable Fee |
| Upto Rs.1 lakh | Rs.200 per document |
| Rs. 1 lakh to Rs. 5 lakhs | Rs.300 per document |
| Rs. 5 lakhs to Rs. 25 lakhs | Rs.400 per document |
| Rs. 25 lakhs to Rs. 1 crore | Rs.500 per document |
| Rs. 1 crore and more | Rs.600 per document |
For companies not having a nominal share capital, the government fee for filing Form AOC-4 is Rs.200 per document.
Additional Fee Details
Following the table of additional fees shall be applicable for delays in filing of annual returns or balance sheet/financial statement under the Companies Act, 2013:
| Sl. No. |
Period of Delay |
Additional fee payable (in Rs.) |
| 01 | Delay beyond the period provided under Section 92(4) of the Act | Rs.100 day |
| 02 | Delay beyond the period provided under Section 137(1) of the Act | Rs.100 day |
In addition to the above penalty, the Government fee for filing AOC-4 would also be increased as follows:
|
Number of Days Delayed |
Penalty Amount for Late Filing |
| Up to 30 days | 2 times normal filing fees |
| More than 30 days and up to 60 days | 4 times normal filing fees |
| More than 60 days and up to 90 days | 6 times normal filing fees |
| More than 90 days and up to 180 days | 10 times normal filing fees |
| More than 180 days and up to 270 days | 12 times normal filing fees |
As per the MCA’s recent notification, the company does not need to pay the additional fee till 31st December 31st, 2021
Annual Return – MGT 7/7A
Every company needs to prepare an annual return in the form of MGT-7/MGt-7A containing the particulars as they stood at the close of the financial year;
Form No.MGT-7 – Annual Return (other than OPCs and Small Companies
As per the Companies (Management and Administration) Amendment Rules, 2021, every company needs to file its annual return in Form No.MGT-7 except for One Person Company (OPC) and Small Company
New Form No.MGT-7A – Abridged Annual Return for OPCs and Small Companies
One Person Company and Small Company need to file an annual return in Form No.MGT-7A from the financial year 2020-2021 onwards
Due date of filing Form MGT-7/MGT-7A
Form MGT-7 is to be filed within 60 days from the date of the Annual General Meeting of the company.
The due date for regulating the annual general meeting is on or before the 30th day of September following the close of every financial year. Therefore, the last date for filing form MGT-7/MGT-7A is generally the 29th of November every year.
According to the MCA circular dated 29th October 2021, the companies can file annual returns till 31st December 2021 without any additional fee.
Fee for filing Form MGT-7/MGT – 7A
|
Company’s Nominal Share Capital |
Fee applicable for MGT-7/MGT-7A |
| Less than 1,00,000 | Rs.200 |
| 1,00,000 to 4,99,999 | Rs.300 |
| 5,00,000 to 24,99,999 | Rs.400 |
| 25,00,000 to 99,99,999 | Rs.500 |
| 1,00,00,000 or more | Rs.600 |
For companies not having a nominal share capital, the government fee for filing Form AOC-4 is Rs.200.
|
Additional fee Period of delays |
Fee applicable for MGT-7/7A |
| Up to 30 days | 2 times of normal fees |
| More than 30 days and up to 60 days | 4 times normal fees |
| More than 60 days and up to 90 days | 6 times normal fees |
| More than 90 days and up to 180 days | 10 times of normal fees |
| More than 180 days | 12 times of normal fees |
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Additional Fee for filing Form MGT-7/7A
|
Sl. No. |
Period of delay |
Additional fee payable (in Rs.) |
|
01 |
Delay beyond the period provided under Section 92(4) of the Act | Hundred per day |
|
02 |
Delay beyond the period provided under Section 137(1) of the Act | Hundred per day |
In addition to the above, the following table of additional fees shall be applicable for delays in the filing of MGT-7A annual returns.
|
Sl. No. |
Period of delay |
Additional fee payable (in Rs.) |
| 01 | Delay beyond the period provided under Section 92(4) of the Act | 100 |
| 02 | Delay beyond the period provided under Section 137(1) of the Act | 100 |
As per this notification, the company does not need to pay the additional fee till 31st December 31st, 2021
