MCA Extends Due Date for Annual Filing of Forms with ROC

MCA Extends Annual Filing Due Date to 15th Feb 2021

The Central Government has received representation seeking extension of Annual General Meetings for Financial Year 2020-21 citing many difficulties faced by stakeholders during the second wave of Covid-19 and consequent lockdown etc., accordingly, the Central Government has decided to advise Registrar of Companies (RoCs)to accord approval for extension of time for a period of two months beyond the due dates by which companies are required to conduct AGMs for the financial year 2020-21 ended on March 31, 2021. The Govt. has also prescribed a standard template for the order to be issued by RoCs u/s 96(1) of the Companies Act, 2013 for granting of an extension of time for conducting of AGM for the Financial year 2020-21 ended on 31.03.2021.

As per the third proviso to section 96(1) of the Companies Act, 2013, the Registrar of Companies may, for any special reason, extend the time within which any annual general meeting other than the first annual general meeting, shall be held, by a period not exceeding three months.

In continuation to Ministry's General Circular No.17/2021 dated 29.10.2021, keeping in view various requests received from stakeholders regarding relaxation of levy of additional fees for annual financial statement/return filings required to be done for the financial year ended on 31.03.2021, it has been further decided that no additional fees shall be levied upto 15.02.2022 for the filing of e-forms AOC-4, AOC-4 (CFS), AOC-4 XBRL, AOC-4 Non-XBRL and upto 28.02.2022 for filing of e-forms MGT-7/MGT-7A in respect of the financial year ended on 31.03.2021 respectively. During the said period, only normal fees shall be payable for the filing of the aforementioned e-forms.

MCA Notification Link: Here

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