- Every Company is required to file its financial statement along with Annual return as on the date of closure of financial year.
- Financial statements and Annual return has to be filed within 30 and 60 days respectively from the date of Annual general meeting in which financials are approved by the shareholders.
- Financial statements of the Company have to be filed in E-form AOC-4
- Annual return has to be filed in E-form MGT-7
- As per Rule 11 of Companies (Management and Administration) Rules, 2014 , Annual Return(MGT-7) is required to be filled by every Company. Further, in case of following company the MGT -8 (Certificate By A Company Secretary In Practice) is required to be filled :
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- Listed company or
- Company having paid-up share capital of ten crore rupees or more or
- Company having turnover of fifty crore rupees or more.
In case of default, every company and every director is charged with heavy fine and penalty which may extend to Rs. 10 lakhs. STEPS FOR ANNUAL FILING - Hold the Board meeting and pass the resolutions for adoption of financial statements and Board report subject to approval of shareholders in the Annual General Meeting
- File MGT- 14 within 30 days from the date of Board Meeting for adoption of financial statements and Board report (In case of public company only)
- Hold the Annual General meeting for adoption of financial statements and Board report
- File AOC-4 within 30 days of AGM
- MGT-7 within 60 days of AGM
DOCUMENTS REQUIRED FOR ANNUAL FILING - Audited Balance sheet of the company
- Audited Profit and loss account of the company
- Cash flow statement of the Company other than Small Company
- Dates of Board and General meetings along with the attendance details of directors and members
- Dates of committee meetings, if any along with attendance details of members.
- List of change in directors, share capital and shareholders of the Company
- List of shareholder as on closure of financial year
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