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- General FAQs on Annual Filing Forms
This FAQ covers general and commonly asked questions relating to annual filing forms under the Companies Act, 2013. It provides an overview of mandatory annual compliances, including filing of financial statements and annual returns, applicable forms, statutory timelines, basic disclosures, and consequences of non-compliance. The FAQ serves as a quick reference for companies, directors, and professionals to understand their annual filing responsibilities with the Registrar of Companies (ROC) and to ensure smooth and timely statutory compliance.
| 1) Whether previous year’s annual filings are allowed to be filed in V3 system? |
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Yes. Previous years filings are allowed to be filed in V3 system subject to payment of required additional fee as applicable. |
| 2) Is it mandatory to file Annual filing forms in sequential manner in V3 system? |
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No. It is advisable to file the forms in a sequential manner so that the previous year figures would get auto populated in subsequent years filing. |
| 3) I have filed AOC-4/AOC-4 XBRL/MGT-7/MGT-7A in V2 system which only updated Paid-up capital at Company master. How do I update Class wise master in this scenario? |
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• If the paid-up capital got updated through annual filing forms due to partly paid-up shares have become fully paid-up, please raise FO ticket with issue description and absolute values. |
| 4) What is the logic of paid-event date for updating Paid-up Capital through Annual filing forms? |
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• Paid-up capital in MCA system gets updated only when event date mentioned in the current form is greater than or equal to the event date available in the system. |
| 5) What is the logic of small company? |
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Company is considered as small company if all the below conditions are satisfied: |
| 6) As per Notification G.S.R. 452 (E) dated 7th July, 2025, the Ministry of Corporate Affairs (MCA) has substituted Form CSR-1 under the Companies (Corporate Social Responsibility Policy) Amendment Rules, 2025, effective from 14th July, 2025. |
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Entities already registered for undertaking CSR activities with a valid Registration Number are not required to reapply or re-file the form. The form is only applicable to new or unregistered implementing agencies seeking CSR registration. |
| 7) While uploading MGT-15, error message "Digital Signature Verification failed. Please affix a valid DSC." Encountered. How to resolve this? |
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Important points to check before uploading a signed PDF:- |
| 8) Why I am getting error for DSC verification failed, when uploading the form. |
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Please ensure the following points- |
| 9) Why CIN of the company is not appearing in drop down if I am filing from Directors Account? |
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Please updated the role as director in profile of such person. |
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