Under the Companies Act 2013 there are various requirement and lot of filings required to be undertaken with the Registrar of Companies. To provide a quick of view of such filings, we have compiled the list of requirements under which various filings has to be done. Apart from the filing requirement, the list of documents that are required to be filed is also available.
Every Company must fulfil the requirements as specified in the companies act 2013, otherwise the company has to face various actions from Registrar of companies like payment of late fees, disqualification of directors, company strike off etc.
Registrar of companies has the power to close the companies or disqualify the directors of the companies in case the company is not fulfilling the compliances requirements of the company as specified in the companies act 2013.
We have provided the list of annual compliances as applicable to private and public companies.
| Form /Event | Time limit | Explanation |
| First Board Meeting | within 30 days of Incorporation of the company | Every Company is required to Conduct the First Board meeting of the company within 30 days of its Incorporation |
| Appointment of first Auditor | within 30 days of the Incorporation of the company | Every Company is required to Appoint the first auditor of the Company within 30 days of the Incorporation of the company |
| Subsequent Board Meeting | At least 4 in every financial year | Every Company is required to conduct at least 4 Board meetings in every financial year. The gap between two Board meetings shall not exceed 120 days. |
| Form INC-22 | Within 30 days of incorporation | Every Company is required to file with the registrar of companies Form INC 22 for verification of registered office of the company. |
| Form NC-20A | within 6 months of incorporation | Every Company is required to file with the registrar of companies Form INC-20A before Commencement of business of the company |
| Disclosure of interest of directors | First Board meeting after appointment and thereafter in every first board meeting held in every financial year and whenever there is a change in the disclosure already made, in the Board meeting held thereafter. | Every director shall disclose the interest of the director in Form MBP-1. |
| Annual General meeting | First Annual General meeting – within 9 months of closure of the first financial year
Subsequent Annual General meeting - within 6 months of closure of the financial year | Every Company is required to conduct one Annual General meeting in every financial year |
| Form PAS-6 | Within 60 days of each half of financial year | Every unlisted public company shall file with the Registrar of companies a reconciliation of audit report in form PAS - 6 |
| Form AOC-4 | Within 30 days of the Annual General meeting of the company | Every company is required to file Form AOC – 4 in every financial year |
| Form MGT-7 | Within 60 days of the Annual General meeting of the company | Every company is required to file with the registrar of companies the Annual return in Form MGT-7 in every financial year |
| Form ADT-1 | Within 15 days of Annual General meeting of the company | Every company shall after the appointment of Auditor in the Annual General meeting of the company is required to file with the registrar of companies Form ADT-1 with the registrar of the company |
| Form MGT-8 | Required to be attached in Form MGT-7 by prescribed companies | - Every listed company or
- company having paid-up share capital of ten crore rupees or more or
- a company having turnover of fifty crore rupees or more
shall be required to get a certificate from a practicing company secretary and attach it in form MGT-7 |
| Form MGT-9 | Required to be attached in Form AOC-4 | Every company is required to file with the registrar of companies the extract of annual return in Form MGT-9, which is required to be attached in Form AOC-4 |
| Form BEN-2 | Within 30 days of receipt of form BEN – 1 | Every company which has received information from registered owner in Form BEN-1 is required to file with the registrar of companies form BEN-2 with Registrar of companies |
| Form DPT-3 | Upto 30th June every year | Every company is required to file with the registrar of companies form DPT-3, the information related to deposit or particulars of transactions not considered as deposit or both |
| Form DIR-3 KYC / web based KYC | Upto 30th September every year | Every company is required to file with the registrar of companies Form DIR – 3 KYC or do web based KYC of every director of the company |
| Form MSME | Upto 31st October / 30th April | Every company having outstanding payments to MSME’s is required to file with the registrar of companies Form MSME in each half of the Financial year of the company |
| Minutes of meetings | | Every company is required to maintain minutes of Board meetings and general meetings held in the company |
New : Checklist Point for Completing the Annual Compliance for Private Start-ups Company :
A start-up which operates as a private limited company must comply with the characters laid down in the various statutes and other administrative bodies. This included, but are not limited to, regular filing of tax as well as other returns, accommodation of board and other meetings, management of approved books of account, etc.
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