MCA provides relaxation on levy of additional fees in filing certain e-forms for FY ended 31st March 2021



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The Ministry of Corporate Affairs (MCA) has announced an extension for filing specific e-forms related to financial statements and returns for the financial year ending March 31, 2021. This means companies can now file forms like AOC-4 and MGT-7/MGT-7A without incurring additional fees. The deadline for AOC-4 related forms is extended to February 15, 2022, and for MGT-7/MGT-7A, it's extended to February 28, 2022. Only the normal filing fees will apply during these extended periods.

General Circular No. 22/2021  

F.No. 01/34/2013 CL-V -Part-III 
Government of India 
Ministry of Corporate Affairs 

5th Floor, 'A1 Wing, Shastri Bhawan, 
Dr. Rajendra Prasad Road, New Delhi-1 
Dated: 29th December, 2021 

To 
DGCoA, 
All Regional Directors, 
All Registrar of Companies, 
All Stakeholders. 

Subject: Relaxation on levy of additional fees in filing of e-forms AOC-4, AOC-4 (CFS). ADC-4 XBRL, ADC-4 Non-XBRL and MGT-7/MGT-7A for the financial year ended on 31.03.2021 under the Companies Act, 2013 - reg. 

MCA Extends Deadline for E-form Filings Without Additional Fees

Sir/madam, 

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, ADC-4 (CF5), AOC-4 XBRL, AOC-4 Non-X8PL 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.

2. This issues with the approval of the competent authority. 

Yours faithfully, 
(KMS Narayanan) 
Deputy Director (policy) 

Copy forwarded for information and necessary action to;

(i) E-Governance section and 
(ii) Guard file. 

FAQ :

The circular provides a relaxation on the levy of additional fees for filing certain e-forms for the financial year ended March 31, 2021.

The relaxation applies to e-forms AOC-4, AOC-4 (CFS), AOC-4 XBRL, AOC-4 Non-XBRL, and MGT-7/MGT-7A.

For e-forms AOC-4, AOC-4 (CFS), AOC-4 XBRL, and AOC-4 Non-XBRL, the deadline is February 15, 2022. For e-forms MGT-7/MGT-7A, the deadline is February 28, 2022.

During the specified extended periods, only the normal fees will be payable for the filing of these e-forms; no additional fees will be levied.

This relaxation pertains to the financial year ended on March 31, 2021.




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