Stay ahead of every ROC and MCA filing.

The AGM must be held by 30 September, and within six months of the financial year end. AOC-4 follows within 30 days of the AGM and MGT-7 within 60 days — so for a 31 March year end with a 30 September AGM, that is 30 October and 29 November. ADT-1 is due within 15 days of the appointment, DIR-3 KYC by 30 September, DPT-3 by 30 June and MSME-1 by 31 October and 30 April for the two half-years.

₹100 per day per form, running from the due date with no upper limit. The two forms run in parallel, so a company that is a year late on both is looking at roughly ₹73,000 in additional fees before anything else. There is also a separate penalty provision on the company and its officers, and directors of a company that has not filed for three consecutive years face disqualification under Section 164(2).

MGT-7A is the abridged annual return, and it is used by One Person Companies and small companies — broadly, companies with paid-up capital and turnover under the prescribed thresholds. Everyone else files the full MGT-7. MGT-7A asks for less detail and does not require the MGT-8 certification that larger companies need, but the due date is the same 60 days from the AGM.

Yes, and this is the single most common LLP mistake. Form 11 is due by 30 May and Form 8 by 30 October every year, regardless of turnover — a nil LLP files nil figures, but it still files. The ₹100 per day per form penalty has no cap, so a dormant LLP left for a few years can accumulate a larger liability than it ever earned.

Yes. DPT-3 reports both deposits and money received that is not treated as a deposit, and director loans, shareholder loans, bank borrowings and customer advances all fall into the return. It is due by 30 June for balances outstanding as at 31 March. Many companies wrongly assume that having no public deposits means the form does not apply to them.

Use the web version when you filed KYC in a previous year and nothing has changed — same mobile, same email, same address. It is a simple OTP confirmation. File the full DIR-3 KYC form if this is your first KYC, if any particular has changed, or if your DIN has been deactivated and you are reactivating it. Both are due by 30 September.

Owing a micro or small enterprise supplier for more than 45 days from acceptance of the goods or services. The return is half-yearly, due 31 October and 30 April, and it reports the outstanding amount and the reason for the delay. It pairs with Section 43B(h) of the Income Tax Act, under which a late payment to an MSME supplier is disallowed as a deduction until it is actually paid — so the same delay costs you twice.

Unlisted public companies, and private companies that have been brought into the compulsory dematerialisation net. It is a half-yearly reconciliation of issued share capital against the holdings recorded at NSDL and CDSL, due within 60 days of each half-year end, and it must be certified by a practising company secretary or chartered accountant. Any difference between the register of members and the depository position has to be explained in the form.

Yes, and it is common work. The filings have to be made year by year in chronological order because each year’s return depends on the position closed in the previous one, so we start with a diagnostic that lists every missing form and the late fee attached to it. You get the total cost of regularising up front, before any filing is made.